Missing Links Volume 4: Pathways & Promenades

 Anthony Phillips is perhaps best known as the original guitarist in Genesis.

Ant left the band in 1970 following the release of Trespass. He began his

solo career in earnest in the mid seventies with the release of the album

The Geese and The Ghost. Since then he has released a number of critically

acclaimed albums and forged a loyal and devoted fan base.

The music of Anthony Phillips has a wonderfully rich textured

feel to it and while it is to be expected to occasionally sound

not unlike early Genesis material it would be unfair to put

Anthony Phillips into one bag. The recording career of

Anthony Phillips takes in a great many styles from rock

through to pop and from classical to baroque.

Anthony Phillips is also recognised widely as a composer

of music for film and television.

Missing Links Volume 4 is the latest release in a series of

recordings that have featured some of Anthony Phillips

commissioned music for film and television. Tracks include

The Golden Road To Samarkand,

Promenade, Cascades and Sleeping Giant. As with the three

previous volumes of the Missing Links Series volume 4 will

be welcomed by the large and dedicated Anthony Phillips fan base.

Both albums have been newly re-mastered for this release and

Private Parts & Pieces also features a new extra track in

addition to the two included on the previous CD release of the album.

1.The Golden Road to Samarkand

2.Promenade

3.Sceptured Isle

4.Danza Cuccaracha

5.Fallen Idol

6.Cascades

7.Sky Dawn

8.Misty Mountains

9.It's All Greek To Me

10.Haven From The Sea

11.Heavenly Gene

12.Ironclad

13.Water Gardens

14.Night Train

15.Sleeping Giant

16.Sombrero

17.Irish Lament

18.Aurora

19.Without You

20.Sad Exodus

21.Summer of Love

22.Light Rain

23.Halycon Days

Anthony Edwin "Ant" Phillips (b. 23 December 1951, Chiswick, west London) is an English multi instrumentalist, best known as a founding member of the band Genesis.[1] He played guitar and sang backing vocals until leaving in 1970, following the recording of their second album, Trespass. He left due to suffering from stage fright, after being told by his doctor that the best thing would be to leave the band. He is known for his twelve string guitar work, and his influence can be heard throughout Genesis's early output.
Genesis's first album after Phillips's departure, Nursery Cryme, featured two songs which were holdovers from the days when Phillips was in the band: "The Musical Box" (originally called F#) and "The Fountain Of Salmacis." "The Musical Box" especially remains a favourite of fans.
After leaving Genesis, Phillips studied classical music (especially classical guitar) and made recordings in collaboration with Harry Williamson, Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins, among others.He played the keyboards on the demos for Peter Gabriel in 1976. His first solo album, The Geese and the Ghost, was issued in 1977.
Phillips released his second album in 1978, entitled Wise After the Event. This was followed the next year by Sides. Both of these albums were produced by Rupert Hine and were intended to reach a mainstream audience, though neither album was successful in that regard.
In its initial release in the UK, Sides was accompanied by a more experimental album entitled Private Parts and Pieces; in the U.S. and Canada the two albums were issued separately. Private Parts and Pieces II: Back to the Pavilion followed the next year, and several further sequels were issued in the 1980s and 1990s.
Phillips began writing material with Andrew Latimer of Camel in 1981, and was a featured performer on that band's album, The Single Factor (released in 1982).
Phillips released a mainstream pop album entitled Invisible Men in 1983. He later claimed that this project went "horribly wrong" as a result of commercial pressures, and would subsequently eschew mainstream success in favour of more specialised material.
Phillips remains involved in a variety of musical projects, including extensive soundtrack work in England often for the label Atmosphere part the Universal Music Group. In the mid-1990s, he released an album entitled The Living Room Concert, which featured solo acoustic versions of his earlier material. He also provided archival material for the first Genesis box set, Genesis Archive 1967-75, released in 1998.
Several of his albums feature artwork by Peter Cross. 

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