Eurydice Rising (Latin Demo)

Written by Richard V Williams (Harmonic Structure) and Zoë Wren (Lyrics, Vocal Melody and Vocal Harmonies).

Performed by Zoë Wren (lead vocal, backing vocal); Ben Walker (lead guitar, fretless bass); Richard Williams (acoustic rhythm guitar, synth programming).

Recorded, produced and mixed by Ben Walker at Ben's Room Studios.

Lyrics (by Zoë Wren):

Whispers falling like the stars above 
Make their way to my outcast ears 
If you venture down it’s not for love 
There’s just yourself that you hold dear

Maybe I’ve been down there 
For a bit too long 
Maybe the world’s moved on around me 
But I don’t need 
Permission to go on

As helpless as Eurydice 
Is what I know they say 
But I won’t wait for Orpheus to find me 
When I can find 
My own way

Preach your greatness to whoever hears 
Sing your praises to the moon 
I’ve been there and back and there again 
You’re scrambled up as ancient runes

Eurydice Rising (Latin Demo)

The Passage of Time by The Seven Goats

Performers: 

Holly Atkinson (Voice)
Will Wren (Guitar)
Jeremy Robberechts (Keyboards, Bass Guitar, Percussion, Synths, Effects)
Richard Bergemann (Guitar)

Produced by Jeremy Robberechts

Music by Richard V Williams (Harmonic Structure, Guitar Solo), Holly Atkinson (Vocal Melody) and Will Wren (Guitar Motif)
Lyrics by Richard V Williams
Photo by Will Broughton

The Passage of Time

One perfect moment is the key
Opens a gate to the shimmering sea 
Where time holds still & we are free
Where I breathe you & you breathe me
Dancing into symmetry
Out of the Passage of Time

But memory must fade to grey
As we go out to work & play
Where deadlines kill, dreams don't pay
Where you & I have feet of clay
Shuffling through our joyless day
Lost in the Passage of Time

Copyright © Richard V Williams 2020-2023. All rights reserved.

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The Passage of Time

The Passage Of Time

Second Demo Mix of HSR IVc ('Falling for Orpheus')

Music by Richard V Williams and The Honeyfire
Lyrics by The Honeyfire

Sally Joiner: Electric Guitar, Vocals
Natalie Joiner: Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals
Anja Quinn: Drums, Vocals

Recorded at Toybox Studios (16 - 17 September 2014) by Stef Hambrook.
Mixed by Stef Hambrook.

Lyrics:

The serpent bites, there goes my light
I am suddenly alone
My thread is cut, I'm out of luck
And the underworld's my home

Alone down here, as if he's forgotten me
So dark and cold, another he keeps me here in the darkness
Orpheus where are you now
I wish no man would claim me

My life lies in your callous hands
Another victim I am of man

I am not strong when you are near
We can't go on like this, my dear

Since when did man decide my fate
One can't survive on fear and hate

He's here at last, they bargain for my life
What do they gain, a musician and a king fighting for me
Orpheus what have you done
I wish no man would claim me

Behind the sun, a silhouette
The darkened shadow I belong to
Orpheus you've ruined us
And the underworld's my home



HSR IVc - Falling for Orpheus Demo Mix 2

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Music copyright © Richard V Williams, 2020
Lyrics copyright © Richard V Williams, 1950 - 2020

Arranged and performed by The Seven Goats:

Holly Atkinson (Voice)
Richard Williams (Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar)
Emmy Broughton (Bass Guitar, Flute)
Ed Wren (Piano Solo)
Will Wren (Lead Guitar)
Jeremy Robberechts (Pianos, Synths, Drum Programming, String Arrangements)

Additional arrangements: Ben Walker

Recorded by Jeremy Robberechts
Additional recordings: Ben Walker, Rob Grist

Produced and mixed by Jeremy Robberechts

Mirrors

On these slopes and walking freely
Mirrors spin time's turning wheel
Then I catch your sweet reflection
Then I sense that you are real

Seems like we are ever being
Feels as though we'll always be
In our Mirrors shining freely
Being you and me

You were ever in my Mirror
Gateway to another sphere
Always felt that you existed
Always thought I'd find you here

Seems like we are ever dreaming
Feels as though we'll always be
In our Mirrors dreaming freely
Dreaming you and me

I will ever shield your mirror
I will always tend your dreams
Now I know that you can see me
Now we know what this all means

Seems like we were ever loving
Feels as though we'll always be
In our Mirrors shining freely
Loving you and me

I am shifting in your Mirror
You can never keep me here
You are fading in my Mirror
New reflections fill my sphere

Seems like we are ever turning
Feels like you were never here
As our Mirrors spin, your image
Falls away from me

Copyright © Richard V Williams 1969 - 2020

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First Demo Mix of HSR VIId ('Penthesileia').

