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Paul Kossoff

real name Paul Francis Kossoff

Hampstead, United Kingdom · 1950-09-15 – 1976-03-19

Paul Kossoff is credited on 1,253 releases across 208 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,253

Credits

208

Albums

7

Decades active

187

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Biography

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English guitarist and songwriter, born 14 Sep 1950 in North London.
Playing with Black Cat Bones at the age of 15 he met drummer & future Free bandmate Simon Kirke.
Kossoff is best known for his work with English heavies Free (April 1968-72).
Amid session work, he followed with a solo release, 1973's Back Street Crawler, and the forming of the short lived Back Street Crawler in 1975.
He died 19 Mar 1976 from a drug-related heart problem on a flight from Los Angeles to New York.

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Credited work

1,253 releases · 208 albums · active 1968–2025

  • Performance · 2,637
  • Production · 88
  • Other credits · 22

Studios: Island Studios · Trident Studios · Bee Jay Recording Studio · Subterranean Studio, Ann Arbor

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