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Marc Bolan's London Home Gets Blue Plaque Outside 'Where He Wrote Biggest Hits'
English Heritage honored Marc Bolan’s legacy with a blue plaque while releasing a newly discovered 1975 T. Rex song mixed by Steven Wilson as a limited edition single.
- On September 30, English Heritage unveiled a blue plaque at 31 Clarendon Gardens, Maida Vale to mark what would have been Marc Bolan's 78th birthday, coinciding with the release of the previously unheard T. Rex song `I'm Dazed`.
- Martin Barden, consultant to Demon Music, discovered the song on long-forgotten studio tapes, with initial sessions recorded at Château d'Hérouville near Paris in March 1975 and a second version at Musicland Studios, Munich on April 22.
- Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman led the unveiling attended by Bobby Gillespie, Captain Sensible and Rat Scabies, and said `I am pretty sure that if Marc is with us in spirit today he'd be absolutely thrilled to see the blue plaque`.
- Commercial success and formal recognition underscore Marc Bolan's legacy, with T. Rex producing eleven Top 10 UK singles including four No 1 hits and their 2020 US Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction.
- Fans can stream the track on September 30, with a limited edition 7-inch single launching on November 7, featuring Steven Wilson's remix and an alternate take of `Billy Super Duper`.
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Marc Bolan honoured with blue plaque outside London home
The frontman of glam rock band T. Rex died in a car crash in 1977 at the age of 29.
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Marc Bolan's been honoured with a blue plaque outside the home in Maida Vale where he wrote and recorded some of his biggest hits.
The musician, who fronted the band T. Rex, died in a car crash in Barnes in 1977 at the age of 29. The plaque's been unveiled at the property where he lived with his wife in the 1970s.
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