British producer, engineer, often associated with Phil Cordell & publishers Jigsaw Music/Jig-Saw Music/Jig-Saw Music Ltd./Jigsaw Music Ltd. & Noel Gay Music/Noel Gay Music Ltd.. Owner of the recording studios [l692073] and the label Jigsaw Records.
Dave Williams started his recording career at Decca Studios, working with producers Mike Vernon and Gus Dudgeon, with Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall, Peter Green etc. Some other acts he worked with were the Moody Blues, Cat Stevens and Tom Jones. Dave worked as a song plugger for Stax’s Memphis Music, which at the time was administered by Chappells and went on to score several hits with Private Number by William Bell and Judy Clay, Soul Limbo by Booker T. & the MG’s and Who’s Making Love by Johnnie Taylor, amongst others. Dave set up his own publishing company, Jig-Saw Music Ltd., and had several hits around the world, most recently a track on Sarah Brightman’s album. He then built his first professional studio, Jigsaw Studios, and also set up Frontier Promotions, a press, radio & TV promotion company. During that time his producer & engineer credits included Tina Turner, Camel, the Home Service, Sherman Robertson, Wild Child Butler, Albert Lee, Chris Farlowe etc. Since moving to the country to set up his new Grange Residential Studio facility, some producer and engineering credits include albums by Eric Bibb, Marcus Bonfanti, Colin Blunstone, Colin Vearncombe, Danny Bryant, Eleanor McEvoy, Hot Club of Cowtown, Stan Webb, Larry Johnson, Eugene Hideaway Bridges and Mike Harrison (Spooky Tooth) etc.