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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 - A Trick Of The Tail - 2nd + Inner - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $38.10, €36.30 (New Item) (arrived 03-Dec-2024 11:34)on December 3, 2024 at 6:23 pm
GENESIS A Trick Of The Tail (1976 UK 8-track vinyl LP on the small 'Mad Hatter' label with 'Phonogram' perimeter text, the first album to feature Phil on lead vocals following Peter Gabriel's departure, including the brilliant Squonk, Robbery Assault & Battery & the instrumental closer Los Endos, complete with illustrated inner, textured gatefold sleeve with 'Robor' credit inside. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear & the vinyl remains in excellent condition with just lightsurface scuffs to show for over forty years CDS4001)
- Genesis - Abacab - B/P/G/R Sleeve - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $15.24, €14.52 (New Item) (arrived 28-Nov-2024 18:00)on December 3, 2024 at 6:23 pm
GENESIS Abacab (1981 UK 10-track LP, including the singles No Reply At All, Keep It Dark, Man On The Corner & the title track. Comes housed in an embossed blue, peach, green & red picture sleeve complete with the illustrated credits inner. The sleeve & vinyl remain in Excellent condition CBR102)
- Genesis - Wind & Wuthering + Inner - Canadian - vinyl LP - £25.00, $31.75, €30.25 (New Item) (arrived 28-Nov-2024 13:04)on December 3, 2024 at 6:23 pm
GENESIS Wind & Wuthering (1976 Canadian 9-track vinyl LP on the yellow Atco label, including original lyric inner, unique matte picture sleeve variant with a Maple Leaf logo in the top left corner of the back. The sleeve shows some light shelfwear and ringwear on the front and back, the vinyl looks seldom played SD36-144)
- Genesis - Duke + Insert - German - vinyl LP - £25.00, $31.75, €30.25 (New Item) (arrived 28-Nov-2024 13:11)on December 3, 2024 at 6:23 pm
GENESIS Duke (1980 German large Madhatter label 12-track LP, the tenth longplayer bridging the gap between their earlier progressive roots & later pop exploits, glossy gatefold 'Koechlin' picture sleeve with 'Aus Dem Hause Phonogram' logo on the reverse. This copy comes with the rare competition insert with the prize of seeing the boys in the Lyceum on 7.5.80 up for grabs! The sleeve shows some light edge wear and the vinyl has minimal sign of play)
- Genesis - Abacab - B/P/G/R Sleeve - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $15.24, €14.52 (New Item) (arrived 28-Nov-2024 13:17)on December 3, 2024 at 6:23 pm
GENESIS Abacab (1981 UK 10-track LP, including the singles No Reply At All, Keep It Dark, Man On The Corner & the title track. Comes housed in an embossed blue, peach, green & red picture sleeve complete with the illustrated credits inner. The sleeve & vinyl remain in Excellent condition CBR102)
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