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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 - Wind & Wuthering - 1st - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $14.88, €14.52 (Back In Stock) (arrived 03-Jan-2025 12:14)on January 4, 2025 at 9:48 pm
GENESIS Wind & Wuthering (1976 UK 9-track LP on the small Madhatter Charisma label, the eighth studio album by the English progressive rock band, the second with Phil on lead vocals & last to feature Steve Hackett, complete with illustrated lyricinner, textured picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear and has some writing on the inside. The inner shows the start of a little seam splitting, whilst the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with just light signs ofplay CDS4005)
- Genesis - Invisible Touch - Orange Vinyl - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £94.99, $117.79, €114.94 (New Item) (arrived 17-Dec-2024 18:00)on January 4, 2025 at 9:48 pm
GENESIS Invisible Touch (2020 UK/EU Online Exclusive limited edition 8-track LP pressed on Orange Vinyl. The goups thirteenth and their biggest-selling album to date, including the hit singles, Tonight Tonight Tonight, In Too Deep & Land Of Confusion. The vinyl is UNPLAYED, housed in an embossed picture sleeve replicating the original, and remains sealed in the stickered shrink)
- Genesis - Trespass - EX - US - vinyl LP - £75.00, $93.00, €90.75 (New Item) (arrived 10-Dec-2024 09:18)on January 4, 2025 at 9:48 pm
GENESIS Trespass (1970 US 6-track LP on the red rim Impulse label, heavy card pasted gatefold picture sleeve with small deletion hole and original company inner. The sleeve shows just a little light sheflwear with minor creasing to one corner& light foxing inside, while the vinyl remains in superb condition with few signs of play AS-9205)
- Genesis - Trespass - EX - US - vinyl LP - £75.00, $93.00, €90.75 (New Item) (arrived 10-Dec-2024 18:00)on January 4, 2025 at 9:48 pm
GENESIS Trespass (1970 US 6-track LP on the red rim Impulse label, heavy card pasted gatefold picture sleeve with small deletion hole and original company inner. The sleeve shows just a little light sheflwear with minor creasing to one corner& light foxing inside, while the vinyl remains in superb condition with few signs of play AS-9205)
- Genesis - Foxtrot - 180 Gram Vinyl - US - vinyl LP - £39.99, $49.59, €48.39 (New Item) (arrived 11-Dec-2024 11:24)on January 4, 2025 at 9:48 pm
GENESIS Foxtrot (2014 US/Canadian Half Speed Mastered issue of the 1973 6-track LP pressed on Audiophile quality 180-gram Heavyweight Vinyl; including Watcher Of The Skies and the incredible 23-minute Supper's Ready. The vinyl shows minimal play issued in the gatefold picture sleeve retining its original Hype Sticker. This copy remains factory sealed from new!)
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