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Phil Collins unfortunately couldn't use his time out in Vancouver, Canada, to save his marriage. He found distraction immediately after his return when he holed up in Ringo Starr's studio with his buddies from Brand X to record material for a new album. The collective curiously works in two line-ups, which produces a wealth of session material that is subsequently released on three albums. Mr. Collins can be heard on the following tracks... |
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Don't Make Waves * (John Goodsall) (5:28)Soho * (John Goodsall/Phil Collins) (3:38)...And So to F... * (Phil Collins) (6:29)Algon (Where An Ordinary Cup Of Drinking Chocolate Costs £8,000,000,000) * (Robin Lumley) (6:10)Rhesus Perplexus * (John Giblin) (3:59)Wal To Wal * (Percy Jones/John Giblin) (3:14)April * (John Giblin) (2:36) (CD 2:08) |
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Pool Room Blues ** (Phil Collins/John Giblin/John Goodsall/Percy Jones/Robin Lumley/Peter Robinson) (2:51)Soho [alternate mix]*** (John Goodsall/Phil Collins) (3:38) |
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Voidarama **** (John Goodsall) (4:21)Triumphant Limp **** (John Goodsall/John Giblin/Robin Lumley/Phil Collins) (7:34) |
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Ipanaemia [1982 mix]***** (John Goodsall) (4:30) (CD 4:13)A Longer April [April 1982 remix]***** (John Giblin) (7:00) (CD 7:23)Modern, Noisy And Effective [Soho 1982 remix]***** (John Goodsall/Robin Lumley/Steven Short) (3:56)Swan Song [1982 mix]***** (Phil Collins/John Giblin/Robin Lumley/Steven Short) (5:37)Recording date: April 1979 Recording location: Startling Studios/Ascot */**/***Produced by: Brand X, Colin Green, Neil Kernon ****Produced by: Brand X, Neil Kernon *****Produced by: Robin Lumley & Steven Short Performed by: Brand X *First official release: 14th September 1979 - Brand X Product (UK LP//Charisma CAS 1147) **/***First official release: 1979 - Brand X Soho (UK 12"//Charisma CB 340-12) **Best available source: Brand X A History 1976 - 1980 (US CD//Caroline Records CAROL 1116-2) ***Best available source: Brand X Soho (UK 12"//Charisma CB 340-12) ****First official release: 18th April 1980 - Brand X Do They Hurt? (UK LP//Charisma CAS 1151) */****Best available source: Brand X Nuclear Burn: The Charisma Albums 1976-1980 [2014 remasters] (EU 4CD//Virgin 5353532) *****First official release: September 1982 - Brand X Is There Anything About? (US LP//Passport Records PB 6016) *****Best available source: Brand X Is There Anything About? (EU CD//Gonzo Multimedia HST168CD) |
This was followed by guest appearances on albums by Camel, Colosseum keyboardist Dave Greenslade, Jack Lancaster from the Brand X environment and, for the first time, his new friend Stephen Bishop.
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Wait (Andrew Latimer/John McBurie) (5:02)Your Love Is Stranger Than Mine (Andrew Latimer/Andy Ward/Colin Bass/Jan Schelhaas) (3:24)Hymn To Her (Andrew Latimer, Jan Schelhaas) (5:36)Neon Magic (Andrew Latimer/Jan Schelhaas/Viv McAuliffe) (4:38)Recording date: Summer 1979 Recording location: Farmyard Studios/Little Chalfont,. A.I.R./London (Orchestral overdubs) Produced by: Rupert Hine Performed by: Camel feat. Phil Collins (Percussion) First official release: September 1979 - Camel I Can See Your House From Here (UK LP/Decca TXS-R 132) Best available source: Camel I Can See Your House From Here [2009 Remaster] (UK CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 2158) |
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Three Brides (Dave Greenslade) (5:53)Barcarole Forest Kingdom (Dave Greenslade) (3:50)War (Dave Greenslade) (3:02)Lament For The Sea (Dave Greenslade) (3:06)Miasma Generator (Dave Greenslade) (5:20)Recording date: 1979? Recording location: Trident Studios/London Produced by: Robin Lumley Performed by: Dave Greenslade feat. Phil Collins (Drums, Percussion) First official release: November 1979 - Patrick Woodroffe/Dave Greenslade ?The Pentateuch Of The Cosmogony (UK 2LP//EMI EMSP 332) Best available source: Patrick Woodroffe/Dave Greenslade The Pentateuch Of The Cosmogony [1994 remaster] (UK CD//BGO Records BGOCD170) |
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Deep Green (The Whale's Song) * (Jack Lancaster) (5:01)Deep Green [edit]** (Jack Lancaster) (4:16)Deep Green (Remix) ** (Jack Lancaster) (3:23)Recording date: 1979? Recording location: Trident Studios/London Produced by: Robin Lumley & Jack Lancaster Performed by: Jack Lancaster feat. Phil Collins (Vocals), Robin Lumley a.o. *First official release: 1980 - Jack Lancaster Skinningrove Bay (DE LP//Acrobat Records 1 C 064-64 056) *Best available source: Jack Lancaster Jack Lancaster's Carnival Of The Animals [2016 Remaster] (US CD//Verdant Records V00108) **First official release/Best available source: 1999 - Various Artists The 'Skinningrove Bay' Sessions (CD//Neon NE 34512) |
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Little Moon (Stephen Bishop) (3:10)Sex Kittens Go To College (Stephen Bishop) (1:30)Recording date: 1979? Recording location: Air Studios/London Produced by: Mike Mainieri & Tommy Lipuma Performed by: Stephen Bishop feat. Phil Collins (Drums/Percussion), John Giblin (Bass), Eric Clapton (Guitar), Gary Brooker (Piano) a.o. First official release: 1980 - Stephen Bishop Red Cab To Manhattan (US LP//Warner Bros. Records BSK 3473) Best available source: Stephen Bishop Red Cab To Manhattan [2018 remaster] (US CD//Wounded Bird Records WOU 3473) |
Through Eric Clapton, Phil also met singer/songwriter John Martyn, with whom he spent a lot of time that year as a fellow "separation victim" and also recorded Martyn's new album as a drummer. The friendship will last a lifetime.
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Some People Are Crazy (John Martyn) (4:19)Grace And Danger (John Martyn) (4:04)Lookin' On (John Martyn) (5:14)Johnny Too Bad (Delroy Wilson/Derrick Leapold Crooks/Hylton Beckford/Winston Bailey/John Martyn) (3:57)Sweet Little Mystery [1979 version] (John Martyn) (5:25)Hurt In Your Heart (John Martyn) (4:58)Baby Please Come Home (John Martyn) (3:55)Save Some (For Me) (John Martyn) (3:31)Our Love (Beverley Martyn/John Martyn) (3:59)Small Hat * (John Martyn) (4:21)Running Up The Harbour * (John Martyn) (6:35)Dead On Arrival * (John Martyn) (4:47)After Tommorrow Night * (John Martyn) (4:06)Lilo Blondino * (John Martyn) (5:08)Some People Are Crazy (First Version) * (John Martyn) (3:55)Grace And Danger (First Version) * (John Martyn) (4:11)Johnny Too Bad (First Version) * (Delroy Wilson/Derrick Leapold Crooks/Hylton Beckford/Winston Bailey/John Martyn) (3:47)Sweet Little Mystery (First Version) * (John Martyn) (4:29)Baby Please Come Home (First Version) * (John Martyn) (4:57)Our Love (First Version) * (Beverley Martyn/John Martyn) (5:27)Hurt In Your Heart (The Instrumental) * (John Martyn) (4:56)Johnny Too Bad (Dub Mix) * (Delroy Wilson/Derrick Leapold Crooks/Hylton Beckford/Winston Bailey/John Martyn) (3:46)Recording date: Summer 1979 Recording location: DJM Studios/London, Morgan Studios/London Produced by: Martin Levan Performed by: John Martyn feat. Phil Collins (Drums, Backing Vocals), John Giblin a.o. First official release: October 1980 - John Martyn Grace & Danger (UK LP//Island Records ILPS 9560) Best available source/*First official release: John Martyn Grace & Danger [2007 Remaster] (EU 2CD//Island Records 984 268-7) |
At the end of August, a memorable and unusual event occurs when Phil Collins appears as drummer for a performance by his ex-bandmate Peter Gabriel at the legendary Reading Festival.
