A Phil fecking Collins documentary on the radio that seems to have been aired purposely to coincide with my break. He really was /is bloody awful. What a day. ðŸ˜
I think I have found the T. Rex performance that first made me sit up and notice music - I always thought it was 'Metal Guru' but in hindsight I think it's this, 'Telegram Sam' from January 1972 - I was 7. Not sure if this is the TOTP performance, but it's vaguely familiar, and LOUD - which is what annoyed my Dad that evening it was broadcast. He hated it, I loved it.
The comments after this Youtube clip indicate it might be an amalgam of a TOTP recording and a German programme.
Broadcast on BBC 1's Top Of The Pops on 20 and 27 January 1972. The BBC wiped their master tape. This is a copy that must have been sent to German TV as that's why the dancing audience changes. Preserved for ever, thankfully, despite the stupid BBC. In total, the BBC wiped no less than 8 different T. Rex Top Of The Pops appearances. How sad is that.