Buyers Guide - Scores & Books

 

On this page we have details of the current availability of some other items related to Ant other than CDs.  These include sheet music and some books which contain detail on Ant's career.

Sheet Music

There is currently only one collection of Ant's music in score form available.  This is Six Pieces For Guitar which was published by Josef Weinberger in 1980 and this includes the music for the following pieces:

Study No. 1 in E major

Study No. 2 in D major

Study No. 3 in E major

Study No. 4 in G major 
(This is Study in G from Archive Collection)

Rhapsody from "The Field of Eternity" 
(from Private Parts & Pieces)

Nocturne (from Back To The Pavilion)

Lullaby: Old Father Time 
(2 versions, from Private Parts & Pieces)

 

Cost & Availability

Six Pieces For Guitar is now available via download from Weinberger's online sheet music distributor Sheet Music Now.  Click here to go straight to the relevant page on their site for the collection.  You can download the individual pieces or the entire collection.

The printed version of the collection is still available according to Weinberger's site and currently costs £6.50 plus postage & packing.  See here for further details.

 

Books

There are some books about Genesis currently available that cover Ant's time with the band from various perspectives.

Genesis: Chapter & Verse

Chapter & Verse is the official biography of Genesis which based on interviews that the current and former members of the band have given to writer Colin Dodd.  Ant has been interviewed for the book which also contains a wealth of photos including many that have not previously been published.

From the publicity information: "This book is the first time in over 20 years that Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel and Mike Rutherford have collaborated creatively on a project, working together to create the complete history of Genesis. It is a story that spans 30 years and 30 albums selling a staggering 212 million copies worldwide. It embraces world tours that have played to 25 million people and it covers the high-profile departure over the years of one vocalist, (Peter Gabriel), one highly influential guitarist (Steve Hackett) and their best-known drummer and vocalist (Phil Collins).

Key fellow members of the band, management, road crew and entourage have also been interviewed, including Jonathan King (their first manager, who got Genesis signed to Decca in 1967), long-time cohort and road manager Richard Macphail, Anthony Phillips (guitarist, founder member to 1970), Tony Smith (manager since 1973), drummers Bill Bruford, Chris Stewart and John Silver, and Ray Wilson, the Genesis vocalist after Phil Collins."

Chapter & Verse is available to order from Amazon - a link to order it can be found in the Genesis section of our online store

 

Genesis: Play Me My Song
A live guide 1969 to 1975

by Paul Russell

A detailed guide to over 160 live recordings (both official and unofficial) from the Peter Gabriel years.

Includes the text of a joint interview with Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford and Ant about the early live shows the band played.

Available from Amazon

 

Genesis Revisited

by Alan Hewitt

A revised and updated reworking of Alan's previous book Opening The Musical Box, this is a comprehensive guide to the career of not only Genesis but also the solo work of all current and former members.  

The book features a complete chapter on Ant's solo career as well as a detailed discography. 

The book can be ordered from Camino

 

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