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Biko [live 1979] (Peter Gabriel) (7:29)On The Air [live 1979] (Peter Gabriel) (4:02)D.I.Y. [live 1979] (Peter Gabriel) (4:19)Humdrum [live 1979] (Peter Gabriel) (2:58)No Self-Control [live 1979] (Peter Gabriel) (3:48)White Shadow [live 1979] (Peter Gabriel) (4:56)Mother Of Violence [live 1979] (Peter Gabriel/Jill Gabriel) (5:15)Animal Magic [live 1979] (Peter Gabriel) (4:17)I Don't Remember [live 1979] (Peter Gabriel) (5:30)Modern Love [live 1979] (Peter Gabriel) (4:36)Moribund The Burgermeister [live 1979] (Peter Gabriel) (4:58)Perspective [live 1979] (Peter Gabriel) (3:36)Solsbury Hill [live 1979] (Peter Gabriel) (6:06)The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway[live 1979] (Genesis) (8:00)Recording date: 26th August 1979 Recording location: Reading Festival/Reading Produced by: Performed by: Peter Gabriel feat. Phil Collins (Drums, Backing Vocals), First official release: Various Radio Broadcasts Best available source: Peter Gabriel Reading Festival (FM CD-r//https://www.genesis-movement.org/php/showdetails.php?uid=7071) |
In September, Phil goes on tour with Brand X for the last time. On this tour he also drums some Brand X tracks that were previously recorded with other drummers: Dance Of The Illegal Aliens, Access To Data and The Ghost Of Mayfield Lodge. Besides various non-official bootlegs, there will also be two official releases years later...
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Disco Suicide/Algon [live 1979] (Robin Lumley) (14.14)Dance Of The Illegal Aliens [live 1979] (Percy Jones) (11.56)Don't Make Waves [live 1979] (John Goodsall) (6.16)Malaga Virgen [live 1979] (Percy Jones) (13.34)...And So To F... [live 1979] (Phil Collins) (12.24)Nuclear Burn [live 1979] (John Goodsall/Percy Jones/Phil Collins/Robin Lumley) (12.02)Performance date: 23rd September 1979 (late show) Performance location: The Roxy/Los Angeles Produced by: ? Performed by: Brand X (PC, JG, PJ, RL, Peter Robinson) First official release: 1995 - Brand X Live At The Roxy LA (UK CD//Zok Records ZCDBX010) Best available source: Brand X Live At The Roxy LA (UK CD//Gonzo Multimedia HST193CD) |
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Algon [live 1979 II] (Robin Lumley) (6:48)Dance Of The Illegal Aliens [live 1979 II] (Percy Jones) (11:23)Don't Make Waves [live 1979 II] (John Goodsall) (6:02)Malaga Virgen [live 1979 II] (Percy Jones) (13:15)...And So To F... [live 1979 II] (Phil Collins) (9:11)Performance date: 27th September 1979 (late show?) Performance location: The Bottom Line/New York City Produced by: ? Performed by: Brand X (PC, JG, PJ, RL, Peter Robinson) First official release/Best available source: 2003 - Brand X Trilogy (US 3CD//Buckyball Records BR011) |
Towards the end of 1979, Phil helps out his old Genesis colleague Peter Gabriel, who no longer has a steady band and is increasingly keen on experimenting. For some tracks of his third album, Phil contributes the drum tracks, which are supposed to be completely without metal - i.e. cymbals. With the help of producer Steve Lillywhite's technical assistant, Hugh Padgham, the powerful drum sound was created for which Phil Collins would subsequently become famous...
