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The Wizard - Demo - VG

MARC BOLAN The Wizard (Extremely rare 1965 UK original 'A' label blue Decca label Demonstration Sample vinyl 7" also featuring Beyond The Risin' Sun - Both Bolan compositions. This legendary release is one of the crown jewels for any Bolan collector & the first we have managed to find for many long years F.12288)
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Release Year 1965 - 59 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format 7" vinyl single (7 inch record / 45)
Record Label Decca
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Product Catalogue No F.12288
Music Genre 60s Rock, Glam, 70s Artists, Progressive, 70s Rock
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
 
Tracklisting & More Information

Background :-

At age 18, when simply Mark Feld, struggling actor/model/musician Marc went to France for a short period of time (accounts differ). According to Marc's accounts he met a magician who lived in a 40 room mansion with libraries of books on mythology and black magic - According to one of Marc's early producers, Simon Napier-Bell, however, Marc had merely met a guy who did magic tricks and spent a weekend with him. Take your pick !

Whatever the real truth, the experience had a profound effect on Marc. He left France with a much more highly developed imagination and a near obsession with Greek mythology, British romantic poetry & the Tolkien books.

Marc returned to Britain more determined than ever to become a star. He locked himself away for months writing songs & attributed it to the work of his Guardian Angel whom, he was sure, really did all of the writing. During this period of time, Marc would churn out a huge store of songs which he would still be dipping into five albums later. Among them was a song which he entitled "The Wizard" in honor of his wizardly friend in France. With the help of producer Jim Economedies, he recorded the song and landed a record contract with Decca.

This was a symbolic moment in more ways than one - It was also the moment that the change happened from Mark Feld (AKA Toby Tyler the folk singer) into Marc Bolan. For once, not Marc's idea !

When Marc received the initial samples of "The Wizard" from Decca he was shocked to find that his name had been changed without his approval. Decca had decided that the name Marc Feld would not do & for some reason had changed Marc's last name to "Bowland".
The name change didn't bother Marc as much as did the fact that he had not been consulted about the matter. As would become typical of other events in his future, Marc refused to allow Decca to have it their way without his stamp of approval. After negotiations, he convinced them to drop the W and the D from "Bowland" & shorten the name to just "BOLAN". Thus Mark Feld became Marc Bolan and in November of 1965 "The Wizard" was released and the voice and music of Marc Bolan was broadcast for the first time over British airwaves.

Condition :-

The labels are open logo Decca blue 'A' labels with 'Demonstration Sample' text & strobe edging, printed in silver. There are period hand annotations in pencil to the A side showing the release date '12-11-65', a name 'Roy' (probably the DJ who was allocated this copy) and the track time '1.43' corrected from '1.42'; the B side is free from annotations. Both labels are clean and free from paper loss.

The original four prong push-out centre is still intact.

The vinyl is graded as VG, it has obviously been played, with several visible light surface scuffs and axial wear in places but these are primarily cosmetic.
It is free from any significant flaws and plays without fault with no skips, jumps or clicks and just a little ambient noise, which never overwhelms.


The matrices are :
Side One - DRF-36707-T1-1C
Side Two - DRF-36708-T1-1C

All in all a fantastic copy of this Crown Jewel of Bolan collectables that you'll be unlikely to ever find in better condition - Get it while you can!

7" RECORD  
Recording Artist Marc Bolan
Product Title The Wizard - Demo - VG
Product Information Marc Bolan The Wizard - Demo - VG UK 7" vinyl single (7 inch record / 45) Promo.
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info Promo - A promotional copy of this item that was issued before it was available for general sale.
Deleted - A deleted or out-of-print item is one that is no longer manufactured. However, we stock thousands of out-of-print formats and we specialise in tracking down out-of-print, deleted and hard-to-find releases.
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