Music by Richard V Williams and Edward M Wren

Jonny Velon: Vocals
Ed Wren: Keyboards
Ben Walker: Lead Guitar, Fretless Bass 
Stef Hambrook: Drums
Richard Williams: Acoustic Guitar
Recorded at Toybox Studios (7 July 2014 and 12 December 2014) by Stef Hambrook; and at Ben's Room (15 August 2014 and 21 October 2014)by Ben Walker.
Mixed by Ben Walker and Stef Hambrook.

Lyrics (by Edward M Wren)

Penthesileia

You can disregard the armoured vehicles if you need.
Weary Penthesileia, you'll sleep through as you bleed,
For it is us and us alone that shocks you to your lonely shell.
After all, I destroyed your unimagined cell.

It's the eleventh hour for both and nigh for one of us,
I'll do what I can to leave my sweetheart in the dust.
And it's that strangeness that takes hold of me, as second life does of her,
Penthesileia, no amount of arms can now prepare.

I am glad that fighting days are over, that I know.
The ground forces and fleets besides withdrew some time ago,
Yet in this glory that parades around I feel more what it cost,
Penthesileia, you will never know what I have lost.


HSR VIId - Penthesileia (Demo Mix 1)

Guitar Pro synthesiser output for revised provisional arrangement of 'Byzantium'(HSR XII), with first guitar and second guitar parts only.

Music by Richard V Williams


Byzantium

HSR XIIb - Byzantium (GPX Output)

Waiting Games, a song by Richard Williams and Ed Wren

Lyrics by Richard V Williams
Music by Richard V Williams (Harmonic and Temporal Structure) and
Edward M Wren (Vocal Melody and Keyboard Solo)

Vocals: Michaela Fedeczko
Keyboards: Ed Wren

Recorded, Edited and Mixed by Maria Milewska

Waiting Games

You had a friend and he asked for more;
Poetry and wine on the second floor;
He used to wonder what you went there for;
You held the door til he'd gone.

You kept a check on this easy one;
Knew the price for having fun; 
You loaned him out to another one;
She thought she'd won but she was wrong.

The birds are on the water;
The rains are in the sky;
He's leaving town tomorrow;
You cannot say goodbye;
You'll wait until the Autumn;
And catch another's eye;
Waiting games you play
As time goes by.


The leading role is too hard to play;
Feed the fire, and you'll burn away;
But your nerves are weak, you cannot stay, 
Can't find a way to be so strong.

Once again you have to choose;
Under claim but you play to lose;
He wonders why you make no move;
You are the muse for his song.


Waiting Games

Byzantium, a song by Maria Milewska and Richard V Williams

Lead Vocal, Backing Vocals, Keyboards: Maria Milewska
Guitar: Sean Snook
Bass: Shane Webb

Recorded, edited and mixed by Maria Milewska

Lyrics by Maria Milewska

I’ve been cast adrift from all I’ve known
With only memories to call my own
I’m still reeling from those fiery skies
With images emblazoned on my mind

I’ve retreated back inside myself
Yet even there no solace I have felt
Scared to hope there might be something more
That I’ll find my way to kinder shores

Byzantium, I understand
The heartbreak of a war torn land
Watch Islands of identities
Dissolving into stormy seas

Try to clear my mind and look ahead
But I’m uncertain of the path to tread
And if I find a place to make a start
Will they accept me with an open heart?

Magic Summers (Extended Mix)

Music by Richard V Williams (Harmonic Structure) and Molly-Anne Chinner (Vocal Melody)

Lyrics by Molly-Anne Chinner

Performers:

Molly-Anne (Vocals)
Richard Williams (Acoustic Guitars)
Ben Walker (Rhythm & Lead Guitar, Bass)
Oscar Lewis (Lead Guitar)
Jeremy Robberechts (Keyboards, Percussion, Programming)

Produced and mixed by Jeremy Robberechts

Magic Summers (Extended Mix)

Home recording of 'Magic Summers' (HSR VIII). Music by Richard V Williams.

Lead Guitar: Dave Basham
Rhythm Guitar: Richard Williams
Bass Guitar: Pete Summers

Recorded by Richard Williams on 22 January 1978

HSR VIII - Magic Summers (home recording)

Somnambulist, by Randall North. Home recording, 18 April 1978, by Richard Williams, in Ealing, London. UK.
Randall North: Acoustic Guitar, Vocals; Richard Williams: Electric Guitar; Pete Summers: Bass Guitar; Dave Basham: Electric Guitar. Would have been substantially better if less cider had been consumed during the session, especially by the much respected and late lamented Pete Summers (1952?-1989). RIP, old mate. Uploaded for private listening pending renewed contact with the elusive Randall N (aka 'Mr X').



