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Tab Martin

Tab Martin is credited on 85 releases across 20 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1964–2014 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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85

Pressings credited

20

Albums

6

Decades active

3

In collections

Biography

Tab Martin (born Alan Raymond Brearley; 24 December 1944) is an English bass guitarist. He has been a member of well-known English bands from the 1960s. He was a member of the Tornados and played on their hit "Globetrotter". He was also a member of the Peddlers and played on their hits "Birth" and "Girlie". He also founded 1960s group the Saints. Martin was known for his technique of playing his bass in an upright fashion. In 1967, Martin was no. 9 in the Bass Guitarist section of the Beat Instrumental Gold Star Awards.

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Credited work

85 releases · 20 albums · active 1964–2014

  • Performance · 66
  • Production · 28
  • Other credits · 3

Studios: I.B.C. Studios · Pickwick Club, London

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • The Peddlers
  • Dafne And The Tenderspots
  • Peddlers
  • Goldie (7)
  • Carey Duncan (2)
  • Otis Waygood Band
  • Xanadu (10)
  • Heinz

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