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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 - Nursery Cryme - EX - Portugese - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.75, €17.40 (New Item) (arrived 11-May-2024 14:48)on May 13, 2024 at 7:46 am
GENESIS Nursery Cryme (1976 Portuguese issue of the classic 1971 7-track LP on the small 'Mad Hatter' label, unique fully laminated picture sleeve variant. The sleeve shows only minor laminate lift on the spine & the vinyl remains in Excellentcondition with just a few faint cosmetic scuffs & light signs of play)
- Genesis - Turn It On Again: The Hits - Clear Vinyl - Sealed - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £49.99, $62.49, €57.99 (New Item) (arrived 30-Apr-2024 12:03)on May 13, 2024 at 7:46 am
GENESIS Turn It On Again: The Hits (25th Anniversary 2024 UK/EU limited edition 18-track double album 2-LP pressed on 140-gram Clear Vinyl for the first time, featuring Land Of Confusion, I Can't Dance, I Know What I Like, Invisible Touch, Jesus He Knows Me, and many more. Single pocket picture sleeve with hype sticker, factory sealed)
- Genesis - That's All - UK - 12" vinyl - £8.00, $10.00, €9.28 (New Item) (arrived 29-Apr-2024 09:07)on May 13, 2024 at 7:46 am
GENESIS That's All (1983 UK 3-track 12" vinyl single with picture label, also including Taking It All Too Hard and a live version of Firth Of Fifth recorded in New York in 1981. The die-cut titled sleeve shows minimal wear and the vinyl has very few signs of play TATA1-12)
- Genesis - Genesis - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.50, €11.60 (New Item) (arrived 29-Apr-2024 09:46)on May 13, 2024 at 7:46 am
GENESIS Genesis (1983 UK 9-track vinyl LP including Mama, That's All, Home By The Sea, Illegal Alien & Taking It All Too Hard. The glossy picture sleeve comes with the lyric inner and shows just light shelfwear while the vinyl remains in only lightly played condition. GENLP1)
- Genesis - Rock Roots - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $15.00, €13.92 (New Item) (arrived 29-Apr-2024 10:06)on May 13, 2024 at 7:46 am
GENESIS Rock Roots (1976 UK 17-track LP compilation, consisting of the album From Genesis To Revelation with the singles The Silent Sun & A Winter's Tale, front laminated picture sleeve. The sleeve & vinyl remain in Excellent condition ROOTS1)
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