Letzte Tage - Letzte Nächte is the eighth album by Popol Vuh

Popol Vuh (German band)

Popol Vuh was a German electronic avantgarde band, in the mainstream-media so called Krautrock, founded by pianist and keyboardist Florian Fricke in 1969 together with Holger Trülzsch and Frank Fiedler...

. It was originally released in 1976 on United Artists Records

United Artists Records

United Artists Records was a record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 initially to distribute records of its movie soundtracks, though it soon branched out into recording music of a number of different genres.-History:...

. In 2005 SPV

SPV GmbH

SPV GmbH is an independent German record label.Founded on January 1, 1984, it has slowly grown to be one of the largest independent distributors and record labels worldwide....

 re-released the album with three bonus tracks.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Florian Fricke except track number 1 composed by Daniel Fichelscher, and tracks 7, 8, and 9 composed by Florian Fricke and Daniel Fichelscher.

1. "Der Große Krieger" – 3:10
2. "Oh, wie nah ist der Weg hinab" – 4:34
3. "Oh, wie weit ist der Weg hinauf" – 4:33
4. "In Deine Hände" – 3:01
5. "Kyrie" – 4:34
6. "Haram Dei Raram Dei Haram Dei Ra" – 1:27
7. "Dort ist der Weg" – 4:29
8. "Letzte Tage - Letzte Nächte" – 4:20

2005 bonus tracks

9. "Wanderschaft - Wanderings" – 5:56


10. "Gib hin" (Session Version) – 2:30


11. "Haram Dei Ra" (Alternative Version) – 6:32

Personnel

• Florian Fricke
  Florian Fricke
  Florian Fricke was a German musician who started his professional career with electronic music using the Moog synthesizer within the Krautrock group Popol Vuh...
  
   – piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  
• Daniel Fichelscher
  Daniel Fichelscher
  Daniel "Danny" Secundus Fichelscher, , is a German multi-instrumentalist who played a pivotal role in Krautrock band Popol Vuh, was a member of German group "Gila" and is currently Amon Düül II's drummer...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , percussion
• Djong Yun – vocals
• Renate Knaup – vocals

Guest musicians

• Alois Gromer – sitar
  Sitar
  The 'Tablaman' is a plucked stringed instrument predominantly used in Hindustani classical music, where it has been ubiquitous since the Middle Ages...
  
  
• Ted de Jong – tamboura

External links

• http://www.furious.com/perfect/populvuh.html (Comprehensive article & review of every album, in English)
• Enricobassi.it (featuring the original credits)
• http://www.venco.com.pl/~acrux/letzte.htm