RECORD MIRROR – October 6 and October 20, 1973

Peter Banks and Flash: two album reviews

From the Record Mirror review section “Discorama”, under “Albums – UK”

Peter Banks

Record & Radio Mirror, October 6, 1973, page 21

PETER BANKS
(Sovereign SVNA 7256). Flashman’s come up with something delicately special here. Side one is full of resonant, harmonic sound with Banks and Jan Akkerman criss crossing each other’s guitar lines to perfection. Unfortunately, the image is shattered when you flip the album to discover side two is made up largely of two long instrumental jams that get nowhere several times. Still, that first side remains a classic.

No reviewer’s name, rating or album title is printed. The record is Peter Banks’s solo album Two Sides of Peter Banks, Sovereign SVNA 7256.

Flash

Record & Radio Mirror, October 20, 1973, page 27

FLASH
Out Of Our Hands (Sovereign SVNA 7260). After Pete Banks’ solo album, comes the new one from his band Flash formed when he left Yes. More subtle maybe than Yes, but Flash are running parallel and it shows. Impossible to fault except for it’s [sic] total lack of originality. Buy Banks’ solo instead. Much better value.
R. G.

Record Mirror (published as Record & Radio Mirror), 6 and 20 October 1973. Transcribed as printed; original spellings are retained and marked [sic]. The page scans are from the Record Mirror archive on World Radio History.