Happy 2026!

Photo by Mark Latham

Issued forty years ago this month, Ant's very first release with Cherry Red was the original Harvest of the Heart compilation, which featured a selection of tracks from the first four albums in the Private Parts & Pieces series.

Released on this day in October 2019, Strings of Light appeared in the Official Progressive Albums Chart for that month where it appeared alongside releases by a couple of other familiar names.

Released on this day in 2016, Private Parts & Pieces V - VIII brought together the second four albums in the series (Twelve, Ivory Moon, Slow Waves Soft Stars and New England) along with Private Parts & Extra Pieces II, an additional CD of previously unreleased material.

On this day in 2019, Ant recorded live performances of three tracks from Strings of Light, including this version of Jour de Fête - www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuDO...

August 1992 saw the release of the eighth album in the Private Parts & Pieces series New England, which featured guest appearances by Martin Robertson and Joji Hirota and artwork depicting the Battle of Bunker Hill by Peter Cross.

Fifty five years ago today in 1970 Ant began recording home demos of some of the new material he had written. Which Way the Wind Blows, God If I Saw Her Now and most of Henry: Portraits From Tudor Times amongst others were composed during this period.

Ant in the summer of 2014.
Photo by Mark Latham

Out now on Esoteric Recordings, a new remastered & expanded release of Anthony’s session recorded for Radio Clyde in 1978. Includes two previously unreleased bonus tracks, alongside a booklet with a new essay. cherryred.co/APRadioClyde

We’re celebrating the anniversary of Invisible Men, Anthony’s album released in the UK this month in 1984. Invisible Men was a song based album which saw Anthony collaborate with Richard Scott. Revisit the album here: cherryred.co/InvisibleMen

Coming in June on Esoteric Recordings, a new re-mastered & expanded release of Anthony’s session recorded for Radio Clyde in 1978.

Includes two previously unreleased bonus tracks, alongside a booklet with a new essay. Pre-order: cherryred.co/APRadioClyde

Happy Anniversary to Sides! Anthony's classic 1979 album was produced by Rupert Hine, and saw Anthony supported once more by an able cast of musicians
Relive the album here: cherryred.co/APSides

Announced for April, a new remastered & expanded 2CD edition of Sail The World.
The set includes an additional CD featuring 15 previously unreleased bonus tracks, plus illustrated booklet with a new essay.
Pre-order here: cherryred.co/APSailTheWorld

Released 40 years ago today, Twelve was the fifth album in the Private Parts & Pieces series which consisted of twelve pieces for 12-string guitar played in an unusual tuning reflecting the different months of the year. The album also featured artwork by Peter Cross.