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Sting & the Radio Actors
Harry's involvement with fledgling Green movement led to the creation of an antinuclear benefit group, The Radio Actors, which featured Sting, Harry, Nik Turner, Steve Hillage, Mike Howlett and Steve Broughton.
A single, Nuclear Waste, written by Harry & Nick and sung by Sting, was released by Virgin and then Charly to raise money for nuclear disarmament. Now available through Voiceprint/Blueprint. When he asked Charly about royalties on the 10,000 copies they perssed he was reminded that if he wanted to walk out of the office he should not ask that sort of question.
The Gong Family
http://www.planetgong.co.uk
Harry Williamson's involvement in Mother Gong began in 1979. Working
with Gilli Smyth, formerly of Gong and known for her 'space whisper', he wrote recorded 'Fairy Tales' for Charly records and toured the US with Georgio Gomelsk's ZU manifesival. The tour line-up included reknowned bassist and producer Bill Laswell, Daevid Allen, drummer Stu Martin (Charly Parker) and 16 other musicians, including Kramer. Three LP's later they formed MotherGong with brilliant saxophonist Robert Calvert, percussionist Rob
George and Conrad Henderson on bass.
Harry helped to create a vast
catalogue of musical explorations to accompany Gilli's poems and
invocations in the years 1979 -1991
Harry Williamson appears as producer/musician/composer on many of the Gong family releases of the 80s. He was part of the Gongmaison incarnation of Gong (Gongmaison 'Live at Glastonbury' CD, available through GAS), engineered and produced releases for Daevid Allen ('12 Selves' and 'Australia Aquaria' (Voiceprint), was behind the Australian Invisible Opera Company of Tibet's self-titled CD (Voiceprint) and for 12 years was the main composer/producer for MotherGong
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