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Tarka World Premiere live performance (News date: 20-12-09)
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Ant and Harry Williamson's large-scale orchestral work Tarka is due to receive it's World Premier live performance in Melbourne Australia in February 2010 as part of a unique Community Music and Water Event called Precious Music, Precious Water. Ant has assisted with the preparation and checking of the scores for the concert as some parts from the original required re-scoring. Ant is unfortunately unable to attend the concert so his original parts will be played by guitarist Doug De Vries alongside Harry Williamson. Doug and Harry will be joint soloists with the Whitehorse Orchestra, (conducted by Gerald Keuneman) for the performance of Tarka. The concert is taking place at the Melbourne Town Hall on 27th February 2010 and there will be two performances at 2 pm and 7.30 pm. Tickets for the event are on sale now from the Australian Green Tix site - here are direct links to buy tickets for the afternoon and evening performances. |
Ant makes guest appearance on Steve Hackett's new album (News date: 10-6-09, updated 1-11-09)
Ant has recently played 12-string guitar on a session for Steve Hackett's new album Out of the Tunnel's Mouth. You can read more about Ant's appearance on the album on Steve's blog where a short sound clip of one of the tracks that Ant has played on can also be heard.
Originally scheduled for release on October 5th on Steve's new Wolfwork label, the album was delayed for legal reasons. However, the good news is that the album has now been released and can be ordered from Steve's online shop. The album is also being sold at the shows on Steve's current tour.
The Single Factor re-issue (News date: 27-9-09)
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Camel's 1982 album The Single Factor (which has been unavailable in the UK for some time) was re-issued by Esoteric Recordings on 28th September. The reissue has been re-mastered from the original master tapes and also includes the rare edited promotional version of You Are the One as a bonus track. Ant plays on five tracks on the album, including End Peace which he co-wrote with Andy Latimer. The Single Factor is available to order at Amazon.
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Interview with Ant in Prog magazine (News date: 10-8-09)
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The latest issue of the UK music magazine Prog (an offshoot title from the monthly Classic Rock) which has just been published contains a half-page interview feature with Ant to accompany a feature about Steve Hackett. The magazine includes features on established artists as well as up-and-coming prog rock acts and also comes with a free CD.
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Guitar Tunings update (News date: 5-7-09)
We've now added the details of the tuning that Ant used on Private Parts & Pieces V: Twelve to the feature item detailing some of the various guitar tunings that Ant has used on different albums. The feature can read here.
Asher Quinn Forgotten Language of the Heart release (News date: 6-4-09)
Following on from the re-issue of Open Secret, Voiceprint are releasing Forgotten Language of the Heart, a 2CD collection drawn from Asher's back catalogue on 13th April. Featuring 37 tracks (including five taken from the albums that Ant produced for Asher), Forgotten Language of the Heart retails for the price of a single CD and is an excellent introduction to Asher's music.
A YouTube promo clip for the album can be seen here and it can be ordered from Camino Records.
John Mayhew (News date: 6-4-09, updated 7-4-09)
It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the untimely death of former Genesis drummer John Mayhew. According to a local press report, John passed away on March 26th as the result of a heart-related condition.
Ant's personal tribute to John can be seen here.
Asher Quinn Open Secret re-issue (News date: 8-2-09, updated 22-3-09)
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Ant and Asher, February 2009 |
Voiceprint Records have recently re-issued Asher Quinn's debut solo album Open Secret. The album, which was originally released in 1987, was produced and arranged with Ant and was recorded at Ant's studio. It also features guest appearances by Andy Latimer of Camel and Tony Freer of The Enid. The album has a progressive, classical, quietly epic feel to it, and a deeply evocative nature where each piece conjures up a striking visual narrative. The Voiceprint Records re-issue of Open Secret has new artwork and also features five bonus tracks, including three songs (The power of love, Song of the morning and Shine brightly) recorded during the original sessions for the album. The first two songs have never previously been released in any form and all three tracks have been newly mixed from the original multi-track masters from Ant's archives for inclusion on the re-issue. More information about the re-issue of Open Secret (including the track listing and a YouTube promo with sound clips) can be seen here. The album can be ordered from Camino Records.
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New book by Chris Stewart (News date: 11-3-09)
Chris Stewart's fourth book Three Ways To Capsize A Boat (subtitled An Optimist Afloat) will be published by Sort Of Books on June 4th. A prequel to the best-selling Driving Over Lemons, Three Ways To Capsize A Boat relates the story of how before settling in Spain Chris landed the job of sailing a Cornish Crabber around the Greek Islands. There was just one tiny problem - Chris had never sailed before and didn't have the foggiest idea how to start...
More information about the book can be seen on the Sort Of Books site. Chris' first three books (Driving Over Lemons, A Parrot In The Pepper Tree and The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society) are also being re-issued at the same time with new cover designs and are being marketed as the 'Lemons Trilogy'.
