29 March 2024

Peter Banks’s Harmony In Diversity – The Complete Recordings

Label: Cherry Red Recordings
Releasedate: 2018

Peter Banks was one of the original members of YES. He passed away in 2013 but his music is still out there. Cherry Red records released his “Harmony In Diversity” for the fans and the new generations out there to enjoy.

Six discs are part of this package, a whole lot of music for the listener. Some of it saw light in 2006 but now with new artwork an extensive booklet and a remaster it becomes a new collectors item. The tunes that Petet Banks gives you are not any surprise to the YES fans. Some groovy parts come more to the surface but that guitar is leasing. Cheerful and full of details Peter entertains you.

Most remarkable are the playful way the tempo changes. Subtile and you may not always realize it. All the songs are vibrant and fit together. I was expecting to be wanting something else after a couple of the releases but regardless the fact that the playtime of these complete recordings hits 5 hours, I listened them all in one row and never felt the need to stop it and give something else a spin. The variation within the releases is there and keeps you interested.

YES as band is perhaps a bit more known that this guy’s solo work, but for people who appreciate YES this release is a must. We don’t have to explain the skills you can expect from Peter Banks, the album is remastered so a slight more modern touch is given to it, but always sticking with the true vibe of the music makes it one you want to have.

Line up:

  • Peter Banks

Tracklist

Struggles Discontinued
1-1 The Number Of The Beast
1-2 Swing It
1-3 On The Sixth Attempt They Trod On It
1-4 Invisible Flaw
1-5 Last Run For The Empire
1-6 Harmogeny A
1-7 Dregs Addiction
1-8 Harmogeny B
1-9 Everything Ends In Nothing
What Is This?
2-1 Lots And Lots Of Disjoint Dots
2-2 Plent To Hear In Orbit
2-3 Each To Their Own Devices
2-4 Procyon B
Trying
3-1 No Harm
3-2 After You
3-3 Mind The Doors
3-4 Swayed By Nothing
3-5 The Klincher
3-6 Sods At Odds
Try Again
4-1 Prelusion
4-2 Some Things Are Best Left Upside Down
4-3 Everything Is Green
4-4 Cracking
4-5 Almighty Dog
4-6 Try Again
4-7 Over
Hitting The Fans (Live)
5-1 Tropical Moon
5-2 Out Of The Garage
5-3 Forecasting An Indian Summer
5-4 Procyon A
5-5 Industrial Powder Washing
5-6 The Consequence Of Going Nuts
5-7 Dystopian Workshop
5-8 Gallopsiding
5-9 Not Over Yet
Spontaneous Creation
6-1 Budanopest
6-2 One Night In Budapest
6-3 Wizz Bang Crash
6-4 Sitting On The Buffalo
6-5 Bruno
6-6 Floating World
6-7 Now Now
6-8 Do It Now
6-9 Where’s Jamie?
6-10 Boing
6-11 Lokin Forward


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