Allan Holdsworth Discography

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The following list is taken from https://www.facebook.com/AllanHoldsworthArchives/posts/742620042578558

See the link above for comments. Alan Marshall in particular has made constructive remarks.

Allan Holdsworth Discography: Vinyl, Compact Disc and Digital

This is a first draft for an Allan Holdsworth discography. There are many ways of doing a discography. For this version, the following applies: The listing includes music released legally* on vinyl, compact disc and digitally. There are mainly albums on the list. The albums are listed chronologically on the year of original release, with the original artist name and title as it appears on the record. This means that ”Belladonna”, for example, is listed as an Ian Carr release, and not Nucleus. The list does not contain albums with re-releases and compilations of previously released material, except where the new releases also contain previously unreleased music. That means that the Tempest anthology “Under The Blossom” is listed, as it contains previously unreleased recordings from the BBC. The chronology is sometimes dubious, but is intended to show the records in the order they were released. Allan is listed according to the instrument he plays, and whether he contributed as a composer. In the cases where he appears on a limited number of tracks, this is listed, usually in the cases where he only plays one or two tracks.

  • Where the legality of the release has been contested by Allan, this is marked with an asterisk. This is subject matter for a treatise of its own.

I welcome corrections and additions to this list. In some cases, albums have been released with bonus tracks, and not listed again. There are several live recordings of UK around, with varying degrees of legality. They will be included once this is sorted out. Compilations should go on a separate list. Bootlegs should not go on this list. Films and books should go on a separate list. Allan in the capacity of producer, engineer or other tasks should go on a separate list.

