>> T. REX :: ELECTRIC WARRIOR

A lot had happened in a relatively short time. Having a hit record seemed to have raised the consciousness of all involved. In the interim between T.Rex and this album Marc decided to beef up the band and add the obligatory bassist and drummer to the group. Marc broke in Steve Curry and Bill Legend in a series of low key gigs after using them on a single that preceded Electric Warrior, "Hot Love". Bill and I had worked together when he was the drummer in the group Legend, a superb rock and roll group headed by Mickey Jupp, from Southend. Bill played great on "Hot Love" and Marc made him an offer he couldn't refuse. Marc found Steve independently. It is quite amazing how these four musicians jelled immediately; it was as if it was meant to be.

Now that the band was touring and promoting a hit single ("Hot Love" was glued to number 1 for 7 weeks in some charts), I had to start chasing them to get this album recorded. On their first American tour as a quartet, I managed to get some studio time at Media Sound where we recorded "Jeepster" and two other songs. When the group flew to Los Angeles, Flo and Eddie (Mark and Howard), helped us book Wally Heider's studio to record "Get It On (Bang a Gong)" and several other songs. All the others were recorded in London at our old standby, Trident Studios, where the album was ultimately mixed. We also added strings, piano and brass there and at another favorite, also defunct, studio called Advision.

If you haven't heard Electric Warrior you've been in hibernation. It's a great album. It's simple, but for some reason we were the only people making records like this. Marc and I had a long history already in pop terms, and it didn't matter where we were or who we recorded with, we always got the same sound -- a sound termed by a British journalists as T.Rexmania and T.Rextacy.

This is the definitive T.Rex album. If you must own only one, buy this one.