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Posted: May 19 2011 at 05:56
I think that in the hayday of GlamRock albums weren't as important as singles. Thus a lot of GlamRock-albums were mere compilations of singles. I would never have dreamed about buying an album by Gary Glitter, The Glitter Band, Alvin Stardust (he deserves to be mentioned) or Sweet. If you liked the singles, you liked the singles (and to name just one example: The Sweet had some surprising Hardrock-numbers as B-sides of their singles. Im talking vinyl, of course).
I voted for Bowie and Ziggy Stardust, one of the most important (concept!) albums of the 70s.
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Posted: May 19 2011 at 06:19
Guzzman wrote:
I think that in the hayday of GlamRock albums weren't as important as singles. Thus a lot of GlamRock-albums were mere compilations of singles. I would never have dreamed about buying an album by Gary Glitter, The Glitter Band, Alvin Stardust (he deserves to be mentioned) or Sweet. If you liked the singles, you liked the singles (and to name just one example: The Sweet had some surprising Hardrock-numbers as B-sides of their singles. Im talking vinyl, of course).
I voted for Bowie and Ziggy Stardust, one of the most important (concept!) albums of the 70s.
Sweet album's (from Sweet FA onwards) are worth buying since they are more hardrock than their Chin/Chap glam singles would have you believe.
Sparks and T. Rex are two other glam bands I wouldn't (didn't) hesitate in buying albums of.
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Posted: February 08 2012 at 19:15
So hard so hard so hard to choose... I have to go for "The Slider", though. Marc Bolan, for me, impersonated "Glam Rock", Bowie may have produced music of more merit as well as Roxy Music's first three albums may have "aged" the best... I grew up on T.Rex, Marc was a main influence for me to pick up guitar and write songs myself, and so it has to be him for me, still. When I was a young boy, I slightly preferred "Electric Warrior", but "The Slider" is more fun... thanks for this topic !
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Posted: February 08 2012 at 20:46
Dean wrote:
rupert wrote:
Marc Bolan, for me, impersonated "Glam Rock",
did you mean "impersonated" or "personified" ?
thanks for that question, I'll take my dictionary now ( I'm a German ! )... wait... PERSONIFIED ! Thanks again, sorry
Roop
...I'm a musician/singer/songwriter, visit me on www.reverbnation.com/rupertlenz and there you can choose from 125 recordings you can listen to ( for free ) if you're not limited to prog-rock !
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Posted: February 09 2012 at 13:42
T. Rex seem to have settled into a glam rock groove. I was quite suprised when working backwards to discover the first "T. Rex" album and the preceding "A Beard Of Stars" and "Unicorn" albums as "Tyrannosaurus Rex".
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. And Gary Glitter too 
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