This was the year that Glam Rock was to really take hold in the UK. The year began with Marc Bolan's T.Rex at the top of their game. Electric Warrior was sitting pretty at the top of the album charts, a position it would hold for eight weeks.
Within four months Marc Bolan would enjoy a further two visits to the album chart's top spot. This was the first time that any act had achieved three number one albums in the same year since The Beatles, who'd managed this feat twice in 1964 and 1965.
In Bolan's case it was his decision to leave the Fly Records label that led to this accomplishment. Realising that their most profitable act had deserted them, Fly began a hasty reissue campaign to cash in on Bolan's current popularity. Among the spate of reissues was a repackaging of his first two Tyrannosaurus Rex albums, 'My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair But Now They're Content To Wear Stars On Their Brow' and 'Prophets Seers And Sages And Angels Of The Ages' as a double album package. The folky acoustic sound of these two albums bore no resemblance whatsoever to the Glam Rock sound that T.Rex were peddling at this point.
However, despite the confusion caused to Marc's new fan base of teeny boppers, the double album still managed to top the album charts in April. It was followed in May by 'Bolan Boogie', a 'Best Of…' compilation that topped the album chart in May.
Ironically, this would be the last Marc Bolan album to reach the top spot.