''Live i Skandinavien'' is a live album by 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 ...

https://www.discogs.com/release/5270539-Gasolin-Live-I-Skandinavien-G%C3%B8glernes-Aften 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 Yet 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 ...

''. "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 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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*Franz Beckerlee -

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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 ...

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, backup vocals *Søren Berlev -

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*Klaus Agerschou - keyboards *Recorded and mixed in Sweet Silence Mobile Studio during 1978 *Engineered by Freddy Hansson and

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*Produced by Tommy Bogs and Gasolin'

References

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