A Beard Of Stars (Vinyl LP) Folk & Americana

A Beard Of Stars (Vinyl LP) Folk & AmericanaTyrannosaurus Rex's fourth album, A Beard of Stars, was the turning point where Marc Bolan began evolving from an unrepentant hippie into the full on swaggering rock star he would be within a couple of years, though for those not familiar with his previous work, it still sounds like the work of a man with his mind plugged into the age of lysergic enchantment. "A Daye Laye," "Pavilions of Sun," and the title tune sure sound like the writings of an

arranger/conductor and co-conspirator Jean-Claude Vannier ("L'Enfant Assassins Des Mouches)

Distinctively exotic drifts of library music suffused with psych and next wave ambience

Originally released on Vertigo in 1973

trashed amplifiers

Three singles were released from the album

But at the dawn of the 1970s

Roy Orbison and Arthur 'big boy' Crudup

Fever Dog (Demo) (Nancy Wilson) (Side A) 3

The self-titled debut album

designers - and the subsequent re-birth of rock and pop

50th Anniversary Mono Edition

Swamp Music