1977 sees collaborations with Jeremy Gilbert, David Thomas and the all-star project Intergalactic Touring Band before Anthony Phillips begins work on a follow-up album.
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Sleeping On An Instellar Plane (Greenhouse Demo) (Anthony Phillips/Jeremy Gilbert) (3:04)Recording date: January 1977 Recording location: Send Barns/Surrey Produced by: Anthony Phillips & Jermy Gilbert Performed by: Anthony Phillips, Jeremy Gilbert, Hugh Etheridge First official release: July 2007 - Anthony Phillips Wise After The Event (JAP 2CD//Arcangelo Records ARC7232/33) Best available source: Anthony Phillips Wise After The Event (UK 3CD/DVD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 42527) Go Get The Girl (David Thomas) (3:54)Recording date: 1977 Recording location: David Thomas' Home/Putney Produced by: David Thomas Performed by: David Thomas, Anthony Phillips (ac.guit), Martin Robertson, B.ff de Leonard First official release/Best available source: September 1996 - David Thomas & Ronnie Gunn The Giants Dance (UK CD//Blueprint BP223CD) Reaching Out (Wil Malone) (4:11)Recording date: March 1977 Recording location: House of Music / New Jersey (USA) Produced by: Marty Scott & Stephan Galfas Performed by: Annie Haslam, Anthony Phillips (ac.guit), The London Symphony Orchestra a.o. First official release: 1977 - Intergalactic Touring Band (selftitled) (UK LP//Charisma CDS 4009) Best available source: Intergalactic Touring Band (selftitled) (JAP CD//Air Mail Archive AIRAC-1571) |
In order to have a pre-selection of possible material for the new album, which will be more song-oriented, Phillips records some demos of older and new tracks at home during the summer.
To warm up with the new rhythm section with drummer Michael Giles and bassist John G. Perry and to work out arrangements, the three rehearse in the drummer's rehearsal studio at the beginning of October.
On 16 October, recording sessions begin under the direction of producer Rupert Hine at Essex Studios, followed by overdub sessions at Farmyard Studios. Various "work in progress" versions of the material have been released from this.
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Chinaman (Basic Guitar Mix) * [2007 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (0:44)Moonshooter Piano ** [2015 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (0:56)Regrets (Piano Mix) A** [2007 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (6:00)Magic Garden (Solo Piano Mix) B* [2007 mix] Squirrel (Instrumental Mix) B* [2007 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (4:28)We're All As We Lie Link C* [2007 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (1:23)Birdsong Link C** [2015 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (1:10)Wise After The Event (Instrumental Mix) C* [2007 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (8:54)Now What (Are They Doing To My Little Friends (Instrumental Mix) C* [2007 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (8:14)Greenhouse (Instrumental Mix) C*** [2022 mix] (Anthony Phillips/Jeremy Gilbert) (2:59)Regrets (Initial Orchestral Run-Through) D*** [2022 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (5:53)Recording date: October 1977, A 23rd October 1977, B 27th October 1977, C October - December 1977, D 6th December 1977 Recording location: Essex Studios/London, Farmyard Studios/Buckinghamshire, D CBS Studios/London, Trident Studios/London Produced by: Rupert Hine Performed by: Anthony Phillips, Michael Giles, John G. Perry, Mel Collins a.o. * First official release: July 2007 - Anthony Phillips Wise After The Event (JAP 2CD//Arcangelo Records ARC7232/33) * Best available source: Anthony Phillips Wise After The Event (UK 3CD/DVD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 42527) ** First official release/Best available source: 11th September 2015 - Anthony Phillips Private Parts & Pieces I-IV (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52510) *** First official release/Best available source: 28th January 2022 - Anthony Phillips Archive Collection Volume I & Volume II (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52786) |
The finished tracks from the Wise After The Event sessions don't all fit on the album, but find a place on other releases.
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We're All As We Lie * [& 2016 stereo/surround mix] (Anthony Phillips) (4:35)Birdsong And Reprise * [& 2016 stereo/surround mix] (Anthony Phillips) (6:43)Moonshooter * [& 2016 stereo/surround mix] (Anthony Phillips) (5:55)Wise After The Event * [& 2016 stereo/surround mix] (Anthony Phillips) (10:30)Pulling Faces * [& 2016 stereo/surround mix] (Anthony Phillips) (4:35)Regrets * [& 2016 stereo/surround mix] (Anthony Phillips) (6:02)Greenhouse * [& 2016 stereo/surround mix] (Anthony Phillips/Jeremy Gilbert) (3:00)Paperchase * [& 2016 stereo/surround mix] Now What (Are They Doing To My Little Friends)? * [& 2016 stereo/surround mix] (Anthony Phillips) (8:21)Chinaman ** Magic Garden (Piano Idea (3 Pianos)) ** Squirrel *** [& 2016 stereo/surround mix] (Anthony Phillips) (4:28)Romany's Aria ** Sitars And Nebulous *** (Von Runkel's Yorker Music) ** (Anthony Phillips) (0:41)Tremulous ** We're All As We Lie (7" Single Mix) *** Recording date: 16th October - 13th December 1977 Recording location: Essex Studios/London, Farmyard Studios/Buckinghamshire, CBS Studios/London, Trident Studios/London Produced by: Rupert Hine Performed by: Anthony Phillips, Michael Giles, John G. Perry, Mel Collins a.o. * First official release: May 1978 - Anthony Phillips Wise After The Event (UK LP//Arista Records SPART 1063) * Best available source: Anthony Phillips Wise After The Event (UK 3CD/DVD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 42527) ** 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) 3First official release: 23rd June 1978 - Anthony Phillips We're All As We Lie (UK 7"/Arista Records ARIST 192) *** Best available source: Anthony Phillips Wise After The Event (UK 3CD/DVD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 42527) |
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In March, Ant records new versions of Lucy: An Illusion and I Saw You Today and has Harry Williamson as a guest again in his home studio, with whom he finally puts the joint Gypsy Suite on tape after the demos of 1975. Afterwards, orchestral arrangements of the joint work Tarka are recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Ant's friend Jeremy Gilbert at the CTS Studios in Wembley, London, which will be the last activity on this project for the next ten years. |
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Lucy: An Illusion * [2022 mix] (Anthony Phillips/Mike Rutherford) (4:32) written 1969I Saw You Today (1978 Version) ** [2003 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (4:42) written 1970Recording date: March 1978 Recording location: 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) |
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Gypsy Suite (Anthony Phillips/Harry Williamson) (27:54) (i) Movement I: First Light (7:58) written 1971 Recording location: Send Barns/Surrey Produced by: Harry Williamson & Anthony Phillips 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) Acoustic And Electric Pieces By Harry + Anthony (Anthony Phillips/Harry Williamson) (18:59)Harry And Anthony With London Philharmonic (Anthony Phillips/Harry Williamson) (24:49)Recording date: April 1978 Recording location: Send Barns/Surrey, CTS Studios/Wembley Produced by: Harry Williamson & Anthony Phillips Performed by: Harry Williamson & Anthony Phillips First official release/Best available source: 1981 - Harry Williamson And Anthony Phillips + London Philmarmonic Orchestra Tarka Music (UK Cassette//Ottersongs OT3) |
To promote his second album, Anthony Phillips will have the opportunity to give a live performance in July in the Glasgow studios of the radio station "Radio Clyde". In addition to songs from his two released albums, there is also previously unreleased material to be heard, parts of which would appear on his upcoming song collection Private Parts & Pieces.
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Reaper [live at Radio Clyde] (Anthony Phillips) (7:24)Moonshooter [live at Radio Clyde] (Anthony Phillips) (5:53)Flamingo [live at Radio Clyde] (Anthony Phillips) (10:59)Conversation Piece [live at Radio Clyde] (Anthony Phillips) (7:33)Silver Song [live at Radio Clyde] (Anthony Phillips/Mike Rutherford) (4:37)Master Of Time [live at Radio Clyde] (Anthony Phillips) (4:10)Which Way The Wind Blows [live at Radio Clyde] (Anthony Phillips) (4:40)Now What (Are They Doing To My Little Friends)? [live at Radio Clyde] (Anthony Phillips) (6:40)Field Of Eternity [live at Radio Clyde] (Anthony Phillips) (5:05)Postlude: End Of The Season [live at Radio Clyde] (Anthony Phillips) (0:48)Recording date: July 1978 Recording location: Radio Clyde Studio/Glasgow Produced by: ? Performed by: Anthony Phillips First official release/Best available source: 16th June 2003 - Anthony Phillips Radio Clyde (UK CD//Blueprint Records BP354CD) |
Over the summer, Ant is recording some tracks again, including material that will possibly go on the next album, which will be recorded with the same team from Wise After The Event in the autumn.
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Lucy Will (Demo) * Lucy Will (Demo) [2022 mix] ** KIP PJ A*** Cradle Song A*** (Anthony Phillips) (9:03) written 1972Lindsay (Piano Piece In F) A**** (Anthony Phillips) (3:50)Nocturne B**** (Anthony Phillips) (4:05) written 1975Spring Meeting B**** (Anthony Phillips) (3:52)Study In G B*** (Anthony Phillips) (3:48)Study In D Major B***** [2015 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (5:36)Will O' The Wisp (12-String Flange) B**** (Anthony Phillips) (3:30)Heavens C**** (Anthony Phillips) (4:22)Sea Piece Intro C***** [2015 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (1:12)Theme From Sea Piece C***** [2015 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (2:27)Poly Piece [demo] + Before The Night (Demo) C++ (Anthony Phillips) (5:05)The Ridolfi Plot (Demo) D+++ [2003 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (6:14)Recording date: 1978, A Summer 1978, B July 1978, C August 1978, D September 1978 Recording location: Send Barns/Surrey Produced by: Anthony Phillips Performed by: Anthony Phillips ECLEC 52786) * / *** First official release: 30th March 1998 - Anthony Phillips The Archive Collection Volume One (UK 2CD//Blueprint Records BP279CD) * Best available source: 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 Archive Collection Volume I & Volume II (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52786) **** First official release: 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/Best available source: --- ++ First official release: April 2010 - Anthony Phillips Sides (UK 2CD//Voiceprint Records VP534CD) ++ Best available source: Anthony Phillips Sides (UK 3CD/DVD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 42528) +++ 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) |
Finally, Michael Giles and John G. Perry return to Essex Studios in October and Matrix Studios for overdubs in November. Several "work in progress" versions are released years later.
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Um & Aargh (Um.Aargh.Dept) (Instrumental Mix) A* [2010 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (6:51)Souvenir (Dear Prudence) (Instrumental Mix) B* [2010 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (3:46)Nightmare (Alternative Mix) BF* [2010 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (7:30)Nightmare Link BF** [2022 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (0:52)Catch You When You Fall (Instrumental Mix) BF* [2010 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (3:18)Magdalen (Instrumental) C*** (Anthony Phillips) (6:51)Magdalen (Instrumental Mix) C* [2010 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (7:01)Sisters of Remindum (Song Of The Five Producers) (Basic Mix) D**** Sisters Of Remindum (Alternative Mix) DF* [2010 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (4:25) written 1977I Want Your Love (Instrumental Mix) DF* [2010 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (3:52)Bleak House (Instrumental Mix) E**** (Anthony Phillips) (6:12)Bleak House (Alternative Mix) EF* [2010 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (6:19)Holy Deadlock (Vocal Mix) EF***** (Anthony Phillips/Martin Hall) (0:53)Holy Deadlock (Vocal Mix) [2022 mix] EF** (Anthony Phillips/Martin Hall) (1:50)Lucy Will (Original Mix) EF* (Anthony Phillips) (4:08)Side Door (Original Mix) EF* (Anthony Phillips) (3:16)Recording date: A 16th October 1978, B 17th October 1978, C 19th October 1978, D 20th October 1978, E October 1978, F November 1978 Recording location: Essex Studios/London, F Matrix Studios/London Produced by: Rupert Hine Performed by: Anthony Phillips, Michael Giles, John G. Perry, Mel Collins a.o. * First official release: April 2010 - Anthony Phillips Sides (UK 2CD//Voiceprint Records VP534CD) * Best available source: Anthony Phillips Sides (UK 3CD/DVD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 42528) ** First official release/Best available source: 28th January 2022 - Anthony Phillips Archive Collection Volume I & Volume II (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52786) *** First official release/Best available source: 5th December 1990 - Anthony Phillips Sides (JP CD//Virgin Records VJCP-2323) **** 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/Best available source: 30th March 1998 - Anthony Phillips The Archive Collection Volume One (UK 2CD//Blueprint Records BP279CD) |
The tracks for Sides are finished in December except for small percussion dubs on two tracks, which will be added later on 11 January.
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Um & Aargh * [& 2016 stereo/surround mix] (Anthony Phillips) (4:53)I Want Your Love * [& 2016 stereo/surround mix] (Anthony Phillips) (3:56)Lucy Will * [& 2016 stereo/surround mix] (Anthony Phillips) (4:06)Side Door * [& 2016 stereo/surround mix] (Anthony Phillips) (3:24)Holy Deadlock * [& 2016 stereo/surround mix] (Anthony Phillips/Martin Hall) (3:50)Sisters Of Remindum * [& 2016 stereo/surround mix] (Anthony Phillips) (4:32)Bleak House * [& 2016 stereo/surround mix] (Anthony Phillips) (6:14)Magdalen * [& 2016 stereo/surround mix] (Anthony Phillips) (7:41)Nightmare * [& 2016 stereo/surround mix] (Anthony Phillips) (7:27)Catch You When You Fall ** Souvenir *** Um & Aargh (7" Single Mix) *** Recording date: 16th October 1978 - 11th January 1979 Recording location: Essex Studios/London, Matrix Studios/London, Trident Studios/London, Pye Studios/London Produced by: Rupert Hine Performed by: Anthony Phillips, Michael Giles, John G. Perry, Mel Collins a.o. * First official release: April 1979 - Anthony Phillips Sides (UK LP//Arista Records SPART 1085) * Best available source: Anthony Phillips Sides (UK 3CD/DVD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 42528) ** 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: April 1979 - Anthony Phillips Um & Aargh (UK 7"//Arista ARIST 252) *** Best available source: Anthony Phillips Sides (UK 3CD/DVD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 42528) |
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In February and spring of the new year, Phillips devotes himself a little more intensively to his synthesizers, which have been used rather sparingly in previous productions. |
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Poly Piece (Demo) A* (Anthony Phillips) (16:39)K2 (Bonington) B** (Anthony Phillips) (8:53)K2 Link B*** [2015 mix] (Anthony Phillips) (1:16)Recording date: A February 1979, B Spring 1979 Recording location: Send Barns/Surrey Produced by: Anthony Phillips Performed by: Anthony Phillips * First official release/Best available source: 24th June 2016 - Anthony Phillips 1984 (UK 2CD/DVD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 32550) ** First official release: 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) |
His ex-colleague Mike Rutherfords uses his forced break from Genesis in 1979 to produce his first solo album Smallcreep's Day, for which, after joint arrangement sessions, he also wants Ant on board as keyboard man for the recordings at Polar Studios in Stockholm.
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Between The Tick And The Tock * Working In Line * After Hours * Cats And Rats (In This Neighbourhood) * Smallcreep Alone * Out Into The Daylight * (Mike Rutherford) (3:53)At The End Of The Day * (Mike Rutherford) (5:39)Moonshine * (Mike Rutherford) (6:26)Time And Time Again * (Mike Rutherford) (4:54)Romani * Every Road * (Mike Rutherford) (4:16)Overnight Job * Compression ** Working In Line [single mix] *** Moonshine [single mix] **** Time And Time Again [single mix] ***** Recording date: May/June 1979 Recording location: Polar Studios/Stockholm Produced by: David Hentschel Performed by: Mike Rutherford, Anthony Phillips, Simon Phillips, Morris Pert, Noel McCalla * First official release: 15th February 1980 - Mike Rutherford Smallcreep's Day (UK LP//Virgin Records CASCD 1149) * Best available source: Mike Rutherford Smallcreep's Day (NL CD//Music On CD MOCCD-14147) ** /*** First official release: February 1980 - Mike Rutherford Working In Line (UK 7"//Charisma Records CB 353) ** Best available source: Anthony Phillips Harvest Of The Heart - An Anthology (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLECBOX2) *** Best available source: Mike Rutherford Working In Line (UK 7"//Charisma Records CB 353) **** First official release/Best available source: 1980 - Mike Rutherford Moonshine/Working In Line (US 7"//Passport Records PS 7919) ***** First official release/Best available source: July 1980 - Mike Rutherford Time And Time Again (UK 7"//Charisma Records CB 364) |
After a Sides promo trip to America, Anthony Phillips devotes himself to his second commissioned work for a TV music publisher called Himan Music (later known as "Atmosphere Music Library"), for whom he would work for many more years, recording many tracks, some of which are also released commercially many years later.
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Tierra Del Fuego (Gliding) * Our Man in Japan ** Lofty Vaults ** Polar Lights (Abstract Atmospheric) ** A Song * And A Prayer * Paradise Found * Highland Fling ** Recording date: Summer 1979 Recording location: Logorhythm (Atmosphere) Studios/London Produced by: Anthony Phillips Performed by: Anthony Phillips * First official release: December 1989 - Anthony Phillips Missing Links Volume 1: Finger Painting (UK Cassette//Occational Records) * Best available source: Anthony Phillips Missing Links I-IV (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52743) ** 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 October, probably Ant's last recording of the 70s will be made.
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Earth Man Recording date: October 1979 Recording location: Send Barns/Surrey Produced by: Anthony Phillips Performed by: Anthony Phillips First official release: April 1984 - Anthony Phillips Private Parts And Pieces IV: A Catch At The Tables (US LP//Passport Records PVC 8919) Best available source: Anthony Phillips Private Parts & Pieces I-IV (UK 5CD//Esoteric Recordings ECLEC 52510) |
In autumn, he also starts working with producer Rupert Hine on a musical adaptation of Kit Williams' book Masquerade, published in August. Ant also treats himself to a studio upgrade by replacing his two TEAC tape machines with an Allen & Heath Brenell Mini 8 tape recorder, which will serve him faithfully for the next eight years ...
Discussions on Anthony's Recording Compendium are possible in our FORUM in this thread.
...continue to part 3!
New recording of his GTR classic
Remaster Edition 2008 - Double-CD with Bonus tracks.
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