Philip Sawyer (born 8 March 1947,Strong, Martin C. (2002) ''The Great Rock Discography'', Canongate, , p. 265 London) is an English musician who was a member of the

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in the 1960s and later recorded under the alias Beautiful World.

Biography

Sawyer began his musical career as lead guitarist and vocalist in various bands (

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, The Cheynes, with a 15-year-old

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on drums, and

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which also included Fleetwood along with a pre-fame

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). At the age of 18, he was one of the two replacements for Steve and

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in the

, the other being another 18-year-old prodigy,

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. and featured on their album

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which featured two minor hits in ''Time Seller'' and ''Mr Second Class'' and ''Don't Want You No More'' later

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by the

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Sawyer left the group after a year and was replaced by

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. After working as a songwriter and record producer for various artists (Florie Palmer,

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) he began writing music for television and radio commercials, corporate films, documentaries and feature films. Following the success of two songs Sawyer wrote for Timotei commercials in 1992, in 1993 he worked under the artistic name 'Beautiful World':Widran, Jonathan
''...In Existence'' Review
,

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, retrieved 2011-07-16 the albums ''

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'' and ''

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'' have been sold internationally. The Beautiful World albums were regarded as

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, and featured vocalists such as Cori Josias, Ella Harper, Russian Roulette (aka Rush Winters), Sawyer's former Shotgun Express colleague

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and

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amongst others.

Beautiful World Discography

Albums

* ''

'' (1994) * ''

'' (1996) * ''In Existence'' e-Release Remastered(2005)

Singles

* " Wonderful World" used in the Timotei Honey Shampoo advertisement. Vocals: Cori Josias & Ella Harper * "

" (1994), WEA – used in the Timotei Almond Milk advertisement * " In the Beginning" (1993), Warner Music * "I Know" (1994) * "Love Is Everything" / "Africa" (1996), WEA * "Children of the Future" (1996)

Videos

* ''In Existence'' (1994) * ''Children of the Future'' (1996)

References

External links

* https://archive.today/20130419142605/http://www.air-edel.co.uk/representation/composers/27/phil-sawyer/
Official Site
*
BBC

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