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Hal Lindes
real name Hal Andrew Lindes
Monterey, United States
Hal Lindes is credited on 59 albums across 579 pressings tracked on Gatefold, active 1979–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

59
Albums
579
Pressings
6
Decades active
393
In collections
Biography
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Hal Lindes (born June 30, 1953, Monterey, USA) is an English-American guitarist and composer. In 1980 he was a part of the British rock band Dire Straits, recording albums with the band before he gave up the guitar playing to concentrate on his first love of composing film music. He has composed music for a large amount of films.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
59 albums · 579 pressings · active 1979–2026
- Performance · 763
- Other credits · 66
- Production · 6
- Engineering · 2
Studios: Air Studios · Jam Studios · CBS Studios, London · Abbey Road Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Love Over Gold
1982

Private Dancer
1984

Alchemy - Dire Straits Live
1984

Money For Nothing
1988

Local Hero
1983

Simply The Best
1991

ExtendeDancEPlay
1982

Sultans Of Swing (The Very Best Of Dire Straits)
1998

The Studio Albums 1978 - 1991
2013

Live At The BBC
1995

Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors
1990

Live 1978-1992
2023

State Of Mind
1989

ExtendeDancEPlay / Comfort And Joy (Music From The Film)
1986
Frequent collaborators
- Dire Straits
- Fish
- Various
- Kiki Dee
- Tina Turner
- Russ Taff
- Mark Knopfler
- Darling (5)
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