[2] The legacy of Widowmaker is captured on the compilation Straight Faced Fighters (2002) released by Castle; it includes tracks from both of their albums.

The original line-up featured vocalist Steve Ellis from Love Affair, guitarist Huw Lloyd-Langton from Hawkwind, Australian bassist Bob Daisley of Chicken Shack, and drummer Paul Nicholls who had played with Lindisfarne.

[4] A few months after they began rehearsing at Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Manticore Studios in London, Don Arden, the owner of Jet Records signed them.

[4] The line-up for Widowmaker was augmented in the studio by vocalist and guitarist Bobby Tench from Streetwalkers and Hammond player Zoot Money.

[5] Widowmaker toured the U.K. with Nazareth and in June 1976 they took part in a short series of all-day stadium concerts in London and Swansea entitled Who Put The Boot In alongside the leading rock bands Little Feat, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Outlaws, Streetwalkers, and the headline act, The Who.