KAREL BOGARD'S HIGHWAYBAND - STEP 1ST BEL PRESS 77 EX/EX BLUES/ROCK/JAZZ
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FIRST BELGIAN STEREO PRESSING
KAREL BOGARD'S HIGHWAYBAND STEP 1977
ON THE DWARF LABEL 4B062-98105
MATRIX NUMBERS: SIDE 1 98105 A SIDE 2 98105 B
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Sleeve: EX front laminated sleeve, see picture.
Album: EX writing on label side 1, otherwise NM plays perfect
In the late sixties Karel Bogard was proficient in various instruments, playing in Leuven (he sang, played guitar, piano, and even a hundred others) in various blues, skiffle and jugbands, like Free Sound Community en Crowin Rooster.
After graduation he went to Paris to study Chinese but while in the French capital, he kept himself busy in musical circles. Through contacts with Alexis Corner (Bogard was playing in his band at the time) and Memphis Slim he struck a deal with the French label Barclay. The LP "Blues from over the Border" appeared in France in 1971, including Roland van Campenhout and other guests.
In the mid-seventies in Ghent he started his own record label: Dwarf records. Originally created solely to issue the Kandahar LP, Bogard he soon found a number of kindred souls so in a short time the label also included Banzaï, Tjens Couter and TC Matic from Arno.
"In the years '70-'75 Ghent was a hive of activity," he said in the book "Wit-lof from Belgium," and jazz musician Pol Van Gijseghem was involved in various projects. There emerged an interaction with many groups: Bunker, Quark, Red Mole .. etc.. Rock and jazz had found each other." Karel Bogard thus became one of the main figures of jazz-rock in Belgium (Hugo Spencer, 5th Ball Gang, Marc Moulin, Placebo, Sam Suffy). Bogard's main project in these years was Kandahar, with guitarist Jef De Visscher and Pol Van Gijseghem, who released two LP's in the blues/jazz/rock idiom.
Simultaneously, he also recorded solo (the LP "From Dusk until Dawn" in 1975) or combined forces with other companions as The Karel Bogard Blues Band in 1976 with "Still Hooked On The Blues" and as Karel Bogard's Highway Band in 1977 with "Step," featuring the single "Sweet Lady Society".
I will put in the coming weeks and months my entire record collection (+/- 2000 albums) on E-bay (+/- 20 records every week).
Belgian buyers can pick up the records at my home (Jodoigne).
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TO BELGIUM UNREGISTERED 8€ REGISTERED 10€
REST OF EUROPE 15€ 20€
WORLDWIDE 20€ 28€
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