Marc Bolan - Tramp King Of the City : Home Demos Volume 2

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: EARS142LP
Barcode: 5060446071984
Release Date: Jul 2025
Genre: Rock

• Part of a series of 4 vinyl Lps of home demos restored and re mastered for vinyl this year in 2018 from recently acquired materials returned to the estate.
• These embryonic recordings of songs some of which would find their way on to the iconic ‘Slider’ album .. many did not and remained unreleased. Included here are recordings made in Tony Visconti’s flat in the Autumn of 1971 and ‘Truck On’ was not released until the end of 1973. This version includes some additional vocals by Tony’s then wife Mary Hopkin
• Exclusively and uniquely designed to represent to correct period from which the material was recorded. includes inner bag with full liner notes by Andrew J. Gardner of the Bolan Society 
• Taken directly from Marc’s own tapes (originally stolen from the home of Marc & Gloria and recently repatriated to Gloria and her charity The Light of Love Foundation) and audio restored and mastered by Anders Peterson At Ghost Sound Sweden . All Songs Marc Bolan Published by Spirit Music.  All royalties go to Light of Love Foundation for The Marc Bolan School of Music & Film. Gloria Jones, Rolan Feld.

Sunken Rags
Cadillac
Truck on (Tyke)
Metal Guru
Thunderwing
Spaceball Ricochet
Telegram Sam
Rock on
Buick Mackane
Sugar Baby
The Slider
Buick Mackane & the Babe Shadow
Baby Strange
Slider Blues
This is My Life
Is It True
Just Like Me
Take Me Down to Birmingham