You Scare Me to Death

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You Scare Me To Death is an album by Marc Bolan and the 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. 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. The album reached No. 88 on the UK Albums Chart. The title track was originally called "Horrible Breath" and was written as a proposed television jingle for Amplex Tablets.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Marc Bolan.

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
7. "Mustang Ford" – 2:39
8. "Observations" – 2:38
9. "Jasmine '49" – 3:02
10. "Cat Black" – 2:33
11. "Black and White Incident" – 2:50
12. "The Perfumed Garden of Gulliver Smith" – 2:48

Personnel

• Marc Bolan: vocals, acoustic guitar

1981 Instrumentals

• Brian Odgers: bass guitar
• Graham Jarvis: drums
• Bernie Holland: guitar
• Graham Todd: piano
• Dylan Birch: backing vocals
• Frank Collins: backing vocals
• Paddy McHugh: backing vocals