WILLIAMS, GARETH - Flaming Tunes

When Gareth Williams died on Christmas Eve 2001 at the age of 48, the world lost a huge personality and a unique creative talent, yet little is known of his work outside of the legendary group This Heat. With this first official release on Compact Disc of Williamss solo and collaborative works from 1985, Life and Living Records take the first steps to correcting this imbalance. Flaming Tunes was recorded by Gareth Williams and Mary Currie with input from a variety of contributors including fellow This Heat member Charles Bullen, long term collaborators Martin Harrison, Rick Wilson, Mick Hobbs and others. After Gareth left This Heat in the early eighties he made the first of several trips to India, an experience which affected him deeply on personal and musical levels. On returning he began a collaboration with Mary Currie, building up songs from fragments and simple arrangements, using whatever instruments they had to hand and the resourceful aesthetic of pushing a cassette portastudio to its maximum. Originally released on cassette in 1985, Flaming Tunes has languished in relative obscurity over the years, although bootlegged in its entirety in the 1990s. There has been no official Compact Disc release until now. Flaming Tunes comes packaged in a bespoke 4 panel Digipak with a PaperFoam tray replacing the standard plastic holder for the CD. This part of the package was specifically researched and made in line with Williamss wishes for future editions of his work, to reduce or remove all plastic where possible. The cover features graphics derived from the original cassette insert and expands the edition with a newly designed sixteen panel concertina insert with images and photographs from throughout Gareths life, selected by Mary Currie. Each section accompanies Gareths handwritten lyrics for the songs. -Life And Living\r\n