{{Refimprove|date=July 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Bolan Boogie | type = compilation | artist = [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]] | cover = Bolan Boogie (T.Rex album) cover art.jpg | alt = | released = 5 May 1972 | recorded = 1969–1971 | studio = | genre = [[Glam rock]], [[psychedelic folk]] | length = 45:44 | label = [[Fly Records|Fly]] | producer = | chronology = [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]] compilation album | prev_title = The Best of T. Rex | prev_year = 1971 | next_title = Great Hits | next_year = 1973 }} {{album ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/bolan-boogie-mw0000649907 |title=''Bolan Boogie'' – Marc Bolan & T. Rex|last=Thompson |first=Dave |authorlink=Dave Thompson (author) |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=27 February 2015}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[New Musical Express]]'' | rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Morley |first=Paul |author-link=Paul Morley |date=27 September 1980 |title=Marc Bolan Discography 1971~77 |magazine=[[New Musical Express]] |page=27}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' | rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Roberts |first=Chris |date=November 2003 |title=Raiders of the lost Marc |magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |page=82 |issue=20}}</ref> }}
'''''Bolan Boogie''''' is a compilation album by the English [[glam rock]] band [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]]. After [[Marc Bolan]] had left [[Fly Records]] to form his own label distributed through [[EMI|EMI/T. Rex Wax Co]], his former label released this compilation in 1972 with recent single [[A-side and B-side|A- and B-sides]] recorded in 1970 and 1971, many of which had not appeared on previous albums. Also included are album tracks from Tyrannosaurus Rex's ''[[Unicorn (Tyrannosaurus Rex album)|Unicorn]]'' (1969), ''[[A Beard of Stars]]'' (1970) and T. Rex's ''[[T. Rex (album)|T. Rex]]'' (1970).
== Release == ''Bolan Boogie'' was released on May 5th 1972 by the Fly record label. With T. Rextasy at its absolute peak that spring following the group's acclaimed shows at the Empire Pool in Wembley, the compilation quickly reached number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]], spending three weeks at the top, although it would also be Bolan's last album to do so.<ref name="UK chart">{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/2746/T--REX|title=T. Rex |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=27 February 2015}}</ref>
== Track listing == {{track listing | all_writing = [[Marc Bolan]], except "[[Summertime Blues]]", written by [[Eddie Cochran]] and [[Jerry Capehart]] | headline = Side A | title1 = [[Get It On (T. Rex song)|Get It On]] | note1 = single [[A-side]], included on ''[[Electric Warrior]]'' – 1971 | length1 = 4:25 | title2 = Beltane Walk | note2 = from ''[[T. Rex (album)|T. Rex]]'' – 1970 | length2 = 2:20 | title3 = The King of the Mountain Cometh | note3 = originally the [[B-side]] of "Hot Love" – 1971 | length3 = 3:48 | title4 = Jewel | note4 = from ''T. Rex'' | length4 = 2:48 | title5 = She Was Born to Be My Unicorn | note5 = from ''[[Unicorn (Tyrannosaurus Rex album)|Unicorn]]'' – 1969 | length5 = 2:32 | title6 = Dove | note6 = from ''[[A Beard of Stars]]'' – 1970 | length6 = 2:02 | title7 = Woodland Rock | note7 = originally the B-side of "Hot Love" | length7 = 2:25 | title8 = [[Ride a White Swan]] | note8 = single A-side – 1970 | length8 = 2:13 }} {{track listing | headline = Side B | title1 = Raw Ramp | note1 = originally the B-side of "Get It On" | length1 = 5:13 | title2 = [[Jeepster (song)|Jeepster]] | note2 = single A-side from ''Electric Warrior'' | length2 = 4:08 | title3 = First Heart Mighty Dawn Dart | note3 = from ''A Beard of Stars'' | length3 = 2:41 | title4 = By the Light of a Magical Moon | note4 = single A-side, included on ''A Beard of Stars'' | length4 = 2:46 | title5 = [[Summertime Blues]] | note5 = Originally the B-side of "Ride a White Swan" | length5 = 2:40 | title6 = [[Hot Love (T. Rex song)|Hot Love]] | note6 = single A-side - 1971 | length6 = 4:55 }}
== Personnel == * [[Marc Bolan]] – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars (all tracks), harmonium (track 5) * [[Mickey Finn (musician)|Mickey Finn]] – [[congas]], [[Bongo drum|bongos]], backing vocals (tracks 1–4, 6–14) * [[Steve Currie]] – bass (tracks 1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 14) * [[Bill Legend]] – drums, tambourine (tracks 1, 7, 9, 10, 14) * [[Steve Peregrin Took]] – [[bongos]], [[backing vocals]], African [[talking drum]], [[bass guitar|bass]] (track 5)
== Additional personnel == * [[Tony Visconti]] – [[record producer|production]] (all tracks), [[bass guitar|bass]] * [[Howard Kaylan]] – backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 10, 14) * [[Mark Volman]] – backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 10, 14) * [[Rick Wakeman]] – piano on track 1
== Charts == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+Chart performance for ''Bolan Boogie'' !Chart (1972) !Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"|Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=302}}</ref> |align="center"|17 |- {{album chart|Norway|13|artist=T. Rex|album=Bolan Boogie|rowheader=true|access-date=6 February 2023}} |- !scope="row"|[[UK Albums Chart]]<ref name="UK chart"/> |align="center"|1 |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
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