Anthony Phillips - "The Geese and the Ghost" 1977

Anthony Phillips "The Geese and the Ghost" 1977

Anthony Phillips was one of the founding members of Genesis, having attended the Charterhouse School in Surrey with Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, and Michael Rutherford.
Phillips and Rutherford (who had played together in another band before linking up with Gabriel and Banks), were the principal composing members of Genesis during their formative years, right into their first recording venture on English Decca ("Silent Sun" etc.) under the aegis of Jonathan King.
Much of Phillips' and Rutherford's music was too subtle and introspective to work for the fledgling band on stage, and eventually composition became more of a shared effort.

Anthony and Mike Rutherford played guitars

on every song along with various keyboards and percussion.

John Hackett (yes, Steve's brother) --  flute,

Viv McAuliffe -- vocals,

and Phil Collins on vocals

By the time the group cut its second album, Trespass, however, Phillips had receded into the background, propelled by a crippling onset of stage-fright that forced him out of the line-up following the album's release.
His influence, ironically, was felt very strongly on their subsequent breakthrough third album, Nursery Cryme,
the title track of which (the band's first number to attract a wide audience in progressive rock circles),
for its introduction and opening minute, used material that Phillips had written and recorded (as a demo)
as early as 1969.

A solo album by an early Genesis member. A very orchestral, yet lyrical album. The theme flows throughout the songs and stands together as a complete piece. The cover art is a lovely pastoral view of the minstrel serenading the ghost in question. This is a great find for Genesis and progressive fans alike.

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Little more was heard from Anthony Phillips until 1977, when he favored us with his first solo album, The Geese and the Ghost, followed by Wise After the Event a year later, and then a collection of early demo recordings, Private Parts and Pieces, also issued in 1978. Phillips has re-emerged periodically, working in a style that is much closer to the classically influenced original Genesis sound than to the work of the current version of the group.

 He retains a cult of fans, similar in certain respects to Peter Banks of Yes (another guitar player who quit an art-rock band at a critical early juncture in their history), but recording more frequently. He also writes a considerable amount of music for television and movies, and remains a guitarist of supreme skill and confidence, steeped in classical, pre-Baroque, and folk influences, able to record entire albums featuring only his acoustic instrument. Phillips' skills on the keyboard, principally synthesizer and Mellotron, are more limited, and were never exploited within a group context, but his studio recordings reveal a distinctive character to his compositions on those instruments as well. ~ Bruce Eder, AMG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Geese_and_the_Ghost

http://www.anthonyphillips.co.uk/discography/geese.htm
https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=4105

Anthony_Phillips_-_1977_The_Geese_The_Ghost.rar

 

https://my.mail.ru/mail/igor.kozyakov/video/82631/100709.html

CD1 the original album

01 - Wind - Tales 00:01
02 - Which Way The Wind Blows 01:04
03 - Henry; Portraits From Tudor Times 06:56
 I - Fanfare
II - Lutes' Chorus
III - Misty Battlements
IV - Henry Goes to War
V - Death of a Knight
VI - Triumphant Return
04 - God if I Saw Her Now 20:59
05 - Chinese Mushroom Cloud 25:14
06 - The Geese and the Ghost26:00
Part I°
Part II°
07 - Collections41:51
08 - Sleepfall: The Geese Hy West 44:59

CD2   outtakes
01 - Master of Time ( Demo ) 52:36
02 - Title Inspiration
03 - The Geese and the Ghost - Part one ( basic track )
04 - Collection Link
05 - Which Way the Wind Blows
06 - Silver Song ( basic track )
07 - Henry: Portraits From Tudor Times ( basic track )
I - Fanfare , II - Lute's Chorus , III - Lute's Chorus Reprise , IV - Misty Battlements
08 - Collections ( demo )
09 - The Geese & The Ghost - Part Two ( basic track )
10 - God If I Saw Her Now ( basic track )
11 - Sleepfall ( basic track )
12 - Silver Song ( Unreleased single version, 1973 )

 

Anthony Phillips "The Geese and the Ghost" 1977

Musicians:

Anthony Phillips: Guitars, Bass, Dulcimer, Bouzouki, Synthesizer, Mellotron, Keyboards, Piano, Celesta, Drums, Percussion

Mike Rutherford: Guitars (Electric, Acoustic, Classical & 12-String), Bass, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Drums, Percussion

Phil Collins: vocals

Rob Phillips: Oboes

Lazo Momulovich: Oboes, Cor Anglais, Organ

ohn Hackett: Flutes

Wil Sleath: Flute, Baroque flute, recorder, piccolo

Jack Lancaster: Flutes, Lyricon

Charlie Martin: Cello

Kirk Trevor: Cello

Nick Hayley: Violins

Martin Westlake: Timpani

Viv McCauliffe: Vocals

Send Barns Orchestra: conducted by Jeremy Gilbert

David Thomas: Classical guitar

Ronnie Gunn: Harmonium