Allan Holdsworth Compositions

Allan Holdsworth compositions

Here is a draft for a list of published compositions by Allan Holdsworth. It lists most of the recorded tracks from 1969 onwards where Allan is listed as a composer or co-composer. There are a few exceptions. Some of the recordings featuring group improvisations have been excluded from this list. This goes for recordings in the name of John Stevens and Chad Wackerman, plus a few others. Allan would sometimes rework themes and include them in new compositions of different names, I have tried to note this on each composition's listing. Sometimes recordings of compositions under the same name feature additional material. Allan would perform a few tunes live that were never officially released, these tunes are not listed here. With one exception, Holdsworth compositions featured on BBC recordings are not featured. The list is by default sorted alphabetically, but can be sorted by any of the columns.

Title	Artist	Writer(s)	First album	Year first recorded
0274	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	The Sixteen Men of Tain	2000
5 to 10	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Wardenclyffe Tower	1993
54 Duncan Terrace	Holdsworth/Beck	Holdsworth	With A Heart In My Song	1988
Above and Below	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	The Sixteen Men of Tain	2000
Above and Below (Reprise)	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	The Sixteen Men of Tain	2000
Against The Clock	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth, Naomi Star	Wardenclyffe Tower	1993
All Our Yesterdays	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth, Rowanne Mark	Atavachron	1986
Alphrazallan	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	All Night Wrong	2003
At the Edge	Holdsworth/Beck	Holdsworth	The Things You See	1981
Atavachron	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Atavachron	1986
Bo Peep	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Flat Tire	2001
Brothers	Tempest	Hiseman, Holdsworth	Tempest	1973
Checking Out	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	I.O.U.	1982
Clown	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Sand	1987
Curves	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Flat Tire	2001
Devil Take the Hindmost	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Metal Fatigue	1985
Diminished Responsibility	Holdsworth/Beck	Holdsworth	The Things You See	1981
Distance vs. Desire	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Sand	1987
Dark House	Tempest	Hiseman, Clarke, Holdsworth	Tempest	1973
Don't You Know	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Flat Tire	2001
Eeny Meeny	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Flat Tire	2001
Eidolon	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	The Sixteen Men of Tain	2000
Endgame	Soft Machine	Holdsworth, Marshall, Jenkins, Ratledge, Babbington	Floating World Live	2006
Endomorph	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth, Rowanne Mark	Secrets	1989
Every Little Breeze	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	BBC session	1979
Floppy Hat	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Velvet Darkness	1976
Foyers of Fun	Tempest	Hiseman, Clarke, Holdsworth	Tempest	1973
Fred	Tony Williams New Lifetime	Holdsworth	Believe It	1975
Funnels	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Atavachron	1986
Gas Lamp Blues	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	All Night Wrong	2003
Gattox	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Velvet Darkness	1976
Golden Lakes	Igginbottom	Holdsworth	Igginbottom's Wrench	1969
Gone Sailing	Soft Machine	Holdsworth	Bundles	1975
Good Clean Filth	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Velvet Darkness	1976
Gorgon	Tempest	Hiseman, Clarke, Holdsworth	Tempest	1973
Hard Hat Area	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Hard Hat Area	1993
Home	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Metal Fatigue	1985
House of Mirrors	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Hard Hat Area	1993
In the Mystery	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth, Paul Korda	Metal Fatigue	1985
Is She Just a Dream?	Igginbottom	Holdsworth, Mick Skelly	Igginbottom's Wrench	1969
Karzie Key	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Velvet Darkness	1976
Kinder	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Velvet Darkness	1976
Land of the Bag Snake	Soft Machine	Holdsworth	Bundles	1975
Lanyard Loop	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	All Night Wrong	2003
Last May	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Velvet Darkness	1976
Leave 'Em On	Gary Husband	Holdsworth	Dirty And Beautiful Volume 1	2010
Let's Throw Shrimp	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth, Chad Wackerman, Jimmy Johnson	Against The Clock	2005
Letsby	Tony Williams New Lifetime	Holdsworth	Believe It	1975
Letters of Marque	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	I.O.U.	1982
Looking Glass	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Atavachron	1986
Low Levels, High Stakes	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Hard Hat Area	1993
Mac Man	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Sand	1987
Madame Vintage	Soft Works	Holdsworth	Abracadabra	2003
Material Real	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Road Games	1983
Material unreal This is a reworking of "Material Real" from "Road Games".	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	The Sixteen Men of Tain	2000
