''Gasolin' 3'' was the third album from Danish rock band

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 ...

, released in November 1973. It was the band's first album to be produced by

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. ''Gasolin' 3'' was recorded in Rosenberg Studio in Copenhagen with Freddy Hansson as sound engineer. The influence of Roy Thomas Baker is noticeable. The sound is more dynamic than on the two previous albums, especially the drum sound. Musically the songs are more heavy and hard-hitting and also more professional and commercial compared to the previous two albums. Furthermore, the

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was introduced by Franz Beckerlee in songs such as "Rabalder" and "Sju-bi-du-bi-mand". With this album Gasolin achieved superstar status in Denmark. The tracks "Det var Inga, Katinka og Smukke Charlie på sin Harley" / "Jeg er splittergal" and "Bessefar" / "Smukke Linda" were released as singles. In 1974, ''Gasolin' 3'' was released with English lyrics as ''

''. ''Gasolin' 3'' was released on CD in 1987 with '' Stakkels Jim'' and in 1991 it was remastered for CD. In 2003 it was included in '' The Black Box''.

Track listing

Side one

# "Smukke Linda" (Gasolin', Mogens Mogensen) – 4:58 # "Rabalder" (Kim Larsen, Wili Jönsson, Franz Beckerlee) – 2:28 # "Katten" (Larsen, Jönsson, Beckerlee, Mogensen) – 2:50 # "Jeg troede jeg var" (Larsen, Jönsson, Beckerlee, Mogensen) – 3:13 # "Bobo's sang" (Larsen, Jönsson, Beckerlee, Mogensen) – 4:05

Side two

# "Det var Inga, Katinka og Smukke Charlie på sin Harley" (Tommy Pedersen, Gasolin', Mogensen) – 2:51 # "Jeg er splittergal" (Larsen, Jönsson, Beckerlee) – 3:15 # "Cafe Paradis" (Gasolin', Mogensen) – 4:14 # "Bessefar" (Larsen, Jönsson, Beckerlee, Mogensen) – 2:12 # "Sju-bi-du-bi-mand" (Gasolin') – 5:54

Personnel

Gasolin'

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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vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

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

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

on "Det var Inga, Katinka..." and "Bobo's sang" * Franz Beckerlee – lead guitar, Moog, vocals,

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

on "Jeg er splittergal" *

Wili Jønsson Wili, WILI or Willi may refer to: People * Heinrich Willi, who described Prader–Willi syndrome * Herbert Willi (born 1956), Austrian composer * Wili Jønsson, member of the Danish rock band Gasolin' Other uses * WILI (AM), a radio station in Wi ...

– bass,

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

organ Organ and organs may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a group of tissues organized to serve a common function * Organ system, a collection of organs that function together to carry out specific functions within the body. Musical instruments ...

, vocals * Søren Berlev –

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

Additional musicians

* Niels Harrit –

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...

baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone (sometimes abbreviated to "bari sax") is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass saxophone, bass. It is the lowe ...

, percussion, piano on "Bessefar"

Production

– producer * Freddy Hansson –

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Cover

The cover image is a painting by Tage Hansen which was used without his approval. When he learned about the usage he offered approval after the fact for the price of two copies of the album, which he did receive. In 2010 it was announced that the album cover image will be used for a postage stamp after a vote among listeners of

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References

{{Authority control Gasolin' albums 1973 albums Albums produced by Roy Thomas Baker