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Melvin Parker
Melvin Parker is credited on 125 releases across 45 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1964–2020 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
125
Pressings credited
45
Albums
7
Decades active
120
In collections
Biography
Melvin Parker (June 7, 1944 – December 3, 2021) was an American drummer. He and his brother, saxophonist Maceo Parker, were key members of James Brown's band.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
125 releases · 45 albums · active 1964–2020
- Performance · 192
- Other credits · 2
Studios: Woodland Studios · Sounds Of Memphis Studio · Bell Auditorium, Augusta · King Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Buhloone Mind State
1993
Sex Machine
1970
In The Jungle Groove
1986
Clear Lake Audiotorium
1994
James Brown's Funky People (Part 2)
1988
Star Time
1993
Sex Machine / Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
1985
Motherlode
1988
Soul Syndrome
1980
Doing Their Own Thing
1970
Grits & Soul (The Instrumental Sounds Of The James Brown Band)
1964
CD Of JB (Sex Machine And Other Soul Classics)
1985
Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
1965
Soul Food (Cooking –With– Maceo)
2020
Lyfe'N'Tyme
1995
Vagina Diner
1993
Funk, Inc. / Chicken Lickin'
1992
Duets
1989
Mutha's Nature
1977
It's A New Day So Let A Man Come In
1970
Live At Home With His Bad Self
2019
Get On Up - The James Brown Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2014
The Godfather's R&B (James Brown's Productions 1962-67)
2008
Funky Good Time: The Anthology
1995
Frequent collaborators
- James Brown
- Various
- De La Soul
- The J.B.'s
- Maceo And All The King's Men
- Maceo & All The King's Men
- Bobby Byrd
- Funk Inc.
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