Sunday, June 29, 2025

Which way the wind blows (Anthony Phillips) (LP 3479)

Anthony Phillips The Geese and the Ghost (Vinyl, Passport Records, 1977) *** 

Genre: Prog rock

Places I remember: Slow Boat Records

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Sheepfall: The Geese Fly West

Gear costume: God If I Saw Her Now

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5

Active compensatory factors: Anthony Phillips was once the lead guitarist in Genesis, albeit briefly. He left the band in 1970, after their Trespass album, to pursue a solo career.

After taking some time to improve his musicianship, The Geese & The Ghost was his first solo album in 1977. It's pretty close to the sound Genesis were all about on Trespass and both Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins appear on the album.

It's a very arty album, and it sounds luvverly, but there's not a lot of substance to the material. Still, it floats on by effortlessly.

Where do they all belong? I'm not tempted to buy more of his catalogue.

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