This is an excellently priced set if you want to get a good sampling of the Glam Icon from the '70's. A huge act in Europe, he had only moderate success here..until a revival of sorts from the car commercial.

Having lived in England during that time, I was naturally a great fan and this collection shows many hightlights of his career, with the of course hit "Get It On", (done by Power Station later) and the TV add hit 20th Century Boy.

The early "Bolan" is here, with such gread songs as one of my favorites "Ride A White Swan". Here you can listen to "Flourescent Leech and Eddie" sing backup, (The Turtles Fame) a trademark of later songs as well.

"Hot Love" I could not believe was not a hit here. A huge song, and everybit as good as "Get It On". Its hypnotic, and shows a rarely seen side of this band.

"Children of The Revolution", (later done by BONO), is epic Bolan and is an anthem for that generation and time.

"Jeepster" received much airplay on the FM band, and did "Telegram Sam", and are, like "Bang a Gong", from his rocker period.

It was also nice to see the inclusion of "The Slider" from my favorite Bolan album of the same name.

Overall, this album is an A+, especially for those new to his music. At this price, its much better than the more expensie imports, plus its digitally remastered.

Other recommended CD's include "Great Hits 1972-77-A-Sides" for further sampling, and the classic and first collection "Bolan Boogie [IMPORT] ".

A great CD, and well worth your time, at a good price too.

Oher great cuts:

This is hands-down the best single disc T. Rex collection in print. You get a 16-page booklet with excellent liner notes, lots of terrific pictures, track-by-track info on release dates and album sources of all the songs (the only thing missing is peak chart positions), along with artwork and release dates of all of Marc Bolan's studio albums from 1968's "My People Were Fair..." through 1977's "Dandy in the Underworld."

And then there's the music...WOW! It's never sounded better. The first three tracks are from the late Sixties when Tyrannosaurus Rex consisted of Bolan and percussionist Steve Peregrine Took beginning with their first UK hits "Debora" (No. 34) and "One Inch Rock" (No. 28). Tracks 4-9 were all released in 1970 and feature Took's replacement Micky Finn. The new duo had their first Top Ten hit in the UK when "Ride a White Swan" reached No. 2. By 1971 T. Rex was a full guitar-bass-drums band and their first single was the UK No. 1 "Hot Love," (the first of many songs to feature backing vocalists Flo and Eddie). For the next two years T. Rextasy was in full swing and Bolan and company would hit the British Top Ten eight more times. [T. Rex would crack the U.S. Top 40 only once, when "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" hit No. 10 in 1972.]

While Bolan is closely linked with the glam rock movement, his bag full of Chuck Berry riffs and electric boogie made him one of the most influential artists of the Seventies. Kudos to the folks at Hip-O for including songs like "Ride a White Swan," "Hot Love" and "Raw Ramp" (which I previously only had on an out-of-print WB anthology on cassette). However, it would have been better if they had expanded this to a 2-CD set like some of their other releases (John Hiatt, Robert Palmer, etc.). As it is, there's a 3-year gap between 1973's "Twentieth Century Boy" and 1976's "I Love to Boogie." T. Rex hit England's Top 40 seven times during that period. This is a generous 75-minute anthology, but it wouldn't have been difficult to fill a second disc when you realize that more than a dozen UK singles from throughout Bolan's career were excluded. Don't Get me wrong, this is an excellent collection. But as a longtime fan, I can never get enough. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

T. Rex was an enormous commercial force for only 3 years (1971 through 1973), but its legacy is huge. Interest in the band has gone up and down over the years, but after 30 (!) years, they are still to be dealt with, and with reason.

In a short span, Mark Bolan (the creative force behind the band), gave us an unforgettable collection of songs, including "Hot Love", "Jeepster", "Telegram Sam", "Children of the Revolution", "Metal Guru", "20th Century Boy", and of course the best known of them all "Get It On (Bang A Gong)", remade many times since then. But when you go beyond those hits, you'll find many other jems, such as "Mambo Sun", "Planet Queen", "The Motivator", and "Monolith".

T. Rex was already on the way down before Mark Bolan's death in a car accident in 1977. Nevermind. This collection shows why the band remains relevant, after all these years.

Hip-O has put together an excellent collection of Marc Bolan and T-Rex material. Any serious collector will probably come up with a missing favorite cut of their own (Broken Hearted Blues, Lean Woman Blues, ETC) but for overall chronological progression you can't beat this offering. I was especially happy to see the studio version of Summertime Blues included here along with Ride a White Swan and Jewel. Cuts like Get it On, Hot Love, Jeepster and 20th Century Boy are expected. The Cuts that complete this collection for me is the full length versions of Raw Ramp and Elemental Child. The Re-mastering is excellent-extremely good quality. The inner booklet is full of insights on Marc Bolan and company, including Flo and Eddie. Bottom line on this CD is you need to get it. Whether your just wanting a Best CD or an opportunity to get some of those hard to find tunes. You should own Electric Warrior already along with Slider. This offering will do justice to a great glam rocker.

I already own most of the songs on this collection but there are a few on this particular CD that i do not have. I'm definitely going to order this one after seeing the list of songs and the price is more than fair. You know it's a funny thing,i read 2 reviewer comments and found them quite amusing. I usually do not take sides on personal taste issues but i have to agree with( A.Parvar's) comment. As for the comment made by (JohnnysMarchingBand), well.....grow up. Fans of a particular musical artist are always going to defend thier heroes and like it or not, the WORLD does not BOW DOWN to TOP 10 Music. This sort of music caters to a different class of listeners, so in a word..stick with your own KIND.