Allan Holdsworth Discography
- 1969 - 'Igginbottom's Wrench
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.
Albums featuring previously unreleased recordings
| Artist | Album name | Year | Role | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igginbottom | Igginbottom's Wrench | 1969 | Band member | Guitar, vocals, composer |
| Ian Carr | Belladonna | 1973 | Band member | Guitar |
| Tempest | Tempest | 1973 | Band member | Guitar, vocals, violin, composer |
| Soft Machine | Bundles | 1975 | Band member | Guitar, composer |
| The New Tony Williams Lifetime | Believe It | 1975 | Band member | Guitar, composer |
| The New Tony Williams Lifetime | Million Dollar Legs | 1976 | Band member | Guitar |
| Allan Holdsworth | Velvet Darkness | 1976 | Solo artist | Guitar, violin, composer |
| Gong | Gazeuse! | 1976 | Band member | Guitar, violin, steel guitar, composer |
| Bill Bruford | Feels Good To Me | 1977 | Band member | Guitar |
| Esther Phillips | Capricorn Princess | 1977 | Session, 1 track | Pedal steel guitar |
| Jean-Luc Ponty | Enigmatic Ocean | 1977 | Band member | Guitar |
| John Stevens | Retouch | 1977 | Band member | Guitar, composer |
| Gong | Expresso II | 1978 | Session, 4 tracks | Guitar |
| U.K. | U.K. | 1978 | Band member | Guitar, composer |
| John Stevens | Touching On | 1978 | Band member | Guitar, composer |
| Bill Bruford | One Of A Kind | 1979 | Band member | Guitar, composer |
| Gordon Beck | Sunbird | 1979 | Band member | Guitar, violin |
| Pierre Moerlen's Gong | Time Is The Key | 1979 | Session, 2 tracks | Guitar |
| Beck/Holdsworth/Clyne/Stevens | Conversation Piece | 1980 | Band member | Guitar, composer |
| Soft Machine | Land Of Cockayne | 1981 | Session, x tracks | Guitar |
| Allan Holdsworth & Gordon Beck | The Things You See | 1981 | Band member | Guitar, vocals, composer |
| Allan Holdsworth | I.O.U. | 1982 | Solo artist | Guitar, composer |
| Allan Holdsworth | Road Games | 1983 | Solo artist | Guitar, composer |
| Jean Luc Ponty | Individual Choice | 1983 | Session, 2 tracks | Guitar |
| Jon St James | Transatlantic | 1984 | Session, 2 tracks | Guitar |
| Allan Holdsworth | Metal Fatigue | 1985 | Solo artist | Guitar, composer |
| Rege Burrell | Victim Of Emotion | 1985 | Session, 1 track | Guitar |
| Allan Holdsworth | Atavachron | 1986 | Solo artist | Guitar, SynthAxe |
| Soma | Soma | 1986 | Session, 5 tracks | Guitar |
| Jon St James | Fast Impressions | 1986 | Session, 2 tracks | Guitar, SynthAxe |
| Krokus | Change Of Address | 1986 | Session, 1 track | Guitar |
| Allan Holdsworth | Sand | 1987 | Solo artist | Guitar, SynthAxe, composer |
| Stanley Clarke | If This Bass Could Only Talk | 1988 | Session, 1 track | Guitar |
| Stuart Hamm | Radio Free Albemuth | 1988 | Session, 1 track | SynthAxe |
| Allan Holdsworth | Secrets | 1989 | Solo artist | Guitar, SynthAxe, composer |
| Alex Masi | Attack Of The Neon Shark | 1989 | Session, 1 track | SynthAxe |
| Strange Advance | The Distance Between | 1989 | Session, 2 tracks | Guitar |
| Jack Bruce | A Question Of Time | 1989 | Session, 2 tracks | Guitar, SynthAxe |
| Allan Holdsworth & Gordon Beck | With A Heart In My Song | 1989 | Band member | Guitar, SynthAxe, composer |
| Carl Verheyen | No Borders | 1989 | Session, 1 track | SynthAxe |
| Various Artists | Guitar's Practicing Musicians | 1989 | Session, 1 track w/ Jeff Watson | Guitar |
| MVP | Truth In Shredding | 1990 | Band member | Guitar, SynthAxe |
| Steve Tavaglione | Blue Tav | 1990 | Session, 1 track | Guitar/SynthAxe |
| Andrea Marcelli | Silent Will | 1990 | Session, 3 tracks | Guitar/SynthAxe |
| Level 42 | Guaranteed | 1991 | Band member | Guitar |
| Chad Wackerman | Forty Reasons | 1991 | Band member | Guitar |
