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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 - Tonight, Tonight, Tonight - UK - 7" vinyl - £8.00, $10.40, €9.60 (New Item) (arrived 25-Oct-2024 17:00)on October 27, 2024 at 12:39 pm
GENESIS Tonight, Tonight Tonight Tonight (1982 UK solid centre 7" vinyl single, also including In The Glow Of The Night. The black & white picture sleeve has some shelfwear scuffing evident to the edges but the vinyl remains in excellent condition GENS4)
- Genesis - Abacab - B/P/G/R Sleeve - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $15.60, €14.40 (New Item) (arrived 21-Oct-2024 10:01)on October 27, 2024 at 12:39 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 - Foxtrot - 3rd - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $26.00, €24.00 (New Item) (arrived 15-Oct-2024 11:44)on October 27, 2024 at 12:39 pm
GENESIS Foxtrot (1974 UK third issue of the 1972 6-track vinyl LP with the small pink 'Mad Hatter' Charisma label and 'Marketed & Distributed by B&C Records' text, featuring Get 'Em Out By Friday, Supper's Ready and the wonderful Watcher Of The Skies. The smooth gatefold sleeve with lyrics across the inner spread has only a few minor storage marks while the vinyl displays some light cosmetic wear but appears in excellent condition CAS1058)
- Genesis - Nursery Cryme - 3rd - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $26.00, €24.00 (New Item) (arrived 15-Oct-2024 11:46)on October 27, 2024 at 12:39 pm
GENESIS Nursery Cryme (Late 70s UK issue of the 1971 7-track LP on the small pink 'Mad Hatter' Charisma label with 'Marketed BY B&C Records' label text. The gatefold picture sleeve is Excellent with a couple of paper marks to the edge, whilstthe vinyl remains in Excellent condition with only some superficial paper scuffs & hairlines not affecting play CAS1052)
- Genesis - Trespass - 3rd + Insert - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.50, €18.00 (New Item) (arrived 15-Oct-2024 14:35)on October 27, 2024 at 12:39 pm
GENESIS Trespass (Late 70s UK issue 6-track LP on the small 'Mad Hatter' label, housed in a gatefold picture sleeve complete with the often missing lyric insert. The sleeve & vinyl remain in superb Excellent condition CAS1020)
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