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Jimmy Copley
London, United Kingdom
Jimmy Copley is credited on 204 releases across 77 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1972–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
204
Pressings credited
77
Albums
6
Decades active
28
In collections
Biography
James Frank Copley (29 December 1953 – 13 May 2017) was an English rock drummer. Copley was largely a session musician and worked with Jeff Beck, Graham Parker, Upp, Paul Young, Magnum, Roger Glover, Ian Gillan and Glenn Hughes of Deep Purple, Go West, Killing Joke, Tears for Fears, Seal, Tony Iommi and Paul Rodgers. He was the drummer with Manfred Mann's Earth Band from 2007. He was a master of the open-handed drumming technique. This method dispenses with crossing the hands when playing the hi-hat and snare drum simultaneously, as opposed to the more traditional way of playing drums which features crossed hands as the basic playing position. Copley was a long-term Tama Drums endorser. He used Superstar, Granstar, Artstar II and Starclassic drums throughout the years. Another long time association was with Zildjian Cymbals. He also used Vic Firth drumsticks.
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Credited work
204 releases · 77 albums · active 1972–2023
- Performance · 294
- Other credits · 53
- Production · 3
- Engineering · 2
Studios: Olympic Studios · The Town House · The Wool Hall · Mix This!
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Paul Rodgers
- Various
- Ann Lewis (2)
- UPP
- Zazie
- M3 (5)
- Robert Hart
- Mechanical Man (3)
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