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Marc Bolan
A quantity of lyrics, poetry and autograph material associated with Marc Bolan's career, circa 1967-1973 from the collection of June Feld, Bolan's wife including:
-- a page of typescript lyrics for Hippy Gumbo, with typescript footnote Marc Bolan '66 1p. inscribed on the reverse in Bolan's hand in black ballpoint pen EUTERPE - Muse of Music ERATO - Muse of Erotic imagination
-- An autograph poem, the thirty-one lines in black ballpoint pen showing a number of deletions and illustrations, the poem beginning: Deep petal cheek, soft as old lace & glassed in true ashen wilted gilt sided seagulling tradition of Queens, euranium is your lip, scuttled hair orphaning wind wisps & all at dust/dawn... -- 16x10in. (40.7x25.4cm.) [See Marc Bolan A Tribute, London: Essex Music International, 1978, (illus.)]
-- Autograph lyrics for a song which became Sarah Crazy Child, 1967 the thirty-nine lines in blue ballpoint pen on three pages from a notebook, the poem beginning Sister crazy child is devouring all the/street in her pastol (sic) tortured dress & her seductive bongo beat...& she's only just 13 & she's forgoten (sic) how to dream continuing with a description of her brother in the second verse ..her brother the Juke box king with his venom mouthy sting...in private he's a young boy but in public he's a bear.. and ending with a description of their mother in the third verse ..broken dusty mother her face melted just like wax, her once gazelle like features blooded by the age.. [See Marc Bolan A Tribute, London, Essex Music International, 1978, (illus.)]
-- An autograph poem in the form of a prayer, the ten lines written in pencil reflecting Bolan's fear of the night, according to June Feld [Bolan] ..He didn't have a fear of dying as such...he was petrified of going to sleep; he was afraid that if he went to sleep he might never wake up.., the poem beginning thou shall not be afraid of the terror by night nor the arrow that Fleith by day nor the pestilence that walketh in darkness... 1p . -- 7¼x5in. (18.5x12.7cm.) adhered to a piece of cardboard
-- an autograph poem, The Scenes of Dynesty, thirty-three verses in blue ballpoint pen and pencil showing deletions and alterations on thirteen pages from a notebook beginning ..Meeting behind the iron sling my brandy tonge (sic) was like a Caterpiller thing....
-- Six pages of autograph notes in June Feld's [Bolan] hand [n.d. but circa 1972] on Beverly Wilshire Hotel, 9500 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California.. headed paper, the pages with song notes, lyrics and lyric fragments, titles include: Metal Guru, Rock On, Rabbit Fighter, Main Man, Baby Boomerang and Choogle and corresponding envelope inscribed in June's hand Marc Bolan Chorus Lyrics -- all these titles released on The Slider album, 1972
