This beautiful piece, A Fleeting Glance, is one of Phil’s earliest compositions, written in the 1970’s and sometimes referred to as An Audience of One. it was first performed in 1979 by National Health and is featured on the album Before A Word Is Said, released in 1982, featuring Phil, Alan Gowen, Richard Sinclair and Trevor Tomkins. The actual location for the recording was Alan’s flat in South London, the scene of many rehearsals for the various line-ups of Gilgamesh and National Health down the years. For this project the band played in the back bedroom, while the engineer, Pete Ball, set up his equipment in Alan’s music room, conquering the domestic acoustics. The album was recorded when Alan was extremely ill with leukaemia and the effects of chemotherapy and is a testament to his stoicism and love of music.
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1980 National Health: Phil Miller guitar, Alan Gowen keyboards, John Greaves bass, Pip Pyle drums. Video created by Aymeric Leroy, using a montage of photos, taken by Tim Gravestock, from a gig at Bedford College 5th March 1970. The recording used is from Vänersborg, Sweden, 2nd March 1980.
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1980 National Health: Phil Miller guitar, Alan Gowen keyboards, John Greaves bass, Pip Pyle drums.
Stadsteatern, Vanersborg, Sweden. 2 March 1980
1979 National Health: Phil Miller guitar, Alan Gowen keyboards, John Greaves bass, Pip Pyle drums.
Garage Demos, Lawrence, Kansas, USA. November 1979.
1981 Phil Miller guitar, Richard Sinclair bass, Alan Gowen keyboards, Trevor Tomkins drums.
Alan Gowan’s back bedroom, London. Engineer Peter Ball. April 1981