Life’s a Gas
~ Recording by T. Rex
Appears on releases
# | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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1.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:22 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior | T. Rex | Album |
| Reprise Records | RS 6466 |
1.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:25 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior | T. Rex | Album |
| Fly (British independent label) | HIFLY 6 |
1.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:24 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior | T. Rex | Album |
| SMS Records | MD32-5016 |
1.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:27 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior | T. Rex | Album |
| Sierra Records (80s UK) | CDTR 2 |
1.2 | Life’s a Gas | 2:26 | T-Rex with Marc Bolan | Greatest Hits, Volume One | T. Rex with Marc Bolan | Album + Compilation |
| C/Era Records (logo is Sierra Records) | CDTR 1 |
2.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:25 | T-Rex | The Collection | T-Rex | Album + Compilation |
| Castle Communications (primary imprint of Castle Communications PLC) | CCSLP 136 |
1.9 | Life’s a Gas | 2:25 | T. Rex | Cosmic Dancer | T. Rex / Marc Bolan | Album + Compilation |
| TELDEC | 8.26600 ZP |
1.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:24 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior | T. Rex | Album |
| Cube Records | 20CP-11 |
1.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:25 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior | T. Rex | Album |
| Reprise Records | 6466-2 |
1.9 | Life’s a Gas | 2:23 | T. Rex | Cosmic Dancer | T. Rex | Album + Compilation |
| Mega Records (Danish euro house) | MRLP 3149 |
1.10 | Life's a Gas | 2:25 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior | T. Rex | Album |
| Castle Classics (LC 6448) | CLACD 180 |
1.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:25 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior | T. Rex | Album |
| Cube Records | 432036-2 |
2.11 | Life’s a Gas | 2:27 | T. Rex | Anthology - the Early Years | Marc Bolan & T-Rex | Album + Compilation |
| Marc on Wax | ESBCD 965 |
1.9 | Life’s a Gas | 2:25 | T. Rex / Marc Bolan | Cosmic Dancer | T. Rex / Marc Bolan | Album + Compilation |
| EastWest | 9031-75196-2 ZP |
1.8 | Life’s a Gas | 2:25 | T. Rex & Marc Bolan | Great Hits | T. Rex & Marc Bolan | Album + Compilation |
| Cube Records | CUB 9801-2 |
1.7 | Life’s a Gas | 2:24 | T. Rex | Hot Love - Best | T. Rex | Album + Compilation |
| Zounds, Phono (German; related to Zounds, Vereinigte Motor-Verlage GmbH & Co. KG), Vereinigte Motor‐Verlage GmbH & Co. KG (do not use this as an imprint!) | CD 27200330 B |
1.14 | Life’s a Gas | 2:23 | T. Rex | The Early Years | T. Rex | Album + Compilation |
| Dojo Records | EARL D 1 |
1.10 | Life's a Gas | 2:25 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior | T. Rex | Album |
| Reprise Records, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | CD 6466 |
1.11 | Life’s a Gas | 2:27 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior (Disky) | T. Rex | Album |
| Cube Records | CUCD 14 TR |
1.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:25 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior | T. Rex | Album |
| A&M Records, Inc. | 541 007-2 |
1.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:24 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior (digitally remastered) | T. Rex | Album | A&M Records | 493 113-2 | |
1.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:23 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior (remastered) | T. Rex | Album |
| A&M Records | UICY-9133 |
1.18 | Life’s a Gas | 2:27 | Marc Bolan & T.Rex | Born to Boogie: The Collection | Marc Bolan & T.Rex | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | 493 108-2 |
3.2 | Life’s a Gas | 2:25 | T. Rex | 20th Century Superstar | T. Rex | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 493 452-2 |
1.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:24 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior | T. Rex | Album |
| A&M Records | 493 707-2 |
2.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:24 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior | T. Rex | Album |
| A&M Records | 493 707-2 |
1.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:25 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior | T. Rex | Album |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 76111 |
1.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:25 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior (Expanded & Remastered) | T. Rex | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | |
1.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:25 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior | T. Rex | Album |
| Reprise Records | RS 76111 |
1.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:24 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior | T. Rex | Album |
| A&M Records | 493 707-2, UIGY 7054 |
2.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:24 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior | T. Rex | Album |
| A&M Records | 493 707-2, UIGY 7054 |
1.5 | Life’s a Gas | 2:24 | Marc Bolan and T-Rex | Best of Marc Bolan and T-Rex - The Definitive Collection | Marc Bolan and T-Rex | Album + Compilation |
| Flash Light | Flash 167 |
1.10 | Life's a Gas | 2:25 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior | T. Rex | Album |
| A&M Records | UIJY-9008 |
2.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:24 | T. Rex | Greatest Hits | T. Rex | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 5303043 |
1.15 | Life’s a Gas | 2:24 | T. Rex | Colour Collection | T. Rex | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 060075301265 |
