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Roy Babbington
Kempston, United Kingdom
Roy Babbington is credited on 522 releases across 121 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1970–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
522
Pressings credited
121
Albums
6
Decades active
73
In collections
Biography
Roy William Babbington (born 8 July 1940 in Kempston, Bedfordshire, England) is an English rock and jazz bassist. He became well known for being a member of the Canterbury scene progressive rock band Soft Machine.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
522 releases · 121 albums · active 1970–2026
- Performance · 689
- Other credits · 5
Studios: Olympic Studios · Advision Studios · Abbey Road Studios · CBS Studios, London
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Fourth
1971

The Very Best Of Elvis Costello
1999

All This Useless Beauty
1996

Hooked On Classics 3 - Journey Through The Classics
1983

Seven
1973

Elvis Costello's Kojak Variety
1995

The Juliet Letters
1993

Welcome To The Cruise
1979

Commit No Nuisance
1979

Book Early
1978

Bundles
1975

Fifth
1972

Dedicated To You, But You Weren't Listening
1971

A Tribute To Joni Mitchell
2007

A British Blues Legend
1979

Softs
1976

Belladonna
1972

Septober Energy
1971

The Complete Obscure Records Collection
2023

Torrid Zone (The Vertigo Recordings 1970 - 1975)
2019

Hidden Details
2018

Floating World Live
2006

Return Of The Grievous Angel / A Tribute To Gram Parsons
1999

Extreme Honey (The Very Best Of The Warner Bros. Years)
1997
Frequent collaborators
- Soft Machine
- Nucleus (3)
- Harvey Andrews
- Ian Carr
- Elvis Costello
- Salena Jones
- The Keith Tippett Group
- Barbara Thompson
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