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Mel Collins
Banstead, United Kingdom
Mel Collins is credited on 4,145 releases across 479 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1967–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
4,145
Pressings credited
479
Albums
7
Decades active
1,438
In collections
Biography
Melvyn Desmond Collins (born 5 September 1947) is a British saxophonist, flautist and session musician. Collins has played in several progressive rock groups, most notably being a member of King Crimson on two occasions (the first from 1970 to 1972 and the second from 2013 to 2021) and Camel (from 1976 to 1979). He has also worked with the Rolling Stones, Alan Parsons Project, Dire Straits, Roger Waters and Chris Squire. He has played in a wide variety of contexts ranging from R&B and blues rock to jazz and progressive rock.
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Credited work
4,145 releases · 479 albums · active 1967–2026
- Performance · 7,022
- Other credits · 481
- Production · 57
- Engineering · 11
- Mastering · 5
Studios: Air Studios · Olympic Studios · Abbey Road Studios · Wessex Sound Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson)
1969
Songs From The Big Chair
1985
Some Girls
1978
Slowhand
1977
Bad Co
1974
Private Dancer
1984
Eye In The Sky
1982
The Hurting
1983
Red
1974
The Turn Of A Friendly Card
1980
Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby
1987
Alchemy - Dire Straits Live
1984
In The Wake Of Poseidon
1970
Lizard
1970
Money For Nothing
1988
Islands
1971
Ammonia Avenue
1984
Rant N' Rave With The Stray Cats
1983
Points On The Curve
1983
Radio K.A.O.S.
1987
Forty Licks
2002
Gone To Earth
1986
Rough Mix
1977
Show Some Emotion
1977
Frequent collaborators
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