Alan White (yes) Ramshackled

Personnel: Alan White (vocals, drums, percussion); Pete Kirtley (vocals, guitar); Ken Craddock (vocals, keyboards); Alan Marshall (vocals); Bud Beadle (flute, saxophone, wind); Steve Gregory (flute, tenor saxophone, wind); Henry Lowther (trumpet); Colin Gibson (bass guitar, percussion); Andy Phillips (steel drum, percussion); Vicki Brown, Joanne Williams, Madeline Bell (background vocals).
Recording information: Basing Street Studios (05/23/1975/05/25/1975); The Manor Studios, Shipton-on-Cherwell (05/23/1975/05/25/1975).
Arranger: David Bedford.
Something of a summit meeting of the cream of mid-1970s British prog-rock and jazz musicians, Yes drummer Alan White's solo album features Jon Anderson and Steve Howe from that band, as well as session stalwarts including trumpeter Henry Lowther and singer Madeleine Bell. "Avakak" is a shape-shifting journey through different shades of psychedelia and challenging time signatures, while Howe's guitar excursion on "Marching Into a Bottle" will delight fans of mid-period Yes. As a special bonus, Anderson contributes vocals to the pastoral "Song of Innocence," which sets the words of artist and poet William Blake to music.

• Format: CD
• Released: 2/28/2006
• Genre: Rock and Pop