This home brew CD is precisely what it's title implies: an Anthology, or collection of
songs, representing a large portion of my studio output over the last 25+ years.

Many of these recordings, at the time they were put on tape, were intended to be final master products. Some were only meant to be demos used to promote myself to record companies while living and performing in Los Angeles. In any case, it is the song that really matters; technical specs and/or the complexities of arranging are secondary to substance. In fact, the longer I play and record music, the more I subscribe to the "less is more" philosophy.

Most of these selections were penned by myself, although I've included a few covers which have always been favorites of mine, plus two songs written and produced by Skip Adams and recorded as publishing demos. (LONG ROAD and JUST ONE KISS).

Also noteworthy, is the fact that a large majority of these recordings were done entirely by myself, either in my home studio, or in commercial studios before the home studio became an affordable option. Besides singing and playing guitar, I played bass, programmed drum parts, and eked out keyboard and synth arrangements except where noted. 

Might I also mention just how eclectic this collection is. To find a standard such as
EMBRACEABLE YOU on the same CD as a rocker such as SPACE LOVER, is perhaps extreme and certainly unorthodox. But I didn't make this CD for record company executives; I made it for the people who enjoy good music, regardless of the style, genre, or era it represents.  And it is just that philosophy that perhaps contradicts all of those A&R directors who "didn't hear a hit" when much of this music was submitted to them in an attempt to land a record deal.

For with the advent of the home studio, personal computer, and the Internet, artists can now, for the first time in history, bypass the record companies and get their music directly to the people. Major labels and program directors of radio stations have decided much too long what and who gets heard and not heard. And ironically enough they are NOT the artists, but only the go-betweens and middlemen.

An anthology is generally released after a long and successful carreer. I submit this
collection to you as a beginning, in spite of the song's (or composer's) age. Though far
from perfect, it is nonetheless my gift to you, the listener. May it's melodies and words inspire you, for that is the spirit in which it was conceived.

Craig Marsden January 2002