PETER BANKS The White House Vale

[@ellamcintyre1]

I'd forgotten how good this was. What an era.:-)

[@tinbottom1]

Still have this vinyl in my collection and several Flash albums too....as an aspiring guitarist in the 70s I was (and still am) in awe of Pete's playing...particularly the hammer-volume control technique..bit of a precursor to Durutti Column..

[@davecollins1048]

A great guitarist, great album, great song. Did I say great? Timeless music.

[@kuhnhan]

You didn't say it, but wrote it three times in the previous sentence.

[@craigandnatalia]

I have been looking for this album for years. Thanks so much for allowing me to hear it at last. Fantastic.

[@worldcitizengrendel]

Truly musician & amazing guitarrist (his "both sides"), Sir Peter Banks. God bless You.

[@eddiemolmol]

GREAT GREEAT as expected, of course ¡¡¡¡ FIVE two sides of Peter BAnk

[@oscailandoras]

The jam on this album of Steve Hackett, Jan Ackerman,& Peter is killer ! I wished I still had my ablum also.

[@zeanon1965]

Pete I like what I hear, this reflecs some of your creative genius TIM H.

[@1qaz2wsx3edc5753]

great music!

[@crishortmann]

R.I.P, Mister Banks!!! :(

[@juanarmandoduarte]

awesome!!, this is the best thing that i have ever heard in years!!!! do you have more songs? i really apreciate if you upload a few more

[@Miler97487]

Around the 4:35 mark I noticed something familiar that I heard on another album. It seems that Steve Hillage borrowed that ascending guitar motif for his "Leylines to Glassdom" off his 1978 album Green. Given I've owned Green for much longer than Two Sides of Peter Banks, I was really surprised to hear that same ascending guitar motif on "The White House Vale" which leads me to think that Hillage had owned a copy of this album. I shouldn't be too surprised, both Banks and Hillage were guitarists.

[@uv77mc85]

Hmm, maybe. The hillage line is in there but it doesn't mean Hillage heard it here. It's only a few notes.

[@Miler97487]

I don't know, but another cut on the album "Knights" Änglagård did borrow the riff for "Ifrân Klarhet till Klarhet" off their debut Hybris in 1992.

[@SIRIO2222]

I bought these records many years ago and I easily found in Italy

[@ThePabloroller]

RIP Peter Banks (1947-2013)

[@okabae7927]

The background music around 2:18 can you hear similarities to Steven Wilson's Drive Home?

[@Jofph]

COOL!!!!...Had this record when I was 17yo way back in the early '70's...it was a great album...but sold it to get me some money for dope...never seen it again in record shops...Thanx for posting...Is it still available? Can I buy it somewhere?

[@Jofph]

@SIRIO2222 Well, am from Holland a small country below sealevel...and we are obviously not so advanced and well orientated in musical issues as people are in Italy...but what is the label or record company that released this LP...you wrote ´records´, in plural...Are there more than one of this album...I only had one LP.

[@MichaelPaumgardhen]

The personnel on this album connects FOCUS KING CRIMSON GENESIS FLASH YES FAMILY.

[@GiovanniMariaTommaso]

Nice recording.

[@lastdaysguitar]

@juanarmandoduarte I think it was a different Peter Banks - the Austin Powers double sure hope it's not the axeman!

[@marmas58ink]

The cover photos made me think of the 2 sides of Robert Fripp (the pic on the left side esp., looks a bit like Fripp circa 1977). Parts of this song seem written/improv-ed/extended in the studio.. gets kind of loose in places. But good all in all.

[@kuhnhan]

At about 2:58 it sounds like Roundabout.

[@sherrynoland]

@juanarmandoduarte Guitarist Peter Banks of "Yes" and "Flash" is not dead! Go to myspace/guitaristpeterbanks.

[@TheSecretSinger100]

You can buy the MP3s from Amazon for £6.99. (From TheSecretSinger100's dad)

[@craigandnatalia]

Well he logged into his Myspace page on 5th February 2010, so I don't think so!

[@SPECTRE1961]

And about Wetton/bass..what else..??

[@Jofph]

yeah, years ago...but we're living in 2012...

[@prochainvisiteur]

Peter Banks a été l'inspirateur " SAGE"

[@juanarmandoduarte]

someone told me peter was death, is this true!!???

[@melodymakerSD]

And people thought Steve Howe was the best guitarist??