Tyrannosaurus Rex - Salamanda Palaganda

[Mugwumps]

Actually saw Tyrannosaurus Rex at the very first IoW Festival in 1968 I believe. Main act was Jefferson Airplane. Also on the bill were Fairport Convention, Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The Move, Pretty Things, Pink Faries, Orange Bicycle, Aynsley Dunbar and John Peel as compere. Still got the ticket and the cost was £1.50!

[Ironstokes]

The albums Unicorn (with Took) and Beard of Stars (with Finn), were his masterpieces. But Salamanda Palganda, after many years, I relised, was my faourite song of all. I know every word by heart 30- 40 years later, lol

'Small girl with a smiling gibbon, bridled with an orchid ribbon......'

[shatterdwing]

TuwhituWHOO!

[Ghoopty]

Such unique stuff. Yeah, Steve Took was sacked by Marc cos he was taking too much acid and whipping himself onstage with a belt, but he still had great musical abilities......

[out54law]

Marc and Steve were unique thankyou were ever you are.

[guttersnype00]

Bonkers indeed!

Glorious hippiefolk middle-earth Renaissance glamour.

Unknown, underappreciated, timeless.

Thank the heavens for Tyrannosaurus Rex.

[metalhen]

I ain't seen this before. Good one. Thanx

[cruithneuladh]

Gloriously bonkers! The early Tyrannosaurus Rex stuff is a wonderful mixture of tripped-out Hippy lunacy pretending it all means something by drenching everything in ripped-off Tolkienesque imagery.

It doesn't mean s**t, but it's fun!

[cruithneuladh]

Steve Took was completely out of his tree most of the time, but he had a great sense of rhythm on the bongos, far better than the later Micky Finn on the congas!

[FlyingJunk]

Marc Bolan was the Jewish Bob Dylan, oops, sorry, John Lennon, then.

[martinjp1958]

This is the first time I've looked up this band here. What a pleasant surprise. The quality of the writing and performing is superb. I'd forgotten how good he was.

[nannyr1970]

love u Marc...

[cavewaller]

I was one of those (too serious for my own good) people who loved this stuff but went off Marc when he became ' too commercia (man)'.

What a pratt I was; I now listen to all his stuff and think it's all great. He wrote some fantastic songs at each stage of his career right up until the end; even after he had lost popularity.

I have all his albums and can randomely put on any one of them and it will hit a spot somewhere inside.

MAkes me feel good!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hearditman]

@cavewaller I have to agree with you cavedweller a lot of people at that time where too serious for their own good. Musical snobs I think they'd be called today. I bought Hot Love, my first single, from an older girl (she was 15) coz Bolan "had sold out". The following year she was selling Alice Cooper's Killer album coz of his Schools Out single. He had "sold out" too. HaHa the folly of youth.The press didn't help with Bolan they were on his case. Now we have things like Kylie at Glastonbury!

[MrSainttyler]

Mostly toy drums

[BrotherPalaganda]

does anyone know what kind of drums Took is using? thanks

btw great song.

[MarceloVulgo73]

Holy Shit!! This video is great.

Marc and Steve playing in french Tv.

LOVE AND PEACE

[deafboyone]

way ahead of his time :)

[IvorRash]

Make you wonder what his music would be like if he had lived. I have a copy of Warlock of Love & if Bolan wasn't on drugs then he was from a different planet!

[slawek033]

the music would stayed the same

because he was perfect singer

even better than James Douglas Morrison

[TheyBastardisedJesus]

It's no fluke how the Platos, Pythagorus', Da Vincis and Einsteins were all vegetarian.

Nor is it a fluke that the Marc Bolans, John Lennons. Bob Marleys and Thon Yorkes are either

[slawek033]

it's good to know it... - thank you!

[IvorRash]

slaweek033, I like both Morrison & Bolan; neither were better than the other, they were different styles. Both died too young with the unfulfilled promise of more great music

[slawek033]

Yes, you right

i sayed that Marc is better 'cause i fill sorrow of this what Jim have done with his health.

[louiscfc93]

am i the only person who pays more attention to took in this than marc ?

[TheyBastardisedJesus]

yeah because you are deep and full of substance and we are all superificial

Hows life up there louis? When you comme down from your horse can I have a ride?

[louiscfc93]

wtf.i ask a simple question and get this shit as a reply

[hearditman]

louis go back to your own planet...your people need you.

