With Mick Colman, Anthony Phillips writes his first own songs, including Do The Jack and Think Again. The first recordings with the band, which in the meantime manages without Rutherford, are made in the improvised home studio of friend Brian Roberts in April.
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Patricia [demo] (Anthony Phillips) ()Think Again [demo] (Anthony Phillips/Mick Colman) ()Broken-Down Man [demo] () ()How Could I Know [demo] () ()Pennsylvania Flickhouse [demo] (Anthony Phillips/Mike Rutherford/Richard Macphail/Rivers Job/Rob Tyrell) ()Lady Jane [demo] (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) ()Recording date: 19th & 20th April 1966 Recording location: Brian Roberts Home Studio/London Produced by: Brian Roberts & Anon Performed by: Anon feat. Anthony Phillips, Richard Macphail, Rivers Job, Rob Tyrell, Mick Colman First official release/Best available source: --- |
With Rutherford on board again, they try a more professional studio in the summer of that year.
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Pennsylvania Flickhouse Pennsylvania Flickhouse [enhanced] (Anthony Phillips/Mike Rutherford/Richard Macphail/Rivers Job/Rob Tyrell) (2:56) **Don't Want You Back (Anthony Phillips/Mike Rutherford) () ***Recording date: Summer 1966 Recording location: Tony Pike Sound Studios/London Produced by: Brian Roberts & Anon Performed by: Anon feat. Anthony Phillips, Mike Rutherford, Richard Macphail, Rivers Job, Rob Tyrell */** First official release: November 2011 - Anon Pennsylvania Flickhouse (GER CD//it 2011) * Best available source: 28th January 2022 - Anthony Phillips Archive Collection Volume I & Volume II (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52786) ** Best available source: Anon Pennsylvania Flickhouse (GER CD//it 2011) *** First official release/Best available source: --- |
By the end of the year, Anon had shrunk to a trio. Phillips and Rutherford work on new material at the turn of the year. They produced Try A Little Sadness, Listen On Five and That's Me.
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Anthony Phillips and Mike Rutherford join forces with the rest of the band The Garden Wall (Tony Banks and Peter Gabriel) at Easter to record together at Brian Roberts. The new collective's first demo includes the songs Patricia, Don't Want You Back, Try A Little Sadness, Listen On Five and That's Me. After producer Jonathan King takes notice of the new troupe, more recording sessions follow in more professional studios during the summer and autumn. Finally, in December, with the new drummer Chris Stewart, the first single under the name Genesis with the B-side That's Me is recorded. |
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More demos are recorded in March, followed by a second single in April with One-Eyed Hound by Phillips/Rutherford as the B-side. In the summer, numerous demo recordings are made, some of which are then selected for the planned first album. Finally, in September, the album session takes place with new drummer John Silver, including songs by Phillips such as In The Beginning, In Hiding (formerly Patricia), Window and Visions Of Angels. Following the album recordings, the members initially go their own ways again. Anthony Phillips subsequently wrote songs such as Let Us Now Make Love, Little Leaf and Creation, and Queen Bettine together with Mike Rutherford. |
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In the spring to summer, Phillips produced works such as Collections, Stranger, Lucy: An Illusion and The Beggar And The Thief, and worked increasingly with Rutherford on pieces written on two 12-string guitars. By the time Genesis reunites in the summer, they have quite a few compositions to show for it, including D Instrumental (later The Geese And The Ghost), Beside The Waters Edge, Deep In The Night and Silver Song - the latter as a farewell song for drummer John Silver, who would no longer be with the band from the autumn. In August, the band goes into the studio to record four songs as a demo, including the Phillips/Rutherford-heavy tracks Pacidy, Family (later Dusk) and White Mountain. |
Since not all of the Phillips/Rutherford pieces seem "band-ready", the two record some material together during a rehearsal-free weekend in September.
Two further Rutherford/Phillips tracks, Morning Mist and Leamington Spa, were on the list of possible recordings as well, but Mike and Ant decided not to record them.
Starting in October, Genesis is preparing for their first gigs with new drummer John Mayhew. The first setlists include In The Beginning, Visions Of Angels, Little Leaf, Pacidy, Family, White Mountain and Let Us No Make Love.