Somnambulist (1978 Home Recording)

Guitar Pro synth output for provisional arrangement of HSR Ib ('Winter Jasmine'). First Guitar, Second Guitar and metronome only.

HSR Ib - Winter Jasmine (GPX output)

Live recording of 'Jacqueline' by Randall North. Recorded in London on 18 April 1978. 

Randall North: Vocals, acoustic guitar; Dave Basham: Electric guitar; Pete Summers: Bass guitar; Richard Williams: Electric guitar.

Lyrics (by Randall North):

I heard your heart beat behind the garden wall
I didn't know if you were here or there at all
Don't come on heavy, let's see your smile
I'm the long lonesome traveller, it's in your smile
I guessed right, I guessed right, didn't I, Jacqueline
I guessed right, I guessed right, didn't I, Jacqueline

You married Tom Baron, a man who made you smile
The dormouse in you became the wildest for the while
But what care you for silver strings
When I know whatever makes you sing
I guessed right, I guessed right, didn't I, Jacqueline
I guessed right, I guessed right, didn't I, Jacqueline

Like a coin, your head upon your hide
Your lying mouth, your lying eyes, your lying creature's side
But what care you for man or pain
I know you'd do it all again (if you had the chance to)
I guessed right, I guessed right, didn't I, Jacqueline
I guessed right, I guessed right, didn't I, Jacqueline
I guessed right, I guessed right, didn't I, Jacqueline
I guessed right, I guessed right, didn't I, Jacqueline

Jacqueline

Here is our new recording of Randall North's song 'Somnambulist'.

Performers:

Jeremy Robberechts: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Bass, Effects.
Richard Williams: Electric guitar.

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Jeremy Robberechts.

Lyrics (by Randall North):

Roll me some more dice
I think that it's late
This gambler's all smoky
but you can read his fate
Let's find a train somewhere
that's not running late
The smoke's in your eyes
it's not easy to say
Goodnight
Sweet lover goodnight

You can see that my thoughts
are not with me tonight
I tried to retrieve them
but I can't reach behind
The door that won't open
is shaped through the scream
I'd give all my tokens
to step into this dream
Goodnight
Sweet lover goodnight

Yes once romantic pictures
Hung on the walls on fixtures
Heroes froze in all your mirrors
You danced with the somnambulist

Now this clock on the wall
it looks ready to burst
But the night flows on 
and it can't be traversed
Every mirror's occupied
and every role's been reversed
And there's nothing left 
Of your dreams, nothing left
Goodnight
Sweet lover goodnight

Who could you trust
when all men told you lies
Your body scorched with lust
and fishermen's eyes
You listen so hard
on the ground as you lie
You can hear the cold trembling angels
who wait in the sky
Goodnight
Sweet lover goodnight

Yes, once romantic pictures
Hung from your walls on fixtures
Heroes froze in all your mirrors
You danced with the somnambulist

Words now that swell this paper
Unravel the last sleepwalker
Extinguish your candle with fingers
You're dancing tonight with the somnambulist

Somnambulist

Angel of the Snows

The trail unfolds before us; we gradually discover who we are.

Performed and recorded by Emmy Broughton.

Music copyright © Richard Williams and Emmy Broughton, 2011 - 2020.

Text copyright © Emmy Broughton, 2020.

Image copyright © Richard Williams, 2020.

All rights reserved.

The Trail Unfolds Before Us; We Gradually Discover Who We Are

Mirrors

Words and music copyright © Richard V Williams 2020

Performers:

Richard Williams (Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar)
Ben Walker (Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussion)

Recorded and Mixed by Ben Walker on 26 September 2020

Mirrors

On these slopes and walking freely
Mirrors spin time's turning wheel
Then I catch your sweet reflection
Then I sense that you are real

Seems like we are ever being
Feels as though we'll always be
In our Mirrors shining freely
Being you and me

You were ever in my Mirror
Gateway to another sphere
Always felt that you existed
Always thought I'd find you here

Seems like we are ever dreaming
Feels as though we'll always be
In our Mirrors dreaming freely
Dreaming you and me

I will ever shield your mirror
I will always tend your dreams
Now I know that you can see me
Now we know what this all means

Seems like we were ever loving
Feels as though we'll always be
In our Mirrors shining freely
Loving you and me

I am shifting in your Mirror
You can never keep me here
You are fading in my Mirror
New reflections fill my sphere

Seems like we are ever turning
Feels like you were never here
As our Mirrors spin, your image
Falls away from me

