| You Scare Me to Death | ||||
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| Released | 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1966 at De Lane Lea Studios; 1981 at Radio Luxembourg Studios and The Townhouse | |||
| Label | Cherry Red | |||
| Producer | Simon Napier-Bell | |||
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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.
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.
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 ]
All tracks are written by Marc Bolan
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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