Voiceprint Music - Release

Release

£10.99

In stock

Catalogue number

VP434CD

Release date

02/06/2008

Format

2CD

Label

Voiceprint

Anthony Phillips

1984

Disc 1

1. Prelude '84 2. 1984 Part One 3. 1984 Part Two 4. Anthem 1984

Disc 2

1. Prelude '84 (early stage mix) 2. Ascension 3. 1984 - Part One (early stage mix) 4. RULE BRITANNIA SUITE - Sally Theme 5. Science & Technology 6. Respect 7. Church 8. Military 9. Power In The Land 10. 1984 - Part Two (early stage mix) 11. Anthem 1984 (early stage mix) 12. Poly Piece (demo)

Anthony Phillips was a founder member of the British Rock band Genesis. The band recorded two singles and the album From Genesis To Revelation before leaving Decca and signing with Charisma to record the Trespass album. Anthony recorded the albums From Genesis To Revelation and Trespass and also performed a great many gigs before deciding to leave the band following a particularly bad bout of stage fright and also suffering a debilitating bout of bronchial pneumonia. It was between the years 1970 and the release of his debut album The Geese And The Ghost in 1977 that many fans lost sight of Anthony Phillips. In actual fact much of the material that would make up the Geese And The Ghost would be written during this time. The Geese and the Ghost was originally released in 1977 and features performances from Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins alongside Anthony.1984 was originally released in 1981 and was critically well received. Based on the George Orwell novel 1984 Anthony Phillips is responsible for most of the playing on the album save for some percussion from Morris Pert and also percussion, Vocals and keyboards from co producer Richard Scott. This reissue has been re mastered for this release and also contains a second disc which includes outtakes and demos of the material that went on to from the original album. Also included on this disc is The Rule Britannia Suite.

Reviews

"With a succession of re-issues flooding the market in recent times this is without doubt one that ranks at the top end of the scale. Lovingly researched, compiled and re-mastered it's a crowning example of how it should be done. And call me biased if you will, but it also helps if the source material is worth all the effort to begin with...A fine release indeed."

Henri Strik, Background, Feb 2009