''Live i Skandinavien'' is a live album by Danish rock band

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that was released in November 1978. Gasolin' broke up in 1978, and played their last concert in

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(Sweden) on 21 August. ''Live i Skandinavien'' (AKA ''Gøglernes aften'') was recorded during their last tour, during their shows in

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. The album is dominated by songs from their 1977 album ''

Gør det Noget ''Gør det Noget'' is Danish rock group Gasolin's seventh studio album. When Gasolin' released ''Gør det Noget'' in November 1977 (translation: "does it matter" or "so what"), they knew it was their last album. After the ambitious ''Gas 5'' and ...

''. "This is My Life" is played in a different, faster arrangement than the studio version from ''

Efter Endnu en dag ''Efter endnu en dag'' ("After Another Day" in English) is the sixth studio album by Gasolin' and was released in November 1976. It was the last Gasolin' album to be produced by Roy Thomas Baker. In ''Efter endnu en dag'' the bombastic rock of ' ...

''. "Rabalderstræde" is the only song repeated from their first live album '' Live Sådan''. The last song, "Dråben", is better known as "Som et strejf af en dråbe". ''Live i Skandinavien'' was released on LP in red, blue, yellow and black

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in 1978, and on CD in 1989. It was produced by Gasolin' and Tommy Bogs, engineered by Freedy Hansson and Flemming Rasmussen, and recorded by the Sweet Silence Mobile Studio.

Track list

# "Stakkels Jim" - 3:14 # "Get on the Train" - 3:21 # "Det Bedste til Mig og Mine Venner" - 5:14 # "This is My Life" - 3:28 # "Jumbo Nummer Nul" - 5:24 # "Strengelegen" - 4:04 # "Hvad Gør Vi Nu, Lille Du" - 5:46 # "Rabalderstræde" - 8:54 # "Dråben" - 2:36

Credits

Gasolin'

Kim Larsen Kim Mellius Flyvholm Larsen (23 October 1945 – 30 September 2018) was a Danish rock and pop musician. He was a major selling Scandinavian act with over 5 million albums sold. Career Kim Larsen was born in Copenhagen. Inspired by The Bea ...

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 ...

rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar ...

*Franz Beckerlee -

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 string ...

, backup vocals * Wili Jønsson -

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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 keyboa ...

, backup vocals *Søren Berlev -

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*Klaus Agerschou -

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*Recorded and mixed in Sweet Silence Mobile Studio during 1978 *Engineered by Freddy Hansson and

Flemming Rasmussen Flemming Rasmussen (born 1 January 1958) is a Danish sound engineer, record producer, and owner and founder of Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark. Rasmussen is currently main engineer/producer at Sweet Silence North in Helsingør. Bio ...

*Produced by Tommy Bogs and Gasolin'

References

{{Gasolin' Gasolin' albums 1978 live albums Columbia Records live albums