BGS Chord

BGS was formed in 1972 as a label and a studio by Bill Garden, Sydney Devine's pianist. It was based in Strathaven, in Scotland, in the 1970s; the company was later to move to Kilsyth, Glasgow. It was responsible for two labels, BGS Chord and Country House. Singles and albums on both labels shared the same BGC or BGS-100 numerical series, though later singles had a '7S' between the prefix and the number. Not many BGS records appear in catalogues or online, which makes giving dates of operation difficult. BGS is still in operation today, issuing records on its Scotdisc label, and the Country House Records subsidiary was still operating in the mid 1980'S