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At the beginning of the year Genesis record four tracks for a planned BBC project by the artist Michael Jackson, and at the end of February a BBC Nightride session with the songs Pacidy, Let Us Now Make Love and Stagnation. After numerous gigs, which Anthony Phillips finds less and less good, the second album Trespass is recorded in June/July with songs like Visions Of Angels, Dusk, White Mountain and Stagnation. Ant plays his last gig with the band on 18 July 1970. In the days following his departure, he writes songs such as Which Way The Wind Blows, God If I Saw Her Now and parts of Henry: Portraits From Tudor Times and records several of his works at home with the help of his friends Harry Williamson and David Rootes. |
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In Memoriam Ad (Reaper Demo) A* (Anthony Phillips) (3:26)Child Song (A Prayer For Us All) [original demo] B** (Anthony Phillips) ()God If I Saw Her Now (Demo) C* (Anthony Phillips) (3:34)Queen Bettine [demo 1970] D** (Anthony Phillips/Mike Rutherford) () written 1969Stranger (Demo) E*** (Anthony Phillips) (6:11) written 1969Recording date: A Summer 1970, B July 1970, C 28th/29th July 1970, D 1st August 1970, E August 1970 Recording location: Send Barns/Surrey Produced by: Anthony Phillips Performed by: Anthony Phillips * First official release: 30th March 1998 - Anthony Phillips The Archive Collection Volume One (UK 2CD//Blueprint Records BP279CD) ** First official release/Best available source: --- *** First official release: 28th January 2022 - Anthony Phillips Archive Collection Volume I & Volume II (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52786) Best available source: Anthony Phillips Archive Collection Volume I & Volume II (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52786) |
Phillips starts studying music & composition and gets piano lessons. He writes a long piano piece that would develop into Leaping Salmon. In 1970 he also writes the song I Saw You Today.
Alongside his studies, Ant writes further piano works with Winter's Thaw and The Old House. And in the summer, together with Harry Williamson, he wrote what would later become three parts of the Gypsy Suite on two guitars. He also wrote the guitar pieces Shoreline and Winter Lights, which would not be recorded until 48 years later. In 1971, however, songs were again documented on tape.
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In Absentia (Demo) * Windmill (Demo) ** Recording date: * Summer 1971, ** Autumn 1971 Recording location: A Mike Pallis' Attic Room, B Send Barns/Surrey Produced by: Anthony Phillips Performed by: Anthony Phillips * First official release: 28th January 2022 - Anthony Phillips Archive Collection Volume I & Volume II (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52786) ** First official release: 10th May 2004 - Anthony Phillips Archive Collection Volume II (UK 2CD//Blueprint Records BP360CD) Best available source: Anthony Phillips Archive Collection Volume I & Volume II (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52786) |
In the summer of 1972 Ant records a few pieces to show Mike Rutherford what he is currently working on.
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Winter's Thaw [demo] * The Old House [demo] * Hymn (Take This Heart Demo) ** Queen Bettine (Demo) ** Field Of Eternity (Excerpts From The Original Version) *** Recording date: Summer 1972 Recording location: Send Barns/Surrey Produced by: Anthony Phillips Performed by: Anthony Phillips * First official release/Best available source: --- ** First official release: 30th March 1998 - Anthony Phillips The Archive Collection Volume One (UK 2CD//Blueprint Records BP279CD) ** Best available source: Anthony Phillips Archive Collection Volume I & Volume II (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52786) *** First official release: 15th June 1994 - Anthony Phillips Missing Links Volume 2: The Sky Road (UK CD//Brainworks Records BWKD 212) *** Best available source: Anthony Phillips Missing Links I-IV (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52743) |
More material is captured on tape in autumn and winter 1972.
