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Lester Melrose
Lester Melrose is credited on 189 releases across 48 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2018 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
189
Pressings credited
48
Albums
7
Decades active
190
In collections
Biography
Lester Franklin Melrose (December 14, 1891 – April 12, 1968) was a talent scout who was one of the first American producers of Chicago blues records.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
189 releases · 48 albums · active 1950–2018
- Performance · 225
- Other credits · 2
Studios: RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World · RCA's Music Center Of The World · RCA Studios, Hollywood · Studio Schellerten
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Surrealistic Pillow
1967
Night In The Ruts
1979
1971 (The Road Starts Hear)
2021
Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
1966
Classics Live
1986
Box Of Fire
1994
History Of British Blues (Volume One)
1973
The Story Of The Blues
1969
20 Greatest Hits
Chicago
1984
Me And The Devil: An Anthology Of The British Blues
1968
Jazz Classics
1956
Live At The Fillmore Auditorium 10/15/66 (Late Show - Signe's Farewell)
2010
Loves You
1992
Surrealistic Airplane
1976
Bless Its Pointed Little Head / Takes Off
1973
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Jefferson Airplane
- Aerosmith
- Louis Armstrong
- Fats Domino
- Ernie Fields & Orch.
- Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
- Edmond Hall
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