Zinc Alloy And The Hidden Riders Of Tomorrow (Expanded & Remastered)

REISSUE! Preceded by two more hit singles, "The Groover" and "Truck On (Tyke)" (both included here), 1974's Zinc Alloy heralded a new sound (referred to by Marc Bolan as "space-age funk) and delivered the single "Teenage Dream." This remastered deluxe edition includes a second disc with unreleased versions of album tracks, plus new liner notes and rare photos.

With Marc Bolan's T. Rex, the blues got its first pair of platforms since Little Richard. Uniting lust, fantasy, and the 12-bar shuffle within the slickest of production packages, T. Rex's first plugged-in masterpiece, 1971's Electric Warrior, forged a teen-friendly sound that would long prosper as "glam." Seeing U.S. chart action courtesy of the timeless "Get It On (Bang A Gong)," the album would serve more as an oracle from which rockers far and wide would glean chops and style. Bowie would make use of the sonic sheen; punk rockers would employ its musical primitivism; and '80s hair bands would take Bolan's glitzy persona as a model for performance excess.