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Intruder (Peter Gabriel) (4:54)No Self-Control (Peter Gabriel) (3:55)Family Snapshot (Peter Gabriel) (4:29)Biko (Peter Gabriel) (7:33)Wallflower [original version instrumental]* (Peter Gabriel) (4:16)Recording date: Summer/Autumn 1979 Recording location: Manor Mobile/Bath, The Townhouse/London Produced by: Steve Lillywhite Performed by: Peter Gabriel feat. Phil Collins (Drums, Percussion), John Giblin a.o. First official release: 30th May 1980 - Peter Gabriel 3 (UK LP//Charisma CDS 4019) Best available source: Peter Gabriel 3 [2003 Remaster] (CD/SACD//Virgin SAPGCD3) *First official release: --- *Best available source: Bootleg - Peter Gabriel Ashcombe Works |
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Intruder [alternate mix] (Peter Gabriel) (3:30)First official release: --- Best available source: Bootleg - Peter Gabriel Book Of Memories Intruder [alternate mix 2] (Peter Gabriel) (4:50)First official release: --- Best available source: Bootleg - Peter Gabriel The Shop Tape Eindringling (Peter Gabriel/Horst Königstein) (5:00)First official release: June 1980 - Peter Gabriel Ein deutsches Album (UK LP/Charisma CDS 4013) Best available source: Peter Gabriel Ein deutsches Album [2015 remaster] (Hi-Res 24/96k Download/Real World Records PGLPR3DX) |
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No Self-Control [instrumental mix] (Peter Gabriel) (4:00)First official release: --- Best available source: Bootleg - Peter Gabriel Ashcombe Works No Self-Control [edit] (Peter Gabriel) (3:46)First official release/Best available source: 2nd May 1980 - Peter Gabriel No Self Control (UK 7"/Charisma CB 360) No Self-Control [edit 2] (Peter Gabriel) (3:24)First official release/Best available source: 1980 - Various Artists Hot Wax (UK LP/K-Tel NE 1082) Keine Selbstkontrolle (Peter Gabriel/Horst Königstein) (4:00)First official release: June 1980 - Peter Gabriel Ein deutsches Album (UK LP/Charisma CDS 4013) Best available source: Peter Gabriel Ein deutsches Album [2015 remaster] (Hi-Res 24/96k Download/Real World Records PGLPR3DX) |
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Family Snapshot [alternate mix] (Peter Gabriel) (4:28)First official release: --- Best available source: Bootleg - Peter Gabriel The Shop Tape Schnappschuss (Ein Familienfoto) (Peter Gabriel/Horst Königstein) (4:26)First official release: June 1980 - Peter Gabriel Ein deutsches Album (UK LP/Charisma CDS 4013) Best available source: Peter Gabriel Ein deutsches Album [2015 remaster] (Hi-Res 24/96k Download/Real World Records PGLPR3DX) |
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Biko [alternate mix] (Peter Gabriel) (7:07)First official release: --- Best available source: Bootleg - Peter Gabriel The Shop Tape Biko [edit] (Peter Gabriel) (6:55)First official release: 19th November 1990 - Peter Gabriel Shaking The Tree (CD//Virgin PGTVD 6) Best available source: Peter Gabriel Shaking The Tree [2003 Remaster] (CD/SACD//Virgin SAPGTVD 6) Biko (Remixed Version) (Peter Gabriel) (8:55)First official release: August 1980 - Peter Gabriel Biko (UK 12"//Charisma CB 370-12) Best available source: same Biko (Special Edited Version) (Peter Gabriel) (4:00)First official release/Best available source: August 1980 - Peter Gabriel Biko (UK promo 7"//Charisma CBDJ 370) Best available source: same Biko [german version] (Peter Gabriel - Horst Königstein) (8:55)Remix date: 1980 Remixed by: Peter Gabriel & David Lord First official release: June 1980 - Peter Gabriel Ein deutsches Album (UK LP/Charisma CDS 4013) Best available source: Peter Gabriel Ein deutsches Album [2015 remaster] (HiRes 24/96k Download/Real World Records PGLPR3DX) |
In the course of 1979, Phil Collins tinkered with his own songs in his home "Old Croft", where he had set up a small home studio, in which he could process his failed marriage. Initially, it was not his plan to release a solo album like his colleagues Banks and Rutherford. He plays some of the demos to the two of them to possibly use them on the upcoming Genesis album...
