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Marc Bolan & T. Rex - Born to Boogie

Marc Bolan & T. Rex - Born to Boogie

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 15, 1973

Runtime

1h 1m

Genres

Music, Documentary

User Score

75%

Original Title

Marc Bolan & T. Rex - Born to Boogie

Production Companies

Apple Corps

Director

Ringo Starr

Description

By 1972, the seminal English glam-rock band T-Rex was at the height of what came to be known as "T-Rexstacy:" they had already scored three of their soon-to-be ten straight Top 10 hits. To celebrate their success, Bolan and T-Rex played two sold-out performances at London's Wembley Empire Pool, captured on film by none other than former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and released as the now-legendary concert film BORN TO BOOGIE. The only existing recording of a full T-Rex concert, BORN TO BOOGIE is centered around the dual live performances (with Ringo and Elton John guest starring on two tracks) and interspersed with an acoustic set filmed at John Lennon's mansion, goofy backstage footage of Bolan, and surreal sequences of nuns and dwarves inserted for visual effect.