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Picardy Pictures (Demo) A* (Anthony Phillips) (4:29)Beauty And The Beast A** (Anthony Phillips) (4:08)Back To The Pavillion (Passepied) B*** (Anthony Phillips) (2:51)Rowey Song B**** (Anthony Phillips) (4:13)Rowey Reprise B**** (Anthony Phillips) (1:18)Cradle Song [original demo] B***** (Anthony Phillips) ()Recording date: A: Autumn 1972, B: Winter 1972 Recording location: Send Barns/Surrey Produced by: Anthony Phillips Performed by: Anthony Phillips * First official release: 10th May 2004 - Anthony Phillips Archive Collection Volume II (UK 2CD//Blueprint Records BP360CD) ** First official release: 30th November 1978 - Anthony Phillips Private Parts & Pieces (US LP//Passport Records PVC 7905) *** First official release: 28th April 1980 - Anthony Phillips Private Parts & Pieces II: Back To The Pavilion (US LP//Passport Records PVC 7913) **/*** Best available source: Anthony Phillips Private Parts & Pieces I-IV (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52510) **** First official release: 30th March 1998 - Anthony Phillips The Archive Collection Volume One (UK 2CD//Blueprint Records BP279CD) *, **** Best available source: Anthony Phillips Archive Collection Volume I & Volume II (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52786) ***** First official release/Best available source: --- |
The tracks Guitar Song and Still-Born Love and music for the student film Substitute were also recorded during the year.
In the summer of 1973, several recordings were made again, including two demos with Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins.
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Silver Song [demo] A* (Anthony Phillips/Mike Rutherford) () written 1969Take This Heart [demo] A* (Anthony Phillips/Mike Rutherford) () written 1972Take This Heart [original version] B* (Anthony Phillips/Mike Rutherford) () written 1972Child Song (A Prayer For Us All) (Demo) ** Guitar Song (Demo) ** (Anthony Phillips) (1:56) written 1972Tregenna Afternoons (Demo) ** (Anthony Phillips) (7:40)Will the Last Man Off the Ice Rink (Please Turn Out the Lights) ** Scottish Suite II (i) Leaping Salmon ** (Anthony Phillips) (3:04) written 1970Recording date: Summer 1973 Recording location: A: Send Barns/Surrey, B: unknown Produced by: Anthony Phillips, B David Hitchcock Performed by: Anthony Phillips, A & Mike Rutherford & Phil Collins, Bunknown Orchestra with the Ambrosian Singers * First official release/Best available source: --- ** First official release: 10th May 2004 - Anthony Phillips Archive Collection Volume II (UK 2CD//Blueprint Records BP360CD) ** Best available source: Anthony Phillips Archive Collection Volume I & Volume II (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52786) |
This will be followed by a recording session in August, where he will be supported by friends from earlier days: David Thomas and Ronnie Gunn.
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The Beggar And The Thief (Instrumental Version) * The Beggar And The Thief ** (Anthony Phillips) (6:36) written 1969Master Of Time (Instrumental Version) *** (Anthony Phillips) (7:25)Master Of Time (Demo) **** Recording date: August 1973 Recording location: Send Barns/Surrey Produced by: Anthony Phillips & David Thomas Performed by: Anthony Phillips feat. David Thomas & Ronnie Gunn First official release/Best available source: --- * First official release: 27th November 2020 - Anthony Phillips Missing Links I-IV (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52743) ** First official release: 15th June 1994 - Anthony Phillips Missing Links Volume 2: The Sky Road (UK CD//Brainworks Records BWKD 212) */** Best available source: Anthony Phillips Missing Links I-IV (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52743) *** First official release/Best available source: 28th January 2022 - Archive Collection Volume I & Volume II (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52786) **** First official release: 5th December 1990 - Anthony Phillips The Geese & The Ghost (JP CD//Virgin Records VJCP-2321) **** Best available source: Anthony Phillips The Geese & The Ghost (2CD/DVD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 32482) |
And in return, Ant also participates in the material of the two colleagues.
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Hillside (Ronnie Gunn) (4:13)Falcon Rise (Ronnie Gunn) (3:48)Walk To The Water (David Thomas/Ronnie Gunn) (6:00)Fate Is A Dancer (David Thomas/Ronnie Gunn) (5:50)Recording date: 1973 Recording location: Send Barns/Surrey Produced by: David Thomas & Anthony Phillips Performed by: Ronnie Gunn, David Thomas, Anthony Phillips, a.o. First official release/Best available source: September 1996 - David Thomas & Ronnie Gunn The Giants Dance (UK CD//Blueprint BP223CD) |
In the autumn Anthony Phillips devotes himself to the music of a student film called Fantomas, which also features ex-Genesis drummer John Silver, furthermore the re-recording of the anthem Take This Heart at his old school and finally the recording of a potential single release with Mike and Phil.
