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Mike Leander

Mike Leander is credited on 4,823 releases across 1,050 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1962–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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4,823

Pressings credited

1,050

Albums

7

Decades active

1,206

In collections

Biography

Michael George Farr (30 June 1941 – 18 April 1996), known professionally as Mike Leander, was a British arranger, songwriter and record producer. He worked variously with Cliff Richard, the Beatles, David McWilliams ("Days of Pearly Spencer"), Gary Glitter, the Rolling Stones, Brian Jones, Marianne Faithfull, Andrew Loog Oldham, Joe Cocker, Billy Fury, Marc Bolan, Small Faces, Van Morrison, Alan Price, Peter Frampton, Keith Richards, Shirley Bassey, Lulu, Jimmy Page, Roy Orbison, Ben E. King, the Drifters, and Gene Pitney. Leander also wrote the score for the films Privilege (1967) and Run a Crooked Mile (1969).

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Credited work

4,823 releases · 1,050 albums · active 1962–2026

  • Performance · 5,228
  • Production · 1,623
  • Other credits · 656
  • Engineering · 2

Studios: Regent Sound Studios · Rockfield Studios · Abbey Road Studios · I.B.C. Studios

Discography

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