Editorial Reviews
Born To Boogie
Music Review:
Music Review
Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, Nisi Dominus, Salve Regina [Import]
Vivaldi: Gloria/Berlioz: Lelio
Music: Four P's in a Pod [CD-single]
VH1 Presents: Live & More Encore! [Live]
Tito Schipa - Greatest Hits [Import]
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"; Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
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David Bowie's glammed-out Ziggy Stardust may have inspired much British critical hype at the dawn of the '70s, but it was Marc Bolan's T. Rex whose infectious blend of rock roots and mystic troubadour conceits were the era's biggest teen-frenzy pop phenomena. Ringo Starr was so enamored of "T. Rexstasy" that he set about making a loose documentary on Bolan and band, one whose loose flights of improvisational cinema seem as dizzy as they do substance-fueled. This double-disc soundtrack to Born to Boogie's painstakingly restored and expanded DVD release is a fascinating, warts-and-all slice of pop history, mixing concert performances of key hits like "Jeepster," "Get It On," and "Hot Love" with live-in-the-studio rave-ups of "Tutti Frutti" and "Children of the Revolution," featuring backing by Ringo and Elton John. The "Tea Party Medley" is one strange soirée of hits, while disc two presents the only complete recording of a T. Rex show, capturing the band's triumphant Wembley homecoming on March 18, 1972, in all its screaming teen glory. --Jerry McCulley
Rolling Stone Magazine, June 2, 2004
Four Stars!