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Bullfrog on CD

Bullfrog 1976 have been: - Sebastian Leitner, guitar, born on 17.01.1953 in Freilassing, played in various amateur-bands since 1967 and at least in the Austrian professional band LAZARUS ROUND. - Harald Kaltenecker, Keyboard, born 10.01.1950 in Munich, has been in numerous bands, amongst others in the "International Beat & Soul Group" RIGHT TRACKS and at last with the Munich band DREAM. - Vincent Trost (died 2006), bass, born on 27.06.1942 in Stuttgart, was the most experienced musician, not only due to his age. Early 70's he did "small time" with his own band THE GERMAN FOUR across Germany and the border countries. - Gerd Hoch (died 1995), vocals, born on 16.02.1951 in Freiburg, the man with the rasp-voice, who stamped the Bullfrog-sound especially. Ali Halmatoglu himself has been the first drummer of the band, but didn't stick to the band very long. His followers have been first Seppl Niemayer (went later to OCTOPUS), then Bruno Perosa. Also he lived together with the other bandmembers in a musical-flat-share, the legendary "Dampfmolkerei" of the 300 people location Burkhards. With this cast they went 1976 to CONNY'S, the studio of Conny Plank. He was exalted of the demos and recommended them immediately to Sky Records in Hamburg. A record deal has been signed and the first album recorded. Under this name the first vinyl appeared in Autumn of 1976. The outer appearing of this publication found big appeal because the album cover has been created by the Japanese painter and artist Aoi Fujimoto ex Tokyo. The first Bullfrog-album was very successful and appeared in parallel to the German publication also at through the US-Company Anuit Couptis. Amongst expert groups Bullfrog now belonged to the most promising newcomer-bands of the German rock scene. This has also be proven during their live-gigs, which were not only acoustic but also optic a class of it's own.