Live i Skandinavien
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Live i Skandinavien is a live album by Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 rock band Gasolin'
Gasolin'
Gasolin was a Danish rock band from Christianshavn in 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...

 and was released in November 1978.

Gasolin' broke up in 1978 and they played their last concert in Malmö (Sweden) the 21. August. Live i Skandinavien (AKA Gøglernes aften) was recorded during their last tour where they played in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 and Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

.

The album is dominated by songs from their 1977 album Gør det Noget
Gør det noget
Gør det Noget is Danish Rock group Gasolin's seventh studio album. When Gasolin' released Gør det Noget in November 1977 , they knew it was their last album. After the ambitious Gas 5 and Efter endnu en dag, Gasolin' decided to make a garage-rock album...

. "This is My Life" is played in a different, faster arrangement than the studio version from Efter Endnu en dag
Efter endnu en dag
Efter endnu en dag 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....

. "Rabalderstræde" is the only song repeated from their first live album Live Sådan
Live sådan
Live sådan is a live album by Gasolin', released in June 1976 as a double LP album. It was recorded during their winter tour of Denmark in January 1976....

. 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 vinyl
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...

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

Track list

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

Gasolin'

  • Kim Larsen
    Kim Larsen
    thumb|250px|Kim Larsen, Nibe Festival 2009.Kim Melius Flyvholm Larsen is a Danish rock musician.Inspired by The Beatles and rock and roll, Larsen began as a songwriter and guitarist...

     - vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

    , rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...

  • Franz Beckerlee - guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    , backup vocals
  • Wili Jønsson
    Wili Jønsson
    Wili Jønsson is a Danish rock musician and member of 1970s band Gasolin'.Born 27 March 1942. Went to the Gerbrandsskolen together with Franz Beckerlee. In 1969 Jønsson got together with childhood friend Franz Beckerlee...

     - bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , piano
    Piano
    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

    , backup vocals
  • Søren Berlev - drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....


  • Recorded and mixed in Sweet Silence Mobile Studio during 1978
  • Engineered by Freddy Hansson and Flemming Rasmussen
    Flemming Rasmussen
    Flemming Rasmussen is a Danish engineer, producer, mixer and owner and founder of Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark.-Biography:...

  • Produced by Tommy Bogs and Gasolin'
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