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Strictly limited to 2000 copies (numbered 1 - 2000) Now remastered for the first time by Tony Visconti, this classic album released in July 1972 on the back of three chart-topping T.Rex LPs provides a perfect snapshot of the era the press dubbed T. Rextasy and is proof of Bolan s extraordinary and enduring appeal across the generations. 

The Slider contained two UK Number 1 hit singles, Telegram Sam and Metal Guru the latter famously regarded by Morrissey as pop perfection . It was the first to bear the T. Rex Wax Co imprint, a seal of approval from EMI Records, who felt Bolan sufficiently important to warrant having his own record label. 

On the accompanying DVD, Tony Visconti recalls the making of the album in an exclusive new 105-minute interview with Bolan biographer Mark Paytress. The DVD also features TV footage including performances of Telegram Sam and Metal Guru from Top Of The Pops, ITV performance footage of Cadilac, Spaceball Ricochet and Telegram Sam, plus Marc s interview with Russell Harty from 1972. Rounding off the DVD is footage of Marc Bolan and Mickey Finn visiting EMI s pressing plant, a TV advert for The Slider and a US promotional film of Buick Mackane. 

Tony Visconti has also written a special essay for the 48-page hardback coffee-table book included in the box, which also features a 6,000-word essay by Paytress, rare photos and reproductions of archive material. Also included in the set, which comes in a sturdy 12 x 12 box, is a 180g vinyl pressing of the original album, its two spin-off singles and a repro of the hugely collectable promo-only Chariot Choogle 45, all in facsimile T. Rex Wax Co paper sleeves. 

Rounding off the package is a 40-page book of the sheet music for every song on the album, an A2 poster, sticker, plastic carrier bag, sew-on patch and facsimiles of an original Bolan fan club letter, membership card, rosette and concert ticket. 

CONTENT: 
2 x CDs / 1 x DVD / 1 x 180gram vinyl LP / 3 x 7 singles 
48 page casebound book 
Liner notes by: 
Tony Visconti 
Mark Paytress 
Marc Bolan 
105 minute filmed interview with Tony Visconti 
Top Of The Pops and other TV appearances
40 page book of sheet music 
Poster 
Plus reproductions of memorabilia and ephemera

Disc 1 
THE SLIDER: the 2012 re-master by Tony Visconti and Ted Jensen 
1. Metal Guru 
2. Mystic Lady 
3. Rock On 
4. The Slider 
5. Baby Boomerang 
6. Spaceball Ricochet 
7. Buick Mackane 
8. Telegram Sam 
9. Rabbit Fighter 
10. Baby Strange 
11. Ballrooms Of Mars 
12. Chariot Choogle 
13. Main Man 

Disc 2
THE SLIDER B-sides: 2012 re-masters by Tony Visconti and Ted Jensen 
1. Cadilac
2. Thunderwing 
3. Lady 

DEMOS, RADIO SESSIONS and OUTTAKES
4. Rock On [demo] 
5. The Slider [acoustic] 
6. Buick Mackane [demo] 
7. Sugar Baby (Rabbit Fighter) [demo] 
8. Baby Strange [electric solo demo; incomplete] 
9. Slider Blues [solo demo] 
10. Buick Mackane II [Slider outtake] 
11. Baby Strange [US radio session] 
12. Ballrooms Of Mars [US radio session] 
13. The Slider [acoustic demo] 
14. Radio interview, 26 August 1972: Marc Bolan talks to Johnny Moran about The Slider 

DVD 
MAIN FEATURE
Tony Visconti interviewed by Mark Paytress 
At The Soho Hotel, 13th September 2012

THE SLIDER ON TV 
Telegram Sam [Top Of The Pops, 19 January 1972] 
Metal Guru [Top Of The Pops, 24 May 1972] 
Metal Guru [Christmas Top Of The Pops, 21 December 1972] 
Cadilac [Music In The Round, 8 December 1971] 
Spaceball Ricochet [Music In The Round, 8 December 1971] 
Telegram Sam [Music In The Round, 8 December 1971] 
Marc Bolan interviewed by Russell Harty [Eleven Plus, 23 July 1972] 

BONUS FEATURES 
Advert for The Slider 
At the Chateau D Hérouville 
Marc and Mickey visit the EMI pressing plant [19 June 1972]
Buick Mackane [US promo film] 

The box has been opened, and CD's and DVD have been played. None of the Vinyl has been played.