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- Artist: Marc Bolan & T. Rex
- Rating:
- Release Date: July 22, 1997
- Total Time: 99:35
- Type: Compilation (best of), Live
- Genre: Rock
Review
Even with all the repackagings and reissues of the Marc Bolan/T. Rex catalog, authorized live albums were a rarity in the glam rocker's canon. Live attempts to correct this oversight by offering the first official high-quality T. Rex album. On paper, this sounds like a blessing for fans, but in reality, the disc is a disappointment. Live is culled from two shows form T. Rex's final tour in 1977. By this point, Bolan was no longer revered as a pop god and he was feebly trying to come to terms with punk and disco. Much of his disco influences are stripped out on Live and the punk stuff, including an 11 minute jam with his opening band the Damned on "Get It On (Bang A Gong)," sound forced. The glam numbers sound fine, but not particularly inspired and they certainly offer no revelations. In other words, it's one for the fans, who, ironically, will be more excited by the bonus disc that was included with the first editions of Live. That disc features a show T. Rex performed in 1974, when Bolan was still near his prime. It's sexy, sleazy and fun -- everything the actual Live isn't, which makes it all the more puzzling why this was the added attraction, not the main feature. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Jeepster | Marc Bolan | (4:05) | |
| Visions of Domino | Marc Bolan | (3:10) | |
| New York City | Marc Bolan | (3:59) | |
| Soul of My Suit | Marc Bolan | (3:39) | |
| Groove a Little | Marc Bolan | (3:28) | |
| Telegram Sam | Marc Bolan | (7:08) | |
| Hang Ups | Marc Bolan | (5:51) | |
| Debora | Marc Bolan | (3:59) | |
| I Love to Boogie | Marc Bolan | (4:46) | |
| Teen Riot Structure | Marc Bolan | (4:41) | |
| Dandy in the Underworld | Marc Bolan | (4:25) | |
| Hot Love | Marc Bolan | (3:31) | |
| Bang a Gong (Get It On) | Marc Bolan | (13:07) |
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Jeepster [*] | Marc Bolan | (6:55) | |
| Telegram Sam [*] | Marc Bolan | (6:37) | |
| Token of My Love [*] | Marc Bolan | (6:02) | |
| Teenage Dream [*] | Marc Bolan | (4:58) | |
| Zip Gun Boogie [*] | Marc Bolan | (9:14) |
