The only album credited to Marc Bolan & T. Rex and released in March 1974 , ‘Zinc Alloy’ was the last T. Rex album to be produced by Tony Visconti , and features the autobiographical hit single Teenage Dream ”.
Recorded at Musicland Studios in Munich, Bolan was heavily influenced by his new relationship with songwriter Gloria Jones , and a new interest in black music that he heard on US radio stations while on tour in 1973.
This 50 th Anniversary Edition is presented as a zoetrope picture disc, based on the original limited edition multi layered “lattice” sleeve. Viewed with a smartphone running a third party stroboscope app, the images appear animated.
Tracklist:
Side A
1. Venus Loon
2. Sound Pit
3. Explosive Mouth
4. Galaxy
5. Change
6. Nameless Wildness
7. Teenage Dream [single version]
Side B
1. Liquid Gang
2. Carsmile Smith And The Old One
3. You’ve Got To Jive To Stay Alive
Spanish Midnight
4. Interstellar Soul
5. Painless Persuasion v The Meathawk Immaculate
6. The Avengers (Superbad)
7. The Leopards Featuring Gardenia & The Mighty Slug