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Marc Bolan: Tales from the Book of Time by Catherine Lambert

Marc Bolan: Tales from the Book of Time

Release Date: 12/23/2003

Recording Date: 12/2003

Tracks: 16

Length: 00:53:26 Hrs

Label: XXI - 21 Records

Type: CD

Genre/Styles:
Rock & Roll, Psychedelic, Glam Rock, Folk-Rock

Album Tracks (16)

Song Title
Length
1.
The Children of Rarn (Overture)
01:10
2.
Pavilions of Sun
05:18
3.
The Sea Beasts
04:04
4.
Doves
03:58
5.
Dragon's Ear
04:54
6.
A Daye Laye
02:01
7.
Rarn! Rarn!
03:16
8.
Organ Blues
04:07
9.
Diamond Meadows
04:22
10.
Great Horse
02:40
11.
Wind Cheetah
03:44
12.
Beltane
03:02
13.
Stones for Avalon
04:23
14.
The King of the Rumbling Spires
03:27
15.
The Children of Rarn (Finale)
03:00
16.
Marc Bolan: The Bopping Elf/The Gospel According to Marc Bolan [CD-ROM]
00:00

What the Critics Say

Don't be fooled by the big letters at the top of the sleeve. This is not a Marc Bolan album. Rather, it is a collection of 15 of his early (Tyrannosaurus Rex era) songs, as performed by singer Catherine Lambert, to a backing straight out of a renaissance-themed new age album. Indeed, the orchestration -- recorders, cello, guitar, organ and so forth -- complement the lyrics in a way that Bolan's own vision only suggested; there is a stately beauty to Lambert's "The King of the Rumbling Spires," for example, that you would never get from the electric guitar, while the song selection itself is as flawless as Lambert's vocal. Pure, almost crystalline, but drenched in feeling, her performance tops a beautiful album that, though it's a million miles from the T. Rex sound, should nevertheless be included in every survey of Bolan's songwriting. ~ Dave Thompson, Rovi

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