[louiscfc93]

i ask a simple question and people reply like this.i guess people just misenterperated it

[lynton75]

louis I agree. Took's performance in this makes the song what it is. It is only when you make a conscious effort to listen to Took's part you recognise just how magical he was, and then once you are aware of it, at each subsequent replay you notice how Took's voice has more effect on the overall sound than marc's

[hearditman]

Who wrote the song? I think Took was god but to add little oohs and ahs to someone else's song does not "make the song what it is" Bolan's voice and crazy lyrics do that.

[LWall2000]

Bolan was drug free??? Uh,..........you apparently never saw him live in later years. he was barely able to perform. Apparently he cleaned up near the end, but the last 2 times I saw him were dissapointing.

[dutchbolanfan]

In the sixties Marc was drugs free, I'm sure of that! He only drinks tee with his wife, haha!

[VoodooChileJ11]

He did have the odd bit of pot but nothing hard, back during the Tyrannosaurus Rex era that is, obviously not the later years

[sirguyb]

Try to track down a copy of Bolan's book...Warlock of Love...amazing poetry...with the same imagery as his lyrics.

[DOKK212]

The first time I heard this was on the Ride a White Swan LP from MFP..girlfriend used to rip the piss out of it....the Cow!!!

[hugobear1]

First LP I ever bought!!!! Still got it and 5,000 others!

[jarasitis]

Ab Fab

[raspukin7]

Too cool. I almost had a 40 yr. old flashback!

[LWall2000]

Listening to Tyrannosaurus Rex (pre-T Rex) in 1970 etc was pretty bizzare, but like the guy said - it grows on you. Then I heard "Elemental Child" and I got the point! DAMN!

[WindQuartets]

Great clip! At what location was it filmed?

Rock

ON

Maro

[RogerBsDelaine]

drugs are so ridiculous. Steve Peregrin Took had such an amazing voice, but eventually got so stoned that he choked on a maraschino cherry and died. A MARASCHINO CHERRY FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!

But god, what beautiful vocals. Their voices blended so nicely.

[Michaelfrancismal]

Like many fans I hadnt heard any Tyrannosaurus Rex material till the tracks on Bolan Boogie and then the Flyback albums in 1972. I have to admit that I didnt know what to make of it but it grew on me. Marc was completely drug free but acid destroyed Steve Peregrin Tooks already fragile mind.

[philwear]

Me too .. I got into the earlier long name stuff through the flyback issue. i heard T.Rex album (wizard et al) and then went back from there. Glad I did ...

[ziggykelly]

Acid does wondergul things.

[butler2035]

yer thats the album. i managed to fit them both on 1 cd, like 30 tracks. my girlfriend loves it and shes my age 2. keeping the dream alive baby. dig

[butler2035]

this is genious. beats the beetles or donavans hippy stuf.u got to dig the album.i think its called my people were fair and wore flowers in their hair but now they are proud to wear stars on their brows.sumthin like that.i just put it 2 cd from viynl. mark was a tru artistic genious.my dad totaly use to dig t-rex and i grew up on it. now i play gtar this is like a gold mine of inspiration. so unknown, and under rated.even john peel chats some spoken word poetry on one trak.peace and love baby.

[jonchapple]

This song's on 'Prophets, Seers & Sages: The Angels of the Ages', but I appreciate the sentiment!

[wotan46]

hi i hope this is,nt taken wrong but the ful title of the album in question is ,my people were fair and had sky in their hair ut now their content to wear stars on their brows ...umm just wanted to offer a little hel with the title of the album .all the best to u .

[69AfroThunda69]

@butler2035 Yeah, I seriously don't see how Bolan's so unknown. I think everyone that listened to rock in the 70s knows who he is. I wouldn't know who he was if it wasn't for my dad either. I knew about T. Rex, just not Marc.

[ellycat]

I saw his son Rolan at Manchester airport last year. Cool.

[eddysteele]

my god i miss you so much Marc

[dullsville]

Wanna play with the red shirt girl in a field of flowers*****

I know your seventy now, but the offer stands...cuz your mind is a groovy movie*****

[snazz2]

When I was a kids I couldn't stand this stuff, now years later, I think it's more advanced than the T-rex stuff he later did.

[qwertyloop]

Love this song - this and 'Stacey Grove' are my favourite Tyrannosaurus Rex songs. Marc was a true original - where are the 'Marc Bolans' today?

[Yowzaa]

Devendra Banhart you may sway towards then....... x

[LickBroccoli]

and be disappointed that he's just another modern emulator.

[imbaman1337]

agreed

[MzMaihem]

Wow, this is amazing...

