This rare single-sided SPOT acetate preserves Lunacy's Back, one of twelve songs recorded by Marc Bolan and Steve Peregrin Took during the August 1967 Spot Studios sessions. The acetate survives as an important document from the period immediately preceding the creation of Tyrannosaurus Rex and offers a glimpse into Bolan's rapidly developing songwriting style. RECORDING The recording was produced by Simon Napier Bell. Recording took place at Spot Studios, South Molton Street

This rare single-sided SPOT acetate preserves Jasmine '49, recorded during Marc Bolan and Steve Peregrin Took's August 1967 recording sessions at Spot Studios, London. The acetate forms part of a remarkable group of twelve recordings completed during two sessions that helped lay the foundations for the music that would shortly emerge under the Tyrannosaurus Rex name. RECORDING The recording was produced by Simon Napier Bell. Recording took place at Spot Studios, South Molton

Born: Stephen Ross Porter, Eltham, London Known for: Member of Tyrannosaurus Rex (with Marc Bolan), later solo artist and frontman for several underground bands Early Life & Tyrannosaurus Rex Took was born Stephen Ross Porter on 28 July 1949 in Eltham, London. He attended Shooters Hill School and took his stage name from Peregrin Took, a hobbit in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. At 17 he played drums with the mod band the Waterproof Sparrows before answering an advert