Artist Album name Year Capacity
Igginbottom Igginbottom's Wrench 1969 Guitar, vocals, composer.
Ian Carr Belladonna 1973 Guitar
Tempest Tempest 1973 Guitar, vocals, violin, composer.
Soft Machine Bundles 1975 Guitar, composer.
The New Tony Williams Lifetime Believe It 1975 Guitar, composer.
The New Tony Williams Lifetime Million Dollar Legs 1976 Guitar.
Allan Holdsworth Velvet Darkness* 1976 Guitar, violin, composer.
Gong Gazeuse! 1976 Guitar, violin, steel guitar, composer.
Bill Bruford Feels Good To Me 1977 Guitar.
Esther Phillips Capricorn Princess 1977 1 track. Steel guitar.
Jean-Luc Ponty Enigmatic Ocean 1977 Guitar.
John Stevens Retouch 1977 Guitar, composer.
Gong Expresso II 1978 Guitar.
UK UK 1978 Guitar, composer.
John Stevens Touching On* 1978 Guitar, composer.
Bill Bruford One Of A Kind 1979 Guitar, composer.
Gordon Beck Sunbird 1979 Guitar, violin.
Pierre Moerlen's Gong Time Is The Key 1979 2 tracks. Guitar.
Beck/Holdsworth/Clyne/Stevens Conversation Piece* 1980 Guitar, composer.
Soft Machine Land Of Cockayne 1981 Guitar.
Holdsworth /Beck The Things You See 1981 Guitar, vocals, composer.
Allan Holdsworth I.O.U. 1982 Guitar, composer.
Allan Holdsworth Road Games 1983 Guitar, composer.
Jean Luc Ponty Individual Choice 1983 2 tracks.Guitar.
Jon St. James Transatlantic 1984 2 tracks. Guitar.
Allan Holdsworth Metal Fatigue 1985 Guitar, composer-
Rege Burrell Victim Of Emotion 1985 1 track. Guitar
Allan Holdsworth Atavachron 1986 Guitar, SynthAxe.
Soma Soma 1986 5 tracks. Guitar.
Jon St. James Fast Impressions 1986 2 tracks. Guitar, SynthAxe.
Krokus Change Of Address 1986 1 track. Guitar.
Allan Holdsworth Sand 1987 Guitar, SynthAxe, composer.
Stanley Clarke If This Bass Could Only Talk 1988 1 track. Guitar.
Stuart Hamm Radio Free Albemuth 1988 1 track. SynthAxe.
Allan Holdsworth Secrets 1989 Guitar, SynthAxe, composer.
Alex Masi Attack Of The Neon Shark 1989 1 track. SynthAxe.
Strange Advance The Distance Between 1989 2 tracks. Guitar.
Jack Bruce A Question Of Time 1989 2 tracks. Guitar, SynthAxe.
Holdsworth/Beck With A Heart In My Song 1989 Guitar, SynthAxe, composer.
Carl Verheyen No Borders 1989 1 track. SynthAxe.
Various Artists Guitar's Practicing Musicians 1989 1 track w/ Jeff Watson. Guitar.
MVP Truth In Shredding 1990 Guitar, SynthAxe.
Steve Tavaglione Blue Tav 1990 1 track. Guitar/SynthAxe.
Andrea Marcelli Silent Will 1990 3 tracks. Guitar/SynthAxe.
Level 42 Guaranteed 1991 Guitar.
Chad Wackerman 40 Reasons 1991 Guitar.
Paz Love In Peace (Amour Empaz) 1991 * 1 track. Guitar.
Jeff Watson Lone Ranger 1992 1 track. Guitar.
Andrea Marcelli Oneness 1992 2 tracks. Guitar/baritone guitar.
Allan Holdsworth Wardenclyffe Tower 1993 Guitar, SynthAxe, composer.
Allan Holdsworth Wardenclyffe Tower+3 1993 Guitar, SynthAxe, composer.
Various Artists Come Together 1993 1 track. Guitar.
Chad Wackerman The View 1993 Guitar.
Allan Holdsworth Hard Hat Area 1993 Guitar, SynthAxe, composer.
Allan Holdsworth Just For The Curious 1993 Guitar, composer.
Gongzilla Suffer 1995 4 tracks. Guitar.
Allan Holdsworth None Too Soon 1996 Guitar, SynthAxe.
Johansson, Johansson & Holdsworth Heavy Machinery 1996 Guitar.
Gorky Park Stare 1996 1 track. Guitar.
Allan Holdsworth IOU Live* 1997 Guitar, composer.
Steve Hunt From Your Heart And From Your Soul 1997 1 track. Guitar.
Allan Holdsworth The Sixteen Men Of Tain 2000 Guitar, composer.
Allan Holdsworth Flat Tire 2001 Guitar, SynthAxe, composer.
Allan Holdsworth All Night Wrong 2002 Guitar, composer.
Soft Machine BBC Radio 19711974 2003 Guitar.
Soft Works Abracadabra 2003 Guitar, composer.
Atlantis Pray For Rain 2003 1 track. Guitar.
Allan Holdsworth Group Then! 2003 Guitar, composer.
Derek Sherinian Mythology 2004 Guitar.
K2 Book Of The Dead 2004 Guitar.
Riptyde Sonic Undertow 2004 Guitar.
David Hines Nebula 2005 2 tracks. Guitar.
Allan Holdsworth Against The Clock 2005 Guitar, SynthAxe, composer.
Tempest Under The Blossom: The Anthology 2005 Guitar.
Soft Machine Floating World Live 2006 Guitar, composer.
Bruford Rock Goes To College 2006 Guitar.
Planet X Quantum 2007 2 tracks. Guitar.
Jean-Luc Ponty The Acatama Experience 2007 1 track. Guitar.
Dan Carlin Prowlin’ 2007 1 track. Guitar, SynthAxe.
Chris Buck Progosaurus 2008 1 track. Guitar.
Holdsworth, Pasqua, Haslip, Wackerman Blues For Tony 2009 Guitar, composer.
Danny Thompson Propensity 2009 Guitar.
Snew Highway Star 2009, digital only 1 track. Guitar.
Paul Korda Early Years 2009, digital only? 1 track. Guitar.
Eric Keyes No One Knows My Thirst 2009, digital only 1 track. Guitar.
Gary Husband Dirty And Beautiful Vol 1 2010 3 tracks. Guitar.
Corrado Rustici Deconstruction Of A Postmodern Musician 2010 1 track. Guitar.
Level 42 Living It Up 2010 1 track. Guitar.
Gary Husband Dirty And Beautiful Vol 2 2012 1 track. Guitar.
Chad Wackerman Dreams Nightmares And Improvisations 2012 Guitar, SynthAxe.
Soft Machine Switzerland 1974 2015 Guitar, composer.
Allan Holdsworth Tales From The Vault 2016 Guitar, SynthAxe, composer.
Allan Holdsworth Eidolon 2017 Guitar, SynthAxe, composer.
Allan Holdsworth The Man Who Changed Guitar Forever 2017 Box Set.