Rhino / Wea
2002
Prince Of Players (Bonus Disc)
About This Album
Marc Bolan welcomed the advent of punk rock with the biggest smile he'd worn in years. The hippest young gunslingers could go on all night about the influence of the Velvet Underground, the Stooges, and the Ramones, but Bolan knew -- and subsequent developments proved -- that every single one of them had been nurtured in his arms, growing up with the ineffable stream of brilliant singles he slammed out between 1970-1972, and rehearsing their own stardom to the soundtrack he supplied. With tennis racquet guitars and hairbrushes for mics, they stood before the mirror and practised the Bolan Boogie. Of course, most punks only knew three chords. That was all Bolan ever taught them. Dandy In The Underworld, released early in 1977, confirmed Bolan's punkish preeminence. Still retaining its predecessors' demented soul revue edge (most successfully via the yearning "Soul Of My Suit"), but packed solid with powerful pop (the previous summer's hit "I Love to Boogie" included), Bolan's personal predictions for the punk scene literally exploded out of the grooves. The title track and the churning "Visions Of Domino" all bristle with revitalized energy, while "Jason B.
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