Get Ready to ROCK! » Marc Bolan https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:16:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: PATTERNS ON THE WINDOW – The British Progressive Pop Sounds Of 1974 (3 CD Boxset) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/01/album-review-the-british-progressive-pop-sounds-of-1974-3-cd-boxset/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/01/album-review-the-british-progressive-pop-sounds-of-1974-3-cd-boxset/#comments Tue, 30 Jan 2024 13:29:40 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=93623 1974-front-cover 150Grapefruit (Cherry Red) [Release date : 16.02.24] 1974. The UK seemed to be locked into an endless cycle of political and economic crises. The 3 day week. Fuel shortages, and an unheralded post war recession in full swing. Hardly a … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/01/album-review-the-british-progressive-pop-sounds-of-1974-3-cd-boxset/feed/ 0 Album review: RADIO STARS – Broadcasting To The Nation https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/11/album-review-radio-stars-broadcasting-to-the-nation/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/11/album-review-radio-stars-broadcasting-to-the-nation/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:28:16 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=76760 RADIO STARSEasy Action [Release date 3.12.21] Cherry Red’s superb 2017 “Thinking Inside The Box” set appeared to be the final word on Radio Stars, compiling both albums, singles/rarities and BBC sessions.  The emergence of an unreleased third album on Easy Action … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/11/album-review-radio-stars-broadcasting-to-the-nation/feed/ 0 Book review: On track…Marc Bolan, Tyrannosaurus Rex and T.Rex (Every album, every song) by Peter Gallagher https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/06/book-review-on-track-marc-bolan-tyrannosaurus-rex-and-t-rex-every-album-every-song/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/06/book-review-on-track-marc-bolan-tyrannosaurus-rex-and-t-rex-every-album-every-song/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2021 18:45:17 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=73251 On track...Marc Bolan, Tyrannosaurus Rex and T.Rex (Every album, every song) by Peter GallagherSonicbond Publishing [Publication date 11.06.21] By the time of his untimely death in 1977 Marc Bolan was still releasing singles, although the big hits of earlier this decade were behind him, he had his own successful TV show and more … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/06/book-review-on-track-marc-bolan-tyrannosaurus-rex-and-t-rex-every-album-every-song/feed/ 0 Book review: Metal Guru – The Life and Music of Marc Bolan by Paul Roland https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/08/book-review-metal-guru-the-life-and-music-of-marc-bolan-by-paul-roland/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/08/book-review-metal-guru-the-life-and-music-of-marc-bolan-by-paul-roland/#comments Mon, 21 Aug 2017 12:40:49 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=47523 Metal Guru - The Life and Music of Marc Bolan by Paul RolandExtraction Publishing [Publication date 04.09.17] Paul Roland has already written four biographies on Marc Bolan and this latest one is published just before the 40th anniversary of Bolan’s death. There is one spooky part about Marc Bolan in that he knew … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/08/book-review-metal-guru-the-life-and-music-of-marc-bolan-by-paul-roland/feed/ 0 Album review: MARC BOLAN & T.REX – Born To Boogie The Concerts https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/07/album-review-marc-bolan-t-rex-born-to-boogie-the-concerts/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/07/album-review-marc-bolan-t-rex-born-to-boogie-the-concerts/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2016 11:11:23 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=39149 MARC BOLAN & T.REX - Born To Boogie The ConcertsEdsel [Release date 17.06.16] Filmed at the height of T.Rextasy, and directed by Ringo Starr, the Born To Boogie film – centring around Wembley Empire Pool concert footage, a studio jam session with Ringo and Elton John, a four-song acoustic … Continue reading →

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