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I was very happy with this. I heard it while listening to Sirius/XM and bought it before the song had ended! As an avid YES fan, this is a perfect fit for any collection that includes the artists that are/were Yes.
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2020
I cut my teeth as a guitar player on this album and it remains a favorite among favorites to this day. The original production, however, never did it justice - grey and flat - as though you're listening through gauze.
The remastered version, combined with 'Out of Our Hands', is harder to find but a must-have improvement from the now-crisp opening harmony line of 'Small Beginnings' to the Leslie-colored arpeggios of 'Children of the Universe' (and plenty of other bits). Long time fans will not be disappointed.
This is a great album. It always has been since it's initial release forty-some years ago, and in my mind it always will be. But an "Expanded Edition"? They added in the single version of 'Small Beginnings,' which is nothing but an edit of the full song. That's it. No additional music, demo versions or anything else. Buy the album and enjoy, but ignore the hype.
I was always a Pete Banks fan. When I heard he was sacked from Yes I was very angry but then found that he was a part of a new band "Flash." I went right out and bought this record and the next two plus "Two Sides Of Peter Banks" that I still own and in such good shape you would think they were cd's! Pete Banks was like a cross between Pete Townshend and Grant Green. He had that great British flamboyance but with a jazz sensibility. Saw the band at the Phila. Spectrum with Mott The Hoople : ) and at an obscure skating rink in New Jersey with the Chambers Brothers !!! Pete was transcendant. Very under-rated almost to the point of tears. No one seemed to get it. This debut album is one of the best and had they kept their composure, they might have gone much further but the music industry as it was back then did not let them (too much touring with no respect to their personal lives.) Small Beginnings, Children of the Universe & Dreams of Heaven have guitar work to die for. Not to mention: go back and look at how many guitarists were using volume pedals back in the 60's & early 70's like Banks. I don't think you could could count on one hand how many. Pete was a guitarist way ahead of his time with a great mixture of agression and beauty. This music is like a first warm day in early June with that great smell of summer air. BUY IT!!!!!
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