Marc Bolan T Rex Born to Boogie

By 1972 the seminal English glamrock band TRex was at the height of what came to be known as TRexstacy they had already scored three of their soontobe ten straight Top 10 hits To celebrate their success Bolan and TRex played two soldout performances at Londons Wembley Empire Pool captured on film by none other than former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and released as the nowlegendary concert film BORN TO BOOGIE The only existant recording of a full TRex concert BORN TO BOOGIE is centered around the dual live performances with Ringo and Elton John guest starring on two tracks and interspersed with an acoustic set filmed at John Lennons mansion goofy backstage footage of Bolan and surreal sequences of nuns and dwarves inserted for visual effect While the original film ran for roughly one hour this reissue of BORN TO BOOGIE restores many of the hoursworth of material shot by Ringo