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Simply… Phil and John is a 3CD Box Set by the British duo Phil & John (Phil Baggaley and John Hartley), released on Kingsway Music in 1994.
One of the frustrating things about the Christian record companies is their poor-to-appalling presentation of back catalogue. Either they ignore Christian music classics languishing in their archives completely or they re-release them in such an unimaginative way that one is reminded of those £1.99 cheapo albums one finds in garages and charity shops. Take the ‘Simply’ series. There is a derisory sleevenote, nothing to put the music into any kind of historic perspective, no musician or production credits and nothing on the sleeve to explain to potential purchasers that this box set is a straight forward re-issue of three of Phil & John’s old Kingsway albums: ‘Breakfast At Ruby’s‘ (1994), ‘Carnival Of Clowns‘ (1992) and ‘Waiting For Summer‘ (1985). Musically, there’s some delightful stuff here, with ‘Carnival Of Clowns’ possibly being Phil Baggaley’s and John Hartley’s best album full of memorable songs and wistful Simon & Garfunkle-style harmonies while ‘Breakfast At Ruby’s’ recorded in the US, has some great stuff too (including a re-recording of «Genevieve», originally on ‘Carnival Of Clowns’). Then of course we can’t forget their ultra silly comedy classic «Gnome Song». So why not nine squares? Because with packaging as thoughtless and shoddy as this the last thing we want to do is encourage Kingsway to put out more re-issues this badly. [Tony Cummings, Cross Rhythms, October 2005]
3CD Box Set tracklist:
Disc One
01. Carolina
02. Nervous New York
03. Reunion Of The Heart
04. Genevieve
05. Maginot Waltz
06. She’s Always On My Mind
07. Homeward Bound
08. Sad And Lonely
09. Gabriel’s Sittin’ In
10. Old And The Wise
Disc Two
01. Redemption Song
02. Love’s A friend Of Mine
03. Genevieve
04. She’s Always On My Mind
05. Morning Light
06. Carnival Of Clowns
07. Lighthouse Of My Soul
08. Winters Close
09. Heaven’s Blue Smile
10. Teach Me How To Live Again
Disc Three
01. Still I’m Learning
02. You Made My Heart Sing Once Again
03. When Last Seen
04. Soul Searching
05. Feels Like Summer
06. Free
07. Hearts Are Often Broken
08. Talking Like Strangers
09. Sunday Girl
10. Carry Me Home
11. Gnome Song Information
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