The record label of Dave Williams' Jigsaw Studios. Williams started out as a producer, and Jigsaw Music - or Jig-Saw Music - was initially a publishing company. 'Record Retailer' of the 6th of November 1971 observed that Jig-Saw was currently enjoying Top 50 success in the shape of Springwater's 'I Will Return' b/w 'Stone Cross' (Polydor, 2058-141; 9/71), which was a Dave Williams / Phil Cordell joint production. Cordell appears to have been associated with Jig-Saw for a brief period, as several of his other singles were published by them: 'Dan The Banjo Man' b/w 'Everything Will Rhyme' (Rare Earth, RES-110; 8/73), which reached the No.51 spot, seems to have been the only one of them to enter the Charts.
Jigsaw's venture into record releasing came late in the decade. 'Music Week' of the 3rd of November 1979 reported that, as the company's recording studio was now established in addition to its music publishing arm, the next step was going to be the development of a record label. The article noted that Dave Williams had acted as producer for Ike & Tina Turner, Camel and Gary Benson among others, and that his company's first offering, by Driftwood, featured former members of The Strawbs. Unsurprisingly, given the late start, Driftwood's 'Rainbow Waters' b/w 'Mission Bell' (JIG-1; 11/79) was Jigsaw's only release of the 1970s; it was pressed by Lyntone (matrix number LYN-7263) and distributed by Phonodisc. Date-stamped copies (2) may have been used as promos. Jigsaw went on to issue five more singles and three albums in the period 1980-84, at first with distribution by Spartan. That appeared to be the lot, but happily the label made a return in 2013 with a CD by Marcus Bonfanti, 'Shake The Walls', whose catalogue number, SAW-4, followed on where the last LP has left off - The Home Service's eponymous 1984 album had been SAW-3. Jigsaw appears to be still putting out records, albeit rather sporadically.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.