Wild Billy Childish - From Fossilised Cretaceous Seams: A Short History of His Song and Dance GroupsA compilation to celebrate the release of the brand new book To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorised Unauthorised History of Billy Childish written by Ted Kessler. When the idea for the book was mooted Billy wanted to put a succinct double album compilation together to summarise his 47 years of making music. This is the result. My name is William Ivy Loveday, aka Steve Hamper, aka Guy Hamper, aka Jack Ketch, aka Billy Childish. I paint and write

trained initially as a classical pianist

Rockingbirds) who recorded and produced the album at his Famous Times Studios

is a requiem for Danny Ray Thompson (R

a concept album about a wandering anti-hero

Horace Andy’s ‘I’ll Be Gone’

or reposition ideas in line with the circumstances the pair found themselves in

investigating and heralding the love between angels

The surefire future hit ‘Would You Like a Brown Ale

captured every moment of the recording

Special care has been taken to replicate the original packaging

mummified mayhem

The band may cloak their fiery activism in a jester ’s outfit