Stakkels Jim

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"Stakkels Jim" (AKA Gas 4) was released in November 1974 and was the second album to be produced by Roy Thomas Baker. The raw rock of Gasolin' 3 would on this record be replaced by a more polished and bombastic sound and for the first time strings would be incorporated. "Stakkels Jim" does not rock as hard as "Gasolin' 3" 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 blueprint for their next album, "Gas 5".

"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" were also released in England with English lyrics as "The Last Jim" in 1975. (See also "A Foreign Affair 2")

"Stakkels Jim" was released on cd in 1987 with "Gasolin' 3" 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)

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  • 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 Umanarssuaq (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'.

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