Anthony Phillips: Private Parts & Pieces IX – XI 4CD Remastered Clamshell Boxset
Anthony Phillips

A 4 CD REMASTERED DEFINITIVE EDITION CLAMSHELL BOXED SET OF THE FINAL THREE SEMINAL “PRIVATE PARTS & PIECES” ALBUMS BY GENESIS FOUNDER MEMBER ANTHONY PHILLIPS

WITH A BONUS CD FEATURING 18 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS

INCLUDES LAVISH BOOKLET WITH NEW ESSAY BY JONATHAN DANN

COVERAGE ON ALL SPECIALIST RADIO

REVIEWS IN “UNCUT”, “MOJO”, “RECORD COLLECTOR”, “SHINDIG!” & “PROG” MAGAZINES &
ALL EUROPEAN SPECIALIST PRESS

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Esoteric Recordings is proud to announce the release of a 4CD clamshell boxed set anthology by legendary guitarist, composer and instrumentalist ANTHONY PHILLIPS. Anthony was a founding member of Genesis alongside Peter Gabriel, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks with whom he recorded the albums “From Genesis To Revelation” and “Trespass”. After leaving the group in 1970, Anthony studied orchestration and harmony externally at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. After passing his LGSM exams, he taught music at Reeds School and Peper Harrow whilst continuing to compose and record in his home studio.

He marked his return to the commercial music scene with the release of his debut solo album “The Geese & The Ghost” in 1977 and continued to create a large and diverse output as a recording artist on albums such as “Wise After The Event”, “Sides”, “Slow Dance”, “1984” and “Field Day”. Alongside these releases, Anthony is known for the successful series of the Private Parts & Pieces albums. Beginning in 1978, the first four volumes featured an extensive range of music recorded by Ant for various projects (going as far back as 1972) and came to be regarded by fans as essential collections of his wide and diverse compositional work.

Now, Anthony Phillips and Jonathan Dann have compiled this 4 disc deluxe set, which gathers together Volumes IX to XI of the Private Parts & Pieces albums, Dragonfly Dreams, Soiree and City of Dreams, along with an additional 18-track CD of previously unreleased material, Private Parts and Extra Pieces III, featuring recordings made between 1991 and 2012. Private Parts & Pieces IX – XI is the definitive statement on these classic albums. The set includes a lavish booklet with an essay by Jonathan Dann and fully restores the artwork of the original releases.

DISC ONE:
PRIVATE PARTS & PIECES VOL. IX: DRAGONFLY DREAMS
PART I

1. OPENERS
2. IN THE VALLEYS
3. SOMETHING BLUE
4. QUANGO
5. LOSTWITHIEL
6. UNDER THE ICE
7. SARAH BLAKELEY’S EVENING
8. SHE’LL BE WAITING
9. STILL TIME

PART II
10. HILLS OF LANGUEDOC
11. LUIGI PALTA’S CONFESSION
12. THE TEARS OF PABLO PARAGUAS
13. MELANCHOLY FLOWER
14. NIGHT SONG
15. CHINESE WALLS
16. OLD FAITHFUL
17. SUMMER PONDS & DRAGONFLIES
18. LOST AND FOUND

DISC TWO:
PRIVATE PARTS & PIECES VOL. X: SOIREE

1. SAD BALLERINA
2. FINAL LIGHTS
3. SULTRY LEAVES
4. FIVERS
5. CREATION
6. KEEPSAKE
7. VENETIAN MYSTERY
8. SCYTHIA
9. CANTILENA
10. THE OREGON TRAIL
11. PASSACAGLIA
12. GAZEBO
13. PASSEPIED
14. FALLEN FLOWER
15. NOBLESSE OBLIGE
16. HOPE OF AGES
17. OBEZAG
18. RAIN SUITE
19. AFTER YOU LEFT
20. SUMMER’S JOURNEY

DISC THREE:
PRIVATE PARTS & PIECES VOL. XI: CITY OF DREAMS

1. CITY OF DREAMS I
2. PILEDRIVER
3. KING OF THE MOUNTAINS
4. CORAL ISLAND
5. ASTRAL BATH
6. CITY OF DREAMS II
7. AIR & GRACE
8. TUSCAN WEDDING
9. MYSTERY TRAIN I
10. SUNSET POOLS
11. SEA & SARDINIA
12. WATCHING WHILE YOU SLEEP
13. NIGHT OWL
14. THE DEEP
15. CITY OF DREAMS III
16. MYSTERY TRAIN II
17. STAR’S END
18. DOOM FLOWER
19. NIGHT TRAIN TO NOVROGOD
20. SEA OF TRANQUILITY
21. 39 STEPS
22. LAKE OF FIRE
23. REALMS OF GOLD
24. CITY OF DREAMS IV
25. DAYS OF YORE
26. ACROSS THE STEPS
27. ACT OF FAITH
28. GRAND MASTER
29. MYSTERY TRAIN III
30. ANTHEM FOR DOOMED YOUTH
31. THE HOMECOMING

DISC FOUR:
PRIVATE PARTS & EXTRA PIECES III:

1. HIGH ROLLER
2. PIANO DRAMA MOVEMENT I
3. SUNSET DRIFTER
4. LOSTWITHIEL LINK
5. ROADS IN BETWEEN
6. SHIMMERING PEAKS
7. CASTLES AND COURTSHIPS
8. BRAND NEW CADILLAC
9. OCEAN OF STARS
10. PABLO DRIES OUT
11. LOST MONOLITH
12. A SIMPLE MAN
13. NIGHT SONG (ALTERNATE MIX)
14. FIREFLY
15. CONSTELLATION OF HOPE
16. PIANO DRAMA MOVEMENT III
17. HEAVEN’S GATE
18. LOST AND FOUND (ALTERNATE MIX)

ALL TRACKS PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED