
Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC In Concert with T. Rex – John Peel Presents – April 4, 1970 – BBC Radio 1
In case Rachmaninov just wasn’t up your alley tonight – a concert by Tyrannosaurus Rex, just before they morphed into T. Rex and went into the annals of Pop History.
Recorded on April 1, 1970 and featuring T. Rex as a replacement for Family, whose lead singer Roger Chapman was down with a throat ailment.
In case you’ve missed this earlier incarnation of the Marc Bolan legacy, here’s a live presentation and a good example of where things got started.
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