Archive Collection Volume II

2004 compilation album by Anthony Phillips
Archive Collection Volume II
Compilation album by
Anthony Phillips
Released10 May 2004
Recorded1971–1988
GenreAcoustic
LabelBlueprint Records (UK)
ProducerAnthony Phillips
Anthony Phillips chronology
Radio Clyde
(2003)
Archive Collection Volume II
(2004)
Field Day
(2005)

Archive Collection Volume II is the second vault release from Anthony Phillips, following Archive Collection Volume I in 1998. Compiled by Anthony Phillips and Jonathan Dann, it is a 2 CD selection of previously unreleased pieces and variations recorded from 1971 to 1988.

It was released on 10 May 2004 on Blueprint Records (UK) and was re-issued in Japan on Arcangelo Records as a limited edition mini-vinyl sleeve in December 2007.

According to the liner notes, "Tregenna Afternoons" is a piece Ant invented to teach original Genesis drummer Chris Stewart how to play guitar.

The track "Fantomas opening theme" on CD2 features John Silver on drums. He was the second drummer for Genesis and the inspiration for the song "Silver Song".

Track listing

Disc 1

  1. "Guitar Song" (demo, 1973) (1:58)
  2. "The Anthem from Tarka" (demo, 1988) (3:47)
  3. "Deep in the Night" (demo, 1977) (5:48)
  4. "Bleak House" (instrumental mix, 1978) (6:13)
  5. "Our Man in Japan" (library piece, 1979) (1:19)
  6. "Child Song" (demo, 1973) (3:41)
  7. "Old Wives Tale" (solo version, 1976) (4:45)
  8. "Scottish Suite II" (1973/76): (i) "Leaping Salmon" (3:03)
  9. "Scottish Suite II" (1973/76): (ii) "The Witching Hour" (1:20)
  10. "Scottish Suite II" (1973/76): (iii) "Two Truths" (1:19)
  11. "Scottish Suite II" (1973/76): (iv) "The Letter" (1:11)
  12. "Scottish Suite II" (1973/76): (v) "Walpurgis Night" (1:03)
  13. "Scottish Suite II" (1973/76): (vi) "Sweet Reaper" (1:01)
  14. "Scottish Suite II" (1973/76): (vii) "Why Sinks This Cauldron?" (0:44)
  15. "Scottish Suite II" (1973/76): (viii) "Her Last Sleepwalk" (0:46)
  16. "Sally" (instrumental mix, 1982) (4:19)
  17. "Windmill" (demo, 1971) (1:26)
  18. "Tregenna Afternoons" (demo, 1973) (7:41)
  19. "Lofty Vaults" (library piece, 1979) (1:21)
  20. "Variation on a Theme of Fantomas" (demo, 1973) (5:04)
  21. "Picardy Pictures" (demo, 1972) (4:30)
  22. "Polar Lights" (library piece, 1979) (1:34)
  23. "The Ridolfi Plot" (demo, 1978) (6:15)
  24. "Falling For Love" (instrumental mix, 1982) (3:35)

Disc 2

  1. "Highland Fling" (library piece, 1979) (1:34)
  2. "Prelude #1" (1981) (1:37)
  3. "Siesta" (1981) (1:54)
  4. "Bubble & Squeak" (1981) (1:11)
  5. "Guru" (instrumental mix, 1982) (4:43)
  6. "Shady Arbours" (1974) (1:46)
  7. "West Side Alice" (1983) (2:59)
  8. "Vic's Tango" (demo, 1983) (4:16)
  9. "Seven Long Years" (instrumental mix, 1976) (3:02)
  10. "Romeo & Juliet" (library piece, 1976) (0:34)
  11. "I Saw You Today" (1978) (4:43)
  12. "The Anthem From Tarka" (alternate mix of demo, 1988) (1:01)
  13. "Quadrille" (from Alice) (1983) (2:57)
  14. "Desert Suite" (1980): (i) "Sand Dance" (1:45)
  15. "Desert Suite" (1980): (ii) "Pipelines" (1:08)
  16. "Desert Suite" (1980): (iii) "End Theme" (1:40)
  17. "Fantomas opening theme" (film music, 1973) (2:31)
  18. "Sistine" (instrumental mix, 1982) (3:45)
  19. "Sisters of Remindum" (basic mix, 1977/78) (4:28)
  20. "Will the Last Man Off the Ice Rink (Please Turn Out the Lights)" (1973) (1:20)
  21. "Finale" (instrumental mix, 1982) (5:11)

Writing credits

All songs by Anthony Phillips except:

  • Track 2 on CD1 and Track 12 on CD2 by Anthony Phillips and Simon Heyworth
  • Tracks 3, 11 on CD1 and Track 6 on CD2 by Anthony Phillips and Mike Rutherford
  • Track 24 on CD1 and Track 13 on CD2 by Anthony Phillips and Richard Scott

Personnel

  • Anthony Phillips - Guitars, keyboards, piano, vocals, drumbox, koto
  • Mike Rutherford - 12-string guitar, bass
  • Andy McCulloch - Drums
  • John Silver - Drums
  • Richard Scott - Roland TR-808 drum machine
  • Joji Hirota - Percussion
  • John G. Perry - Bass
  • Michael Giles - Drums
  • Jeff Dunne - Drums
  • Martin Drover - Flugelhorn
  • v
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Anthony Phillips
Bands
  • Genesis
Solo albums
  • The Geese & the Ghost
  • Wise After the Event
  • Private Parts & Pieces
  • Sides
  • Private Parts and Pieces II: Back to the Pavilion
  • 1984
  • Private Parts and Pieces III: Antiques
  • Invisible Men
  • Private Parts and Pieces IV: A Catch at the Tables
  • Private Parts & Pieces V: Twelve
  • Private Parts and Pieces VI: Ivory Moon
  • Private Parts & Pieces VII: Slow Waves, Soft Stars
  • Tarka
  • Missing Links Volume 1: Finger Painting
  • Slow Dance
  • Private Parts & Pieces VIII: New England
  • Sail the World
  • Missing Links Volume 2: The Sky Road
  • Gypsy Suite
  • The Living Room Concert
  • The Meadows of Englewood
  • Private Parts & Pieces IX: Dragonfly Dreams
  • Missing Links Volume 3: Time and Tide
  • Archive Collection Volume I
  • Private Parts & Pieces X: Soirée
  • Radio Clyde
  • Archive Collection Volume II
  • Field Day
  • Wildlife
  • Missing Links Volume 4: Pathways & Promenades
  • Ahead of the Field
  • Seventh Heaven
  • Private Parts & Pieces XI: City of Dreams
  • Strings of Light