John Mogensen "Stop en halv" (1972)

Stop en halv
release date: 1972
format: vinyl (JMLP 1543)
[album rate: 4 / 5] [3,84]
producer: John Mogensen, Jørgen Kleinert
label: Play Records - nationality: Denmark

2nd solo studio album by Danish troubadour and singer / songwriter of Danish folk pop John Mogensen [aka John Louis Hansen - May 5, 1928 - Apr. 10, 1977] former member of the popular Danish quartet, Four Jacks (active years: 1956-1964).

The album was one of my own first vinyl purchases as a young teenager (age 10-12).

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This post is part of MyMusicJourney, which enlists key releases that have shaped my musical taste when growing up and until age 14. Most of these releases come from my parents' and / or my older brother's collection.

Four Jacks "De glade rensdyr" (1959) (single)

De glade rensdyr, 7'' single

release date: 1959

format: vinyl (45-DK 1510)

[single rate: 2,5 / 5] [2,55]

producer: ?

label: Odeon - nationality: Denmark

Tracklist: A) "De glade rensdyr (The Happy Reindeer)" - - B) "Bare man har det godt"

Single release by Danish vocal group Four Jacks following the release of Waterloo. The A-side title song is credited Harold Rustigan and Robert Plaisted, the B-side is by Peter Mynte and Hans-Ole Nielsen. Both songs are arranged by John Mogensen and Jørn Grauengård.

This single is part of my parents' record collection and a B-side, I frequently played when 6-7 years old.

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This post is part of MyMusicJourney, which enlists key releases that have shaped my musical taste when growing up and until age 14. Most of these releases come from my parents' and / or my older brother's collection.

Four Jacks "Waterloo" (1959) (single)

Waterloo, 7'' single

release date: 1959

format: vinyl (45-DK 1496)

[single rate: 3 / 5] [3,18]

producer:

label: Odeon - nationality: Denmark

Tracklist: A) "Waterloo" - - B) "Personality"

Single release by Danish standards / vocal group Four Jacks, here consisting of John Mogensen, Poul Rudi, Bent Werther, and James Rasmussen. Both tracks here are covers. The A-side is an American song by John Loudermilk and Marijohn Wilkin, and the B-side is a Logan & Price song (Harold Logan & Lloyd Price) - both translated by Robert Arnold Nielsen and arranged by John Mogensen and Jørgen Ingmann.

The group has its origin in a duo founded in 1956 by Rudi and Otto Brandenburg. Shortly after, Mogensen was included and the three for a short time went under the name 'De 3 Båthorn' before Werther was included and they became Four Jacks. Mogensen took over as musical arranger of the group, and when Brandenburg in '58 left to pursue a solo career, Rasmussen became stable new member. In '63, the group changed line-up when Erik Aae Jensen replaced Werther, and in '64, songwriter and musical arranger Mogensen left to initiate a lasting and nationally legendary solo career, and the remainders went under changing names: Three Jacks, Scandinavian Four whenever Mogensen found the time to perform, and / or as 'De Nye Four Jacks' [The New Four Jacks']. Their heydays as a highly popular quartet, however, was in the days with Mogensen, Rudi, Werther, and Rasmussen from 1958 to 1963 - a period which includes this single.

This single was part of my parents' record collection, and I recall playing this quite quite often at the age of 6-7 on a portable turntable, and I also recall that I liked the B-side the most.

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This post is part of MyMusicJourney, which enlists key releases that have shaped my musical taste when growing up and until age 14. Most of these releases come from my parents' and / or my older brother's collection.