David Bowie - Top of the Pops - January 3rd, 1973. 

Well done to the camera man who had a copy of this brilliant performance. shame BBC shame for wiping so much brilliant TV .

Bowie and the Spiders firing on all cylinders here. What an incredibly wonderful snapshot of another world and time. RIP David, Ronno and Trevor!

The Hull Mafia! Mick Ronson on guitar and Woody Woodmansey on drums - they both came from the only rock band in Hull in the late 60's The Rats. I knew Mick reasonably well as I was seeing his sister, often.

Remember '73 just imagine this Earth is cool with all of us regardless of who we are!

I love the way the bass came through loud and clear. I had never noticed what a good performance that was.

love the little Lennon tribute dropping into 'Love Me Do' on the harp near the end.

Mick Ronson was a huge influence on my guitar playing around that time! Should have been a mega star!

I saw this when it was first broadcast. He was my hero. His music touching me in ways I simply could not comprehend. Profoundly liberating. Inspiring. A new world emerging before my very eyes. Those were the days when mainstream media was still relevant.

I remember this back then, even better looking at it now in 2022. R.I.P. David

only in the wonderful 70,s great times safe times how spoilt we were, so many classic songs never to be repeated

David was great his entire career but his ziggy persona was his absolute best

I'm glad Mick Ronson got a name check at the end. Talented arranger and guitarist, he continues to be an influence on me.

Thank you for the great video! Fifty years plus? Time means nothing with so much talent! Love David! RIP

I've always known TOTP for their sometimes laughably mimed performances, so was totally taken aback by this actual and great live performance.

We are lucky this tape survived.

My dad bought a Ebc colour TV back in 1971-2 it had a 20 something screen with finger tooch channel change, I remember seeing top of the pops in colour in fact I became mesmerised to the box, I blame David Bowie.

1972 / 1973 best Bowie Years ❤❤

God, Mick Ronson’s guitar chops and sound in this are just beyond epic. And what can you say about Mr Bowie that hasn’t been said so many times before. And seriously, how many musician/songwriter/singers are fearless enough to play maracas & the harmonica live and make them sound so goddam brilliant….

!973....20 years old.....STILL a full fan and admirer of just what David gave us all....Always a Hero, sadly missed....RIP Ziggy.

How awesome to be a teenager dancing with the band! 🎶😎💃

Saw him twice. Love him & Ziggy. RIP DAVID ✌🌻🙏

David Bowie..So much melody and riffs. So Many sureal hits . True music . Many other 70s groups too like Roxy music, Bad Co. LED ZEP. I love the weird stuff so much

Possibly the best Bowie performance ❤️

A GAME changer for sure!! Bowie entered my life that year and it was the revelation that I was seeking. The artistry, personna, attitude, and sheer audacity hit every nerve ending in my body. This song in particular was a call to arms to explore more than was just in front of me. He was an inspiration and the kick that I needed to get started on what became my life long adventure. God I miss him.

An actual live performance.. Amazing 😍👍🤩

Great live performance of this song. Bowie elevated punk rock to another level.

Absolutely live, warts and all. It's perfect!

Fantastic Footage...very clear and good condition.As a huge fan of Bowie's .👍

Started work in 73 finishing next year 2023 have been blessed with the 50 year space between having been filled with wonderous sounds.

The Majestic Mick Ronson, powering through the song.

Well, that was a nice surprise. Live music that sounds great!! Bowie is at the very top of my list. Even above the Beatles. He stayed with it and changed directions a hundred time through the years. I remember seeing Jeff Beck play this song with Bowie in this era. I think it was Midnight special or something like that. Peace

The light poured through still as vital

Bowie playing harmonica sings " Love me do"!?

So sad now that all are gone except Woody. Grew up with this starting in 72. Always been a huge fan. Saw Bowie live 3 times. Will always miss him.

Classic performance saved by the cameraman.

Remember watching this like it was last night. I was 12 and at school the girls in our class had Bowie hair cuts within days dying it that deep red colour. Carol become a Bowie freak leaving T-Rex & and Marc Bolan behind. All her text books got a make over with Bowie pictures out of Jackie magazine. Her friend Pat joined her after a week. When he played the city Hall people from school went who had shown no interest in pop music ever. Something happened that Thursday night back in 73 which can't be explained. It was mass hypnotism or brain washing. He went from the bloke who sang "the laughing gnome" who no one took serious to a huge cult following overnight from one 3 minute TV appearance. Faster than The Beatles, bigger than The Rollers.

SUPER VIDEO ⚡ BOWIE IN JUNGEN JAHREN EINFACH UMWERFEND. 😍⚡🤩⚡🤗♥️💋

Superb - what a musician Bowie was. Well played sir! Rock In Peace!

Pure Gold. Thanks to whomever for sharing this time capsule!

Wow. Unbelievable. I was so lucky to have caught him live in midtown NYC in 2000 at the Roseland ballroom. Small gig & he played this & most of his old greatest tracks. Seeing this just brings back memories of what an unbelievable stage presence he had. Miss him so much.

