Anthony Edwin Phillips (born 23 December 1951) is an English musician, songwriter, and composer best known as a co‑founder of the progressive rock band Genesis. He served as the group’s original lead guitarist from 1967 until his departure in 1970, performing on their early studio albums From Genesis to Revelation (1969) and Trespass (1970). His 12‑string acoustic guitar work played a key role in shaping the band’s early pastoral sound. Phillips left Genesis just before their commercial breakthrough due to increasing stage fright and health issues, a departure often compared by critics to other early exits from major bands. After leaving Genesis, Phillips stepped away from the music industry to study classical orchestration and music theory. He returned as a solo artist with his debut album The Geese & the Ghost (1977), launching a prolific multi‑instrumental career. His catalogue spans mainstream pop projects, ambient and experimental works, and the extensive Private Parts & Pieces series. Alongside his solo output, Phillips has been an active composer of library music for television and film, beginning with early productions in 1976 and expanding significantly after signing with the Atmosphere production music label in 1981. Phillips was born on 23 December 1951 in Chiswick, then part of Middlesex, and grew up in the nearby areas of Putney and Roehampton. He attended St Edmund’s preparatory school in Hindhead, Surrey, where he formed an early musical group and once performed “My Old Man’s a Dustman” in the school hut as the singer—forgetting the lyrics and being removed from the performance.
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Time and Tide
SongoKu
musical box demo (1969)
Sunrise and Sea Monsters/Iona/Spirals/In the Maze
Still Rain [Live Session]
She’ll Be Waiting
Pulling Faces
Lucy Will
God If I Saw Her Now
We’re All As We Lie
Days of Grace
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