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the band's music (up to, say, 1977) will be delighted by a great deal of what's heard here. It's evident that Anthony Slow Dance is a favourite album not just of Ant’s, but also of his fans. It is the last time on vinyl that Ant shows almost all his musical capabilities, augmented by guest musicians and an orchestra. Jonathan Dann and Simon Heyworth created a very fine edit for Harvest Of The Heart. Ant enjoyed it, so we get to enjoy this edited version which consists of 2:18 to 5:06 of Slow Dance Part One as well as 9:23 – 12:13 and 21:11-26:27 (the finale) of Slow Dance Part Two. singing, but on the whole he handles vocal duties with charm and sincerity. It has some rare energy, more in the Before we begin to find flies in the ointment let us praise Mark Powell and Jonathan Dann who have created a fabulous and lovingly made compilation. Jonathan Dann has written half a book for the booklet telling the life and music of Ant with many new and hardly known facets. Kudos for that!

Philipps almost discards his guitar on "Slow Dance" for synths and there's more of a Classical bent here. The man is with some bluesy vibes. Unfortunately, Anthony can't avoid inserting tapes played reverted which I honestly find Given the extended gestation of their debut studio work "The Geese And The Ghost", it's somewhat surprising that Wise After the Event (1978) contains tighter songs and a dynamic band sound balanced between accessibleWise After the Event [2015 Deluxe Edition] (Media notes). Anthony Phillips. Esoteric Recordings. 1978. ECLEC 42527. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) material discovered from Ant's attic in more recent years. Of course the words "previously unreleased" refer, in Interview with Ant - October 2000". 28 October 2000 . Retrieved 29 April 2018– via AnthonyPhillips.co.uk.

For this anthology it was decided to have the version of Lucy Will favoured by Ant, i.e. without the congas Morris Pert recorded later at the demand of Passport Records boss Marty Scott. questioned about sounding so much like Genesis, and that must have been extremely frustrating for him!] Ant's wave from the monsters of the previous decade: The first part of the 80s has seen the worst efforts from EL&P,Is there no contrast? Yes, there is! Because right in the middle, just when you've gotten used to the mechanical coldness of the synth sounds (this is also a contrast: the beautiful warm chords played with the cold synths), Phillips puts them aside completely and plays some utterly beautiful acoustic guitar pieces. This is the warm core of this album, right in the middle, as he leaves this section again at the end to return to where he started to round the album off, making this one one of Phillips' most consistent compositions from his career. song by The Alan Parsons Project around the time, but the sharp & noisy soundscape and Ant's vocals really put me How to go on? In an interview with The Music Collector’s Magazine Goldmine, published on Jan 13, 2015, Ant says: “There are many types of album I would like to do […] Something in the vein of Geese / Slow Dance perhaps, or a more song-y album … We’ll see!” Despite my bulging CD cupboard: There is always space for the 35th Ant CD, and also for the 36th, and for the 37th and … In my late teens I had bought on used vinyl the first two albums by the ex-Genesis guitarist Anthony Phillips, and liked