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Rich Williams
aka Richard Williams
real name Richard John Williams
Rich Williams is credited on 52 albums across 510 pressings tracked on Gatefold, active 1974–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
52
Albums
510
Pressings
6
Decades active
340
In collections
Biography
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Richard John "Rich" Williams (born February 1, 1950) is the guitarist for the American rock band Kansas, and has been with them since their 1974 self-titled debut album.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
52 albums · 510 pressings · active 1974–2025
- Performance · 961
- Other credits · 66
- Production · 35
Studios: Studio In The Country · Axis Sound Studio · Woodland Studios · The Village Recorder
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Leftoverture
1976
Point Of Know Return
1977
The Best Of Kansas
1984
Monolith
1979
Masque
1975
Kansas
1974
Two For The Show
1978
Song For America
1975
Audio-Visions
1980
Vinyl Confessions
1982
Power
1986
Drastic Measures
1983
The Absence Of Presence
2020
Schemer Dreamer
1980
Somewhere To Elsewhere
2000
The Prelude Implicit
2016
In The Spirit Of Things
1988
Point Of Know Return Live & Beyond
2021
Leftoverture Live & Beyond
2017
Miracles Out Of Nowhere
2015
The Classic Albums Collection 1974-1983
2011
Native Window
2009
There's Know Place Like Home
2009
Always Never The Same
1998
Frequent collaborators
- Kansas (2)
- Various
- Native Window
- Seventh Key
- Kerry Livgren
- Ronnie Romero
- Steve Walsh
- John Elefante
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