Track Listings (16) - Disc #1| All Artists: T. Rex Title: Slider Members Wishing: 8 Total Copies: 0 Label: Edsel Records UK Release Date: 7/16/2002 Album Type: Original recording remastered, Import Genres: Alternative Rock, International Music, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock, Metal Styles: Hardcore & Punk, Europe, Britain & Ireland, Album-Oriented Rock (AOR), Glam Number of Discs: 2 SwapaCD Credits: 2 UPCs: 081227321826, 740155171520 |
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Mid-price deluxe 2 CD edition of Bolan's 1972 album. Presented in an eye-catching digipak with a plastic slipcase. Disc one features the original album remastered, accompanied by 3 non-album single sides, 'Cadilac', 'T... more » |
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Album Description Mid-price deluxe 2 CD edition of Bolan's 1972 album. Presented in an eye-catching digipak with a plastic slipcase. Disc one features the original album remastered, accompanied by 3 non-album single sides, 'Cadilac', 'Thunderwing' & 'Lady'. Disc two is a bonus disc of fascinating work-in-progress versions and demos, which mirrors the original albums running order plus extended play featuring 'Lady' & 'Sunken Rags'. The package is completed by a 16-page color booklet, including lyrics, photos and memorabilia, with extensive and updated annotation by Mark Paytress, editor of Mojo Collections. 2002. Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsMy T Rex obsession began here Hippie Smell | Brooklyn | 08/31/2004 (5 out of 5 stars) "Make no mistake about it, Electric Warrior is the best place to start if you're new to T Rex but if you're feeling inspired this isn't a bad place either. When I bought Electric Warrior I was instantly drawn into the heavy rocking sound and the incredible voice of Marc Bolan. He instantly became my favorite glam rocker ever. It really wasn't until I picked up this set that I was blown over entirely. When you hear these two discs you begin to wonder how this guy was so over looked in the US. In my opinion he was the best thing going in the early 70's. Anyway, with this set you get two discs, one the remastered studio album with two very worthwhile outtakes at the end and on the second you get alternate versions and early demos along with a few more outtakes. All of this along with good liner notes which detail the time and era in T Rex history. The second disc may not grab you initially, but it's really worth owning. The outtakes are really good accoustic renditions of the original and they really give the songs a whole new set of characteristics that I find myself turning to as much as the original album. On songs like Ballroom of Mars I actually find myself preferring the acoustic version. Anyway, I highly recommend this set for anyone that is looking for a great rock and roll record." When I'm sad, I listen to THE SLIDER! Hippie Smell | 07/22/2003 (5 out of 5 stars) "People love to distinguish "classical" music from "popular" music. This distinction is meaningless. Music is music, and good music is simply good music, and THE SLIDER is one of the finest musical works, "classical" or "popular," I've ever heard. I would not rank it as the best T. Rex, however. In my opinion, the best of T. Rex is: T. REX (the self-titled LP), ELECTRIC WARRIOR, THE UNICORN, BEARD OF STARS, and the songs, "Hot Love," "Children of the Revolution," and "Raw Ramp." Nonetheless, you cannot go wrong with this now-overlooked gem.This is, in my opinion, T. Rex's saddest work. It is subtly heartbreaking, covertly saddening. Happy, jumpy songs are interspersed with melancholy "ballads" (if that word applies) such as "Spaceball Richochet," "The Slider," "The Ballrooms of Mars," and "Main Man."Incidentally, "The Ballrooms of Mars" is simply one of the greatest rock songs ever written. That song alone would legitimate the magisterial status of this album.No more commentary is needed: just buy it and listen to it over and over again!Let others listen to The Beatles and think that it is great music: this is music in the highest sense of the word, the music of thought." With my Les Paul I know I'm small but I enjoy living anyway Scott Briggs | New York, NY | 07/28/2002 (5 out of 5 stars) "Quoth Marc Bolan from "Spaceball Ricochet" from this album.
Indeed, one of the reasons I gladly purchased a rare lefty Les Paul guitar recently is that I knew Marc favored his cherry sunburst Les Paul for the years he recorded unbelievable classics like The Slider and Electric Warrior, which is more than reason enough to get one. As for this new deluxe reissue of The Slider, I purchased it in nyc recently after considering getting a more streamlined UK pressing, but this "boxed" edition is the one to get--if you're a Bolan/Rex fan there is no other edition now, because this one contains an entire bonus disc of the "alternate" Slider, containing alternate takes of the songs and also an abundance of b-sides and demos such as "Sunken Rags" and "Thunderwing," which could have been on the original album given the strengths of those tracks. The sound on this reissue of TREX's classic 1972 follow-up to the equally massive Electric Warrior is wondrous in its remastered state, I'm sure the drums and crunchy bass and guitars on "Telegram Sam" never sounded better. I can't recommend this album more highly--if you're a true rock and roll fan you need this album and now you definitely need this glorious edition of it--it also comes with great artwork and a nice booklet with Marc's intriguing period comments on the album tracks. When Marc Bolan died, rock and roll tragically lost a true wizard, a true star. He continues to teach us how to boogie and he teaches me how to play guitar better everytime I play his albums. What more can one ask? Go Slide...." |
