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Anthony was a founder member of the British Rock band Genesis. Ant was born in December 1951 in London. In 1965 Ant found himself at Charterhouse Public School. It was here that he met up with Peter Gabriel, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks. It was also at Charterhouse that the pre Genesis band Anon got together and performed at a concert playing three Rolling Stones songs. At this time there were two bands at Charterhouse The Anon and The Garden Wall. In 1967 various factions of both bands joined forces and became one band.
This band was to go on to become Genesis.

Anthony recorded the albums From Genesis To Revelation and Trespass and also performed a great many gigs with the band before deciding to leave the band following a particularly bad bout of stage fright and also suffering a debilitating bout of bronchial pneumonia.

It was between the years 1970 and the release of his debut album The Geese And The Ghost in 1977 that many fans lost sight of Anthony Phillips. In actual fact much of the material that would make up the Geese And The Ghost and also the later Tarka album would be written during this time. Anthony also felt he needed to improve his arranging skills and musical education and learnt to sight-read music. It was also during this time that Ant continued writing with Mike Rutherford and recordings were made of songs like Silver Song, which included Mike Rutherford and also Phil Collins. Some of these early recordings and demos from this period can be found on the album The Archive Collection Volume One. Much of the first two albums and even material that would go on to be released on The Private Parts And Pieces series.

As many fans of Ant’s music will know Ant has been involved for many years in the composition and production of “Library” music. This music is music which is normally commissioned for film and television projects and over the years Anthony Phillips has been responsible for a great many recordings in what has become a legitimate genre of music and sought out by his fans.

Ahead of The Field is an album of music originally recorded in 1985 and is released as part of the series of recordings Music For TV and Film. The music contained on this album has been long admired by Ant’s large and dedicated fan base receiving only a limited release when it was originally recorded in the eighties. Tracks include; High Potential, Stress Factor, Data, Express and Time Runner.