‘Prophets Seers & Sages’ & ‘My People...’: T. Rex’s Four-Year Run To No.1

‘Prophets Seers & Sages’ & ‘My People...’: T. Rex’s Four-Year Run To No.1

Long before they became T. Rex, the group called Tyrannosaurus Rex would understandably have thought they’d cracked it when their first album, the expansively-titled My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair…But Now They’re Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows hit the UK charts. Released in July 1968, it immediately made the bestsellers at No.22, reaching its peak two weeks later at No.15. Then came a setback. Just three months later, Marc B…