Archive Collection Volume II is the second vault release from Anthony Phillips, following Archive Collection Volume I in 1998. Compiled by Anthony Phillips and Jonathan Dann, it is a 2 CD selection of previously unreleased pieces and variations recorded from 1971 to 1988.
Anthony Edwin Phillips is an English musician, songwriter, producer and singer who gained prominence as the original lead guitarist of the rock band Genesis, from 1967 to 1970. After Phillips recorded From Genesis to Revelation and Trespass with the band, he left in July 1970 and learned to play more instruments before he began a solo career.
It was released on 10 May 2004 on Blueprint Records (UK) and was re-issued in Japan on Arcangelo Records as a limited edition mini-vinyl sleeve in December 2007.
Voiceprint Records was a record label based in England, founded in 1990 by Rob Ayling. They specialised in re-releasing old material, especially progressive rock, but also had new releases, under the Voiceprint and other imprints.
According to the liner notes, "Tregenna Afternoons" is a piece Ant invented to teach original Genesis drummer Chris Stewart how to play guitar.
Genesis were an English rock band formed at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, in 1967. The most successful and longest-lasting line-up consisted of keyboardist Tony Banks, bassist/guitarist Mike Rutherford and drummer/singer Phil Collins. Significant former members were original lead singer Peter Gabriel and guitarist Steve Hackett. The band moved from folk music to progressive rock in the 1970s, before moving towards pop at the end of the decade. They have sold 21.5 million copies of their albums in the United States, with worldwide sales of between 100 million and 150 million.
Christopher Stewart was the original drummer and a founder member of Genesis. He is now a farmer in Spain and the author of several popular autobiographical works.
The track "Fantomas opening theme" on CD2 features John Silver on drums. He was the second drummer for Genesis and the inspiration for the song "Silver Song".
Jonathan "John" Silver was the second drummer for the English rock band Genesis. He replaced Chris Stewart in the summer of 1968 and appears on their first full-length album, From Genesis to Revelation, and on the Genesis Archive 1967-75 box set. He left the band in August 1969 and was replaced by John Mayhew.
Track listing
Disc 1
"Guitar Song" (demo, 1973) (1:58)
"The Anthem from Tarka" (demo, 1988) (3:47)
"Deep in the Night" (demo, 1977) (5:48)
"Bleak House" (instrumental mix, 1978) (6:13)
"Our Man in Japan" (library piece, 1979) (1:19)
"Child Song" (demo, 1973) (3:41)
"Old Wives Tale" (solo version, 1976) (4:45)
"Scottish Suite II" (1973/76): (i) "Leaping Salmon" (3:03)
"Scottish Suite II" (1973/76): (ii) "The Witching Hour" (1:20)
"Scottish Suite II" (1973/76): (iii) "Two Truths" (1:19)
"Scottish Suite II" (1973/76): (iv) "The Letter" (1:11)
"Scottish Suite II" (1973/76): (v) "Walpurgis Night" (1:03)
"Scottish Suite II" (1973/76): (vi) "Sweet Reaper" (1:01)
"Scottish Suite II" (1973/76): (vii) "Why Sinks This Cauldron?" (0:44)
"Scottish Suite II" (1973/76): (viii) "Her Last Sleepwalk" (0:46)
"Sally" (instrumental mix, 1982) (4:19)
"Windmill" (demo, 1971) (1:26)
"Tregenna Afternoons" (demo, 1973) (7:41)
"Lofty Vaults" (library piece, 1979) (1:21)
"Variation on a Theme of Fantomas" (demo, 1973) (5:04)
"Picardy Pictures" (demo, 1972) (4:30)
"Polar Lights" (library piece, 1979) (1:34)
"The Ridolfi Plot" (demo, 1978) (6:15)
"Falling For Love" (instrumental mix, 1982) (3:35)
Disc 2
"Highland Fling" (library piece, 1979) (1:34)
"Prelude #1" (1981) (1:37)
"Siesta" (1981) (1:54)
"Bubble & Squeak" (1981) (1:11)
"Guru" (instrumental mix, 1982) (4:43)
"Shady Arbours" (1974) (1:46)
"West Side Alice" (1983) (2:59)
"Vic's Tango" (demo, 1983) (4:16)
"Seven Long Years" (instrumental mix, 1976) (3:02)
"Romeo & Juliet" (library piece, 1976) (0:34)
"I Saw You Today" (1978) (4:43)
"The Anthem From Tarka" (alternate mix of demo, 1988) (1:01)
"Will the Last Man Off the Ice Rink (Please Turn Out the Lights)" (1973) (1:20)
"Finale" (instrumental mix, 1982) (5:11)
Writing credits
All songs by Anthony Phillips except:
Track 2 on CD1 and Track 12 on CD2 by Anthony Phillips and Simon Heyworth
Tracks 3, 11 on CD1 and Track 6 on CD2 by Anthony Phillips and Mike Rutherford
Track 24 on CD1 and Track 13 on CD2 by Anthony Phillips and Richard Scott
Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford is an English songwriter and musician. He is a founding member of Genesis and one of the band's only two continuous members, the other being keyboardist Tony Banks.
Personnel
Anthony Phillips - Guitars, keyboards, piano, vocals, drumbox, koto
Andrew McCulloch is an English drummer who worked with Fields, Greenslade, Manfred Mann, Anthony Phillips, Peter Banks, Crazy World of Arthur Brown and King Crimson in the 1970s before becoming a yachtmaster.
The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer, commonly known as the 808, is a drum machine manufactured by the Roland Corporation between 1980 and 1983. It was one of the first drum machines to allow users to program rhythms instead of using preset patterns. Unlike its nearest competitor at the time, the more expensive Linn LM-1, the 808 generates sounds using analog synthesis rather than playing samples.
A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument that creates percussion. Drum machines may imitate drum kits or other percussion instruments, or produce unique sounds. Most modern drum machines allow users to program their own rhythms. Drum machines may create sounds using analog synthesis or play prerecorded samples.
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