Performance · Production
Melvin Van Peebles
American filmmaker
Chicago, United States • 1932-08-21 – 2021-09-22
Melvin Van Peebles is credited on 131 releases across 42 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2020 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
131
Pressings credited
42
Albums
7
Decades active
85
In collections
Credited work
131 releases · 42 albums · active 1968–2020
- Performance · 158
- Production · 42
- Other credits · 23
Studios: Advantage Sound · Benztown Studio · Tucan Studio · Los Angeles Coliseum
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

The Further Adventures Of Lord Quas
2005

The Unseen
2000

Living My Life
1982

Wattstax: The Living Word
1972

Stax Of Funk. The Funky Truth
2000

Cold Sweat (From Jazz To Soul 'N' Funk To Blaxploitation)
2001

The Last Transmission
2014

Can You Dig It? The Music And Politics Of Black Action Films 1968-75
2009

Plastic People
2008

Black & Proud (The Soul Of The Black Panther Era)
2002

The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Volume 2: 1968-1971
1993

The Apple Stretching · Nipple To The Bottle
1982

What The . . . . You Mean I Can't Sing?!
1973

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (An Opera)
1971

Watermelon Man
1970

Ain't Supposed To Die A Natural Death
1970
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Grace Jones
- Turntablerocker
- Professor Oz
- Denny Greene
- Mario van Peebles
- Herman van Veen
- Louis Armstrong
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