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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 - Seconds Out + Inners - EX - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £15.00, $18.75, €17.55 (New Item) (arrived 27-Apr-2024 16:37)on April 28, 2024 at 4:22 pm
GENESIS Seconds Out (1977 UK 12-track double LP with picture labels, recorded in Paris between 1976-77 featuring guest drummers Bill Bruford of King Crimson & Chester Thompson of Frank Zappa's band, complete with illustrated tour credit inners. The gatefold picture sleeve has some light shelf wear with the odd small paper mark & the vinyl discs are Excellent with minor play only GE2001)
- Genesis - Foxtrot - 4th - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.75, €17.55 (New Item) (arrived 25-Apr-2024 16:40)on April 28, 2024 at 4:22 pm
GENESIS Foxtrot (1975 UK fourth 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, smoothgatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some shelfwear & the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with few signs of play CAS1058)
- Genesis - And Then There Were Three - 1st + Insert - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $25.00, €23.40 (New Item) (arrived 22-Apr-2024 15:08)on April 28, 2024 at 4:22 pm
GENESIS And Then There Were Three (1978 UK first issue 11-track LP on the small Madhatter Charisma label with 'Phonogram' perimeter label text, complete with rare double sided merchandise form, gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just alittle light shelfwear, there is a little creasing to the insert and the vinyl shows few signs of play CDS4010)
- Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail - 3rd - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $15.00, €14.04 (New Item) (arrived 22-Apr-2024 15:38)on April 28, 2024 at 4:22 pm
GENESIS A Trick Of The Tail (1981 UK blue label issue of the 1976 8-track LP, the first album to feature Phil on lead vocals following Peter Gabriel's departure, gatefold picture sleeve with lyrics inside. The sleeve shows minimal wear & the vinyl remains in superb condition with a few signs of play CDS4001)
- Genesis - Invisible Touch - 180gm - Dutch - vinyl LP - £24.99, $31.24, €29.24 (New Item) (arrived 22-Apr-2024 15:54)on April 28, 2024 at 4:22 pm
GENESIS Invisible Touch (2016 Dutch Audiophile issue of the 1986 8-track LP pressed on 180gm Vinyl, Half Speed mastered at Abbey Road Studios, complete with illustrated lyric inner, high quality embossed, spot lacquered picture sleeve reproducing the original album artwork. The sleeve shows minimal shelfwear and the vinyl looks barely played)
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