1972 was a banner year for T. Rex's Marc Bolan.  The glam rock pioneer was riding high thanks to the success of 1971's chart-topping Electric Warrior and its hit singles "Get It On" and "Jeepster," and would continue his streak of hits with The Slider (No. 4 in the U.K.) and two more No. 1s, "Metal Guru" and "Telegram Sam." Before the year was out, T. Rex would play in both the U.S. and U.K., appear regularly on the BBC, and star in the concert film Born to Boogie produced and directed by Ringo Starr under the Apple Films banner.  The band notched another pair of No. 2 smashes, "Children of the Revolution" and "Solid Gold Easy Action," savoring the wave of T. Rextasy.  Now, Edsel is celebrating Bolan's legacy with T. Rex's 1972, a new box set available in 5 CD, 6LP, and 2 LP "highlights" editions.

The all-encompassing 1972 includes The Slider album, Live at Wembley: The Matinee Show (plus two previously unreleased 1972 mixes from The Evening Show), an expanded Born to Boogie: The Soundtrack Album (featuring Elton John and Ringo Starr), Bolan's U.S. Radio Sessions, T. Rex on the BBC in 1972 (boasting a previously unreleased version of "Telegram Sam" from the Christmas Top of the Pops), non-LP B-sides, and the T. Rex Fan Club 1972 Christmas flexidisc.  All tracks are present on both the CD box and the 180-gram colored vinyl set.  The 2LP highlights edition, pressed on 140-gram white vinyl, features highlights from the Wembley show, U.S. and U.K. radio sessions, and bonus extras including highlights from the Born to Boogie soundtrack.

The accompanying booklets (44 pages in the CD set, 24 pages at 12x12 size in the vinyl version) contains a 1,600-word introduction by Electric Warrior/The Slider producer Tony Visconti, and a new 12,000-word essay by Bolan biographer Mark Paytress, author of Bolan: The Rise and Fall of a 20th Century Superstar. The booklets also contain previously unpublished photos taken by Keith Morris during 1972.

1972 is due on April 22 in all formats from Edsel.  Tony Visconti has signed 1,000 CD boxes and 1,000 LP boxes which are also currently available.  You'll find pre-order links and the complete track listing below!

1972 (Edsel EDSL1972X (U.K.), 2022)

5CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
5CD Signed by Tony Visconti: Amazon U.K.
6LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
6LP Signed by Tony Visconti: Amazon U.K.
2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

* denotes previously unreleased track
+ included on 2LP set

CD/LP 1: The Slider (released as T. Rex BLN 5001 (U.K.)/Reprise MS-2095 (U.S.), 1972)

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

CD 2/LP 2-3: Live At Wembley - The Matinee Show (released on Edsel EDSK 7104 (U.K.), 2016)

1. Rosko's Intro (Emperor Rosko)
2. Cadilac
3. Jeepster +
4. Baby Strange
5. Spaceball Ricochet
6. Girl
7. Cosmic Dancer +
8. Telegram Sam +
9. Hot Love +
10. Get It On
11. 'One More Time?' (Emperor Rosko)
12. Summertime Blues +
13. Baby Strange (Alternate Mix with Overdubs from Evening Show) *
14. Hot Love (Alternate Mix with Overdubs from Evening Show) *

All tracks recorded at Wembley Empire Pool, London, England - 3/18/1972

CD 3/LP 4: Born to Boogie - The Soundtrack Album (released as Marc on Wax MARC LP 514, 1991)

1. Marc's Intro - Marc Bolan
2. Jeepster - T. Rex
3. Baby Strange - T. Rex
4. 'Electric Wind' (poem) - Marc Bolan
5. Tutti Frutti - T. Rex feat. Elton John & Ringo Starr +
6. Children of the Revolution - T. Rex feat. Elton John & Ringo Starr +
7. 'Look to the Left' - Marc Bolan & Ringo Starr
8. Spaceball Ricochet - Marc Bolan
9. 'Some People Like to Rock' - Marc Bolan & Ringo Starr
10. Telegram Sam - T. Rex
11. 'Some People Like To Roll' - Marc Bolan & Ringo Starr
12. Cosmic Dancer - Marc Bolan & Mickey Finn
13. 'They've Come, Tis Said' - Geoffrey Bayldon
14. Tea Party Medley: Jeepster/Hot Love/Get It On/The Slider - Marc Bolan & String Quartet +
15. 'Union Hall' - Geoffrey Bayldon
16. Hot Love- T. Rex
17. Get It On - T. Rex
18. Chariot Choogle (soundtrack mix of studio recording) - T. Rex
19. Marc's Outro - Marc Bolan
20. Children of the Revolution (strings reprise)

CD 4/LP 5: Marc Bolan's 1972 U.S. Radio Sessions (released on Spaceball - New Millennium Communications PILOT21 (U.K.), 1997)

1. Spaceball Ricochet (KDAY-FM, Los Angeles, CA - 2/15/1972) +
2. Jeepster (KDAY-FM, Los Angeles, CA - 2/15/1972)
3. Cosmic Dancer (KDAY-FM, Los Angeles, CA - 2/15/1972)
4. Main Man (KDAY-FM, Los Angeles, CA - 2/15/1972) +
5. Ballrooms of Mars (KDAY-FM, Los Angeles, CA - 2/15/1972)
6. Mystic Lady (KDAY-FM, Los Angeles, CA - 2/15/1972)
7. Girl (KDAY-FM, Los Angeles, CA - 2/15/1972)
8. Baby Strange (KDAY-FM, Los Angeles, CA - 2/15/1972) +
9. Left Hand Luke (WBCN-FM, Boston, MA - 9/11/1972)
10. The Slider (WBCN-FM, Boston, MA - 9/11/1972)
11. Spaceball Ricochet (WBCN-FM, Boston, MA - 9/11/1972)

CD 5/LP 6: T. Rex on the BBC 1972 / Single A & B-Sides

1. Metal Guru (Saturday Afternoon Pop - May/June 1972) +
2. The Slider (BBC Radio 1 - August 1972)
3. Mystic Lady (BBC Radio 1 - August 1972) +
4. Rock On (BBC Radio 1 - August 1972)
5. Main Man (BBC Radio 1 - August 1972)
6. Children of the Revolution (The Jimmy Young Show - August 1972)
7. Solid Gold Easy Action (BBC Radio 1 - December 1972) +
8. Telegram Sam (Top of the Pops - Christmas 1972) * +
9. Cadilac +
10. Thunderwing +
11. Lady
12. Children of the Revolution
13. Jitterbug Love +
14. Sunken Rags +
15. Solid Gold Easy Action
16. Xmas Riff - Born to Boogie +
17. T. Rex Fan Club 1972 "Christmas Record" Flexi Disc

Tracks 1-7 released on Marc Bolan At The BBC - UMC 534 309-2 (U.K.), 2013
Track 9 from "Telegram Sam" single - T. Rex 101, 1972
Tracks 10-11 from "Metal Guru" single - T. Rex MARC 1, 1972
Tracks 12-14 from T. Rex single MARC 2, 1972
Tracks 15-16 from T. Rex single MARC 3, 1972
Track 17 from Lyntone flexi, 1972