Gasolin' (1974 Album)
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''Gasolin is the first album with English lyrics by
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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 formati ...
in an attempt to win the band recognition outside their native
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. It is almost identical to their third Danish album, '' Gasolin' 3'' and was released in some
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an countries in the beginning of 1974 on
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. It failed to make impact on the charts anywhere, but didn't stop Gasolin' from issuing three more albums in English in the period from 1974 to 1978.


History

After the artistic and commercial success of '' Gasolin' 2'', singer and principal songwriter
Kim Larsen Kim Mellius Flyvholm Larsen (23 October 1945 – 30 September 2018) was a Danish singer, songwriter, author, and guitarist. He began his musical career in 1968 after a brief period as an elementary school teacher and became known from 1969 as ...
left the band. He was unhappy as he felt that too many of his new songs were rejected by the other band members. Poul Bruun, the director of CBS in Denmark, afraid to see the band disappear resolved the situation by letting Larsen record a solo album, '' Værsgo''. He further allowed Gasolin' to record their next album in two versions, one in Danish for the home market and one with English lyrics to be released in Europe. To provide the right international sound, the record company brought
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to
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to produce the album in August 1973. Baker, at the time a hot name in the record industry following his recent success with
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, had already worked as
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on the band's debut album ''
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 formati ...
'' in 1970 and was happy to work with them again. After finishing '' Gasolin' 3'', the band teamed up with Leonard "Skip" Malone, an American living in Denmark at the time, who helped the band translate the Danish lyrics into English. The lyrics were re-recorded in January 1974 and the resulting album released shortly after.Bundgaard (2003), pp. 67–69


Song selection

Seven of the songs are taken from the original Danish album ''Gasolin' 3'' (released a few months before). The last two, "If You Dare" and "Lilli-Lilli", are re-recordings (with Baker as producer) of " Langebro" and "Lilli-Lilli" respectively, that were first released on the band's first album,
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 formati ...
in 1971.


Track listing

Except where otherwise noted, the music is written by Gasolin' and the lyrics by Gasolin' and Skip Malone.


Side one

#"Lucky Linda" – 5:02 #"If You Dare" (Trad. / Lyrics: Gasolin', Malone) – 3:15 #"Quasimodo's Song" – 4:05 #"Lilli-Lilli" – 4:55


Side two

#"It Was Inga, Katinka And Groovy Charlie On His Harley" (Music: Tommy Pedersen / Lyrics: Gasolin', Malone) – 2:51 #"The Big Hullabaloo" – 2:28 #"The Cat" – 2:50 #"Stark Raving Mad" – 3:15 #"Sju-Bi-Du-Bi-Man" – 5:53


Personnel


Gasolin'

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Kim Larsen Kim Mellius Flyvholm Larsen (23 October 1945 – 30 September 2018) was a Danish singer, songwriter, author, and guitarist. He began his musical career in 1968 after a brief period as an elementary school teacher and became known from 1969 as ...
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,
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on "It Was Inga, Katinka..." and "Quasimodo's Song" * Franz Beckerlee – lead guitar, moog, vocals,
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on "Stark Raving Mad" *
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– bass,
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,
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, vocals * Søren Berlev
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Additional musicians

* Niels Harrit
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, percussion


Production

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producer * Freddy Hansson
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Release history


References

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Footnotes

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