Back Catalogue Update
Virgin Records acquired the rights to Ant's back catalogue in 1990 and re-issued all of Ant's albums (except Tarka) which had been released up to that date in both Europe and Japan. The CDs were released in batches of three between December 1990 and July 1991 and remained available until the EMI takeover of Virgin in 1993 when the label within Virgin that Ant was signed to (Virgin Venture) was closed down. In 1995 Ant's new association with Voiceprint Records had been established and a deal was struck whereby Virgin gave the release rights for Ant's back catalogue on CD to Voiceprint with three exceptions, these being The Geese & The Ghost, Wise After The Event and 1984. Voiceprint subsequently re-issued Ant's back catalogue on CD and these titles remain available.
Virgin/EMI retained the rights for the remaining three albums until 2005, when the release rights reverted to Ant's control. The re-issues for The Geese & The Ghost, Wise After The Event and 1984 were released in Japan by Disk Union in July 2007 as part of extensive series of re-issues of 23 titles from Ant's back catalogue. The re-issues have now been released in other territories by Voiceprint Records.
As always our Buyers Guide lists which of Ant's albums are available and has links to on-line retailers to buy them from if you do not have a record store in your local area that can supply them.
The latest additions to the site are:
As of 6th March 2010:
News update - signed copies of the re-issue of Sides are now available for pre-ordering at Camino Records.
As of 25th February 2010:
A link to for pre-ordering the forthcoming re-issue of Sides from Voiceprint has been added.
Updates to the discography entries for Private Parts & Pieces and Back To The Pavilion to reflect the recent re-issue of them as a 2 CD set.
As of 16th February 2010:
News update on the forthcoming re-issue of Sides. A new page with further details (including the track listing) has also been added.
Details of the site updates for 2008 have now been relocated to a new site history page for 2008.
Older news items from 2008 have now been re-located to a new News Archive page.
As of 3rd February 2010:
News update on the sad passing of former Anon member Mike Colman
Ant's tribute to Mike has also been added.
As of 20th January 2010:
Our new YouTube promo video for Private Parts & Pieces and Back To The Pavilion has been added.
As of 17th January 2010:
News update on the signed copies of Private Parts & Pieces and Back To The Pavilion that are pre-ordered from Camino Records - pre-orders can be made now.
As of 6th January 2010:
News update on the availability of signed copies of the forthcoming re-issue of Private Parts & Pieces and Back To The Pavilion that are pre-ordered from Camino Records.
As of 3rd January 2010:
Update to the news of the forthcoming release of Private Parts & Pieces and Back To The Pavilion, with a link added for pre-ordering from Voiceprint.
As of 20th December 2009:
News update on the forthcoming re-issue of Private Parts & Pieces and Back To The Pavilion and the World Premier live performance of Tarka.
A new entry has been added to the Guestbook (thanks Peter).
As of 13th December 2009:
Updates to the Lone Tracks section of the Discography.
As of 12th December 2009:
A new entry has been added to the Guestbook (thanks Jeff).
The Buyers Guide has been updated.
As of 1st November 2009:
Updates on the release of Pathways & Promenades and Steve Hackett's album Out of the Tunnel's Mouth.
A discography entry for Pathways & Promenades has now been added and the discography guide has also been updated.
As of 11th October 2009:
Update on the release of Pathways & Promenades with our own YouTube promo clip for the album now added.
As of 6th October 2009:
News update on the availability of signed copies of Pathways & Promenades from Camino Records.
As of 27th September 2009:
News updates on the forthcoming release of Missing Links Volume 4: Pathways & Promenades and the re-issue of the Camel album The Single Factor.
The discography page for The Single Factor has been updated with details of the reissue.
The Buyers Guide has been updated.
As of 10th August 2009:
News update on the interview with Ant included in the new issue of Prog magazine.
As of 5th July 2009:
Update to the Tunings feature - the tuning used on Twelve has now been added.
The Photo Gallery has been updated.
Some news items have been relocated to the News page.
As of 10th June 2009:
News update on Ant's recent contribution to Steve Hackett's new album.
A couple of links have been amended and updated.
As of 7th May 2009:
A new entry has been added to the Guestbook.
The Discography has been updated with the details of the recent Voiceprint re-issue of Asher Quinn's album Open Secret.
The Buyers Guide has been updated.
As of 7th April 2009:
Ant's personal tribute to John Mayhew has now been added to the site.
As of 6th April 2009:
News items about the sad passing of John Mayhew and Asher Quinn's forthcoming compilation Forgotten Language of the Heart.
A couple of older news items have been relocated to the main news page.
As of 22nd March 2009:
Brief news update on the re-issue of Open Secret.
As of 11th March 2009:
News updates on the re-issue of Open Secret and Chris Stewart's forthcoming book Three Ways To Capsize A Boat.
As of 22nd February 2009:
The Buyers Guide has been updated.
As of 8th February 2009:
News item added about the forthcoming re-issue of Asher Quinn's album Open Secret. A page with additional information about the album has also been added.
Link added for Amazing Nails.
As of 5th January 2009:
A discography entry for the recently released Genesis box set 1970 - 1975 has been added. Details relating to the release of Trespass included in the set have been added to the Trespass page in the discography.
The Discography Guide has also been updated.
Details of older updates, additions and adjustments can now be found on our Site History pages for 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001 respectively.
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