No Illusions is Pancake's third album, and an improvement compared to
its two predecessors. Again, guitarist Walter Negele was forced to rebuild the band almost from scratch. Here, Pancake presents a typical German symphonic
progressive album with female vocals which veers towards the sound of bands
like Octopus circa Boat of Thoughts or Streetmark's Eileen. While the first two albums tended to meander, No Illusions demonstrates a mature band, with tighter arrangements, and a more forceful approach.
Ownership: CD: 2012 Garden of Delights. Jewel case release with 6 bonus tracks, liner notes, and photos. The first three bonus' are a set of demos from 1980 that was to be their 4th album. The other grouping is a live reunion from 2002. Cool cover that crosses the harsh realities of the late 70s with the psychedelic dolls of the original Ohr LP's.
2006; 2010; 2/21/13 (new entry)
Did Garden released officially the CD Tom? I haven't seen in for sale anywhere.
ReplyDeleteHi Spyros - yep, it's out! It's almost impossible to get the new GoD and Long Hair stuff here in the US, and I'm guessing you're experiencing similar in Greece. I ordered it (and many other items including the Necronomicon) from Green Brain direct from Germany and the order arrived two weeks ago!
DeleteDoug Larson is now carrying the CD here in the States.
DeleteExcellent - thanks Anon for letting us know. Glad to see Doug still bringing these in.
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