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In The Air [In The Air Tonight demo] (Phil Collins) (1:15)First official release: 3rd February 1981 - Capital Radio Show Broadcast Best available source: Bootleg - Phil Collins & Genesis Capital Radio Broadcasts 1976-82 (FM CD-r//AV04) |
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In The Air [In The Air Tonight demo 2] (Phil Collins) (5:04)First official release/Best available source: 2010/2011 - official Phil Collins Fanclub (128kb/s mp3 Download//philcollins.com) |
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In The Air [In The Air Tonight demo 2 edit] (Phil Collins) (4:56)First official release/Best avilable source: May 1981 - Phil Collins If Leaving Me Is Easy (UK 7"//Virgin VS 423) |
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In The Air [In The Air Tonight demo 2 edit 2] (Phil Collins) (4:17)First official release/Best available source: May 1981 - Phil Collins If Leaving Me Is Easy (UK 12"//Virgin VS 423) |
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Roof Is Leaking [The Roof Is Leaking instrumental demo] (Phil Collins) (3:17)First official release: 2010/2011 - Official Phil Collins Fanclub (128kb/s mp3 Download//philcollins.com) Best available source: Phil Collins Face Value [2016 remaster] (EU 2CD//Atlantic PCCD81) |
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Latin Marimba [Hand In Hand instrumental demo] (Phil Collins) (4:57)First official release/Best available source: 2010/2011 - official Phil Collins Fanclub (128kb/s mp3 Download//philcollins.com) |
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I Miss You, Babe [I Missed Again demo] (Phil Collins) (4:05)First official release/Best avilable source: May 1981 - Phil Collins If Leaving Me Is Easy (UK 7"//Virgin VS 423) |
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I Miss You, Babe [I Missed Again demo edit] (Phil Collins) (3:17)First official release/Best available source: May 1981 - Phil Collins If Leaving Me Is Easy (UK 12"//Virgin VS 423) |
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I Miss You, Babe [I Missed Again instrumental demo] (Phil Collins) (3:46)First official release/Best available source: 2010/2011 - official Phil Collins Fanclub (128kb/s mp3 Download//philcollins.com) |
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Don't Break My Heart [I'm Not Moving/Me & Virgil demo] (Phil Collins) (3:22)First official release/Best available source: 2010/2011 - official Phil Collins Fanclub (128kb/s mp3 Download//philcollins.com) |
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If Leaving Me Is Easy [instrumental demo] (Phil Collins) (4:01)First official release/Best available source: 2010/2011 - official Phil Collins Fanclub (128kb/s mp3 Download//philcollins.com) |
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If Leaving Me Is Easy [demo] (Phil Collins) (5:13)First official release/Best avilable source: May 1981 - Phil Collins If Leaving Me Is Easy (UK 7"//Virgin VS 423) |
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If Leaving Me Is Easy [demo edit] (Phil Collins) (4:13)First official release/Best available source: May 1981 - Phil Collins If Leaving Me Is Easy (UK 12"//Virgin VS 423) |
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Tomorrow Never Knows [demo] (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) (3:43)First official release: 5th February 1980 - Capital Radio Show Broadcast Best available source: Bootleg - Phil Collins & Genesis Capital Radio Broadcasts 1976-82 (FM CD-r//AV04) |
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How Can You Sit There [Against All Odds instrumental demo] (Phil Collins) (2:56)First official release: 2010/2011 - Official Phil Collins Fanclub (128kb/s mp3 Download//philcollins.com) Best available source: Phil Collins Face Value [2016 remaster] (EU 2CD//Atlantic PCCD81) |
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D Minor Swing [Misunderstanding demo] (Phil Collins) (3:01)First official release: 5th February 1980 - Capital Radio Show Broadcast Best available source: Phil Collins Face Value [2016 remaster] (EU 2CD//Atlantic PCCD81) |
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Please Don't Ask [demo] (Phil Collins) (4:12)First official release: 3rd February 1981 - Capital Radio Show Broadcast Best available source: Phil Collins Face Value [2016 remaster] (EU 2CD//Atlantic PCCD81 Recording date: 1979? Recording location: Old Croft Produced by: Phil Collins Performed by: Phil Collins feat. Eric Clapton & ? |
In November and December Phil records the album Duke with Genesis at ABBA's Polar Studios, on which two of Phil's demos also find a home in revised form: Misunderstanding and Please Don't Ask....
