A Scottish label; part of BGS Productions. In the '70s BGS operated out of Kirkland Park Studios, Strathaven; later they moved to Kilsyth, Glasgow. Country House lasted from before 1979 to at least 1984; I haven't seen many of its products listed, but of the few I have seen most have had a Scottish flavour. Albums and singles appear to have shared the same BGC-100 (later BGC-200 and 300) numerical series, though latterly the singles had a '7S' inserted in the middle. This series was also used by records on BGS's other label, BGS Chord (q.v.). There aren't many Country House records around; presumably they're commoner north of the border than they are down here. The earliest example I have seen listed, Steve Burns's 'Christmas With Steve Burns' EP (BGS-166) came out in 1978, but there may well have been earlier releases: the paucity of information on the web is astonishing. The simple black design of the 1970s (1) was replaced by a more complex multicoloured one in the '80s. Some 1970s records were pressed by Lyntone; the Steve Burns single shown had a matrix number of LYN-6657. BGS Productions are still issuing records today, under the Scotdisc imprint. The (very!) few Country House and BGS Chord records from the '70s that I have managed to track down are listed below. It's a dreadfully poor 'catch' for a lot of googling. Thanks to Stephen Small for his additions to it.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.