Mel Collins

saxophone, flute, soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone, alto saxophone, vocal, tenor saxophone, mellotron, brass, horn, bass flute, instrument arranger

Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
King Crimson
Alain Bashung
Dire Straits
The Alan Parsons Project
Camel (UK prog rock band)

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
King Crimson vocal, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass flute, flute, mellotron, saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone 21st Century Schizoid Man, A Scarcity of Miracles, Backstage Adventures of the Crimson Kind, Cadence & Cascade (unedited master), Cadence and Cascade, Cadence and Cascade (2010 stereo mix), Cirkus (2009 stereo mix), Cirkus (live), Cirkus (studio run through with guide vocal from original session), Earthbound, Easy Money, Epitaph, Formentera Lady, Groon, Happy Family (2009 stereo mix), Hoodoo (extract), Indoor Games (2009 stereo mix), Interlude, Islands, Islands (rehearsal/run-through), Ladies of the Road, Ladies of the Road (abridged), Lady of the Dancing Water (2009 stereo mix), Lady of the Dancing Water (alternate take), Larks’ Tongues In Aspic Part: I, Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Part I (extract), Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Part One, Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Part Two, Level Five, Meltdown, One More Red Nightmare, Peace, Peoria, Pictures of a City, Pictures of a City (2010 stereo mix), Prelude: Song of the Gulls, Radical Action (to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind), Red, Sailor’s Tale, Starless, Starless (abridged), Suitable Grounds for the Blues, The ConstruKction of Light, The Court of the Crimson King, The Letters, The Light of Day, The Sailors Tale, The Talking Drum, Threshold Soundscape, VROOOM, Venturing Unto Joy (edit)
Alain Bashung saxophone Aficionado, Elle s’fait rougir toute seule, Fan, Gaby, oh Gaby, Idylle au Caire, J’sors avec ma frangine, L’Araignée, Privé, Rebel, Retours, Reviens va-t-en, Vertige de l’amour, Ça cache quekchose
Dire Straits saxophone Expresso Love, Going Home (theme from ‘Local Hero’), Love Over Gold, Once Upon a Time in the West, Private Investigations, Romeo and Juliet, Solid Rock, Sultans of Swing, Telegraph Road, Tunnel of Love, Two Young Lovers
The Alan Parsons Project saxophone Children of the Moon, Eye in the Sky, Gemini, Mammagamma, Old and Wise, Psychobabble, Silence and I, Sirius, Step by Step, You’re Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned
Camel saxophone Elke, Fingertips, First Light, Highways of the Sun, Metrognome, One of These Days I'll Get an Early Night, Rain Dances, Skylines, Tell Me, Unevensong
Joan Armatrading horn, saxophone Bad Habits, Foolish Pride, Kissin' and a Huggin', Mama Mercy, No Love, Tell Tale, When I Get It Right
Caravan saxophone Bet You Wanna Take It All / Hold on Hold On, Proper Job / Back to Front, Taken by Breath Away, Videos of Hollywood
Carl Norén saxophone And the Address, Black Ice, Mumbo Jumbo
Jack Green saxophone It's a Hard World, Sign of the Times
Häxan saxophone A Moment of Clarity, Beneath the Waves
David Sylvian soprano saxophone River Man, Silver Moon
Anthony Phillips flute, soprano saxophone Birdsong and Reprise, We're All as We Lie
Propaganda soprano saxophone Wound in My Heart
Jack Elliott instrument arranger, brass, tenor saxophone Back to Life
John Folkes saxophone When Things Go Wrong
Barón Rojo saxophone Son como hormigas
No-Man flute, saxophone Hard Shoulder
Joe Cocker saxophone Shelter Me
Roger Waters saxophone Sunset Strip
Tears for Fears saxophone The Working Hour
Bad Company saxophone Don’t Let Me Down
The Rolling Stones saxophone Miss You
Tina Turner saxophone Private Dancer