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David Nelson
real name Joseph A. Levin
David Nelson is credited on 71 albums across 547 pressings tracked on Gatefold, active 1969–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
71
Albums
547
Pressings
7
Decades active
532
In collections
Biography
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American rock singer, songwriter, guitarist and mandolin player, born June 12, 1943 in Seattle, Washington.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
71 albums · 547 pressings · active 1969–2026
- Performance · 917
- Other credits · 124
- Production · 5
- Mastering · 3
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Wally Heider Studios · Pacific High Recording · Record Plant, Sausalito · Quadrafonic Sound Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

American Beauty
1970

Workingman's Dead
1970

Aoxomoxoa
1969

New Riders Of The Purple Sage
1971

The Adventures Of Panama Red
1973

The Very Best Of Grateful Dead
2003

The Best Of The Grateful Dead
2015

Home, Home On The Road
1974

Powerglide
1972

Ragged But Right
2010

Almost Acoustic
1988

Brujo
1974

Gypsy Cowboy
1972

The Story Of The Grateful Dead
2020

Veneta, Oregon August 27, 1972
2004

Live It Up
1982

Who Are Those Guys?
1977

Oh, What A Mighty Time
1975

The Very Best Of Jerry Garcia
2006

Marin County Line
1978

New Riders
1976

Family Dog At The Great Highway, San Francisco, CA, April 18, 1970
2013

Gypsy Cowboy / The Adventures Of Panama Red
2000

Dick's Picks Volume Eight (Harpur College, Binghamton, NY, 5/2/70)
1997
Frequent collaborators
- New Riders Of The Purple Sage
- Grateful Dead
- The Grateful Dead
- Frank Wakefield
- The Good Old Boys
- Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band
- The Earl Scruggs Revue
- Matt Kelly
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