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Variation On A Theme Of Fantomas (Demo) * Fantomas Opening Theme (Film Music) A* (Anthony Phillips) (2:28)Take This Heart B** Silver Song (Unreleased Single Version) C*** Only Your Love (Unreleased Single B-Side) C**** (Anthony Phillips/Mike Rutherford) (3:08)Recording date: Autumn 1973, B October 1973, C November 1973 Recording location: Send Barns/Surrey, B Memorial Chapel at Charterhouse School/Godalming, C Island Studios/London Produced by: Anthony Phillips, C & Mike Rutherford & Phil Collins Performed by: Anthony Phillips, A & John Silver, B Charterhouse Choral Society & Robin Wells, C & Mike Rutherford & Phil Collins * First official release: 10th May 2004 - Anthony Phillips Archive Collection Volume II (UK 2CD//Blueprint Records BP360CD) * Best available source: Anthony Phillips Archive Collection Volume I & Volume II (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52786) ** First official release: April 1975 - Various Artists Beyond An Empty Dream (UK LP//Charisma Records CAS 1101) ** Best available source: Anthony Phillips & Andrew Skeet Seventh Heaven (UK 3CD/DVD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 42657) *** First official release: July 2007 - Anthony Phillips The Geese & The Ghost (JAP 2CD//Arcangelo Records ARC7227/28) ****First official release: 9th March 2015 - Anthony Phillips The Geese & The Ghost (2CD/DVD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 32482) ***/**** Best available source: Anthony Phillips The Geese & The Ghost (2CD/DVD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 32482) |
Ant and Mike want to record an album together, and Ant records demos to present to Genesis manager Tony Smith. Mike also tries to get a financial advance for the project with the aim of upgrading Ant's home studio for more professional recording.
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Harmonium In The Dust (or Harmonius Stratosphere) A* (Anthony Phillips) (2:29)Autumnal B* (Anthony Phillips) (5:57)Collections (Demo) B** (Anthony Phillips) (4:14) written 1969Recording date: A: 1974, B: Spring 1974 Recording location: Send Barns/Surrey Produced by: Anthony Phillips Performed by: Anthony Phillips * First official release: 30th November 1978 - Anthony Phillips Private Parts & Pieces (US LP//Passport Records PVC 7905) * Best available source: 11th September 2015 - Anthony Phillips Private Parts & Pieces I-IV (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52510) ** First official release: July 2007 - Anthony Phillips The Geese & The Ghost (JAP 2CD//Arcangelo Records ARC7227/28) ** Best available source: Anthony Phillips The Geese & The Ghost (2CD/DVD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 32482) |
This summer Anthony Phillips is again supporting old acquaintances on their projects - on the one hand Peter Gabriel on his project with Martin Hall, and on the other hand on further material by David Thomas and Ronnie Gunn.
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You Never Know [demo] (Peter Gabriel/Martin Hall) (3:35)Firebird [demo] (Peter Gabriel/Martin Hall) (3:01)You Get What You Want (When You Rip It Off) [demo] (Peter Gabriel/Martin Hall) (5:11)Recording date: summer 1974 Recording location: Send Barns/Surrey Produced by: ? Performed by: Peter Gabriel& Martin Hall feat. Anthony Phillips & Phil Collins First official release: --- Best available source: Bootleg - Peter Gabriel You Never Know (Download//PondTrotMusic GHPC74PTM) |
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Coolly I Love You (Ronnie Gunn) (2:28)Bring Back The Old Money A (David Thomas/Ronnie Gunn) (4:58)Recording date: 1974 Recording location: Send Barns/Surrey, A Branham Gardens/??? Produced by: David Thomas & Anthony Phillips, A David Thomas Performed by: Ronnie Gunn, David Thomas, Anthony Phillips, a.o. First official release/Best available source: September 1996 - David Thomas & Ronnie Gunn The Giants Dance (UK CD//Blueprint BP223CD) |
In late summer, they use the advance from Charisma Records to buy a proper mixing desk and two TEAC 4-track tape machines. The studio in Ant's parents' house Send Barns is thus made ready for the recording of Ant and Mike's planned album project. In October, the first recording sessions begin, for which Ant's brother Rob and Steve Hackett's brother John are already working alongside Mike.