Copyright © Richard V Williams 1969 - 2020
All rights reserved

Mirrors Second Solo (26 09 2020)

Frames

A song by Richard Williams and Emmy Broughton

Performers:

Emmy Broughton (Vocals, Harp)
Corinne Broughton (Vocals)

Recorded by Richard Williams on 24 August 2020

Frames

Merging tracks and joining circles 
Never thought to cross the line
You're with him and then I catch her
And it seems we'll all be fine

We were locked inside our fixtures
Shutting down our hearts and flames
And we thought we saw the picture
Living lives in frames

Ending tracks and breaking circles
Moving in to cross the line 
I am lost and then you catch me
But you play to lose this time

Falling free, and no more fixtures
No more lines for hearts and games
Spinning round, we see our pictures
Burning up in flames

Splitting tracks and closing circles 
Walls and fences seal the lines
I'm in here and you are out there
In the distance, out of time

Out of range, I make new fixtures
Fairer players feed the flames
Now I really get the picture
Throw away the frames

Music Copyright © Emily C Broughton, 2020
Lyrics Copyright © Richard V Williams, 2020
All Rights Reserved

Frames (Emmy and Corinne)

Frames

A song by Emmy Broughton and Richard Williams

Performed by:

Corinne Broughton (Voice)
Emmy Broughton (Harp)

Recorded and mixed by Richard Williams

Music Copyright © Emily C Broughton 2020
Words Copyright © Richard V Williams 2020
All rights reserved

Frames

Merging tracks and joining circles 
Never thought to cross the line
You're with him and then I catch her
And it seems we'll all be fine

We were locked inside our fixtures
Shutting down our hearts and flames
And we thought we saw the picture
Living lives in frames

Ending tracks and breaking circles
Moving in to cross the line 
I am lost and then you catch me
But you play to lose this time

Falling free, and no more fixtures
No more lines for hearts and games
Spinning round, we see our pictures
Burning up in flames

Splitting tracks and closing circles 
Walls and fences seal the lines
I'm in here and you are out there
In the distance, out of time

Out of range, I make new fixtures
Fairer players feed the flames
Now I really get the picture
Throw away the frames

Frames (Corinne)

Winter Jasmine

A song by Richard Williams and Jamie Broughton

Performed by the Chaos Collective:

Jamie Broughton (Voice, Acoustic Guitar)
Emmy Broughton (Harp)
Luke Norman (Slide Guitar)
Richard Williams (Electric Guitar)
James Virtue (Bass Guitar)

Recorded and mixed by James Virtue

Music Copyright © Richard V Williams 1989, 2011, 2012, 2016
Words Copyright © Jamie Broughton 2020
All rights reserved

Winter Jasmine

Reflections (Solo Harp 05 11 2020)

Reflections II

A song by Richard Williams and Emmy Broughton

Performed by Emmy Broughton (Salvi Diana Concert Harp)

Recorded by Robert Grist

Music Copyright © 2020 Richard V Williams and Emily C Broughton
All rights reserved

Reflections (Solo Harp 26 11 2020)

Angel Of The Snows (Piano Solo)

Eurydice (Acoustic Mix)

Written by Richard Williams (Original Instrumental Version) and Zoë Wren (Lyrics and Vocal Parts). 

Performed by Zoë Wren (lead vocal, backing vocal) and Ben Walker (guitar, fretless bass). 

Recorded and mixed by Ben Walker.

Whispers falling like the stars above 
Find their way to my outcast ears 
If you venture down it’s not for love 
There’s just yourself that you hold dear

Maybe I’ve been down there 
For a bit too long 
Maybe the world’s moved on around me 
But I don’t need 
Permission to go on

As helpless as Eurydice 
Is what I know they say 
But I won’t wait for Orpheus to find me 
When I can find 
My own way

Preach your greatness to whoever hears 
Sing your praises to the moon 
I’ve been there and back and there again 
You’re scrambled up as ancient runes


Eurydice (Acoustic Mix)

Creating, developing, arranging and recording original music, and the occasional cover, with Emmy Broughton, Marietta Kirkbride, Louisa Maynard, Freya Widdicombe, Jimi Can, Ben Walker, Jamie Broughton, Corinne Broughton, Will Broughton, Luke Norman, James Virtue, Zofia Szymanowska,  Maaike Siegerist, Jeremy Robberechts, Ed Wren, Cameron Niven, Molly-Anne Chinner, Oscar Lewis, Zoë Wren, Maria Milewska, Anja Quinn, Michaela Fedeczko, Sean Snook, Shane Webb, Stef Hambrook, Natalie Joiner, Sally Joiner, Jonny Velon, and others.

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