T. Rex - Electric Warrior - 180g Vinyl LP

2022 Vinyl LP reissue

At once sardonic, flamboyant, and trashy, T. Rex's uncommonly unique Electric Warrior catapulted leader Marc Bolan to stardom, triggered an ongoing fascination with glam rock, and launched a movement that soon involved David Bowie, Roxy Music, and more. Yet none of those namesake artists ever released a record that out-glammed, out-thrusted, or outcamped Electric Warrior-named the 160th Greatest Album of All Time by Rolling Stone. Bursting with excessive fun and unchecked libido, T. Rex's catchy boogies, shuffles, and vamps scoot by on a seemingly impossible blend of concise hooks, non-sequitur fantasies, and theatrical swagger. The 1971 landmark remains a rewardingly strange, parallel universe of sound, style, and sex that still has no equal.

T.Rex’s definitive Glam Rock album from 1971 was produced by Tony Visconti and has now been Half Speed Mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, London. Contains the singles “Get It On” ( #1 in the UK in July 1971), “Jeepster” ( #2 in the UK in November ‘71). Pressed on 180gram vinyl and housed in a sleeve with an Abbey Road Obi and Abbey Road Certificate. About the Half Speed Mastering Process: This record was cut using a specialist technique known as half-speed mastering. This is a process whereby the source for this record as well as the turntable on the disc cutting lathe are both run at half their normal operating speed, so that twice the time is spent cutting the intricate groove into the master disc. This artisan approach results in cuts that have superior high frequency response (treble) and solid and stable stereo images. In short, a very high quality master that helps to create a very high quality record.