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Robert Kirby

real name Robert Bruce Kirby

Robert Kirby is credited on 752 releases across 125 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1969–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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752

Credits

125

Albums

7

Decades active

398

In collections

Biography

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Robert Kirby was a British born musical arranger, orchestrator and musician. He was best known for his work on the Nick Drake albums, Five Leaves Left and Bryter Layter, but also worked with Vashti Bunyan, Elton John, Ralph McTell, Strawbs, Paul Weller and Elvis Costello.
Born: 16th April 1948, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England
Died: 3rd October 2009, London, England

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Credited work

752 releases · 125 albums · active 1969–2024

  • Performance · 1,637
  • Other credits · 148
  • Production · 50
  • Engineering · 3

Studios: Trident Studios · Sound Techniques, London · Air Studios · Ramport Studios

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