I am in love all over again, thanks.

[mirrortime]

This is THEE stuff. Marc was and is the definition of "amazing". Never be anyone like him again. With all the crap out there this reminds one of how music was before the invasion of the corporate wars on music happened. Tyrannosaurus Rex!

[DAVWAVE]

I got this after I heard Electric Warrior and the Slider. So, it was a shock but I got into it.

[Reinisen]

The beauty that this music inherited couldn´t really be found later on

[topchef50]

great video nice to see the older stuff .rock on to all you bolan fans out there

[desico]

Marc started the whole glam image and even encouraged good buddy Elton John to pursue his flambuoyant ways. If it weren't for Marc, many artists would have been stuck in a groove with long hair and jeans, and not know what else to do. Even Ringo Starr admired him. Marc Bolan IS the Main Man. He will forever be the first for alot of daring - and hot - steps in the music world.

[panchamkauns]

The Main Man?! Marc IS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GIRL THAT SMILES FOR YOU! Even Ringo Starr admired him?! Marc recorded TRELAWNY LAWN! :)

[desico]

Apparently you haven't seen Ringo joking around with Marc before shows in his dressing room with OTHER PEOPLE THERE. No one is slamming anyone except YOU. Come off it.

[emmaline6689]

fukin beautiful song

im a lover 60s and 70s classics

and i love marc from the hippy to the glam rocker

[KIERSZTEN]

your comments are spot on stroll on main man

[teamad]

I saw them at the Oxford townhall. Thanks.

[hallikandel]

Do you really mean THEM (Bolan/Took)? The real thing, not one of those revival bands? All those years ago? So you must be almost as old as I am :-)

What a great shame that I used to live in London at that time and NEVER went to any of their gigs.

Neither did I see them at Oxford ... and I was there, too when they were on (visiting a girlfriend)

[DAVWAVE]

Describe, did you like them at the time. How was it.

[CalandrielAurealin]

Hey, has anyone else heard anything about that new DVD 'T. Rex on TV?' It supposedly came out several months ago but I haven't been able to find it. It's supposed to include several rare, European TV spots that Marc and Mickey did.

[oloren1]

Wonderful! Nothing like the real thing. But if you're ready for some ersatz, come visit! Thanks ...

[emeraldbijou]

Loving it. "Prophets, Seers and Sages..." is one of my favourite of the Tyrannosaurus Rex albums. The lyrics are so trippy and intricate and Marc's voice -- unrestrained, to put it lightly. And the bizarre scat -- "too-wit too-woo" ... priceless. There's really, really nothing else like them out there.

[dunoon]

thank you thank you thank you

[CalandrielAurealin]

Beautiful in every way possible.

[northwest500]

ahh the late great steve peregrin took friend of syd barrett..r.i.p.to both innovators.

[bwcajp]

Fabulous! I was only old enough to appreciate T.Rex after they shortened their name, but I always prefered the earlier material. This is wonderful, thankyou Jon! Where DO you find these clips?

[jonchapple]

I did the same, started with T. Rex and worked my way back, and I was delighted with what I found! Bolan and Took always had some kind of understated beauty that T. Rex never had.

And where did I find it you ask? Now that would be telling!

I have contacts :]

If you send me your E-Mail you can have it if you like!

[daiglen]

Oh my goodness, this takes it right back to 69/70.

Many many many thanks.

[retro73]

Ahhh i love Marc, Steve and Salamanda Palaganda!

I wish Marc and Steve were alive today...RIP peace to both of them x.

Fab Video by the way..keep em' coming !

[afghanhound]

Does anyone have any footage of Beltane Walk? Jewel?

Magical Moon? Elemental Child?

[zeezberlin]

Fantastic - Early Marc.....

Do the Beltane Walk :-)

[astraycat]

thanks for putting this on - I love this!

[jokanyan]

Thank you! I uploaded "Debora" and "Stacy Grove".

[jonchapple]

Same happened to me...

So I thought I'd help out and upload one : ]

[sunshine1967]

ah that is excellent!!

i swear it was like 2 days ago i typed Tyrannasaurus Rex on here and they only had like 4 videos and they were all about dinosaurs?!

great song, was listening to it this morning actually!!

nice one

[robotorb]

I LOVE Steve Took! Great volcalist and songwriter! I strongly recommend seeking out his recordings!!!

1) Missing Link / Crazy Diamond

2) Horns - Blow It!

3) Shagrat - Lonestar / No Pink Jackets Required