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The 80s probably start for Phil with a small contribution for an album of the band Orleans... |
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Wind (Marilyn Mason, Larry Hoppen, Bob Leinbach) (4:32)Recording date: Winter 1980 Recording location: The Cabin In The Woods/Bearsville, Trident Studios/London Produced by: Robin Lumley & Orleans Performed by: Orleans feat. Phil Collins (Backing Vocals) & Morris Pert First official release/Best available source: 1980 - Orleans Orleans (US LP//MCA Records MCA-5110) |
From mid-March, he will be back on tour with Genesis until the end of June. After that, Phil will be doing small commissions for Mike Oldfield and Rupert Hine...
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Taurus 1 (Mike Oldfield) (10:16)Sheba (Mike Oldfield) (3:32)Shiva (2012 Rework Of Sheba) * (Mike Oldfield) (3:39)Recording date: summer 1980 Recording location: Denham Produced by: David Hentschel & Mike Oldfield Performed by: Mike Oldfield feat. Phil Collins (Drums), David Hentschel a.o. First official release: 31st October 1980 - Mike Oldfield QE2 (UK LP//Virgin V2181) Best available source/*First official release: Mike Oldfield QE2 [2012 remaster] (CD//Mercury 533 941-9) |
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Immunity (Rupert Hine) (3:51)Another Stranger (Rupert Hine) (4:42)Recording date: 1980? Recording location: Farmyard Studios/Buckinghamshire Produced by: Rupert Hine & Stephen W. Tayler Performed by: Rupert Hine feat. Phil Collins (Percussion) a.o. First official release: February? 1981 - Rupert Hine Immunity (UK LP//A&M Records AMLH 68519) Best available source: Rupert Hine Surface Tension - The Recordings 1981-1983 [2023 Remasters] (UK 3CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC32816) |
Encouraged by American Atlantic Records boss Ahmet Ertegun, Phil Collins also sets to work recording and producing his first solo album from July 1980. At least two more demos are also recorded in the summer ...
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It Must Be Love [This Must Be Love demo] (Phil Collins) (3:58)First official release: 2010/2011 - Official Phil Collins Fanclub (128kb/s mp3 Download//philcollins.com) Best available source: Phil Collins Face Value [2016 remaster] (EU 2CD//Atlantic PCCD81) |
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Thunder And Lightning [demo] (Phil Collins) (?)First official release/Best available source: --- Recording date: summer 1980 Recording location: Old Croft Produced by: Phil Collins Performed by: Phil Collins |
To make the album as authentic as possible, the already existing demo recordings are used and refined with all kinds of overdubs. The process takes half a year and Face Value is finally released in February 1981 ...
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In The Air Tonight (Phil Collins) (5:27)This Must Be Love (Phil Collins) (3:55)Behind The Lines (Tony Banks/Phil Collins/Mike Rutherford) (3:54)The Roof Is Leaking (Phil Collins) (3:15)Droned (Phil Collins) (2:49)Hand In Hand (Phil Collins) (5:20)I Missed Again (Phil Collins) (3:40)You Know What I Mean (Phil Collins) (2:33)Thunder And Lightning (Phil Collins) (4:11)I'm Not Moving (Phil Collins) (2:30)If Leaving Me Is Easy (Phil Collins) (4:54)Tomorrow Never Knows (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) (4:15)Over The Rainbow [hidden bonus track] (E.Y. Harburg/Harold Arlen) (0:30)Recording date: June 1980 - January 1981 Recording location: Old Croft, The Town House/London, The Village Recorder/Los Angeles Produced by: Phil Collins with Hugh Padgham Performed by: Phil Collins feat. Daryl Stuermer, John Giblin, Alphonso Johnson a.o. First official release: 9th February 1981 - Phil Collins Face Value (UK LP//Virgin V2185) Best available source: Phil Collins Face Value [2016 remaster] (EU 2CD//Atlantic PCCD81) |
There have been numerous versions of the surprise hit In The Air Tonight in particular over the years, but there is also a complete version of the album's "Hidden Bonus Track"...
