Released 16 May 1969 Artist T. Rex Producer Tony Visconti | Length 39:46 Release date 16 May 1969 Label Blue Thumb Records | |
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Recorded November 1968 – February 1969 at Trident Studios, London, England Unicorn
(1969) A Beard of Stars
(1970) Genres Rock music, Folk rock, Psychedelic rock, Psychedelic folk Similar T Rex albums, Rock music albums | ||
Tyrannosaurus rex full album unicorn singles
Unicorn is the third studio album by English psychedelic folk (later glam rock) band Tyrannosaurus Rex (later known as T. Rex). It was released on 16 May 1969 by record labels Regal Zonophone and Blue Thumb, and was the last Tyrannosaurus Rex album to feature Steve Peregrin Took.
Contents
Chariots of silk t rex
Content
Unicorn featured Marc Bolan on vocals and guitar and Took on bongos, African drums, kazoo, pixiphone and Chinese gong. The back cover depicted Bolan and Took surrounded by books that were relevant to the subject matter of the songs. The lyrics namechecked William Blake as well as the Cottingley Fairies, a famous case of two children's photographs of alleged fairies taken near their Yorkshire home.
The final song on the album, "Romany Soup", featured John Peel (an early supporter of the band) reciting a short story written by Bolan.
Release
Unicorn was released on 16 May 1969 by Regal Zonophone in the UK and Blue Thumb in the US; it was their first album to be released in the US. It reached No. 12 in the UK Albums Chart.
Unicorn was the last of Tyrannosaurus Rex's albums to feature Took; Bolan fired him after refusing to include Took's songs on the next album.
In 2004, the album was remastered and reissued by A&M Records.
Track listing
All tracks written by Marc Bolan.
Personnel
Songs
1Chariots of Silk2:27
2'Pon a Hill1:15
3The Seal of Seasons1:47