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Larsen was one of the leading commercial bands in Denmark from 1981
- 1985, they were very populare and with songs that were a mix
between pop & rock with influence from the american west coast
became big hits in Denmark. The leading musicians in the band was
Poul Halberg (guitars) & Mona Larsen (vocals). Poul Halberg moved to
Copenhagen in 1967 were he became active on the musicscene, he
started in 1975 the band "Grace" together with the keyboardplayer
Mads Norregaard, and later on with him the band "Aorta" in 1977. In
the beginning of 1997 Poul Halberg he made the band "Dagspressen"
together with Jan Glaesel & Frans Bak, and played with this band
from 1977-83. In 1978 he plays with "Mona Larsen Group" and the band
"Beaver Service" from 1978-1980. Beside that he also plays a lot of
TV & Theatre jobs. At that time Poul Halberg is very active and one
of the most used guitar sessionplayers and in 1979 he plays with
Swingpower, Skousen & Ingemann, Helge Damsbo, Per Carsten and is in
the beginning active in the band Sneakers In 1980 he teams up with
Mona Larsen again. They played together in her group in 1978. Mona
Larsen were at that time an establish singer in at the pop & rock
scene in Denmark, and together with Poul Halberg they would try to
write their own material and release an album with the songs. In
1981 they get a record-deal with new label Replay Records. The first
album was recorded in Werner Studio in Copenhagen. Most of the
material was written by Poul Halberg and he co-wrote also songs with
musicians that he has played with earlier, so you could hear the
touch of Kasper Winding, Mads Norregaard, Jan Glaesel on the album.
It was released in 1981 and should be the beginning of a great
career. In the studio the got help from the best musicians such as:
Jørgen Kaufmann, Christian Dietl, Jan Sivertsen, Tamra Rosanes,
Jacob Andersen, Lars Danielsson, Peter Biker, Bo Stief, Aske
Bentzon, Jeppe Reipurth and others. In 1982 Halberg Larsen release
their second album. This time the duo has become a band. When they
recorded the first album they used almost the same studio musicians
and it worked out very well, so they decided to make the duo to a
band. The bandmembers was Jørgen Kaufmann on keyboards, Jette
Schandorf on bass, Jan Sivertsen on drums. The success of the second
album was big and in 1984 they came with their 3rd album called
"Transit". This time the group was added by another member. Michael
Elo joined the band just before the beginning of the studiosessions
to the 3rd album. Michael Elo had a long career behind him as a
singer & composer and had at that time released two soloalbums. In
Halberg Larsen he became the second keyboardplayer and did
backingvocals. The album "Transit" became the biggest success for
Halberg Larsen. The song "Magi I Luften" is still today on all
radiostations playlists. After the release of the album Halberg
Larsen went on a big tour around in Denmark. After the tour the band
went into the studio to record the 4th album. This album was the
last from Halberg Larsen. Most of the members in the band were very
busy playing with all kinds of artists and it was difficult to find
the time to work 100% with the band. The album did sell well and the
song "Kom Og Hold Mig" is today one of the classic "Halberg Larsen"
songs. In 1985 Poul Halberg & Mona Larsen decides to stop the band
and they split up. Still today Halberg Larsen is very populare and
their album still sells. In 1991 the record-label released an
"best-of" album and in 1998 the all the other albums were
re-released. | |
