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John Platania
John Platania is credited on 540 releases across 60 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
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Albums
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Decades active
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Biography
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American guitar player and session musician (born c. 1948, Ulster County, New York), best known for his work with Van Morrison.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
540 releases · 60 albums · active 1968–2023
- Performance · 902
- Other credits · 7
- Production · 5
Studios: The Troubadour · Santa Monica Civic Auditorium · Rainbow Theatre London · Studio D, Sausalito, CA
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Moondance
1970
His Band And The Street Choir
1970
Good Old Boys
1974
Hard Nose The Highway
1973
It's Too Late To Stop Now
1974
No Guru, No Method, No Teacher
1986
The Alternative Moondance
2018
Keep Me Singing
2016
Astral Weeks Live At The Hollywood Bowl
2009
Keep It Simple
2008
The Philosopher's Stone (The Unreleased Tapes Volume One)
1998
Trilogy: Three Classic Albums
1992
Thanks For The Music
1976
..It's Too Late To Stop Now...Volumes II, III, IV & DVD
2016
Guilty: 30 Years Of Randy Newman
1998
This Side Of The Big River
1975
Chip Taylor's Last Chance
1973
Genya Ravan
1972
Hypnotized
1972
Double Dynamite: Moondance / Astral Weeks
Frequent collaborators
- Van Morrison
- Chip Taylor
- Guy Davis (3)
- Randy Newman
- Herbie Armstrong
- Giants (7)
- Gary Kuper
- Gary Windo
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