LP – Limited Edition 180g Jewel of Frost Colour Vinyl housed in a Direct-To-Board Gatefold Sleeve. (AAA) Lacquers Cut From the Master Tapes by Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound. Includes Listening Notes Booklet by Jason Diamond. This album, a pair of gorgeous, androgynous longhairs with incredible cheekbones on its cover, showed up first. Its songs talked of girls with jewels on their lips riding zebras and a chance encounter with a wizard. The sound was a strange brew concocted from different strains of earlier rock n roll: some folk, some rock, and an undeniable debt to Eddie Cochran. Marc Bolans music, persona, and look were strange, beautiful, and whimsical enough that if you tried to explain his massive popularity to somebody born after the century Bolan lived in, for just shy of 30 years, it would probably sound like a story from eons ago. We know glam came after T. Rex, but its also just a skip to the Sex Pistols, Ramones, and more punk from there; its also not far from the post sounds that came out of New York and London around 1977 or the darkness and decadence of Siouxsie Sioux and Bauhaus either. The tarted-up heavy metal of Hanoi Rocks and Poison in the 1980s followed, and into this newer century, you can hear Bolans direction heeded and reimagined by Alison Goldfrapp or Devendra Banhart. All of that is because of this album, the sound of Marc Bolan turning the key to unlock his true potential. His magically strange vision took shape here, and nothing has been the same since. Tracklist: Side A1. The Children Of Rarn2. Jewel3. The Visit4. Childe5. The Time Of Love Is Now6. Diamond Meadows7. Root Of Star8. Beltane Walk Side B1. Is It Love?2. One Inch Rock3. Summer Deep4. Seagull Woman5. Suneye6. The Wizard7. Ride A White Swan