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Which Way The Wind Blows (Basic Track) * [2007 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (6:25) written 1970The Geese And The Ghost - Part One (Basic Track) * [2007 mix] (Anthony Phillips/Mike Rutherford) (7:46) written 1969The Geese And The Ghost - Part Two (Basic Track) * [2007 mix] (Anthony Phillips/Mike Rutherford) (7:30) written 1969Title Inspiration * [2007 mix] (Anthony Phillips/Mike Rutherford) (0:31)Henry: Portraits From Tudor Times (Basic Track) * [2007 mix] (Anthony Phillips/Mike Rutherford) (5:37) written 1970 (i) Fanfare Silver Song (Geese Sessions) * [2007 mix] (Anthony Phillips/Mike Rutherford) (4:22) written 1969Shady Arbours ** [2003 mix] (Anthony Phillips/Mike Rutherford) (1:45)God If I Saw Her Now (Basic Track) A* [2007 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (4:15) written 1970Recording date: October 1974 & A: 26th November - 5th December 1974 Recording location: Send Barns/Surrey Produced by: Mike Rutherford & Anthony Phillips Performed by: Anthony Phillips, Mike Rutherford, John Hackett, Rob Phillips a.o. * First official release: July 2007 - Anthony Phillips The Geese & The Ghost (JAP 2CD//Arcangelo Records ARC7227/28) * Best available source: Anthony Phillips The Geese & The Ghost (2CD/DVD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 32482) ** First official release: 10th May 2004 - Anthony Phillips Archive Collection Volume II (UK 2CD//Blueprint Records BP360CD) ** Best available source: 28th January 2022 - Anthony Phillips Archive Collection Volume I & Volume II (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52786) |
In April 1975 Ant works with David Rootes on further overdubs for the planned album. A new track was also created in the process.
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Lines In The Sand [2015 mix] (Anthony Phillips/David Rootes) (1:37)Recording date: April 1975 Recording location: Send Barns/Surrey Produced by: Anthony Phillips Performed by: Anthony Phillips & David Rootes First official release/Best available source: 11th September 2015 - Anthony Phillips Private Parts & Pieces I-IV (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52510) |
Ant then reunites with Harry Williamson and begins a new joint project, which aims to score a possible film adaptation of Harry's father's book Tarka, The Otter.
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Tarka Movement I: The Early Years [demo] (Anthony Phillips/Harry Williamson) (8:41)Recording date: May 1975 Recording location: Send Barns/Surrey Produced by: Harry Williamson Performed by: Anthony Phillips & Harry Williamson First official release/Best available source: 23rd January 1995 - Anthony Phillips & Harry Williamson Gypsy Suite (UK CD//Voiceprint Records VP189CD) |
In July, they continue to work on their album with Mike - this time in a professional studio, where they invite musicians again, including Phil Collins. Other "work in progress" mixes exist from this time...
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Which Way The Wind Blows (Alternate Version) * The Geese And The Ghost (Kiddies Mix) ** The Geese And The Ghost (Kiddies Mix) [2022 mix] *** God If I Saw Her Now (Alternate Version) *** [2022 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (4:12) written 1970Henry Goes To War (Guitars Only Mix) *** [2022 mix] (Anthony Phillips/Mike Rutherford) (4:06)Recording date: October 1974 & 26th November - 5th December 1974, July 1975 Recording location: Send Barns/Surrey Produced by: Mike Rutherford & Anthony Phillips Performed by: Anthony Phillips, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, John Hackett, Rob Phillips a.o. * / ** First official release: 30th March 1998 - Anthony Phillips The Archive Collection Volume One (UK 2CD//Blueprint Records BP279CD) *** First official release: 28th January 2022 - Anthony Phillips Archive Collection Volume I & Volume II (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52786) ** Best available source: Anthony Phillips The Archive Collection Volume One (UK 2CD//Blueprint Records BP279CD) * / *** Best available source: Anthony Phillips Archive Collection Volume I & Volume II (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52786) |
The previous recordings will be mixed afterwards.
