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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 - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Remastered - Sealed - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £36.99, $49.20, €42.91 (New Item) (arrived 17-Apr-2025 14:31)on April 21, 2025 at 7:45 am
GENESIS The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (2024 UK/EU limited edition double album 2-LP, half speed mastered at Abbey Road Studios by Miles Showell, mixed by Nick Davis and pressed on heavyweight black vinyl at Optimal Media in Germany. The sixthstudio album by Genesis, released in 1974, is a landmark record in progressive rock and was their last recorded with Peter Gabriel as lead singer. TThe album tells the story of Rael, a Puerto Rican youth who embarks on a journey of self-discovery and faces bizarre encounters in New York City. It features two UK singles "Counting Out Time" and "The Carpet Crawlers". Gatefold picture sleeve, factory sealed)
- Genesis - And Then There Were Three - 1st - UK - vinyl LP - £45.00, $59.85, €52.20 (New Item) (arrived 03-Apr-2025 16:00)on April 21, 2025 at 7:45 am
GENESIS And Then There Were Three (Archive quality 1978 UK first press 11-track LP, on the small 'Madhatter' label with 'Phonogram Ltd' perimeter text, gatefold picture sleeve with lyrics inside. Both the sleeve & vinyl are Near Mint with no need to upgrade CDS4010)
- Genesis - Foxtrot - 4th - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.95, €17.40 (New Item) (arrived 01-Apr-2025 16:00)on April 21, 2025 at 7:45 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 - Duke - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.95, €17.40 (New Item) (arrived 01-Apr-2025 16:26)on April 21, 2025 at 7:45 am
GENESIS Duke (1980 UK 12-track LP with picture labels, gatefold picture sleeve with lyrics inside. The sleeve shows minimal wear, other than slight sticker residue, whilst the vinyl is in Near Mint condition CBR101)
- Genesis - Wind & Wuthering - 1st - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.95, €17.40 (New Item) (arrived 01-Apr-2025 16:29)on April 21, 2025 at 7:45 am
GENESIS Wind & Wuthering (1976 UK small Madhatter label 9-track LP, the eighth studio album by the English progressive rock band, the second with Phil on lead vocals and the last to feature Steve Hackett, complete with illustrated lyric inner, textured picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just the lightest shelfwear & the vinyl looks barely played, remaining in Excellent condition CDS4005)
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