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20th Century Boy: The Ultimate Collection

A much-needed career-spanning retrospective of the late metal guru and his influential glam group. Obvious hits such as "Jeepster" and "Bang a Gong" are here, but it's Bolan's singing, songwriting and stinging guitar throughout that prove why his band inspired everyone from David Bowie to the Ramone...

2002 RS: 4of 5 Stars

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With his Botticelli face and curls and whimsically glamorous image, Marc Bolan fronted T. Rex, a British group that generated a fan hysteria reminiscent of Beatlemania and produced 11 successive U.K. Top 10 hits between 1970 and 1974. Among these were "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" (#1), "Jeepster" (#2), and "Telegram Sam" (#1). But while T. Rex could not hardly duplicate its British success in America...

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