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Mel Collins
real name Melvyn Desmond Collins
Banstead, United Kingdom
Mel Collins is credited on 4,139 releases across 480 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1967–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
4,139
Credits
480
Albums
7
Decades active
1,564
In collections
Biography
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British musician and singer, plays saxophone, flute, clarinet and keyboards. He was born September 5, 1947 on the Isle of Man.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
4,139 releases · 480 albums · active 1967–2026
- Performance · 7,013
- Other credits · 481
- Production · 57
- Engineering · 11
- Mastering · 5
Studios: Air Studios · Olympic Studios · Abbey Road Studios · Wessex Sound Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Songs From The Big Chair
1985
In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson)
1969
Some Girls
1978
Slowhand
1977
Bad Co
1974
Eye In The Sky
1982
Private Dancer
1984
The Hurting
1983
Red
1974
Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby
1987
Alchemy - Dire Straits Live
1984
The Turn Of A Friendly Card
1980
In The Wake Of Poseidon
1970
Lizard
1970
Money For Nothing
1988
Islands
1971
Ammonia Avenue
1984
Rant N' Rave With The Stray Cats
1983
Points On The Curve
1983
Forty Licks
2002
Radio K.A.O.S.
1987
Rough Mix
1977
Gone To Earth
1986
Show Some Emotion
1977
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