My friend Bill Leader, who has died aged 96, was a folk music record producer responsible for bringing together and shaping recordings by, among others, Billy Connolly, Gerry Rafferty, Mike Harding, Christy Moore, Luke Kelly, Aly Bain, Dick Gaughan and Barbara Dickson.
Working in conjunction with Topic Records, Transatlantic Records and two of his own labels, Leader and Trailer, Bill supervised the recording of more than 400 albums over the years, also working with Ewan MacColl, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Pentangle, the Dubliners and Planxty.