Mental Medication	U.K.	Holdsworth, Bruford, Jobson	U.K.	1978
Metal Fatigue	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth, Paul Williams	Metal Fatigue	1985
Mr. Spock	Tony Williams New Lifetime	Holdsworth	Believe It	1975
Mr. Berwell	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Atavachron	1986
Nevermore	U.K.	Holdsworth, Jobson, Wetton	U.K.	1978
Night Illusion	Gong	Holdsworth	Gazeuse!	1976
Non Brewed Condiment	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Atavachron	1986
Not So Sweet Dreams	Igginbottom	Holdsworth	Igginbottom's Wrench	1969
Oneiric Moor	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Wardenclyffe Tower	1993
Out from Under	Allan Holdsworth	Steven Robinson, Holdsworth	I.O.U.	1982
Out of Confusion	Igginbottom	Dave Freeman, Steven Robinson, Holdsworth, Mick Skelly	Igginbottom's Wrench	1969
Panic Station	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth, Paul Williams	Metal Fatigue	1985
Please Hold On	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Flat Tire	2001
Poochini	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Tales From The Vault	2016
Postlude	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth, Hunt, Skúli Sverrisson, Gary Husband	Hard Hat Area	1993
Prelude	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth, Steve Hunt	Hard Hat Area	1993
Pud Wud	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Sand	1986
Riff III	Soft Machine	Holdsworth, Marshall, Jenkins, Ratledge, Babbington	Floating World Live	2006
Road Games	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Road Games	1983
Ruhkukah	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Hard Hat Area	1993
San Onofre This is a bonus track from a later reissue	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	The Sixteen Men of Tain	2000
Sand	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Sand	1986
Secrets	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth, Rowanne Mark	Secrets	1989
Shadows Of	Gong	Holdsworth	Gazeuse!	1976
Shallow Sea	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	I.O.U.	1982
Snow Moon	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Flat Tire	2001
So Long	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Flat Tire	2001
Sphere of Innocence	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Wardenclyffe Tower	1993
Spokes	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Secrets	1989
Sundays	Holdsworth/Beck	Holdsworth	With A Heart In My Song	1988
Sweet Dry Biscuits	Igginbottom	Holdsworth	Igginbottom's Wrench	1969
Temporary Fault	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	I.O.U.	1982
Texas	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	The Sixteen Men of Tain	2000
The 4.15 Bradford Executive	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth, Chad Wackerman	Sand	1986
The Abingdon Chasp	Bruford	Holdsworth	One Of A Kind	1979
The Castle	Igginbottom	Holdsworth	Igginbottom's Wrench	1969
The Dominant Plague	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Atavachron	1986
The Drums Were Yellow	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth, Gary Novak	The Sixteen Men of Tain	2000
The Duplicate Man	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Flat Tire	2001
The Duplicate Man (Intro)	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Flat Tire	2001
The Sixteen Men Of Tain	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	The Sixteen Men of Tain	2000
The Things You See (When You Haven't Got Your Gun)	Holdsworth/Beck	Holdsworth	The Things You See	1981
The Un-Merry-Go-Round	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Metal Fatigue	1985
The Witch	Igginbottom	Holdsworth	Igginbottom's Wrench	1969
Three Sheets to the Wind	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Road Games	1983
Tokyo Dream	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Road Games	1983
Tullio	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Hard Hat Area	1993
Up and On	Tempest	John Edwards, Holdsworth	Tempest	1969
Velvet Darkness	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Velvet Darkness	1976
Wardenclyffe Tower	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Wardenclyffe Tower	1993
Was There?	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Road Games	1983
Water on the Brain Pt. II	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Road Games	1983
Where Is One	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	I.O.U.	1982
White Line	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth, Pete Brown	I.O.U.	1982
Wish	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Velvet Darkness	1976
Zarabeth	Allan Holdsworth	Holdsworth	Wardenclyffe Tower	1993
Zone	Allan Holdsworth	Group improvisation	All Night Wrong	2001

Allan is listed as co-composer on Jon St. James "Rainy Taxi".

Other songs associated with Holdsworth.

From "Secrets" and onwards, Allan would allow band members to record their compositions on his solo albums. Some of these recordings have become highly associated with Allan, to the extent that they are often erroneously referred to as Holdsworth compositions.

Title	Artist	Writer(s)	Album	Year first recorded
City Nights	Allan Holdsworth	Gary Husband	Secrets	1989
Dodgy Boat	Allan Holdsworth	Steve Hunt	Wardenclyffe Tower	1993
Downside Up	Allan Holdsworth	Chad Wackerman	The Sixteen Men of Tain	2000
Joshua	Allan Holdsworth	Steve Hunt	Secrets	1989
Maid Marion	Allan Holdsworth	Hunt	Secrets	1989
Peril Premonition	Allan Holdsworth	Chad Wackerman	Secrets	1989
Questions	Allan Holdsworth	Chad Wackerman	Wardenclyffe Tower	1993