You Scare Me to Death

You Scare Me to Death
Studio album by
Marc Bolan
Released1981
Recorded1966 at De Lane Lea Studios; 1981 at Radio Luxembourg Studios and The Townhouse
LabelCherry Red
ProducerSimon Napier-Bell
Marc Bolan chronology
You Scare Me to Death
(1981) 		Billy Super Duper
(1982)
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AllMusic[1]

You Scare Me to Death is a posthumous album credited to Marc Bolan of T. Rex. Released in 1981 by record label Cherry Red, it is first LP of material released after his death in 1977.

Content

The album consists of outtakes and demos recorded by Bolan in 1966. Some of the songs would later be recorded by Bolan's band, Tyrannosaurus Rex. Most of these tracks have also been released in their original form on the album, The Beginning of Doves (1974). In 1981, backing instrumentals were recorded and added to Bolan's original recordings.

Release

You Scare Me to Death was released in 1981 by record label Cherry Red. The album reached No. 88 on the UK Albums Chart.[2] The title track was originally called "Horrible Breath" and was written as a proposed television jingle for Amplex tablets.[citation needed]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Marc Bolan

No.TitleLength
1."You Scare Me to Death"2:41
2."You've Got the Power"2:38
3."Eastern Spell"2:50
4."Charlie"2:41
5."I'm Weird"1:55
6."Hippy Gumbo"2:26
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Mustang Ford"2:39
2."Observations"2:38
3."Jasmine '49"3:02
4."Cat Black"2:33
5."Black and White Incident"2:50
6."The Perfumed Garden of Gulliver Smith"2:48

Personnel

1981 instrumentals
  • Brian Odgers – bass guitar
  • Graham Jarvis – drums
  • Bernie Holland – guitar
  • Graham Todd – piano
  • Dyan Birch – backing vocals
  • Frank Collins – backing vocals
  • Paddy McHugh – backing vocals

References

  1. ^ McIntosh, Gregory. "You Scare Me to Death! – Marc Bolan | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  2. ^ "T. Rex | Artist | Official Charts". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 February 2015.