| Paz | Love In Peace (Amour Empaz) | 1991 | Session, 1 track | Guitar |
| Jeff Watson | Lone Ranger | 1992 | Session, 1 track | Guitar |
| Andrea Marcelli | Oneness | 1992 | Session, 2 tracks | Guitar/baritone guitar |
| Allan Holdsworth | Wardenclyffe Tower | 1993 | Solo artist | Guitar, SynthAxe, composer |
| Allan Holdsworth | Wardenclyffe Tower +3 | 1993 | Solo artist | Guitar, SynthAxe, composer |
| Various Artists | Come Together | 1993 | Session, 1 track | Guitar |
| Chad Wackerman | The View | 1993 | Session, x tracks | Guitar |
| Allan Holdsworth | Hard Hat Area | 1993 | Solo artist | Guitar, SynthAxe, composer |
| Allan Holdsworth | Just For The Curious | 1993 | Solo artist | Guitar, composer |
| Gongzilla | Suffer | 1995 | Session, 4 tracks | Guitar |
| Allan Holdsworth | None Too Soon | 1996 | Solo artist | Guitar, SynthAxe |
| Johansson, Johansson & Holdsworth | Heavy Machinery | 1996 | Band member | Guitar |
| Gorky Park | Stare | 1996 | Session, 1 track | Guitar |
| Allan Holdsworth | I.O.U. Live | 1997 | Solo artist | Guitar, composer |
| Steve Hunt | From Your Heart And From Your Soul | 1997 | Session, 1 track | Guitar |
| Allan Holdsworth | The Sixteen Men Of Tain | 2000 | Solo artist | Guitar, composer |
| Allan Holdsworth | Flat Tire | 2001 | Solo artist | Guitar, SynthAxe, composer |
| Allan Holdsworth | All Night Wrong | 2002 | Solo artist | Guitar, composer |
| Soft Machine | BBC Radio 1971-1974 | 2003 | Band member | Guitar |
| Soft Works | Abracadabra | 2003 | Band member | Guitar, composer |
| Atlantis | Pray For Rain | 2003 | Session, 1 track | Guitar |
| Allan Holdsworth Group | Then! | 2003 | Solo artist | Guitar, composer |
| Derek Sherinian | Mythology | 2004 | Session, x tracks | Guitar |
| K2 | Book Of The Dead | 2004 | Session, x tracks | Guitar |
| Riptyde | Sonic Undertow | 2004 | Session/featured soloist | Guitar |
| David Hines | Nebula | 2005 | Session, 2 tracks | Guitar |
| Allan Holdsworth | Against The Clock | 2005 | Solo artist | Guitar, SynthAxe, composer |
| Tempest | Under The Blossom: The Anthology | 2005 | Band member | Guitar |
| Soft Machine | Floating World Live | 2006 | Band member | Guitar, composer |
| Bruford | Rock Goes To College | 2006 | Band member | Guitar |
| Planet X | Quantum | 2007 | Session, 2 tracks | Guitar |
| Jean-Luc Ponty | The Acatama Experience | 2007 | Session, 1 track | Guitar |
| Dan Carlin | Prowlin’ | 2007 | Session, 1 track | Guitar, SynthAxe |
| Chris Buck | Progosaurus | 2008 | Session, 1 track | Guitar |
| Holdsworth, Pasqua, Haslip, Wackerman | Blues For Tony | 2009 | Band member | Guitar, composer |
| Danny Thompson | Propensity | 2009 | Band member | Guitar, composer |
| Snew | Highway Star | 2009 | Session, 1 track | Guitar |
| Paul Korda | Early Years | 2009 | Session, 1 track | Guitar |
| Eric Keyes | No One Knows My Thirst | 2009 | Session, 1 track | Guitar |
| Gary Husband | Dirty And Beautiful Volume 1 | 2010 | Session, 3 tracks | Guitar |
| Corrado Rustici | Deconstruction Of A Postmodern Musician | 2010 | Session, 1 track | Guitar |
| Level 42 | Living It Up | 2010 | Session, 1 track | Guitar |
| Gary Husband | Dirty And Beautiful Volume 2 | 2012 | Session, 1 track | Guitar |
| Chad Wackerman | Dreams Nightmares And Improvisations | 2012 | Band member | Guitar, SynthAxe, Starr Switch |
| Soft Machine | Switzerland 1974 | 2015 | Band member | Guitar, composer |
| Allan Holdsworth | Tales From The Vault | 2016 | Solo artist | Guitar, SynthAxe, composer |
| Allan Holdsworth | Eidolon | 2017 | Solo artist | Guitar, SynthAxe, composer |
| Allan Holdsworth | The Man Who Changed Guitar Forever | 2017 | Solo artist | Box Set |
