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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.
New Genesis box set (News date: 28-9-08, updated 18-11-08)
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Out now is Genesis 1970-75 -
the last of the three box sets of re-releases of the band's albums
featuring new stereo mixes of the original albums on CD, along with
a DVD that includes the original album in 5.1 DTS (96/24) and Dolby
Digital Surround Sound, plus bonus videos and new interviews with
band members filmed exclusively for these reissues. Ant has given an
interview for the DVD of Trespass that is included in the set
and a further brief clip from his interview is included on the
'Extras' DVD. The 'Extras' disc that is included with the set features Ant on a number of tracks including four previously unreleased recordings from a 1970 session that Genesis recorded for potential use on a BBC TV programme about painter Mick Jackson. The third track from this session ('Manipulation') is a group version of Ant and Mike Rutherford's co-written piece F Sharp (which may be familiar from the original 1969 demo version included on Archive Collection Volume One) that later formed the basis of part of The Musical Box. Also from 1970 are three songs recorded by the band in session for the BBC Radio programme Night Ride (Shepherd, Pacidy and Let Us Now Make Love) along with the 1969 demo of Going Out To Get You, previously released on the 4 CD set Genesis 1967-75. The set can be ordered from Amazon. |
Guitar Player interview (News date: 12-10-08, updated 18-11-08)
The November issue of the US Guitar Player magazine featured an interview with Ant which covered the different guitars he used on The Geese & The Ghost, Wise After The Event and 1984 as well as Ant's use of unusual tunings.
The text of the article is now available on the Guitar Player site.
New biography published (News date: 28-9-08)
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A new Italian language biography of Ant
written by Mario Giammetti (editor of the Italian Genesis magazine Dusk)
is out now. The Exile is the fourth book in Mario's Genesis
Files series - the previously published books in the series have
covered the careers of Phil Collins (The Singing Drummer),
Steve Hackett (The Defector) and Tony Banks (Man of Spells).
The Exile covers Ant's career in extensive detail and draws upon interviews with Ant himself together with interviews with friends and colleagues including Rupert Hine, Joji Hirota, Peter Cross, Asher Quinn, Guillermo Cazenave, John G. Perry and Ant's brother Robin Phillips. Also included are numerous photographs (many of which have never been seen before), an appendix covering Ant's music for Film and Television written by the webmaster of this site as well as an extensive discography. Ant has also written the preface for the book. Enquiries about purchasing a copy of the book can made directly via e-mail to Mario. NB: The Exile is only available in Italian and there are no plans for an English edition. |
Geese re-issue reviewed in Guitar Player magazine (News date: 17-8-08, updated 28-9-08)
The recent re-issue of The Geese & The Ghost was selected as one of August's "rants and raves" in Guitar Player magazine. Their review can be seen here.
Recent interviews (News date: 7-7-08)
Two recent interviews with Ant are now on line, both of which focus naturally enough on the recent re-issues. The first is an interview with World of Genesis which as well as the re-issues also covers Wildlife and some other interesting areas. The interview can be read here.
The second interview is for The Waiting Room and covers in detail how the re-issues were put together. The interview is featured in the latest issue (#68) and can be accessed directly here.
1984 re-issue out now (News date: 8-6-08)
The 2 CD re-issue of 1984 is out now. As with the re-issues of The Geese & The Ghost and Wise After The Event, the album has been expertly re-mastered by Simon Heyworth.
The extra CD for 1984 includes new mixes from the original 8-track masters which allow parts of the album to be heard for the first time in their original basic form. Also released for the first time is some of Ant's original music for the ATV Series Rule Britannia which was recorded at the same time as the album, the previously unheard keyboard piece Ascension (which was re-discovered on the original multi-track tapes during the research for this re-issue and has been mixed for the first time) and the 16-minute demo version of Poly Piece - a track originally written for inclusion on Sides and then considered by Ant as a possible track for 1984 in the formative stages of the album.
Also included are new liner notes detailing the making of the album with contributions from recording engineer Chris David, the writer and presenter of Rule Britannia Dr James Bellini together with Ant's own memories of the album.
Re-issues feedback (News date: 8-6-08)
Many thanks to everyone who has taken the time to contact us with their kind and positive comments on the new re-issues of The Geese & The Ghost and Wise After The Event.
Library Music Project (News date: 8-6-08)
Ant is currently busy with work on a big Library music project for Atmosphere Music at the present time. As with the majority of his Library music, this won't be available commercially.
Signed copies of 1984 (News date: 7-5-08, updated 8-6-08)
Camino Records now have the re-issue of 1984 available for pre-order. As with Wise After the Event, Ant will be signing the first 300 copies of the album that are pre-ordered from them on a first-come, first-served basis.
Orders for the album can be made at Camino.
Signed copies of Wise After the Event (News date: 27-4-08, updated 7-5-08)
Camino Records now have the re-issue of Wise After The Event available for pre-order. Ant will be signing the first 300 copies of the album that are pre-ordered from them on a first-come, first-served basis.
Update: Camino have now announced that the signed copies of Wise After The Event have now sold out.
1984 release date announced (News date: 15-4-08)
Voiceprint Records have now announced that the planned release date for the re-issue of 1984 is 2nd June.
Library Projects (News date: 14-4-08)
Ant continues to work on further Library music projects for Atmosphere Music at the present time. As with the majority of his Library music, this won't be available commercially.
Signed copies of The Geese & The Ghost and Wildlife (News date: 18-3-08, updated 21-4-08)
Camino Records now have both the re-issue of The Geese & The Ghost and Wildlife available for order. Ant has signed all copies of both releases that were pre-ordered from them.
