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Dick Heckstall-Smith
Dick Heckstall-Smith is credited on 1,323 releases across 153 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1956–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,323
Pressings credited
153
Albums
8
Decades active
61
In collections
Biography
Richard Malden Heckstall-Smith (26 September 1934 – 17 December 2004) was an English jazz and blues saxophonist. He played with some of the most influential English blues rock and jazz fusion bands of the 1960s and 1970s. He is known for primarily playing tenor, soprano, and baritone saxophones, as well as piano, clarinet and alto saxophone.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
1,323 releases · 153 albums · active 1956–2026
- Performance · 3,332
- Other credits · 196
- Production · 35
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Lansdowne Studios · Big Apple, Brighton · Manchester University · Decca Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Bare Wires
1968

Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars
2000

Valentyne Suite
1969

Songs For A Tailor
1969

Charlie's Angels (Music From The Motion Picture)
2000

Looking Back
1969

The Diary Of A Band Volume One
1968

The Diary Of A Band Volume Two
1968

Forty Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed And Ready To Serve
1968

The First Generation 1965-1974
2021

Colosseum Live
1971

Daughter Of Time
1970

Things We Like
1970

Red Hot From Alex
1964

Journeys In Modern Jazz: Britain (1965-1972)
2021

Live At The Boston Tea Party
2020

Rockpalast: The 50th Birthday Concerts
2014

A Breath Of Fresh Air: A Harvest Records Anthology / 1969-1974
2007

Valentyne Suite (Deluxe Expanded Edition)
2004

The Best Prog Rock Album In The World …Ever!
2003

Knights Of The Blues Table
1997

Somethin Els
1993

Willpower: A Twenty Year Retrospective (1968-1988)
1989

Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated
1981
Frequent collaborators
- Colosseum
- Various
- John Mayall
- Jack Bruce
- The Graham Bond Organization
- Alexis Korner
- Pete Brown And His Battered Ornaments
- Fatboy Slim
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