''BG Rock'' is the first solo album by the Bulgarian rock musician Georgi Minchev, released in 1987Official site dedicated to Georgi Minchev
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. The producers were the well known Bulgarian musicians Petar Slavov and Ivaylo Kraychovski.The back of the Vinyl LP
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. In 1997, it was re-released on CD format together with the Minchev's second LP '' Rock'n'Roll Veterans'' (1989). Most of the songs obtained wide popularity and became classic hits of the Bulgarian rock music genre, most notably "''The Bulgarian Rock''", "''We, The Musicians''", "''Almost Midnight''" and "''The Singer's Song''". Despite the fact that Georgi Minchev started his career in the 1960s, he managed to release his first LP not until 1987 because of the artist's constant clash with the local communist authority.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Georgi Minchev. Side A: #"Българският рок" / "The Bulgarian Rock" (Minchev/N. Kacharov) - 2:50 #"Ние, музикантите" / "We, The Musicians" (Minchev/P. Gyuzelev) - 3:40 #"Есен в Созопол" / "Autumn in Sozopol" (Minchev/I. Nikolov) - 3:45 #"Малък “Фиат”" / "A Small Fiat" (Minchev/A. Dechev) - 2:33 #"Почти полунощ" / "Almost Midnight" (Minchev/A. Dechev) - 3:42 Side B: #"Д-р Иванов" / "Dr. Ivanov" (Minchev/A. Stanchev) - 3:15 #"Песента на певеца" / "The Singer's Song" (Minchev/K. Atanasov) - 2:52 #"Урок по Рок" / "A Rock'N'Roll Lesson" (Minchev) - 2:19 #"Юли" / "July" (Minchev/A. Stanchev) - 2:58 #"Стари тъжни песни" / "Old Sad Songs" (Minchev/V. Kazasyan) - 2:52

Personnel

* Georgi Minchev - All Vocals * Konstantin Tsekov, Rumen Boyadzhiev - Keyboards * Kuzman Birbuchukov - Guitars, bass * Ivan Lechev - Guitars * Ivaylo Kraychovski - Bass Guitar * Yordan Kapitanov - Trumpet * Tsvetan Petrov - Trumpet * Lyudmil Georgiev - Clarinet * Konstantin Atanasov * Nedyalko Neykov * Hristiyan Tsekov

References

External links

Web page dedicated to Georgi Minchev

{{Authority control 1987 debut albums Georgi Minchev (musician) albums