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Colin Towns
Greater London, United Kingdom
Colin Towns is credited on 494 releases across 109 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1973–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
494
Pressings credited
109
Albums
6
Decades active
38
In collections
Biography
Colin William Towns (born 13 May 1948) is an English composer and keyboardist. He was noted for playing in bands formed by ex-Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan, and later worked extensively in composing soundtracks for film, television and commercials. Learning piano as a child, by the age of 13 he was earning money playing at weddings and birthdays in his neighbourhood of the East End of London. He went on to play in numerous dance bands, jazz ensembles and also became a session musician. His main musical passion is jazz and he has made several well-received albums together with his big band, the Mask Orchestra. He has also founded an independent record label, Provocateur.
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Credited work
494 releases · 109 albums · active 1973–2026
- Performance · 1,313
- Other credits · 58
- Production · 45
- Engineering · 5
Studios: Kingsway Recorders Ltd. · Kingsway Recorders · The Town House · The Reading Festival
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Gillan
- Various
- Ian Gillan Band
- Ian Gillan
- Dusty Springfield
- McCoy
- Deep Purple
- Samson (3)
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