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Merrell Fankhauser

Merrell Fankhauser is credited on 140 releases across 30 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1963–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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140

Pressings credited

30

Albums

7

Decades active

3

In collections

Biography

Merrell Wayne Fankhauser (born December 23, 1943, Louisville, Kentucky, United States) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist, who was most active in the 1960s and 1970s with bands including the Impacts, Merrell & the Exiles, HMS Bounty, Fankhauser-Cassidy Band, and Mu. In addition, 12 songs recorded by Merrell & the Exiles were later released under the group name Fapardokly, even though that group never actually existed.

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Credited work

140 releases · 30 albums · active 1963–2026

  • Performance · 685
  • Production · 56
  • Other credits · 43
  • Engineering · 22
  • Mastering · 1

Studios: Gold Star Studios · Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles · Sutton Sound Studio, Atascadero, CA · Ocean Sound

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Mu (7)
  • Various
  • Merrell Fankhauser & H.M.S. Bounty
  • Merrell And The Exiles
  • Merrell Fankhauser And (His Trusty) H.M.S. Bounty!
  • The Impacts
  • Fapardokly
  • The Smell Of Incense

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