Although it was filmed in 1972, Born To Boogie wasn¹t released in VHS format until 1992 ­ a full 20 years after it debuted in movie theatres around the world. The film chronicles a pair of epic concerts by T. Rex and features appearances by Ringo Starr (who both directed and appears in the footage), Marc Bolan, Elton John and a cameo by Geoffrey Bayldon (Catweazle). For decades, much of the original footage was thought to be lost with only a handful of well-worn copies of the 35 mm cinema prints in circulation. Sanctuary Records coordinated the painstaking restoration of the original film, cleaning, repairing and transferring the material to high definition video.

At 5 hours and 25 minutes, Born To Boogie shows T.Rex at the height of their success, bringing Ringo¹s visionary film back to its true colour and vibrancy, and revealing hours of material never used in the final cut. The DVD also includes further rare, never before seen footage throughout the 2 discs and DVD menus. All told, the extras stretch to over 90 minutes and are presented by Marc¹s only son, Rolan Bolan. They feature newly recorded interviews with the sole surviving member from the ¹72 T.Rex line-up ­ drummer, Bill Legend. Also interviewed are Tim Van Rellim (Producer of Born to Boogie and now a Hollywood film executive, responsible for films including A Knights Tale), Tony Visconti, Geoffrey Bayldon (famous for playing Catweazle), radio institution Bob Harris, photographer Keith Morris, former roadie Mick Gray and fans of T.Rex. Also included is unique footage recorded by Marc himself, plus equally unique footage of Marc and Ringo backstage between performances at the Wembley gigs.

Excerpts from the evening concert at Wembley formed the base of Ringo¹s film; the DVD restores this concert to its original length and order, including three extra tracks, ³Cadillac,² ³Girl² and ³Summertime Blues.² The matinee performance from that same day is presented here for the first time ever. Original T. Rex producer Tony Visconti recorded both gigs from a truck outside the Wembley venue. ³This was the ONLY time I recorded the band live², says Tony. The precious original multi-track recordings lay gathering dust for over thirty years until being rediscovered for this project after months of searching. Visconti was the natural choice to re-mix the audio for this DVD, a job lovingly undertaken at the NY studio he shares with David Bowie.

Slated for simultaneous release, the Born To Boogie double CD set, includes the restored soundtrack for Ringo¹s film, the previously unheard matinee concert from 18th March 1972, as recorded and remixed (over 30 years apart) by Tony Visconti and an extremely rare 12 minute interview with Marc from late 1971, not included on the DVD.

T.Rex, alongside their contemporaries Thin Lizzy and David Bowie, became renowned worldwide for breaking new musical ground at a time when ³flower power and check shirts weren¹t working for anybody anymore.² Considering Marc¹s departure overseas in the mid-70s and untimely death in 1977, the story of the success of T.Rex is all the more remarkable. At the height of their fame in 1972, newspapers dared to call them ³bigger than the Beatles². By 1972, the band was reportedly able to sell up to 100,000 records per day.