This rare Decca advance test recording acetate documents an exceptionally early stage in Marc Bolan's recording career. Produced by Jim Economides and recorded at Decca Studios in West Hampstead, the acetate preserves three songs associated with Bolan's formative recording activities during 1965. Unlike the previously documented single-sided Decca acetates, this example combines three recordings on a single 8-inch double-sided acetate. As a result, it represents one of the mo

This rare Decca advance test recording acetate documents an early stage in Marc Bolan's recording career during 1965. Produced by Jim Economides and recorded at Decca Studios in West Hampstead, the acetate survives as one of the earliest known professionally recorded releases to carry the Marc Bolan name on the label itself. The surviving disc exists as a double-sided 10-inch Decca acetate featuring "Beyond The Risin' Sun" and "San Francisco Poem (Poet)". Produced as a Decca

This rare single-sided EMIDISC acetate represents one of the earliest known recordings associated with Marc Bolan's professional career. Produced by Jim Economides and recorded at Decca Studios in West Hampstead, the disc survives as an important artefact from Bolan's pre-Tyrannosaurus Rex period. Unlike the Decca advance test recordings from the same period, this example was cut on an EMIDISC recording blank and contains a single recording of "The Wizard". The handwritten la