1974-1977 brings together five CDs absolutely bursting with music covering the most overlooked, but arguably most pioneering, period of Marc Bolan’s glittering career. It rounds up the final three T. Rex studio albums – Bolan’s Zip Gun, Futuristic Dragon and Dandy in the Underworld – and a string of 10 peerless late-period singles (and B-sides) that included ‘New York City’, ‘Dreamy Lady’, ‘The Soul of My Suit’, and of course ‘I Love to Boogie’. Throughout the journey Marc’s restless muse and creative spark encompasses soul and R&B (‘Ride My Wheels’, ‘Dreamy Lady’), excursions into proto-glam metal (‘Zip Gun Boogie’, ‘The London Boys’) and nervy, spiky-sharp tracks (‘Think Zinc’, ‘Celebrate Summer’) that nod towards the punk explosion happening…

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