Only Bowie could sum up NYC with a couple of lines like NYC’s a GoGo and everything tastes nice! My sister visited NYC for the Macy”s Annual Parade and she brought me back some Food from a genuine NY Deli. It was delicious and fresh! I was surprised how good it was. NYC has quality Cuisine. No doubt about it! And it is fast living with parties going all night in the Clubs! So Bowie experienced it and summed it up like a great songwriter does! 👏🏻🎸😎

Tremendous

Hands down the best live performance of this classic.

Possibly the most honest rocking band-together performance of DB & the Spiders - at least that I've ever seen. How amazing would it have been to see the band live in '72 and especially in '73? They just knocked the spots off anything and anyone from that golden era. The band's and Bowie's growth from Ziggy (i.e. actually late Hunky Dory in reality) to Aladdin was huge.

David and Mick, the best connection ever

One of the best!

Cool little Beatles reference on harmonica toward the end there :)

Thank You - Ever SO Much

I was as straight laced and square as possible but Mick's sound and David's awesome talent were a Miracle to me!!

This is awesome!! I never got into bowie all that much, but I have realized his greatness in recent years... I really thought that Black Star was amazing, transcendence musically... preparing to return to harmonically vibrating stardust 💫⭐🌟 And this song right here is awesome... It seems like he is taking over for the Stones after they hit their peak of greatness with my favorite album "EXILE ON MAIN STREET" 💫 This has a lot of the same bluesy and slightly psychedelic swagger that the Stones had in 72...

David "Eternal" Bowie. Great!

I used to go a great solicitors on Dickinson road and its where the Manchester Martyrs march used to kick off.

Every aspect of this video is definitely my exact taste.

I didn't know how good of a harmonic player Bowie was. I like how he did a little Love Me Do harmonica at the end.

A then David Jones bumped into leather clad rock’n’roller Vince Taylor outside a London tube station and Vince pulled out a map to show David where the spiders from Mars would land. Vince had over done LSD and had temporarily went insane. Vince was the inspiration for Ziggy.

Mick is a golden god! And Bowie is merely the singular , one of a kind force that is Bowie! 🤘😎🤘❤❤🙏🙏❤❤

I remember this particular performance very well,It was my 15th birthday. Great times.

ALL HAIL DAVID BOWIE 🤘🏿 AND MICK RONSON 🎸 💜🎶🎼🤘🏿🎼🎶💜

Rare gem.

Che dire? Sono senza parole, sto scoprendo continuamente nuovi tesori. Quest’uomo era veramente un genio. Fantistici Spiders.

Live is SO good! So many recordings from that era were dubbed. Thanks for sharing.

Vintage Bowie! Powerful combination of Bowie singer and Mick guitar playing. This was Bowie at his best.

Like the homage to the Beatles on the harmonica.

Wow!

the 70's where special

No se puede ser más total!!!!!!!!

Fantastic

Never be anything better than this…

WoW,,,!! Nice... David Bowie.. forever!!!

To have a colour TV in the early 70,s, well my dad bought one, as a 5 or 6 year old seeing the glam rocker,s on top of the pop,s was quite something, this is great.

I read somewhere that the BBC would record over their old videotapes so this is a rare treat

My MAINMAN! Bloody Outrageous!!!🤩🥰😍😘😎

Ce son pop anglais est unique🔥David Bowie y excelle🎸artiste complet🎤orchestrement de haut niveau🌺sa légende est née

Simply marvellous! Such a fantastic live performance and Ronno's solo, sublime

The King.

Great video and great spyders

There's only one man that can make the mullet look absolutely space age: David Bowie.

Well this is just GREAT!!! THANK YOU!!!

Wow. Thanks for posting and sharing. Classic class...

So good,ty!

Fantastic.

What an Artist

Absolutely amazing 🤩 brilliant piece of footage 😳

Ronson looks like he’s playing a Les Paul Gold Top but it’s actually a bare wood top.

Those were the days. Thanks for sharing, instant sub.

Glam Bowie is my favorite Bowie , if that makes me simple so be it

Thank you John pure genius ❣️

I was so into Bowie and the spiders in the early 70's ...saw loads of gigs, but i couldn't grow those Trevor Boulder whiskers, try as i might...it wouldn't happen. But hey, great performance and song, love it

I'll never forgive Ziggie for firing the Spiders and the brilliant Mick Ronson soonafter.

Wow, that was amazing.

Blues Honky Tonk RnR...THANKS.

Miss you 🌹💞⚓🍀✌️🇺🇦

Monster bass.

This version is better than the studio version imop 😵‍💫

Do those Kids just know how Lucky they were to be in the audience of T.O.T.P that day? And what were the BBC thinking wiping out this and probably other great Acts that appeared on that show ( but they've done it with so many shows). But Thankyou to a foreseeing Cameraman, who must of known what Greatness he was saving for the Future Generations. Also Thankyou again, for Posting this. I never tire of watching this.🎵⚡🎸⭐🎶

Ronson and Bowie. What a combination.

that Bass player was hip as ... ruler

This film was thought to be lost wasn't it and what a great find.

What a performance 👌🏻😎

The fact that this wasn’t lip synched given TOPS reputation