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March 2023 marked the 50 th anniversary of the release of the T. Rex album “Tanx ”. Recorded at the height of Bolanmania , and produced by Tony Visconti , the album was preceded by the huge hit singles “Children Of The Revolution” , “Solid Gold Easy Action” and “20th Century Boy”, all of which have been added to CD1 , along with their B - sides.
In this special 2CD set , CD2 contains “ The Alternate Tanx: Left Hand Luke”, a bonus disc of 23 fascinating ‘work - in - progress’ versions and demos , which (as far as possible) mirrors the original album’s running order.
The two CDs are presented in brand new seven - inch deluxe gatefold packaging , with an 8-page booklet which includes the lyrics , plus annotation about the bonus disc.
Tracklist
CD1: TANX
1. Tenement Lady
2. Rapids
3. Mister Mister
4. Broken-Hearted Blues
5. Shock Rock
6. Country Honey
7. Electric Slim And The Factory Hen
8. Mad Donna
9. Born To Boogie
10. Life Is Strange
11. The Street And Babe Shadow
12. Highway Knees
13. Left Hand Luke And The Beggar Boys
Extended Play
14. Children Of The Revolution
15. Jitterbug Love
16. Sunken Rags
17. Solid Gold Easy Action
18. Xmas Riff
19. 20th Century Boy
20. Free Angel
CD2: THE ALTERNATE TANX: LEFT HAND LUKE
1. Tenement Lady / Darling
2. Rapids [incomplete]
3. Mister Mister
4. Broken Hearted Blues
5. Country Honey
6. Mad Donna
7. Born To Boogie
8. Life Is Strange
9. The Street And Babe Shadow
10. Highway Knees
11. Left Hand Luke
Extended Play
12. Children Of The Revolution [incomplete]
13. Solid Gold Easy Action
14. Free Angel
Bonus acoustic and bass demos
15. Mister Mister
16. Broken Hearted Blues
17. The Street And The Babe Shadow
18. Tenement Lady
19. Tenement Lady
20. Broken Hearted Blues
21. Mad Donna [different lyrics]
22. The Street And The Babe Shadow
23. Left Hand Luke