Anthony recorded the albums From Genesis To Revelation and Trespass and also performed a great many gigs with the band 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 and also the later Tarka album would be written during this time. Anthony also felt he needed to improve his arranging skills and musical education and learnt to sight-read music. It was also during this time that Ant continued writing with Mike Rutherford and recordings were made of songs like Silver Song, which included Mike Rutherford and also Phil Collins. Some of these early recordings and demos from this period can be found on the album The Archive Collection Volume One. Much of the first two albums and even material that would go on to be released on The Private Parts And Pieces series were originally written during this period which took on a stop start feel as the profile of Genesis became higher.

Volume Seven in the Private Parts and Pieces series is entitled Slow Waves Soft Stars and was originally released in 1987 and was the first of the Private Parts and Pieces series to be simultaneously released on vinyl and the then new format of compact disc. Containing the tracks Beachrunner, End Of the Affair, The Golden Pathway and Behind The Waterfall this album like many of the others in the series has been unavailable for some time making this release all the more welcome.

Volume Eight in the series is titled New England and was the first of the Private parts and Pieces albums to be released in the nineties with the original release being in 1992. The album features the tracks Infra Dig, Sanctuary and the New England Suite parts one through to three. Another welcome reissue following a period of unavailability.