1.10 | Life's a Gas | 2:25 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior (limited edition) | T. Rex | Album |
| A&M Records | UIGY 9502 |
1.9 | Life’s a Gas | 2:24 | T. Rex | Get It On: The Collection | T. Rex | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | 5332587 |
1.10 | Life's a Gas | 2:26 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior | T. Rex | Album |
| Reprise Records | R2 6466 |
1.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:24 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior | T. Rex | Album |
| A&M Records | 533 780-1 |
1.10 | Life’s a Gas | ?:?? | T. Rex | Electric Warrior (40th anniversary edition) | T. Rex | Album |
| Universal Music Group International (manages UMG’s offices in most countries outside of North America) | 5337800 |
1.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:24 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior (40th anniversary deluxe edition) | T. Rex | Album |
| A&M Records | 533 780-0 |
1.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:24 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior (40th anniversary super deluxe edition) | T. Rex | Album |
| A&M Records | 533 780-3 |
2.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:24 | T. Rex | The Albums Collection | T. Rex | Album + Compilation |
| Edsel Records | |
1.10 | Life's a Gas | 2:25 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior | T. Rex | Album |
| A&M Records | 535 407-6 |
2.13 | Life’s a Gas | ?:?? | T. Rex | For All the Cats: The Best of Marc Bolan & T. Rex | Marc Bolan & T. Rex | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 535 555-3 |
2.13 | Life’s a Gas | 2:24 | T. Rex | For All the Cats: The Best of Marc Bolan & T. Rex | Marc Bolan & T. Rex | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Catalogue (since early 2000s, alt name UMC used since ca. 2016; defunct since early 2023, renamed into Universal Music Recordings, don’t use it for later 2023 releases) | 535 555-3 |
5.10 | Life's a Gas | 2:25 | T. Rex | 5 Classic Albums | T. Rex | Album + Compilation |
| UMC (related to United Musix Corporation do Brasil Ltda.; NOT related to Universal Music) | 5372260 |
1.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:25 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior | T. Rex | Album |
| Reprise Records | R1 6466 |
1.9 | Life’s a Gas | 2:24 | T. Rex | Gold | T. Rex | Album + Compilation |
| Crimson (UK budget reissue label; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.) | CRIMCD616 |
1.5 | Life's A Gas | ?:?? | T. Rex | Gold | T. Rex | Album + Compilation |
| Demon Records (80s UK new wave/reissues) | DEMREC284 |
2.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:25 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior (Limited Edition) | T. Rex | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | UDSACD 2209 |
1.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:25 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior (Limited Edition) | T. Rex | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | UDSACD 2209 |
1.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:25 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior | T. Rex | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | MFSL 2-490 |
1.5 | Life’s a Gas | 2:24 | T.Rex | Best of T.Rex | T.Rex | Album + Compilation |
| Arena Records (German (bootleg?) compilations) | 1132-122 |
1.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:26 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior (club edition) | T. Rex | Album |
| Columbia House (direct‐mailing distributor of club editions of releases), Reprise Records | 775213T, W26466 |
1.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:23 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior (Teldec Schallplatten GmbH) | T. Rex | Album |
| Cube Records | 8.26267 ZR |
1.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:27 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior (marketed by edel company) | T. Rex | Album |
| Cube Records | CUB 9809-2 |
1.11 | Life’s a Gas | 2:27 | T. Rex | Electric Warrior | T. Rex | Album |
| BR Originals | BO 7008-2, BO 7008-4 |
Bootleg | |||||||||
2.15 | Life’s a Gas | 2:24 | T. Rex | Greatest Hits | T. Rex | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 29782 •1/2, 4607147908549 |
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1.10 | Life’s a Gas | 2:25 | T. Rex | HTV Music History | T. Rex | Album + Compilation |
| HALAHUP Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH | HAL0122 |
1.5 | Life’s a Gas | 2:25 | Marc Bolan and T-Rex | The Definitive Original Collection | Marc Bolan & T. Rex | Album + Compilation |
| Worldwide Musik | WWM 911 |
Relationships
engineer: | Roy Thomas Baker (producer) Malcolm Cecil Rik Pekkonen Martin Rushent |
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producer: | Tony Visconti |
drums (drum set): | Bill Legend (from 1971-03 until 1971-06) |
electric bass guitar: | Steve Currie (from 1971-03 until 1971-06) |
electric guitar and lead vocals: | Marc Bolan (from 1971-03 until 1971-06) |
percussion: | Mickey Finn (musician and T. Rex member) (from 1971-03 until 1971-06) |
background vocals: | Howard Kaylan (from 1971-03 until 1971-06) Mark Volman (from 1971-03 until 1971-06) |
phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Essex Music International Ltd. (in 1971) Straight Ahead Productions Ltd. (in 1971, in 2001) Tarantula Productions (in 1971) |
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has remixes: | Life’s a Gas (5.1 mix) |
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recording of: | Life’s a Gas (from 1971-03 until 1971-06) |
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Related works
Life’s a Gas
lyricist and composer: | Marc Bolan |
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