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sherrynoland ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 02 2010 Location: Las Vegas Status: Offline Points: 377 |
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JLocke ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: November 18 2007 Status: Offline Points: 4900 |
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^ lol, you've ALMOST got the spelling right.
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sherrynoland ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 02 2010 Location: Las Vegas Status: Offline Points: 377 |
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Sorry, Mikah!
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JLocke ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: November 18 2007 Status: Offline Points: 4900 |
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Never said I knew about it. I just assumed it had already been announced given the date that was on the press release. And my name isn't Joel. Well, not my first name, anyway.
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sherrynoland ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 02 2010 Location: Las Vegas Status: Offline Points: 377 |
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Want to hear something funny, Joel. If you knew about the Flash reissue last November, you knew about it before the band members. Peter Banks made a deal without telling anyone. Ray and Colin found out about it a short time ago, and I just found the announcement online today. |
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sherrynoland ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 02 2010 Location: Las Vegas Status: Offline Points: 377 |
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So was the band! Well, I don't know if "turned off" is quite how they felt. But as a marketing tool....brilliant! (I was kidding. The band had nothing to do with the designs, though I think they approved them. But they weren't bothered at all. They were a little worried, however, when it came time for the third album....) Edited by sherrynoland - March 04 2010 at 06:19 |
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sherrynoland ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 02 2010 Location: Las Vegas Status: Offline Points: 377 |
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Sorry, I just discovered, both the Esoteric reissue announcement, and the headfullofsnow.com review. True, they're about the same reissue, but seemed like two different things to me and I couldn't think of a headline if I posted them together! ![]() |
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JLocke ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: November 18 2007 Status: Offline Points: 4900 |
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^ Well, I think Bank's solo work is considerably better, but that's just me.
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Harry Hood ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: August 15 2005 Status: Offline Points: 1305 |
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I don't know, I was always turned off by their album covers.
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JLocke ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: November 18 2007 Status: Offline Points: 4900 |
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^ Fair enough, but making two threads about it wasn't necessary.
My 'not news' comment was mainly addressing the fact that this was originally announced back in November '09. I wasn't trying to come off as a smart-ass, if I did.
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sherrynoland ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 02 2010 Location: Las Vegas Status: Offline Points: 377 |
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I thought this thread was for "Press"?
This is a press review I just found of a new reissue on Esoteric Records. |
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JLocke ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: November 18 2007 Status: Offline Points: 4900 |
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You've posted basically the same information twice. Two threads.
Plus, since this isn't really 'news', I would say it's a better fit in the Bands discussion section.
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Yeah, that was cute! Thanks, Sherry!
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sherrynoland ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 02 2010 Location: Las Vegas Status: Offline Points: 377 |
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I find this review very amusing....especially the part about "canoes strapped to their feet"!
But "hugely enjoyable"... ![]() |
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sherrynoland ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 02 2010 Location: Las Vegas Status: Offline Points: 377 |
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Flash – debut album
February 24th, 2010
In an alternate universe, Chris Squire and Jon Anderson never met, and Yes never formed following the collapse of psychedelic band, Mabel Greer’s Toyshop. Filling the space-prog vacuum left in their non-existent wake was Flash, who went on to rule the world during the seventies before turning a bit sh*t in the eighties. Of course, that’s an alternate universe and the one you’re reading this in already had Yes ready and willing to do all of the above. At the same time, we also had Flash. Flash was formed when Peter Banks, the original Yes guitarist, left the band under a cloud following their second album, Time and a Word. He teamed up with three likeminded spirits and even hauled in Yes’s pre-Wakeman keyboard-noodler, Tony Kaye, to guest on their 1972 self-titled debut, Flash. The result is Yes, in all but name. Sporting a cover that would nowadays elicit a raised eyebrow and a disapproving tut, Flash sounds like Yes’s little brother, kicking at the bedroom door, desperate to get in on the act. A little unfair, perhaps, as Peter Banks was a founding member, but it’s impossible to listen to this album without thinking of those, ultimately more successful, prog standard-bearers. As I said, this is the band Yes would’ve been had Yes not existed. Right from the off, with the energetic ‘Small Beginnings’, the comparisons are cordially invited to evening drinks followed by a medium-sized finger buffet, right down to the slightly high-pitched vocals from Colin Carter, a la Jon Anderson. ‘Children of the Universe’, in particular, could easily have appeared on anything Squire and co. put out from The Yes Album to Relayer (with the possible exception of Topographic Oceans), such is its near note for note rendering of what a Yes song should sound like, yet despite all this sonic facsimile, Flash remains a worthy listen. Completely disassociate Flash from the Yes allusions and connections, and you have an album containing five solid space-prog tracks that all take themselves far too seriously, riding the rivers of pomposity with skis the size of canoes strapped to their feet, yet at the same time are hugely enjoyable. It’s pointless to even attempt to single out any one song above the rest, as they all follow the same ostentatious blueprint favoured by the prog bands of this type. Instead, Flash should be listened to in one sitting, enjoyed, and then quickly forgotten about until the next time it finds pride of place in the CD player. Although it’s lazy to once again mention the Y-word, truth of the matter is, if you like Yes, then you’ll love this too. The 2009 Esoteric reissue of Flash contains the rare single version of ‘Small Beginnings’ as a bonus track and is available to buy from Amazon.co.uk Read more: http://headfullofsnow.com/flash-selftitled-debut-album/#ixzz0i66Gk4oq Edited by sherrynoland - April 11 2010 at 15:19 |
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