Gasolin' (album)

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Gasolin'
Studio album by Gasolin'
Released	November 21, 1971 (1971-11-21)
Recorded	July - September 1971 at Rosenberg Studio, Copenhagen
Genre	Rock
Length	39:56
Language	Danish
Label	CBS
Producer	Sture Lindén, Poul Bruun
Gasolin' chronology
Gasolin' (1971) Gasolin' 2 (1972)
Singles from Gasolin'
"Langebro" / "Lilli-Lilli" Released: Early 1972

Gasolin' (also called Gas 1) is Gasolin's first album and it was released in November 1971. This record received very good reviews and sold well, although later albums would sell much better. It is their least commercial album. Instead of boogie rock and catchy tunes, they relied on creating songs with a moody feel such as "Langebro", "Fra dag til dag" and "Tremastet beton". The latter is recited by the poet Mogens Mogensen. The lyrics and the music has a dark and mysterious ambience. From this album "Langebro" was released on single with "Lilli-Lilli" on the b-side.

The album was produced by Poul Bruun and Sture Lindén in Copenhagen and sound engineer, Freddy Hansson went to Trident studio in London to mix it with Roy Thomas Baker. He would later become Gasolin's producer. The cover was an illustration made by Hergé who loved the fact that a rock band would use one of his drawings for an album cover.

The album was released on CD in 1987 with Gasolin' 2 (1972) but due to lack of space "Tremastet beton" was omitted. It was remastered for CD in 1991 and in 2003 it was included in The Black Box box set.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 2 Personnel 2.1 Gasolin' 2.2 Additional musicians 2.3 Production

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

1. "Langebro" (Trad. / Kim Larsen, Wili Jönsson, Franz Beckerlee) – 3:20
2. "Hey Christoffer" (Larsen, Beckerlee) – 4:13
3. "Fra dag til dag" (Jönsson, Beckerlee) – 4:26
4. "Lille Henry" (Larsen) – 2:28
5. "Tremastet beton" (Jönsson, Mogens Mogensen) – 5:29

[edit] Side two

1. "Solfangen" (Jönsson, Beckerlee) – 3:14
2. "Laphophora Williamsii" (Larsen, Beckerlee, Mogensen) – 3:23
3. "Jeg kan høre dig kalde" (Larsen, Søren Berlev) – 3:15
4. "Strengt fortroligt" (Larsen, Jönsson, Beckerlee) – 4:31
5. "Lilli-Lilli" (Larsen, Jönsson) – 5:02

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Gasolin'

• Wili Jønsson – bass guitar, piano, vocals
• Kim Larsen – vocals, acoustic guitar
• Franz Beckerlee – lead guitar, alto saxophone, harmonica, vocals
• Søren Berlev – drums, vocals, acoustic guitar on "Jeg kan høre dig kalde"

[edit] Additional musicians

• Mogens Mogensen – vocals on "Tremastet beton"

[edit] Production

• Sture Lindén – producer
• Poul Bruun – producer
• Freddy Hansson – engineer
• Roy Thomas Baker – mixing in Trident Studios, London

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