Anthony Phillips
Any discussion of Genesis members past and present eventually comes round to Anthony Phillips, the band's original guitarist. His is the ignominious footnote, alongside Peter Banks and Mick Abrahams, of the guest who left before the party got started. 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 The Geese & The Ghost was released. Featuring Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford, Geese was seen as a follow-up to the music made on Trespass: pastoral prog rock that, as Phillips himself would put it later, "championed the old-fashioned ideals of beauty, lyricism and grandeur." 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. Although Phillips has released albums of synthesizer music (1984, Slow Dance), he is best known for acoustic guitar and piano compositions that hark back to Genesis' original lost innocence.
| Date | ALBUMS / Singles |
|---|---|
| 1977 | THE GEESE & THE GHOST |
| 1978 | WISE AFTER THE EVENT |
| 1978 | We're All As We Lie |
| 1978 | PRIVATE PARTS & PIECES |
| 1979 | SIDES |
| 1979 | Um & Aargh |
| 1980 April | PRIVATE PARTS & PIECES II: "BACK TO THE PAVILION" |
| 1981 April | 1984 |
| 1982 | PRIVATE PARTS & PIECES III: ANTIQUES |
| 1983 | INVISIBLE MEN |
| 1984 | Sally |
| 1984 April | PRIVATE PARTS & PIECES IV: A CATCH AT THE TABLES |
| 1985 January 17 | PRIVATE PARTS & PIECES V: TWELVE |
| 1985 September | HARVEST OF THE HEART |
| 1986 | PRIVATE PARTS & PIECES VI: IVORY MOON |
| 1987 | PRIVATE PARTS & PIECES VII: SLOW WAVES, SOFT STARS |
| 1990 September 24 | SLOW DANCE |
| 1991 | MISSING LINKS VOLUME 1: FINGER PAINTING |
| 1993 May 28 | PRIVATE PARTS & PIECES VIII: NEW ENGLAND |
| 1994 | SAIL THE WORLD |
| 1994 | MISSING LINKS VOLUME 2: THE SKY ROAD |
| 1995 January | GYPSY SUITE |
| 1995 November 7 | ANTHOLOGY |
| 1996 | PRIVATE PARTS & PIECES IX: DRAGONFLY DREAMS |
| 1996 | MEADOWS OF ENGLEWOOD |
| 1998 March 30 | THE ARCHIVE COLLECTION VOLUME ONE |
| 1998 July | THE LIVE RADIO SESSIONS |
| 1998 November | THE "LIVING ROOM" CONCERT |
| 1999 November 16 | LEGEND |
| 1999 December 14 | MISSING LINKS VOLUME III: TIME AND TIDE |
| 2000 March 21 | PRIVATE PARTS & PIECES X: SOIREE |
| 2001 | TARKA |
| 2003 April 21 | SOUNDSCAPES |
| 2003 October 27 | BATTLE OF THE BIRDS |
| 2003 November 4 | RADIO CLYDE |
| 2004 April 24 | ARCHIVE COLLECTION VOL. 2 |
| 2005 October 3 | FIELD DAY |
| 2008 April 29 | WILDLIFE |
SEE ALSO...
GENESIS discography
Camel: The Single Factor
Mike Rutherford: Smallcreep's Day
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