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Over The Rainbow [full length version] (E.Y. Harburg/Harold Arlen) (1:15)First official release: --- Best available source: Phil Collins BBC Rock Hour 29th March 1981 (preFM LP//BBC #213) |
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In The Air Tonight [edit?] (Phil Collins) (4:57)First official release: 1981 - Phil Collins In The Air Tonight (?? 7?/ ) Best available source: |
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In The Air Tonight [remix] (Phil Collins) (5:00)First official release: May 1981 - Phil Collins In The Air Tonight (US 7?/Atlantic ) Best available source: Phil Collins In The Air Tonight [1992 remaster] (US CDS//Atlantic 132312) |
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In The Air Tonight ('88 Remix) (Phil Collins) (5:07)Remix date: 1988 Remixed by: Phil Collins & Hugh Padgham First official release: 1988 - Phil Collins In The Air Tonight ('88 Remix) (UK CDS//Virgin VSCD 102) Best available source: Phil Collins Remixed Sides (HiRes Download//Rhino Records) |
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In The Air Tonight (Extended Version) (Phil Collins) (7:33)Remix date: 1988 Remixed by: Ben Liebrand First official release: 1988 - Phil Collins In The Air Tonight ('88 Remix) (UK CDS//Virgin VSCD 102) Best available source: Phil Collins Remixed Sides (HiRes Download//Rhino Records) |
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In The Air Tonite (Boogieman's Album Version) (Phil Collins) (4:21)In The Air Tonite (Boogieman Radio Version) (Phil Collins) (4:00)In The Air Tonite (Mintman's Floorfiller Mix) (Phil Collins) (3:56)In The Air Tonite (True Busyness Remix) (Phil Collins) (4:29)In The Air Tonite (Stargate Remix) (Phil Collins) (4:28)In The Air Tonite (Stargate Instrumental) * (Phil Collins) ()In The Air Tonite (Soulforce Club Mix) ** (Phil Collins) (6:33)In The Air Tonite (Soulforce Sunshine Mix) ** (Phil Collins) (7:54)In The Air Tonite (Soulforce Monster Dub) ** (Phil Collins) (10:05)Remix date: 2001 Remixed by: Various First official release/Best available source: 2001 - Lil' Kim feat. Phil Collins In The Air Tonite (CDS//WEA 8573 89707-2) First official release/Best available source: 2001 - Lil' Kim feat. Phil Collins In The Air Tonite (DE 12"//WEA 8573 89588-0) First official release/Best available source: 2001 - Lil' Kim feat. Phil Collins In The Air Tonite (The House Mixes) (DE 12"//WEA 8573-89587-0) |
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The Roof Is Leaking (Nicka's Stella Polaris Interpretation) (Phil Collins) (5:29)Remix date: 2014 Remixed by: Nicka First official release: 1st August 2014 - Various Artists Stella Polaris - The X (CD//Stella Polaris Music Stella010CD) Best available source: Phil Collins Remixed Sides (HiRes Download//Rhino Records) |
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Probably in spring 1981 Phil helps an old and a new friend. He drums three songs for a solo record by his old Flaming Youth band mate Brian Chatton and again for a new album by John Martyn, which he even gets to produce. This is the start of a third career for him, so to speak... |
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Comin' On Stronger (Brian Chatton) (3:19)Thru' The Window (Brian Chatton) (3:44)You Got It Comin (Brian Chatton) (4:19)? Help Me Doctor (Brian Chatton) (2:41)Recording date: summer 1980 - spring 1981 Recording location: Regents Park Studios/London, James Morgan, Magritte, Eel Lie, Orange, Island Produced by: Brian Chatton & Andy Dalby Performed by: Chatton feat. Phil Collins (Drums) a.o. First official release/Best available source: October? 1981 - Chatton Playing For Time (UK LP//RCA LP 5058) |