As Wildlife is due for release one week after the reissue of The Geese & The Ghost, if you order both albums at the same time from Camino then both albums will be sent after Wildlife is released. There may also be a slight delay in despatch depending on the signing but in the words of the chaps at Camino, "As usual, we'll be as quick as we can!"
Orders can be made now at Camino.
Wise After The Event release date announced (News date: 16-3-08)
Voiceprint Records have now announced that the planned release date for the re-issue of Wise After The Event is 19th May.
Geese and Wildlife release dates announced (News date: 17-2-08)
The long-awaited release dates for Wildlife (album info) and the re-issue of The Geese & The Ghost have now been announced by Voiceprint Records. The Geese & The Ghost is set for release on 14th April and Wildlife is due to follow a week later on 21st April.
The re-issue of Wise After The Event is due for release in May to tie in with the 30th anniversary of the album's original release in 1978. The re-issue of 1984 is then planned to follow in June. Exact dates for these two releases have not yet been announced - when they are we will of course announce them here.
New Library Project (News date: 10-2-08)
Ant is currently working on a further Library music project for Atmosphere Music. As with the majority of his Library music, this won't be available commercially.
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 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.
As of 23rd November 2008:
A new feature detailing some of the different guitar tunings that Ant has used has now been added to the Features section.
Older news stories from 2007 have now been relocated to a new page in the News Archive.
The music and books sections of the Buyers Guide have both been updated.
News update in the Associates section on the recent launch of Asher Quinn's new website.
As of 18th November 2008:
A new entry has been added to the Guestbook (thanks Alan)
News updates on the recently released box set Genesis: 1970 - 1975 and the recent feature on Ant in Guitar Player magazine.
As of 13th October 2008:
New photos of Ant have been added to the Photo Gallery
Brief news update on the interview with Ant included in the November issue of Guitar Player magazine.
As of 28th September 2008:
News updates on the recently published Italian biography of Ant (The Exile) and the forthcoming Genesis box set.
A revamped and updated page for Joji Hirota has been added to the Associates section.
Some minor updates on other pages.
As of 17th August 2008:
News update on the recent review of The Geese & The Ghost re-issue in Guitar Player magazine.
Update to the Buyers Guide
As of 7th July 2008:
News update on a couple of recent interviews with Ant.
A new entry has been added to the Guestbook (thanks Oscar)
The Associates section has been updated
As of 17th June 2008:
Details of updates to the site from 2007 have now been re-located to a new updates history page
A review of the recent re-issue of The Geese & The Ghost which was published in the April 2008 edition of the Italian music magazine Jam has been added to the Features section.
A new entry has been added to the Guestbook (thanks Luciano)
As of 8th June 2008:
Updates to the Buyers Guide and Discography.
As of 26th May 2008:
Updates to the Buyers Guide and Discography.
As of 7th May 2008:
News update on signed copies of 1984 that are pre-ordered from Camino Records.
As of 27th April 2008:
News update on signed copies of Wise After the Event that are pre-ordered from Camino Records.
The Buyers Guide has been updated.
A new entry has been added to the Guestbook (thanks Christophe)
As of 21st April 2008:
New entries have been added to the Guestbook (thanks Rob & John)
The Buyers Guide has been updated.
Small update to the Discography Guide.
As of 15th April 2008
News update on the release date of the 2 CD re-issue of 1984.
As of 14th April 2008:
The catalogue numbers for the Voiceprint releases of Wildlife and The Geese & The Ghost have been added to the relevant pages in the discography.
The Buyers Guide has been updated.
As of 18th March 2008:
News update on signed copies of Wildlife and the reissue of The Geese & The Ghost that are pre-ordered from Camino Records.
As of 16th March 2008:
News update on the release date for the 2 CD re-issue of Wise After The Event.
A new entry has been added to the Guestbook (thanks Boe).
The Buyers Guide has been updated.
As of 17th February 2008:
News update on the release dates for Wildlife and the 2 CD re-issue of The Geese & The Ghost.
Small updates to the Wildlife promo page and the Buyer's Guide with the release date information.
A new entry has been added to the Guestbook (thanks Sullhach)
As of 10th February 2008:
The discography page for Wildlife has now had the individual track times added.
The summary page about the Japanese re-issues has also been updated.
The new cover design for the Japanese re-issue of Sail The World has been added to the album's page in the discography.
A recent discovery has been the original UK release date for Mike Rutherford's album Smallcreep's Day - this has now been added to the album's page in the discography and the Discography Guide
As of 1st January 2008:
Major updates to the Discography:
A page for Ant and Joji Hirota's new album Wildlife has now been added to the Collaborations section.
The pages for The Geese & The Ghost, Wise After The Event and 1984 have had the details of the extra tracks for the re-issue versions added. The details for the Japanese re-issues of Ant's back catalogue have also been added to the pages for the relevant albums. The new cover designs for the re-issues of the three Missing Links albums and Archive Collection Volume One have also been added to the relevant discography pages.
The catalogue number for the Italian LP release of Tarka has been added to the relevant page (thanks to Mario for supplying this). Also added to the Tarka page are the details of the French CD release of the album and the Australian 7" single release.
The page for the Various Artists album The Music of Nature has been re-located to the Lone Tracks section.
Some other small amendments have also been made to some of the discography pages.
The main section of the Buyers Guide has been updated.
Details of older updates, additions and adjustments can now be found on our Site History pages for 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001 respectively.
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