ANTHONY PHILLIPS
Radio Clyde 1978 ESOTERIC
Former Genesis guitarist’s Scottish on-air session repackaged with extras.
After parting company with Genesis shortly after the release of Trespass in 1970, Anthony Phillips went quiet for a fair few years. Although he overcame the illness and stage fright that led to his departure, he took a while to establish himself as a solo act, but by the time he recorded this album-long session for Radio Clyde in 1978, he was balancing increasingly experimental urges with pressure from his label Arista to pen something short and radio-friendly as punk relegated his sort to persona non grata. This 10-track recording, now beefed up from its 2003 incarnation with two extra tracks from a separate session, leans unashamedly into creative freedom territory, which makes it all the more appealing to fans of his guitar playing and early solo songcraft.