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Alex Paterson

T.REX

ELECTRIC WARRIOR FLY/REPRISE,1971

This is a great record, and it was also the first record I ever bought, when I was about 12 years old. There’s one track which really stands out for me: “Girl”. It’s just an acoustic masterpiece. There’s also “Get It On”, and all kinds of other things on this album that are really worth exploring. I think the first four or five girls that I went out with were Marc Bolan fanatics! Beyond a shadow of a doubt this is one of the best albums in the Top 100 albums

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