My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They're Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows much of the subsequent Tyrannosaurus Rex catalogue. "My People Were Fair" was released on 5 July 1968 by Regal Zonophone. It reached No. 15 in the UK Album Chart upon initial release. The album was paired with Tyrannosaurus Rex's follow-up album "" (1968) and released in 1972 as the double album "Tyrannosaurus Rex: A Beginning", following the success of T. Rex's "Electric Warrior" (1971) and "The Slider" (1972) albums. It reached No. 1 in the UK. The double release remains the longest album title of any UK No. 1 album. In 1985 it was re-released on Sierra Records. An expanded
Electric Warrior myself just how good records can be. [...] I have a duty to at least try and make something as sweet and irresistible as this". The song "Jeepster" is featured in a bar scene in Quentin Tarantino's "Death Proof" (2007). In the opening scene of the film "Billy Elliot" (2000), the title character is shown putting "Electric Warrior" on a turntable and skipping to the song "Cosmic Dancer". "Cosmic Dancer" was also included in the soundtrack for the film "Velvet Goldmine" (1998). Bolan, in a 1971 interview contained on the Rhino Records reissue, said of the album "I think "Electric