TYRANNOSAURUS REX - My People Were Fair and had Sky in their Hair
My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They're Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows is the debut album by psychedelic folk band Tyrannosaurus Rex ( later known as T. Rex ) . It was released on 5th July 1968 by record label Regal Zonophone.
The record featured Marc Bolan on vocals and guitars and Steve Peregrin Took on backing vocals, drums, pixiphone and percussion. It also featured disc jockey John Peel, who read a children's story written by Bolan for the album's closing track, "Frowning Atahuallpa ( My Inca Love )" , which also included a lengthy Hare Krishna chant .
The album's music represented for Bolan a rejection of the electric guitar-driven music he'd been playing with his previous band , John's Children . The cover art and subject matter of many of the songs dealt with the fantasy themes that would pervade much of the subsequent Tyrannosaurus Rex catalogue .
The cover art was by George Underwood .
TYRANNOSAURUS REX - My People Were Fair and had Sky in their Hair
My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They're Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows is the debut album by psychedelic folk band Tyrannosaurus Rex ( later known as T. Rex ) . It was released on 5th July 1968 by record label Regal Zonophone.
The record featured Marc Bolan on vocals and guitars and Steve Peregrin Took on backing vocals, drums, pixiphone and percussion. It also featured disc jockey John Peel, who read a children's story written by Bolan for the album's closing track, "Frowning Atahuallpa ( My Inca Love )" , which also included a lengthy Hare Krishna chant .
The album's music represented for Bolan a rejection of the electric guitar-driven music he'd been playing with his previous band , John's Children . The cover art and subject matter of many of the songs dealt with the fantasy themes that would pervade much of the subsequent Tyrannosaurus Rex catalogue .
The cover art was by George Underwood .