| THE ANON | GARDEN WALL |
| Anthony Phillips arrived at the Charterhouse in April 1965 and formed The Anon with Rivers (with whon he'd been in a group called The Spiders at prep school). Their act was based on Beatles and Stones favourites, though their only demo was a Phillips's original Pennsylvania Flickhouse. After the notorious July 1966 school concert, Rivers and Richard left the school, and The Anon became a too. | The Garden Wall was a sporadic affair whose climax was the school concert at the end of summer term 1966. (For this they were augmented by Rivers Job on bass and Ant Phillips on guitar). Fleter showred the audience with rose petals he'd collected from neighbourhood gardens, and sported a kaftan and breads. |
| GENESIS #1 | |
| This original Genesis line-up cut their first 2 singles: The Silent Sun/That's Me (released 22-2-1968) and A Winter's Tale/One-eyed Hound (10-5-1968), Johnathan King "I named them Genesis because I thought it was a good name, it suggested the beginning of a new sound and a new feeling". Having secured a contract with Decca, success couldn't ehide them for long! | |
| GENESIS #2 | |
| Despite the failure of the two singles, King decided to produce an album, and booked Regent Sound four 10 days during the summer holiday of 1968. Though his intentions were genuine, the album, From Genesis To Revelation (Decca, March 1969), was a disappointment - especially to the band, who felt that so much of the power and beauty had been lost in the production & mix. | |
| GENESIS #3 | |
| Recruiting John Mayhew from a Melody Maker small ad, Genesis de-camped to a conveniently uninhabited cottage near Dorking and worked up an act. Eventually Tony Stratton Smith signed them to his Charisma label, and they recorded Trespass (Charisma CAS 1020 - Oct. 1970), Ant and John Mayhew both left the band after the album had been completed in July 1970. | |
| GENESIS #4 | |
| By early 1971, the re-shaped Genesis were gathering momentum, audiences and critics were picking up on them and each album they released out-stripped the last: Nursery Cryme (CAS 1052 - Nov. 1971), Foxtrot (CAS 1058 - Oct. 1972), Genesis Live (CLASS 1 - July 1973), Selling England By The Pound (CAS 1074 - Oct. 1973), The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (CGS 101 - Nov. 1974). | |