Tracklist

1	Prelude	1:04
2	A Day Laye	1:56
3	Woodland Bop	1:39
4	Fist Heart Mighty Dawn Dart	2:45
5	Pavilions Of Sun	2:49
6	Organ Blues	2:47
7	By The Light Of A Magical Moon	2:51
8	Wind Cheetah	2:38
9	A Beard Of Stars	1:37
10	Great Horse	1:42
11	Dragon's Ear	2:37
12	Lofty Skies	2:54
13	Dove	2:06
14	Elemental Child	5:33
Bonus Tracks
15	Ill Starred Man (Take 1)	2:10
16	Demon Queen (Take 1)	1:40
17	Once Upon The Seas Of Abyssinia (Take 3)	2:16
18	Blessed Wild Apple Girl (Take 2)	2:36
19	Find A Little Wood (Take 1)	2:19
20	A Daye Laye (Take 1)	2:00
21	Fist Heart Mighty Dawn Dart (Take 2)	2:44
22	Organ Blues (Take 2)	3:40
23	Wind Cheetah (Take 4)	2:37
24	A Beard Of Stars (Take 1)	1:42
25	Great Horse (Take 1)	1:35
26	Dragons Ear (Take 1 & Take 2)	2:34
27	Dove (Take 5)	2:06
28	Elemental Child Pts 1 & 2 (Take 1)	6:04
29	By The Light Of The Magical Moon (Take 3)	2:51
30	Prelude (Take 1)	1:15

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Straight Ahead Productions Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Straight Ahead Productions Ltd.
• Licensed To – A&M Records, Inc.
• Recorded At – Trident Studios
• Mastered At – Universal Digital Mastering
• Designed At – Waldo's Design & Dream Emporium
• Manufactured By – Sony DADC

Credits

• Backing Vocals, Drum [Moroccan Clay Drums], Tabla, Bass, Finger Cymbals – Mickey Finn
• Coordinator [Co-ordination For Universal By] – Joe Black
• Design [Cd Package Design] – Phil Smee
• Design [Original Cover Design] – June Child
• Engineer – Malcolm Toft
• Lead Vocals, Guitar, Organ, Bass – Marc Bolan
• Photography By – Peter Sanders
• Producer – Tony Visconti
• Remastered By [Digitally] – Gary Moore
• Research [Tape Research] – Zoe Roberts
• Sleeve Notes, Coordinator [Project Coordination] – Mark Paytress
• Written-By – Marc Bolan

Notes

Produced for Straight Ahead Productions Ltd.
Recorded Trident Studios April 1969-November 1969.
Highest UK Chart Position 13.
Originally released in March 1970.
Digitally remastered at Universal Digital Mastering, London.
Tape Researsch at The Universal Tape Facility, London.
CD Package Design at Waldo's Design & Dream Emporium.

Released in a jewel case enclosed in a slip case, with 16 page booklet and additional 4 page 'Tyrannosaurus Rex mini-catalogue'.

A very special thanks to Martin Barden for memorabilia and guidance.

Universal would like to thank: Sue Ball, Danielz and Caron Willans, Daryl Easlea, Minoru Harada, Sharon Johnston, Bill Levenson, Sara Loveridge, Thomas McCreadie, Rob Muir, Frank Richmond & Ken Finnis at Essex Music, Zoe Roberts, Peter Sanders, Michael D. Smith and Tony Visconti.

This compilation: © ℗ 2004 Straight Ahead Productions Ltd.
Exclusively licensed to A&M Inc, a Universal Music Company.
Made in the EU.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Printed): 6 02498 22512 7
• Barcode (String): 602498225127
• Rights Society: BIEM / SDRM
• Label Code: LC 0485
• Matrix / Runout: Sony DADC [Universal logo] 9822512 02
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI LY33
• Mould SID Code: IFPI AEW36

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SLRZ 1013, 1E 062-91091	Tyrannosaurus Rex	A Beard Of Stars ‎(LP, Album)	Regal Zonophone, Regal Zonophone	SLRZ 1013, 1E 062-91091	UK	1970
534 800-1	Tyrannosaurus Rex	A Beard Of Stars ‎(CD, Album, RE)	A&M Records, Universal Music Catalogue	534 800-1	Europe	2014
BTS 18, 1E 062-91091	Tyrannosaurus Rex	A Beard Of Stars ‎(LP, Album)	Blue Thumb Records, EMI	BTS 18, 1E 062-91091	UK	1970
2310 027	Tyrannosaurus Rex	A Beard Of Stars ‎(LP, Album)	Polydor	2310 027	Germany	1970
M 88818, M88818	Tyrannosaurus Rex	A Beard Of Stars ‎(8-Trk, Album)	Blue Thumb Records, Ampex Of Canada Ltd.	M 88818, M88818	Canada	1970