![]() ![]() ![]() ‘I Won’t Let You Down’ is infectious, then the melodic ‘Little Suzi’ was covered by Tesla on their Mechanical Resonance debut album… ![]() It’s pure early ’80s, however the arrangements – and Phillips skilled drumming, makes you think into progressive.Īnyway, there’s very good songs. Originally released 1981 by Atlantic Records, this debut release features the talents of Scottish crooner Jim Diamond, while Hymas does everything with his synths. ![]() And it’s even more weird to see – and hear – top session skinsman Simon Phillips (TOTO) playing on most tracks (late Jethro Tull part-timer Mark Craney on the others).Īs requested, here’s this cult self-titled album “Ph.D.” in its first remastered release (it did on CD once in Japan). with singer Jim Diamond and drummer Simon Phillips, getting a classic UK one-hit wonder ‘I Won’t Let You Down’ (#2 in 1982!), then played on/wrote arguably the best track from Beck’s 1985 album Flash.Īnd we said ‘weird’ because Hymas has a strong Rock, even Progressive background but “Ph.D.” is pure 80s synth-pop, call it new-wave lite AOR is you wish. He began the decade helping to make ‘There And Back’ one of Jeff Beck’s best albums, then popped up in a supergroup called Ph.D. Keyboard player Tony Hymas had one of the weirder music careers of the 1980s. ![]()
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