Here is an early version of the Musical Box, several months prior to the recording of it on Nursery Cryme. It's a work-in-progress. Some of the lyrics haven't been written. There are parts in the final version that are not in this one.
The particulars:
Recorded in the BBC on May 10, 1971. http://bbchron.blogspot.com/2013/05/...-sessions.html
Nursery Cryme was recorded in August 1971 and released in November 1971. So this was three months before the recording on the studio version
What is most interesting is Steve Hackett's parts. Hackett joined around Christmas 1970, so he was in the band around five months at this point. His guitar tone was different, sounding very fuzz boxy. The lead guitar around the 4:00 mark sounds 1960-ish to me. He changed a lot in the three months from this recording to the Nursery Cryme recording.I don't think he was tapping yet.
Interesting evolution of this song. Of course, parts of the song were started in the 60s.
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