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T REX How about playing one of the b sides to the early singles as there were always extra tracks as Marc Bolan believed he should give people value for money. Is it Love (b side of Ride a White Swan), Woodland bop (b side of Hot Love) or my favourite which is Raw Ramp (b side of Get It On). The only exception to this was when the record company released Jeepster without his consent and had only one song on the b side - Life鈥檚 a Gas. Some listeners may remember that Marc Bolan duetted with Cilla Black on this song when he appeared on her TV show. I could go on about the great b 鈥搒ides 鈥� Cadillac (Telegram Sam), Lady or jitterbug Love (Metal Guru) etc etc etc. Born to Boogie is also a great b side and was the title of the 鈥渓ive鈥� T-Rex movie. There is also a great b side called 鈥淪itting Here鈥� 鈥� can鈥檛 remember the a side I first saw T Rex in concert at the Apollo in Glasgow in 1974. The track I always remember from that is Get It On as it lasted 11 minutes. There was also a mini Scottish tour in 1976 when they played in Motherwell, and Kilmarnock as well as Glasgow. In those days Marc Bolan would throw tambourines out to the audience. I caught one in Glasgow and Motherwell and still have them. There was also the 1977 tour when T Rex were supported by The Damned. It would be good to hear an album track 鈥� how about Mambo Sun from Electric Warrior of the title track from The Slider? As you probably know, T Rex have influenced a lot of people. Morrissey, The Damned, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, The Blow Monkeys, Supergrass. Cream by Prince even sounds like a T Rex song. I鈥檝e been to gigs by Morrissey and Horse when they have used T Rex as intro music. Morrissey has also covered a Marc Bolan Song, (Cosmic Dancer). Guns and Roses, Blondie and The Fratellis have also covered T Rex. In fact, if you listen to Morrissey鈥檚 Certain People I Know, it is a total rip off of Ride a White Swan. I think The Smiths also admitted that panic was a rip off of Metal Guru. And let鈥檚 not even discuss Oasis Songs like Hot Love, Get It On and 20th Century Boy are played a lot on the radio so how about playing other hit singles like The Groover or New York City. I鈥檓 glad you are doing a Marc Bolan tribute as STV felt it appropriate to have one 30 minute programme which was very negative. Make sure the Radio Scotland tribute is fitting. 55 minutes of T-Rex should do it. J.

James from Glasgow