Japanese mini-LP 2008 remastered edition.

Track Listing

1. Small Beginnings
2. Morning Haze
3. Children of the Universe
4. Dreams of Heaven
5. Time It Takes

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23158 in Music
• Released on: 2008-05-27
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .12 pounds

Album Description
Limited edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve.

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Customer Reviews

Flash--Talk of a reunion?
This was a great band of truly unique musicians, Pete Banks, formerly of YES on guitar, Ray Bennett on bass, Mike Hough on drums and Colin Carter on lead vocals. Tony Kaye of YES was never actually a member of the band. He played for hire only on this, the first of three albums and though there was talk of him joining, he never did.

This debut was their strongest album, but that wild, adventurous spirit and virtuosity was consistent in all their work and certainly in concert. They sold well enough for a young band and might have gone on to super status with the ability to get along and better management. They impetuously called it quits. Banks and Bennett are still recording as solo artists.

Is it true there's talk of a reunion with all the original members? [....]

Cheers, A Fan

It was only Small Beginnings
Having been sacked from Yes, ex-members Peter Banks and Tony Kaye got together and formed Flash. Banks, being the more inspirational of the two, made a heavy impact on the band. His guitar playing was symphonical, jazzy and rocking at the same time. Their debut had no explicit lyrics (as far as I can tell), but an explicit cover, and from what I hear, the original album (in good shape) is worth a lot of money. But don't get too excited on that. It's the music that counts. And, on this debut, there's enough to keep your mind from other things. After this album, they released two more ('In The Can' and 'Out Of Our Hands') before they vanished into thin air. This debut still stands out, from 'Small Beginnings' to a fine end.

Show us your chops! (So to speak)
Outstanding 1972 debut album from the first branch to break off the Yes family tree. Many Flash fans seem to feel that this was a "Nyeah nyeah nyeah nyeah nyeah!" from ex-Yesmen Peter Banks (guitar) and Tony Kaye (keyboards) to thier former bandmates, and they may be right, as the fine-tuned perfectionism displayed here would appear to demonstrate. Politics aside, there is plenty to enjoy here for fans of melodic prog-rock. The energetic spark of the album's opener "Small Beginnings", with its anthemic keyboards, arpeggio guitars and close harmonies will undoubtedly conjure up Yes at first, but upon closer listen it probably has more in common with Steely Dan's "Reelin' In The Years" than anything on "The Yes Album".... Other standouts are "Children Of The Universe" and "Dreams of Heaven", a couple more epic prog workouts that manage to never stray too far from the melody (a rarity in the genre!). An obscure but worthwhile gem to unearth.