Performance · Production
Ed Welch
real name Edward William Welch
Ed Welch is credited on 519 releases across 150 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1969–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
519
Credits
150
Albums
7
Decades active
13
In collections
Biography
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Edward William "Ed" Welch (born 22 October 1947) is an English television composer.Ed Welch had a classical music upbringing, being Head Chorister at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford then a first music scholar at Ardingly College in Sussex. He gained a scholarship to Trinity College of Music London, studying composition with Arnold Cooke. Upon graduating in 1965, he joined United Artists Music where he learned the various branches of the music business. He wrote arrangements, composed 'B' sides and plugged the UA catalogue at the BBC.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
519 releases · 150 albums · active 1969–2026
- Performance · 741
- Production · 175
- Other credits · 67
Studios: Advision Studios · CTS Studios · Central Sound Studios, London · Devonshire Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- The Wurzels
- Spike Milligan
- Shirley Bassey
- Raw Material (2)
- Various
- Diane Solomon
- The Goons
- David McWilliams
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