Artist: Tyrannosaurus Rex, T. Rex

Title: A Whole Zinc of Finches

Year Of Release: 2005

Label: Easy Action

Genre: Rock

Quality: FLAC (tracks)

Total Time: 05:29:08

Total Size: 1.71 GB





Tracklist:



CD1

1. John Peel Opening the Gates of the Perfumed Garden (Perfumed Garden, 14th August 1967) (1:35)

2. Rings of Fortune (Perfumed Garden, 14th August 1967) (4:25)

3. Hippy Gumbo (Perfumed Garden, 14th August 1967) (2:41)

4. The Wizard (Perfumed Garden, 14th August 1967) (2:16)

5. Highways (Perfumed Garden, 14th August 1967) (1:50)

6. Desdemona (Perfumed Garden, 14th August 1967) (2:47)

7. Winnie the Pooh (Perfumed Garden, 14th August 1967) (12:36)

8. Sarah Crazy Child (Perfumed Garden, 14th August 1967) (2:20)

9. John Peel Closing the Gates of the Perfumed Garden (3:14)



CD2

1. Child Star (2:35)

2. Highways (1:59)

2. Highways (Demo / Work in Progress) (1:59)

3. Sleepy Maurice (2:52)

3. Sleepy Maurice (Demo / Work in Progress) (2:52)

4. Chateau in Virginia Waters (2:34)

5. Deep Summer (4:41)

6. Rock Me / Puckish Pan (2:5

7. One Inch Rock (2:20)

8. Sea Beasts (2:1

9. Cat Black (2:43)

9. Cat Black (Demo / Work in Progress) (2:43)

10. Chariots of Silk (2:20)

11. Pilgrim's Tale (1:59)

12. Like a White Star, Tangled and Far, Tulip That's What You Are (3:36)

12. Like a White Star, Tangled and Far, Tulip That's What You Are (Demo / Work in Progress) (3:36)

13. Prelude (1:46)

14. King of the Rumbling Spires (3:54)

14. King of the Rumbling Spires (Demo / Work in Progress) (3:54)

15. June Child & Marc Recitation (15:01)

16. Lofty Skies 1 & 2 (2:35)

17. Dragon's Ear 1 & 2 (3:00)

18. The Wizard-Vocal Extracts (1:37)

19. Summer Deep (2:4

20. Fist Heart Mighty Dawn Dart (2:13)

21. Elemental Child (3:5

21. Elemental Child (Demo / Work in Progress) (3:5

22. Organ Blues (1:34)

23. Pictures of Purple People (2:00)

24. Demon Queen (1:36)



CD3

1. Unicorn / Hot Rod Mama (3:31)

2. Afghan Woman (1:49)

3. Debora (3:30)

4. Mustang Ford #1 (3:01)

5. Stacey Grove (2:04)

6. Salamanda Palaganda #1 (Live in London 1969) (2:16)

7. Wind Quartets #1 (2:59)

8. One Inch Rock #1 (2:1

9. Chariots of Silk #1 (2:43)

10. The Seal of Seasons #1 (1:57)

11. Conesuala #1 (Live in London 1969) (2:35)

12. Nijinski Hind (Live in London 1969) (2:21)

13. Once Upon the Seas of Abyssinia (Live in London 1969) (2:4

14. Do You Remember? (3:36)

15. The Wizard (Live in London 1969) (4:07)

16. Conesuala #2 (Live in London 1969) (2:31)

17. The Seal of Seasons #2 (2:00)

18. One Inch Rock #2 (1:52)

19. Eastern Spell (1:45)

20. Wind Quartets #2 (3:02)

21. Mustang Ford #2 (Live in London 1969) (2:54)

22. Salamanda Palaganda #2 (2:11)

23. Strange Orchestras (2:05)

24. Evenings of Damask (2:30)

25. Chariots of Silk #2 (Live in London 1969) (2:41)

26. Pewter Suitor (3:15)

27. The Traveling Tragition (1:50)



CD4

1. For the Lion and the Unicorn / Hot Rod Mama (3:47)

1. For the Lion and the Unicorn / Hot Rod Mama (Live at Cafe Au-Go-Go, New York, August 16th 1969) (3:47)

2. Debora (Live at Cafe Au-Go-Go, New York, August 16th 1969) (3:51)

3. Afghan Woman (3:09)

4. Misty Coast of Albany (2:5

5. Mustang Ford (Live at Cafe Au-Go-Go, New York, August 16th 1969) (3:42)

6. The Seal of Season (2:50)

7. Chariots of Silk (3:21)

8. Strange Orchestras (2:14)

9. The Wizard (9:37)

10. Stacey Grove (2:5

11. One Inch Rock (2:41)

12. Conesuala (Live at Cafe Au-Go-Go, New York, August 16th 1969) (2:51)

13. Nijinsky Hind (Live at Cafe Au-Go-Go, New York, August 16th 1969) (2:46)

14. Once Upon The Seas of Abyssinia (Live at Cafe Au-Go-Go, New York, August 16th 1969) (3:02)

15. Salamanda Palaganda (Live at Cafe Au-Go-Go, New York, August 16th 1969) (2:19)

16. Blue Thumb U.S.A. Promo 45 (Marc & John Peel 1969) (3:13)

17. The Wizard U.S.A. Promo (2:11)



CD5

1. Interviews (43:24)

2. Oh Baby #1 (2:43)

3. Universal Love (1:57)

4. Pavillions Of Sun (4:15)

5. Jam Session (15:26)

6. Oh Baby #2 (2:40)



Five discs' worth of largely unreleased music, a DVD of super-rare concert footage, a nine-song excerpt from DJ John Peel's last-ever broadcast for pirate Radio London, and the chance to hear what Tyrannosaurus Rex was doing during Woodstock weekend -- all that and more recommends A Whole Zinc of Finches to the world and, if the contents may be a little arcane for all but the most dedicated collector, still it's impossible to overstate their importance. The Peel broadcast opens the box, excerpting the DJ's all-night show by isolating Marc Bolan's own contributions to the proceedings, with Peel's own intros and outros intact. From there we move into a solid 24 songs' worth of demos and works in progress, painstakingly avoiding any duplication with the bonus-stacked reissues of the band's own albums, but still serving up some magical performances. Two discs' worth of live recordings follow, the first highlighting shows at the London Lyceum and Queen Elizabeth Hall in early 1969 (the only portion of the package to have seen prior release), the second from the Cafe au Go Go in New York, in August of the same year. The sound quality is shaky throughout, and one awaits the day a recording surfaces that matches the magic being enacted on-stage. But you can hear enough to know you want more, and historical documents must be taken as they're found. The final CD digs into Tyrannosaurus Rex's transition into the electric T. Rex, via the sessions Bolan convened beneath the pseudonym Dib Cochran & the Earwigs, before the DVD rounds up positively every known fragment of unreleased footage to capture the band in the days before they were on TV every week. Again, it's not pristine quality, but it wouldn't be so precious if it were. Finally, a fat booklet rounds up all the facts, figures, and background, to complete the kind of box set that even the bootleggers could only dream of. A lot of archive projects are described as treasure troves, but A Whole Zinc of Finches really is. © Dave Thompson /TiVo