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On January 25, 1974, the 20th show of second series of The Midnight Special, the long-running show that gave many artists their first taste of national TV exposure in The US, was broadcast.
The show was hosted by bluesman Steve Miller on the show were Michigan rockers Brownsville Station – who performed their hit Smokin’ In The Boys Room – plus Tim Buckley, the James Cotton Blues Band, and prog legends Genesis, whose Selling England By The Pound album had been released the previous September.
Genesis’s Midnight Special filming had taken place just before Christmas 1973, in the wake of a six-show, three day residency at the Roxy Theater in Los Angeles at the end of the first North American leg of the band’s Selling England By The Pound tour.
On the show the band performed two songs, neither of them from the album. Instead, they played The Musical Box, the first track from 1971’s Nursery Cryme, and Watcher Of The Skies, the opener from the following year’s Foxtrot. And both tracks have now appeared online on the Midnight Special‘s ever-growing archive on YouTube, rendering obsolete the various low-quality rips that have appeared online previously.
So enjoy this pristine footage of Peter Gabriel-era Genesis at their peak. On the downside, the camera cuts away from Steve Hackett‘s fingers during The Musical Box just he does some “Eddie Van Halen-style” finger tapping at the 2’19” mark, but the rest is pure upside, including Hackett’s glorious moustache, Phil Collins’ fetching white boiler suit, Gabriel donning his old man mask to portray the aging Henry, the character from The Musical Box whose head gets cleaved off by a croquet mallet.
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- Genesis - And Then There Were Three - 1st - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.80, €17.40 (Back In Stock) (arrived 11-Apr-2025 16:00)on April 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
GENESIS And Then There Were Three (1978 UK first press 11-track LP, on the small 'Madhatter' label with 'Phonogram Ltd' perimeter text, gatefold picture sleeve with lyrics inside. The sleeve displays some light wear & the vinyl displays the odd light scuff/hairline to show previous play. An EX copy! CDS4010)
- Genesis - Live - 2nd - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $26.40, €23.20 (New Item) (arrived 02-Apr-2025 16:00)on April 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
GENESIS Live (1975 UK 5-track LP on the small Mad Hatter label with 'Marketed & Distributed by Phonogram Ltd' perimeter text, recorded at Leicester's De Montfort Hall & The Free Trade Hall in Manchester during February 1973, fully laminated picture sleeve. The sleeve has some minor scuffs & the vinyl appears barely played - overall an excellent copy CLASS1)
- Genesis - Invisible Touch - VG/EX - Japanese - vinyl LP - £35.00, $46.20, €40.60 (New Item) (arrived 31-Mar-2025 17:00)on April 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
GENESIS Invisible Touch (1986 Japanese 8-track vinyl LP, housed in an embossed picture sleeve with fold-out Japanese/lyric insert & obi-strip. The sleeve is strictly graded Very Good, with some light general wear and has a minor sticker mark on the front, which is in a white section of the sleeve and has not removed any print. The labels have a few spindle marks, and the vinyl remains Excellent with minimal signs of play 28VB-1090)
- Genesis - Foxtrot - 4th - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.80, €17.40 (New Item) (arrived 01-Apr-2025 09:19)on April 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
GENESIS Foxtrot (1975 UK issue of the 1972 6-track LP with small 'Mad Hatter' Charisma label & 'Marketed & Distributed by Phonogram Ltd' text, featuring Get 'Em Out By Friday, Supper's Ready & the wonderful Watcher Of The Skies, gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve & vinyl remain in Excellent condition CAS1058)
- Genesis - Foxtrot - 4th - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.80, €17.40 (New Item) (arrived 01-Apr-2025 16:00)on April 15, 2025 at 8:01 am
GENESIS Foxtrot (1975 UK issue of the 1972 6-track LP with small 'Mad Hatter' Charisma label & 'Marketed & Distributed by Phonogram Ltd' text, featuring Get 'Em Out By Friday, Supper's Ready & the wonderful Watcher Of The Skies, gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve & vinyl remain in Excellent condition CAS1058)
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