WEIL ES SO SCHÖN PERLT

PANKO were a five piece band playing some live gigs in the early seventies but they never went into the studio to record anything. One of the band members released a live cassette(in 1983) from the Summer of 1971. They were from Berlin, Germany and they remind me of XOHL CARAVAN somewhat. Kind of a dirty and muddy sound of them jamming with the guitar, flute or sax often soloing over top. There are vocals in German and often spoken. It's interesting that there are two flute players although the one plays sax. Still that one song where we get a dual between the flutes is pretty cool. I have the GOD re-issue with a slightly different track and time listing. There are two bonus tracks at over 11 minutes each which sadly are the highlights of this album. Sadly because bonus tracks don't enter into my rating of an album because they weren't part of the original recording. Some experimental stuff on here, especially the closer which is all experimental and often annoying. I like this one quite a bit though and feel 3.5 stars is justified.