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Wind-Tales [& 2015 surround mix] (Anthony Phillips) (1:02)Which Way The Wind Blows [& 2015 surround mix] (Anthony Phillips) (5:51) written 1970Henry: Portraits From Tudor Times [& 2015 surround mix] (Anthony Phillips/Mike Rutherford) (14:02) written 1970 (i) Fanfare (0:56) God If I Saw Her Now [& 2015 surround mix] (Anthony Phillips) (4:09) written 1970Chinese Mushroom Cloud [& 2015 surround mix] (Anthony Phillips/Mike Rutherford) (0:46)The Geese And The Ghost [& 2015 surround mix] (Anthony Phillips/Mike Rutherford) (15:40) written 1969 (i) Part I (8:01) Recording location: Send Barns/Surrey (1974 & April 1975), The Argonaut/London (July 1975) Produced by: Simon Heyworth, Mike Rutherford & Anthony Phillips Performed by: Anthony Phillips, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, John Hackett, Rob Phillips a.o. First official release: March 1977 - Anthony Phillips The Geese & The Ghost (UK LP//Hit & Run HIT001) * First official release: July 2007 - Anthony Phillips The Geese & The Ghost (JAP 2CD//Arcangelo Records ARC7227/28) Best available source: Anthony Phillips The Geese & The Ghost (2CD/DVD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 32482) |
But there are problems: the existing material finds little favour with the label and a release seems to be off the table for the time being. While Mike Rutherford concentrates again on Genesis, who are starting a new chapter after Peter Gabriel's departure, Ant works with Harry Williamson again in autumn to record their Gypsy Suite from 1971.
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Gypsy Suite [demo] (Anthony Phillips/Harry Williamson) () (i) Movement I: First Light [demo] () written 1971 Recording location: Send Barns/Surrey Produced by: Anthony Phillips & Harry Williamson? Performed by: Anthony Phillips & Harry Williamson First official release/Best available source: --- |
This year also saw the creation of Ant's guitar piece Nocturne.
In the spring of 1976 Anthony Phillips helps with the first professional solo recordings of his ex-colleague Peter Gabriel, in which Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins and Brand X guitarist John Goodsall are also involved.
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Flotsam & Jetsam [demo] (Peter Gabriel)Mr. Tattoo [demo] (Peter Gabriel)"Unknown Track" [demo] (Peter Gabriel)Slowburn [demo] (Peter Gabriel)Get The Guns [demo 2] (Peter Gabriel/Martin Hall)Here Comes The Flood [demo 2] (Peter Gabriel)Recording date: Spring 1976 Recording location: Trident Studios/London Produced by: ? Performed by: Peter Gabriel feat. Anthony Phillips, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins & John Goodsall First official release/Best available source: --- |
In April, Ant also continues working with Harry on Tarka again.
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Tarka Movement II [demo] * (i) Streams River And Salmon Hunting [demo] (6:38) Tibetan Yak-Music ** Recording date: April 1976 Recording location: Send Barns/Surrey Produced by: Anthony Phillips & Harry Williamson Performed by: Anthony Phillips & Harry Williamson * First official release/Best available source: 23rd January 1995 - Anthony Phillips & Harry Williamson Gypsy Suite (UK CD//Voiceprint Records VP189CD) ** First official release:c 30th November 1978 - Anthony Phillips Private Parts & Pieces (US LP//Passport Records PVC 7905) ** Best available source: 11th September 2015 - Anthony Phillips Private Parts & Pieces I-IV (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52510) |
Afterwards, numerous solo recordings are made, including older pieces. There are also recordings for a planned modern adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, which will not be completed in the end.
