''Stakkels Jim'' (aka ''Gas 4'') is a studio album by

Gasolin' Gasolin' were a Danish rock band from Christianshavn, Copenhagen, formed by Kim Larsen, Franz Beckerlee, and Wili Jønsson in 1969. Their first drummer was the late Bjørn Uglebjerg. He was replaced by Søren Berlev in 1971. At their formatio ...

and was released in November 1974. It was the second album to be produced by

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. The raw rock of ''

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'' would on this record be replaced by a more polished and bombastic sound, and for the first time

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would be incorporated. ''Stakkels Jim'' does not rock as hard as ''

'' and songs such as "Bingo" and "Perron 'Gare du Nord' " are quite poppish. However, epic rock songs such as "Legenden om Josha og Ming" and the title song, which was based on the " Auld lang syne" melody, would be the

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for their next album, ''

Gas 5 ''Gas 5'' was Gasolin's fifth album in five years and was released in October 1975. From the humble beginnings of their debut album they had developed into a confident arena rock band with this release. In hindsight, ''Gas 5'' may be considered t ...

''. ''Stakkels Jim'' (translation: Poor Jim) was recorded in Rosenberg Studio in Copenhagen with Freddy Hansson as sound engineer. From this album "Onkel 'How Do You Do' " / "Johnny Lee" and "Bingo" / "Alla-Tin-Gala" were released as singles. ''Stakkels Jim'' was also released in England with English lyrics as ''

The Last Jim ''The Last Jim'' is the second album with English lyrics by Danish rock band Gasolin'. It was released in some Western European countries in November 1974 on CBS, simultaneously to its Danish counterpart Stakkels Jim. The songs are identical on t ...

'' in November 1974. ''Stakkels Jim'' was released on cd in 1987 with ''

'', but due to lack of space "Legenden om Josha og Ming" and "Johnny Lee" were omitted. In 1991 it was remastered for cd and it is also included in '' The Black Box'' (2003).

Track listing

# "Alla-Tin-Gala" (Larsen-Gasolin'-Mogensen) - 3:24 # "Daddy-Ding-Dong" (Gasolin') - 3:14 # "Bingo (Larsen-Gasolin'-Mogensen)" - 3:03 # "Onkel 'How Do You Do' " (Jönsson-Beckerlee-Gasolin'-Mogensen) - 3:27 # "Legenden om Josha og Ming" (Gasolin') - 5:40 # "Kap Farvel til Ümánarssuaq" (Gasolin') - 3:38 # "Perron 'Gare du Nord' "(Larsen-Gasolin'-Mogensen) - 2:46 # "Damernes nar" (Larsen-Gasolin'-Mogensen) - 3:14 # "Johnny Lee" (Gasolin') - 3:24 # "Stakkels Jim" (trad.arr.-Gasolin'-Mogensen) - 4:12 # "The Last Jim" (Larsen-Beckerlee) - 2:52 Note: Mogens Mogensen co-wrote the lyrics with Gasolin'.

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 ...

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plus some bass and moog *Franz Beckerlee -

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, moog,

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- bass,

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, backup vocals *Søren Berlev -

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, backup vocals *Produced by Roy Thomas Baker *Engineered by Freddy Hansson *Recorded and mixed during the fall of 1974 in Rosenberg Studio

References

{{Authority control Gasolin' albums 1974 albums Albums produced by Roy Thomas Baker