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Couldn't Love You More [1981 version] (John Martyn) (4:00)Amsterdam (John Martyn) (5:29)Hold On My Heart (John Martyn) (4:39)Perfect Hustler (John Martyn) (4:47)Hearts And Keys (John Martyn) (7:30)Glorious Fool (John Martyn) (4:58)Never Say Never (John Martyn) (4:54)Pascanel (Get Back Home) (John Martyn) (3:48)Didn't Do That (John Martyn) (4:21)Please Fall In Love With Me (John Martyn) (6:12)Don't You Go (John Martyn) (4:40)Please Fall In Love With Me [edit]* (John Martyn) (4:22)Couldn't Love You More [sped up version]** [1981 version] (John Martyn) (3:48)Couldn't Love You More (Instrumental) *** [1981 version] (John Martyn) (3:25)Recording date: Spring 1981? Recording location: Townhouse/London Produced by: Phil Collins Performed by: John Martyn feat. Phil Collins (Drums, Backing Vocals, Piano) a.o. First official release: 1st September 1981 - John Martyn Glorious Fool (UK LP//WEA K 99178) Best available source: John Martyn Glorious Fool [2008 remaster] (EU CD//Rhino 2564-69484-6) *First official release/Best available source: August 1981 - John Martyn Please Fall In Love With Me (UK 7"//WEA K 79243) **First official release: 1981 - John Martyn Glorious Fool (US LP//Duke Records DU 19345) **Best available source: John Martyn Couldn't Love You More (US promo 12"//Duke Records PR 437) ***First official release/Best available source: May 1982 - John Martyn Couldn't Love You More (US 7"//Duke Records DU 4041) |
In May and June of that year, Phil concentrates on his band Genesis again when they record their new album ABACAB for the first time in their own, newly set-up studio "The Farm". Without any deadline pressure, they take the time to let the majority of the songs develop there first, but the Collins song Man On The Corner is also used. Ideas from his demo for Don't Break My Heart are also found on the non-album Track Me & Virgil. Probably in the summer of 1981, Phil finds the time to join Rupert Hine in the studio again for a percussion track and to record drums for ex-Procul Harum mastermind Gary Brooker's second solo album...
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Innocents In Paradise (Rupert Hine) (3:24)Recording date: Summer 1981? Recording location: Farmyard Studios/Buckinghamshire Produced by: Rupert Hine & Stephen W. Tayler Performed by: Rupert Hine feat. Phil Collins (Percussions), Phil Palmer a.o. First official release: February 1982 - Rupert Hine Waving Not Drowning (EU LP//A&M Records AMLH 68541) Best available source: Rupert Hine Surface Tension - The Recordings 1981-1983 [2023 Remasters] (UK 3CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC32816) |
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Mineral Man (Gary Brooker) (3:19)? Another Way (Gary Brooker) (4:07)The Cycle (Gary Brooker) (3:20)? The Angler (Gary Brooker) (5:32)Sympathy For The Hard Of Hearing (Gary Brooker) (6:31)Recording date: summer 1981? Recording location: Produced by: Gary Brooker Performed by: Gary Brooker feat. Phil Collins (Drums), George Harrison, Eric Clapton a.o. First official release: 1st March 1982 - Gary Brooker Lead Me To The Water (UK LP//Mercury 6359 098) Best available source: Gary Brooker Lead Me To The Water (2011 Remaster) (UK CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC2271) |
Phil Collins' solo material is not yet enough to fill entire concert evenings, yet there is a first solo live performance on the occasion of a benefit show in favour of Amnesty International...
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In The Air Tonight [live 1981] (Phil Collins) (5:12)The Roof Is Leaking [live 1981] (Phil Collins) (3:45)I Shall Be Released [with The Secret Police*] [live 1981] (Bob Dylan) (9:21)Performance date: 9th September 1981 Recording location: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane/London Produced by: Martin Lewis Performed by: Phil Collins feat. Daryl Stuermer, *Sting, Eric Clapton, Mo Foster a.o. First official release: 1982 - Various Artists The Secret Policeman's Concert (UK LP//Island Records 204 368-320) Best available source: Various Artists The Secret Policeman's Concert [1992 Remaster] (UK CD//Castle Communications CCSCD 351) |
For the last three months of 1981 Phil is on tour with Genesis to promote their current album ABACAB. After that, all three band members will return to their solo activities...
Author / Research: Steffen Gerlach
Editors: Ulrich Klemt, Christian Gerhardts
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Phil Collins Debutalbum became a classic of the 80ies and is probably his best album to date.
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