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Colin Frechter

real name Colin Michael Frechter

Colin Frechter is credited on 1,561 releases across 415 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1965–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,561

Credits

415

Albums

7

Decades active

159

In collections

Biography

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British pianist, arranger, and musical director, born in 1938. As an arranger, he regularly worked with The Troggs, producing their international hit success 'Wild Thing'. Also teamed up with Sacha Distel, Faith Brown, the Bay City Rollers, and Mariska Veres. Wrote the orchestration to Eurovision winner 'Save Your Kisses for Me' (1976) and made a return to the festival ten years later as Portugal's MD. He composed and arranged TV jingles and film scores (e.g. ‘Sell out’).

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Credited work

1,561 releases · 415 albums · active 1965–2025

  • Performance · 1,559
  • Other credits · 306
  • Production · 278
  • Engineering · 2
  • Mastering · 1

Studios: Trident Studios · Chipping Norton Recording Studios · Grande Ballroom · Air Studios

Discography

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