We present a new all-electron, augmented-wave implementation of the GWapproximation using eigenfunctions generated by a recent variant of thefull-potential LMTO method. The dynamically screened Coulomb interaction W isexpanded in a mixed basis set which consists of two contributions, localatom-centered functions confined to muffin-tin spheres, and plane waves withthe overlap to the local functions projected out. The former can include any ofthe core states; thus the core and valence states can be treated on an equalfooting. Systematic studies of semiconductors and insulators show that the GWfundamental bandgaps consistently fall low in comparison to experiment, andalso the quasiparticle levels differ significantly from other, approximatemethods, in particular those that approximate the core with a pseudopotential.