Published: August 17, 2026 · 1:58 PM EDT
Universal Music Japan will release the 1971 glam rock landmark on August 26 as a Japan-pressed LP featuring Abbey Road Studios cutting, recreated original Japanese obi artwork and Japanese liner notes
T. Rex’s landmark 1971 album Electric Warrior is getting a new limited Japanese vinyl pressing as part of Universal Music Japan’s Japanese-Pressed Classic Rock LP Series.
Scheduled for release on August 26, 2026, the one-LP edition will be pressed in Japan from a cutting made at Abbey Road Studios. It will also feature an obi recreating the design of the original Japanese LP issue, along with Japanese liner notes, lyrics and translations.
The release carries catalog number UIJY-75398 and is priced at ¥5,500 including tax. Universal Music Japan identifies the title as a limited edition.
For collectors, the distinguishing details are straightforward.
This is a Japan-pressed LP, not simply an imported edition packaged for the Japanese market. Universal also specifically confirms Abbey Road Studios cutting and an obi reproducing the visual design used on the album’s original Japanese pressing.
The confirmed specifications are:
Artist: T. Rex
Album: Electric Warrior
Format: 1LP
Pressing Country: Japan
Cutting: Abbey Road Studios
Edition: Limited
Obi: Recreated original Japanese first-issue design
Extras: Japanese liner notes, lyrics and translations
Release Date: August 26, 2026
Catalog Number: UIJY-75398
Price: ¥5,500 including tax
Universal Music Japan does not describe the release as AAA or all-analog, and its current information does not identify a mastering engineer or specify the source used for the Abbey Road cutting. Rockum therefore does not characterize the pressing beyond the production details officially provided.
Originally released in 1971, Electric Warrior became one of T. Rex’s defining albums and a central record in the emergence of glam rock.
Universal Music Japan highlights “Get It On” and “Jeepster” among the album’s signature songs and describes the record as T. Rex’s second album following the shortening of the band’s name from Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Across its 11 tracks, the album places Marc Bolan at the center of a sound built around direct guitar riffs, boogie rhythms, backing vocals and string arrangements.
TRACKLIST
SIDE A
1. Mambo Sun
2. Cosmic Dancer
3. Jeepster
4. Monolith
5. Lean Woman Blues
SIDE B
1. Get It On
2. Planet Queen
3. Girl
4. The Motivator
5. Life’s a Gas
6. Rip Off
The new Electric Warrior pressing is one of three albums arriving on August 26 in the second installment of Universal Music Japan’s series devoted to classic international rock albums pressed domestically in Japan.
The August titles are:
The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds - UIJY-75396
The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground & Nico - UIJY-75397
T. Rex – Electric Warrior - UIJY-75398
All three are priced at ¥5,500 and are presented as limited Japanese pressings.
The series began in June 2026 with Japanese LP editions of Cream’s Disraeli Gears, Sex Pistols’ Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols and Gary Moore’s Wild Frontier.
Electric Warrior has been reissued many times, but this 2026 edition has a clearly defined identity for collectors: Japanese manufacture, Abbey Road cutting and packaging designed to reference the album’s original Japanese LP presentation.
Rather than relying on a new colored-vinyl variant, Universal Music Japan is using the elements historically associated with Japanese record collecting - domestic pressing, obi and Japanese printed material - to distinguish the release.
For collectors documenting different editions of the T. Rex catalog, UIJY-75398 therefore becomes a specifically identifiable Japanese pressing tied to Universal’s 2026 classic-rock vinyl series.
With Electric Warrior returning to Japanese vinyl on August 26, the new UIJY-75398 edition combines one of T. Rex’s most important albums with the presentation details that continue to make Japanese pressings distinctive to collectors. The Abbey Road Studios cutting, Japan manufacture and recreated first-issue obi give this release its own place in the album’s long physical-media history without changing the original 11-song sequence.
Written by Gino Alache – Music Journalist
IMAGE CREDIT: Universal Music Japan
Watch T. Rex perform “Get It On” below:
