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Anthony Edwin Phillips - Born 23 December 1951 (Chiswick, West London, UK)
Anthony PHILLIPS was one of the original founding members of GENESIS featuring Peter GABRIEL, Tony BANKS, and Michael RUTHERFORD. Following "Trespass", GENESIS' second album, PHILLIPS left (purportedly due to stage fright) and was replaced by Steve HACKETT. Nothing was heard again from Anthony until 1977, when he favored us with his first solo, "The Geese and the Ghost", although PHILLIPS wasn't the first member of the band to release a solo album (that honor goes to Steve HACKETT, by releasing "Voyage of the Acolyte", in 1975). A more commercial audience was courted on "Wise After The Event" and "Sides", to no avail, and PHILLIPS spent much of his time releasing instrumental pieces (both old and new) under the "Private Parts & Pieces" series. Steeped in classical, pre-Baroque, and folk influences, he was able to record entire albums featuring only his acoustic instrument. He is one of the world's masters on the twelve string guitar and piano compositions that hark back to GENESIS' original lost innocence. His studio recordings reveal a distinctive character to his compositions on those instruments as well.
Some of his albums are more "progessive" than others, especially "Sides" (INTERESTING CD), "Private Parts and Pieces II" (A MUST! for fans of early GENESIS), "PP&P IX", and "Wise After the Event" (A MASTERPIECE); others are more "classical" in style like "PP&P III", "PP&P V", "PP&P VI" or "poppy" like "Invisible Men" and a few tracks on "Sides". Anthony PHILLIPS' 1977 debut album is one of the best works, but all of them are excellent. This album (1977) by Ant is my second favorite PHILLIPS album after "Wise After the Event". Even more its a jewel for every Rock collection, but in its own particular genre (a mix of those quiet moments of "Trespass" of GENESIS+the medieval folkprog style by GRYPHON). As you well have gathered, "Anthology" (1995) is an album that has a compilation of tracks from his solo career. This album is the perfect introduction to the world of Anthony PHILLIPS.
Sides
Sides is the fourth studio album by English musician and composer Anthony Phillips. It was released in April 1979 by Arista Records in the United Kingdom and in June 1979 on Passport Records in the United States. After completing Private Parts & Pieces (1978), an album of home recordings that Phillips had recorded years before but remained unreleased, Phillips returned to making a commercial record. The UK release saw the first 5,000 copies of Sides packaged with a Collectors Album edition of Private Parts & Pieces
Track listing
All songs and lyrics by Anthony Phillips except where indicated.
Side one ("First half")
- 1. "Um & Aargh"
- 2. "I Want Your Love"
- 3. "Lucy Will"
- 4. "Side Door"
- 5. Holy Deadlock" (Anthony Phillips, Martin Hall)
Side two ("Second half")
- 1. "Sisters of Remindum"
- 2. "Bleak House"
- 3. "Magdalen"
- 4. "Nightmare"
Personnel
Music
- Anthony Phillips (aka "The Vicar" and "Vic Stench"): Guitars, Keyboards, Lead Vocals on "Um & Aargh", "Lucy Will", and "Holy Deadlock", Cellos on "Lucy Will", Bass on "Bleak House"
- Michael Giles: Drums
- John G. Perry: Bass Guitar
- Dale Newman: Lead Vocals on "Bleak House"
- Dan Owen: Lead Vocals on "Side Door" and "I Want Your Love"
- Ray Cooper: Percussion
- Frank Ricotti: Timpani
- Morris Pert: Monotroch, Congas on "Lucy Will"
- Mel Collins: Tenor Saxophone on "Side Door"
- "Ralph Bernascone": Lead vocals on "Nightmare"
- Rupert Hine (aka "Humbert Ruse"): Percussion on "Lucy Will", Cor Anglais on "Sisters of Remindum"
Production
- Rupert Hine: Production
- Richard Austin: Engineering at Essex Studios
- Andy "Poppadom" Pierce: Engineering assistance at Essex Studios
- Nick Bradford: Engineering at Matrix Studios
- Jess "Herbie" Sutcliffe: Engineering assistance
- Steve Short: Mixing at Trident Studios
- Colin Green: Mixing
- John Brand: Mixing
- Mick Shilton-Poole: Equipment
- Peter Cross: Artwork
- Robert Ellis: İnside Cover Photography
- Hit & Run Music, Ltd.: Management
- Tony Smith: Management
Source
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sides_(album)
- progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=779
Website
- anthonyphillips.co.uk
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Anthony Edwin Phillips - Born 23 December 1951 (Chiswick, West London, UK)
Anthony PHILLIPS was one of the original founding members of GENESIS featuring Peter GABRIEL, Tony BANKS, and Michael RUTHERFORD. Following "Trespass", GENESIS' second album, PHILLIPS left (purportedly due to stage fright) and was replaced by Steve HACKETT. Nothing was heard again from Anthony until 1977, when he favored us with his first solo, "The Geese and the Ghost", although PHILLIPS wasn't the first member of the band to release a solo album (that honor goes to Steve HACKETT, by releasing "Voyage of the Acolyte", in 1975). A more commercial audience was courted on "Wise After The Event" and "Sides", to no avail, and PHILLIPS spent much of his time releasing instrumental pieces (both old and new) under the "Private Parts & Pieces" series. Steeped in classical, pre-Baroque, and folk influences, he was able to record entire albums featuring only his acoustic instrument. He is one of the world's masters on the twelve string guitar and piano compositions that hark back to GENESIS' original lost innocence. His studio recordings reveal a distinctive character to his compositions on those instruments as well.
Some of his albums are more "progessive" than others, especially "Sides" (INTERESTING CD), "Private Parts and Pieces II" (A MUST! for fans of early GENESIS), "PP&P IX", and "Wise After the Event" (A MASTERPIECE); others are more "classical" in style like "PP&P III", "PP&P V", "PP&P VI" or "poppy" like "Invisible Men" and a few tracks on "Sides". Anthony PHILLIPS' 1977 debut album is one of the best works, but all of them are excellent. This album (1977) by Ant is my second favorite PHILLIPS album after "Wise After the Event". Even more its a jewel for every Rock collection, but in its own particular genre (a mix of those quiet moments of "Trespass" of GENESIS+the medieval folkprog style by GRYPHON). As you well have gathered, "Anthology" (1995) is an album that has a compilation of tracks from his solo career. This album is the perfect introduction to the world of Anthony PHILLIPS.
Sides
Sides is the fourth studio album by English musician and composer Anthony Phillips. It was released in April 1979 by Arista Records in the United Kingdom and in June 1979 on Passport Records in the United States. After completing Private Parts & Pieces (1978), an album of home recordings that Phillips had recorded years before but remained unreleased, Phillips returned to making a commercial record. The UK release saw the first 5,000 copies of Sides packaged with a Collectors Album edition of Private Parts & Pieces
Track listing
All songs and lyrics by Anthony Phillips except where indicated.
Side one ("First half")
- 1. "Um & Aargh"
- 2. "I Want Your Love"
- 3. "Lucy Will"
- 4. "Side Door"
- 5. Holy Deadlock" (Anthony Phillips, Martin Hall)
Side two ("Second half")
- 1. "Sisters of Remindum"
- 2. "Bleak House"
- 3. "Magdalen"
- 4. "Nightmare"
Personnel
Music
- Anthony Phillips (aka "The Vicar" and "Vic Stench"): Guitars, Keyboards, Lead Vocals on "Um & Aargh", "Lucy Will", and "Holy Deadlock", Cellos on "Lucy Will", Bass on "Bleak House"
- Michael Giles: Drums
- John G. Perry: Bass Guitar
- Dale Newman: Lead Vocals on "Bleak House"
- Dan Owen: Lead Vocals on "Side Door" and "I Want Your Love"
- Ray Cooper: Percussion
- Frank Ricotti: Timpani
- Morris Pert: Monotroch, Congas on "Lucy Will"
- Mel Collins: Tenor Saxophone on "Side Door"
- "Ralph Bernascone": Lead vocals on "Nightmare"
- Rupert Hine (aka "Humbert Ruse"): Percussion on "Lucy Will", Cor Anglais on "Sisters of Remindum"
Production
- Rupert Hine: Production
- Richard Austin: Engineering at Essex Studios
- Andy "Poppadom" Pierce: Engineering assistance at Essex Studios
- Nick Bradford: Engineering at Matrix Studios
- Jess "Herbie" Sutcliffe: Engineering assistance
- Steve Short: Mixing at Trident Studios
- Colin Green: Mixing
- John Brand: Mixing
- Mick Shilton-Poole: Equipment
- Peter Cross: Artwork
- Robert Ellis: İnside Cover Photography
- Hit & Run Music, Ltd.: Management
- Tony Smith: Management
Source
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sides_(album)
- progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=779
Website
- anthonyphillips.co.uk
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