The 1997 reissue of TANX features 7 additional tracks that did not appear on the original release; "Children Of The Revolution," "Jitterbug Love," "Sunken Rays," "Solid Gold Easy Action," "Xmas Message," "20th Century Boy" and "Free Angel." T. Rex includes: Mark Bolan (vocals); Steve Currie (bass); Bill Legend (drums). Includes liner notes by Mark Paytress. All tracks have been digitally remastered. English deluxe remastered double disc contains alternate takes for most of the album's original tracks, bonus rare singles, and a 16-page artist info. booklet whose liner notes were written by Mark Paytress (Mojo's Collections Magazine). There were more successful T. Rex albums, notably THE SLIDER, but without any hit singles, this collection seems to win favour as the most cohesive and interesting. The reissued CD has the generous bonus of seven tracks, including the largely ignored single "Children Of The Revolution." The expanded booklet has excellent sleeve notes from Bolanologist Mark Paytress; unfortunately, the designer decided to make them totally unreadable with ludicrous overprinting. This album clearly demonstrates there is more to the Bolan catalogue than the radio-flogged "Get It On" and "Telegram Sam." He was a fascinating lyricist, who could hope to put the line "myxomatosis is an animal's disease" in a song and get away with it.
Disc 1: Tenement Lady Rapids Mister Mister Broken Hearted Blues Shock Rock Country Honey Electric Slim & The Factory Hen Mad Donna Born To Boogie Life Is Strange Street And Babe Shadow, The Highway Knees Left Hand Luke And The Beggar Boys Children Of The Revolution Jitterbug Love Sunken Rags Solid Gold Easy Action X-Mas Riff 20th Century Boy Free Angel Tenement Lady (Alt Version) Street And The Babe Shadow Rapids (Incomplete) Mister Mister (Alt Version) Broken Hearted Blues (Alt Version) Country Honey (Alt Version) Mad Donna (Alt Version) Born To Boogie (Alt Version) Life Is Strange (Alt Version) Street And Babe Shadow, The (Alt Version) Highway Knees (Alt Version) Left Hand Luke (Alt Version) Children Of The Revolution (Incomplete) Solid Gold Easy Action Free Angel Mister Mister (Demo) Broken Hearted Blues (Demo) Street And Babe Shadow, The (Demo) Tenement Lady (Demo) Tenement Lady (Demo) Broken Hearted Blues (Demo) Mad Donna (Demo W/ Different Lyrics) Left Hand Luke (Demo0