Recently I wrote about Pan's debut, an album that took me some 25 years to reconcile with. Not long after, I was offered this archival CD of Pan's radio recordings from the same year of 1970. All the tracks are different, so I pounced on it.
Good move. What's interesting about the radio sessions is that Pan are more psychedelic and less straight-up hard rocking. Like most Danish bands from the era, Pan possessed an innate talent to set off on a jam and keep it interesting throughout. As with the debut, Pan aren't going to win any songwriting awards, but the instrumentals more than make up for any shortcoming. The longer tracks, of course, are where the highlights can be found. And there's plenty of them. As a whole, I found the archival album more satisfying than the studio effort.
Ownership: CD: 2004 Karma. Jewel case release. Online acquisition (2019). Looks to be a second pressing as the cover is different than the original. Like with Karma's reissue of the Pan album, all the liner notes are in Danish. If anyone has an English translation, I would most welcome them, and publish right here for posterity and reference to all.
5/24/19 (new entry)
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