1971 Dec. 8th Cockpit Theatre, London T. Rex - 'Music In The Round' special was taped. Marc with glitter on his cheeks, annoying interviewer, and live audience ... T. Rex played four songs, including "Spaceball Ricochet" (live) here: youtu.be/PVc9JVHEuo0 🎸 #TRex #marcbolan - ThreadSky

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marcbolantrex.bsky.social • 79 days ago

1971 Dec. 8th Cockpit Theatre, London
T. Rex - 'Music In The Round' special was taped.
Marc with glitter on his cheeks, annoying interviewer,
and live audience ...
T. Rex played four songs, including "Spaceball Ricochet" (live) here: https://youtu.be/PVc9JVHEuo0 🎸
#TRex #marcbolan

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scribblerrob.bsky.social•79 days ago

When this went out early 72 on a Sunday morning on Anglia they ran a wrongly edited cut. Towards the end make up girl came on and powdered Marc's face. Boom mic adjusted, tekkies scurrying about. After a couple of minutes credits just rolled randomly. No explanation.

marcbolantrex.bsky.social•79 days ago

Oops - but you gotta like errors like that sometimes, the little glimpses of scenes on stage that usually get hidden.

chubbycash1.bsky.social•79 days ago

This is one of my favourite Marc performances. Its probably directly responsible for why Spaceball Ricochet is my favourite song, and why it was the first I tried to learn how to play.

marcbolantrex.bsky.social•79 days ago

That's so nice to hear. #kalmiyh, yes we do. 💕

calamarisafari.bsky.social•76 days ago

📌

merimaat.bsky.social•79 days ago

Humphrey Burton was the fella doing the inteviews and proved how out of touch he was with what was happening in the 20th Century and the audience looked hand picked middle class toffs who didn't know what planet they were on - Marc just was Marc and we loved it for that reason

marcbolantrex.bsky.social•79 days ago

Yes! And that song was not out yet, as this was a little more than six months before The Slider album was released. Audience seemed pleasantly surprised. Definitely a different kind of song from Marc's previous hits. #kalmiyh

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