Right here at MBOP megastore we’ve got a brilliant download for all you Phil Collins fans, no it’s not a drumming gorilla to sit on your desktop, it’s actually 15 live recordings of the legend singing his all time hits, such as “Something In The Air” and “Another Day In Paradise” all collected in “Serious Hits Live” (1990)
Phil began his musical venture at the tender age of 5 whilst growing up in Chiswick, London; he was given a toy drum kit for Christmas. Initially just hitting objects, but soon this spurred the young Collins to develop his techniques and eventually advance to a full drum kit, and the legendary drummer.
Today Collins is recognised as an internationally acclaimed artists, drummer, singer, actor, songwriter, band member and soloist; he’s done it all. Since 1981 Collins has released 13 solo albums and 40 solo singles.
Prior to Collins’s solo escapades; Phil was drummer in ‘Genesis’, an English rock band formed in 1967. With 150 million albums sold worldwide ‘Genesis’ are among the top 50 highest selling artists in the industry, as well as
Collins got involved with ‘Genesis’ in 1970, when he responded to a classified advert for “…a drummer sensitive to acoustic music, and acoustic twelve string guitarist”. Collins went to Peter Gabriel’s (Lead vocalist & Flautist) home for the audition, memorised the tracks from the album “Trespass” (1970), whilst swimming in a pool, performed the pieces and won the audition.
‘Genesis’ started by playing moody keyboard melodies in the 60’s, that latter develop into progressive rock. What really propelled Genesis to fame were their live performances, elaborate theatrical spectacles, innovative stage design, pyrotechnics, flamboyant costumes and narratives, the audiences were captivated.
In 1975 Collins replaced founder and lead singer Anthony Phillips due to stage fright. Although the drums were still played by Collins for complex instrumental passages, Bill Bruford and Chester Thompson were handed the reigns.
In 1987 Collins performed his debut solo event at the Amnesty International benefit show ‘The Secret policeman’s Other Ball’ at the Theatre Royal, London. Here he performed “In the Air Tonight” and “The Roof Is Leaking”
Collins’s personal life, especially the corrosion of his marriage with Andrea Bertorelli, was key to Collins’s sound-scape, and unquestionably had a huge influence on his work. “In The Air Tonight” and “I Don’t Care Anymore” have a dark presence to them, the pounding heavy drums and moody atmospherics creates electrifying tension.
Collins has also recorded with artists as iconoclastic as Brian Eno, Robert Fripp and John Cale, it seems genre hopping is no problem to him. As well as this, in 1996 Collins created a 20 piece live jazz band and touring Europe, playing at the Royal Albert Hall and even at the Montreaux Jazz Festival, with conductor Quincy Jones and guest vocalist Tony Bennett.
Download “Serious Hits…Live!” from MBOP megastore today, all tracks are recorded from live events, which makes this album acoustically stunning!
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