Beginning Doves

Marc Bolan, T-Rex - Beginning Doves

Beginning Doves
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Artist: Marc Bolan, T-Rex
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Extra tracks, Import
CD Release Date: 2002-04-23
Music Label: Universal I.S.
Soundtracks:
  1. Jasper C Debussy
  2. Hippy Gumbo
  3. Misfit
  4. The Lilac Hand Of Menthol Dan
  5. Black And White Incident
  6. Jasmine
  7. 7 Cat Black
  8. You Got The Power
  9. Eastern Spell
  10. Charlie
  11. Im Wierd
  12. Pictures Of Purple People
  13. Horrible Breath
  14. Hippy Gumbo (Alt Version)
  15. Mustang Ford
  16. Hot Rod Mama
  17. Observations
  18. The Perfumed Garedn Of Gulliver Smith
  19. Rings Of Fortune
  20. Sarah Crazy Child
  21. Lunacys Back
  22. Misty Mist (Highways)
  23. Beyond The Rising Sun
  24. One Inch Rock
  25. Sleepy Maurice
  26. Jasper C Debussy
  27. Hot Rod Mama (Alt Version)
  28. The Beginning Of Doves
  29. Sally Was An Angel
  30. Lunacys Back (Alt Version)
  31. Beyond The Rising Sun (Alt Version)
  32. Observations (Alt Version)
  33. Hippy Gumbo (Alt Version 2)
  34. Misfit (Alt Version)
  35. Jasper C Debussy (Alt Version)
  36. Observations (Alt Version 2)
  37. Hippy Gumbo (Alt Version 3)

Music reviews of Beginning Doves

Music Review: Don't let this one slip by!
Rating: 5 Stars

It seems an odd thing to say, perhaps, but the further back I go into Marc Bolan's career, the more I love his work. One would think the earlier material would be the weaker, especially as "Doves" starts with his earliest recorded demos--after all, how good of a song can one write when one is 16? But in Marc's case, the results are startling. Not fully polished yet perhaps, and sometimes obviously an attempt to imitate others' sound, but also beautifully fresh, endearingly enthusiastic, and youthfully imaginative. Such wide-eyed optimism, such childlike confidence!

It's interesting when I compare his career to Bowie's--one can say they both hit their commercial peak in 1972 (not considering "Tonight"), but otherwise they seemed to be moving in opposite directions. Marc's commercial stuff is great fun--as pop songs, they're top of their line: but I think I prefer his early work. Not that it's not poppy itself; Marc was always pop--but after '72, commercial interest (not necessarily tied to money) turned his head a bit.

This album is a collection of singles and demos from '66-'67, and I was more than pleasantly surprised by their quality. At first, that is, I was pleasantly surprised. After several listens, I forgot all about being surprised, because I was too busy being amazed. Not a bad song on here, no matter how amateurish. (Well, maybe there's one mediocre one.) I knew that Marc Bolan started off with an interest in rock n' roll (and blues, etc), and went hippie-folk-acoustic out of necessity as much as anything else--but upon getting this record, I still expected it to sound more like Tyrannosaurus Rex. Instead, it starts off very classic rock n' roll, Chuck Berry and such--but already with Marc's unmistakable warbly vocals (at their very warbliest), and already with his poetic imagery in the lyrics. Beautiful, vibrant, full of lively spirit and fairy tale dreaminess. One of my very favorite CDs of his now, in fact. And it provides an intriguing link between the Tyrannosaurus Rex and T. Rex sounds, being at times an amalgam of the two.

And at 14 bucks for 37 tracks, how can you let this great album pass you by?
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Description of Beginning Doves

Remastered from original tapes, now 32 tracks with the edition of 15 rare and previously unreleased tracks 'Hippy Gumbo', 'Misfit', 'I'm Weird', 'Horrible Breath', 'Hot Rod Mama', 'Observations', 'Lunacy's Back', 'Beyond The Rising Sun', 'Sleepy Maurice', 'Jasper C. Debussy', 'Observations' (alt. version) & 'Hippy Gumbo (alt version 3). Housed in a slipcase. 2002.

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