''Letzte Tage – Letzte Nächte'' (''Last Days – Last Nights'' in German language) is the eighth album by

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. It was originally released in 1976 on

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. In 2005 SPV 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. # "Der Große Krieger" – 3:10 # "Oh, wie nah ist der Weg hinab" – 4:34 # "Oh, wie weit ist der Weg hinauf" – 4:33 # "In Deine Hände" – 3:01 # "Kyrie" – 4:34 # "Haram Dei Raram Dei Haram Dei Ra" – 1:27 # "Dort ist der Weg" – 4:29 # "Letzte Tage – Letzte Nächte" – 4:20 ;2005 bonus tracks

"Wanderschaft – Wanderings" – 5:56
"Gib hin" (Session Version) – 2:30
"Haram Dei Ra" (Alternative Version) – 6:32

"Letzte Tage – Letzte Nächte" was later updated as "When Love Is Calling You" on the 1991 album ''

For You and Me ''For You and Me'' is the seventeenth album by Popol Vuh. It was originally released in 1991 on Milan Records. In 2006 SPV re-released the album with one bonus track. Track listing *All tracks composed by Florian Fricke except where noted. ...

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Personnel

Florian Fricke Florian Fricke (23 February 1944 – 29 December 2001) was a German musician who started his professional career with electronic music using the Moog synthesizer within the krautrock group Popol Vuh. His music and that of the band however soon e ...

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piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

Daniel Fichelscher Daniel "Danny" Secundus Fichelscher, (born 3 July 1953 in Berlin), is a German multi-instrumentalist who played a pivotal role in Krautrock band Popol Vuh, was a member of the German group Gila and is currently Amon Düül II's drummer. Fichelsc ...

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

*Djong Yun –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

*Renate Knaup – vocals ;Guest musicians *Alois Gromer –

sitar The sitar ( or ; ) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in medieval India, flourished in the 18th century, and arrived at its present form ...

*Ted de Jong – tamboura

Credits

Produced by Popol Vuh

References

External links

* * https://web.archive.org/web/20081029050641/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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Letzte Tage - Letzte Nachte Popol Vuh (band) albums 1976 albums German-language albums United Artists Records albums