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Field Of Eternity * Tregenna Afternoons * Flamingo * Reaper * Seven Long Years (Instrumental Mix) ** [2003 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (3:01)Seven Long Years * Movement IV From The Guitar Quintet (Solo Version) *** Lullaby - Old Father Time A* (Anthony Phillips) (1:15)Lullaby - Old Father Time Variation A**** (Anthony Phillips) (0:34)Old Wives Tale (Little Leaf Solo Version) A*** (Anthony Phillips) (4:43) written 1968Scottish Suite ***** (Anthony Phillips) (15:15) (i) Salmon Leap (2:46) C Scottish Suite 2 C** (Anthony Phillips) (10:27) (i) Leaping Salmon (3:03) [see 1973] Recording location: Send Barns/Surrey, C Olympic Studios/London Produced by: Anthony Phillips, BC & Anton Matthews Performed by: Anthony Phillips, C & Mike Rutherford & Andy McCulloch * First official release:c 30th November 1978 - Anthony Phillips Private Parts & Pieces (US LP//Passport Records PVC 7905) ** First official release: 10th May 2004 - Anthony Phillips Archive Collection Volume II (UK 2CD//Blueprint Records BP360CD) ** Best available source: 28th January 2022 - Anthony Phillips Archive Collection Volume I & Volume II (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52786) *** First official release: 15th February 2010 - Anthony Phillips Private Parts & Pieces I & II (UK 2CD//Voiceprint VP532CD) **** First official release: 11th September 2015 - Anthony Phillips Private Parts & Pieces I-IV (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52510) ***** First official release: 28th April 1980 - Anthony Phillips Private Parts & Pieces II: Back To The Pavilion (US LP//Passport Records PVC 7913) *, ***, ****, ***** Best available source: Anthony Phillips Private Parts & Pieces I-IV (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52510) |
In the same summer, Anthony Phillips received his first commission for a TV music publisher, for whom he was to produce tracks that could be used flexibly for TV productions. This work would become more and more important for Ant in later years.
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Postlude: End Of The Season * (Anthony Phillips) (0:32)Marionette Vignette ** (Anthony Phillips) (0:33)Romeo and Juliet *** [2003 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (0:33)Recording date: Summer 1976 Recording location: Send Barns/Surrey Produced by: Anthony Phillips Performed by: Anthony Phillips * First official release:c 28th April 1980 - Anthony Phillips Private Parts & Pieces II: Back To The Pavilion (US LP//Passport Records PVC 7913) ** First official release: 11th September 2015 - Anthony Phillips Private Parts & Pieces I-IV (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52510) Best available source: Anthony Phillips Private Parts & Pieces I-IV (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52510) *** First official release: 10th May 2004 - Anthony Phillips Archive Collection Volume II (UK 2CD//Blueprint Records BP360CD) *** Best available source: Anthony Phillips Archive Collection Volume I & Volume II (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52786) |
In late summer, Ant receives the news from manager Tony Smith that he has found a label in America for the album and is also setting up his own label for the purpose of releasing it at home. So in October Ant starts recording the two remaining tracks, first in his home studio, and then with guests at Olympic Studios.
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Collections Link * [2007 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (0:39) written 1969Sleepfall (Basic Track) * [2007 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (4:22)Sleepfall Celeste ** [2022 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (1:01)Recording date: October 1976, November 1976 Recording location: Send BarnsSurrey, Olympic Studios/London Produced by: Anthony Phillips Performed by: Anthony Phillips, Rob Phillips * First official release: July 2007 - Anthony Phillips The Geese & The Ghost (JAP 2CD//Arcangelo Records ARC7227/28) * Best available source: Anthony Phillips The Geese & The Ghost (2CD/DVD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 32482) ** First official release/Best available source: 28th January 2022 - Anthony Phillips Archive Collection Volume I & Volume II (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52786) |
The two new tracks are mixed, and thus nothing stands in the way of a release of The Geese & The Ghost, which has mutated into a solo album in the meantime...
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Collections [& 2015 surround mix] (Anthony Phillips) (3:07) written 1969Sleepfall: The Geese Fly West [& 2015 surround mix] (Anthony Phillips) (4:33)Recording date: October/November 1976 Recording location: Send Barns/Surrey, Olympic Studios/London Produced by: Simon Heyworth, Mike Rutherford & Anthony Phillips Performed by: Anthony Phillips, John Hackett, Rob Phillips a.o. First official release: March 1977 - Anthony Phillips The Geese & The Ghost (UK LP//Hit & Run HIT001) Best available source: Anthony Phillips The Geese & The Ghost (2CD/DVD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 32482) |
In the final year, the piece Ivied Castles was also written, which will not be recorded until 1981.
From this creative phase up to 1976, some songs were re-recorded or recorded for the first time in later phases. From the Genesis period these are Let Us Now Make Love, Old Wives Tale (Little Leaf), Creation, Stranger, Lucy: An Illusion, Beside The Waters Edge, Deep In The Night and Silver Song, and from the period after that I Saw You Today, Winter's Thaw, The Old House, Shoreline, Winter Lights, Cradle Song, Tarka and Nocturne.
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