Mel Collins
Birthday: 1947-09-05
Place of Birth: Isle of Man, United Kingdom
Biography: Melvyn Desmond Collins (born 5 September 1947, Isle of Man) is a British saxophonist, flautist and session musician. Collins has played in several progressive rock groups, having been a member of King Crimson on two occasions (the first from 1970 to 1972 and the second from 2013 to 2021) and having played with Camel, the Alan Parsons Project, Roger Waters and Chris Squire. He has also worked in a wide variety of contexts ranging from R&B and blues rock to jazz.
Movies
Dire Straits: Alchemy Live 1983
Alchemy is a double live album originally released in 1984 with an accompanying VHS, now released on...
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In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50
The film explores the “acute suffering” and transcendent glory experienced by current and former mem...
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King Crimson: Heaven & Earth
Heaven & Earth is the seventh box set in a series which will, when complete, cover all periods of Ki...
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King Crimson: Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind
The concert was recorded during King Crimson's 2015 tours of Japan, Canada and France, mostly in Tak...
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Camel - Moondances
DVD containing two concerts from the British Prog band, captured in 1976 and 1977. Camel Live in Con...
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King Crimson: Meltdown - Live In Mexico City
Live performance during the King Crimson's five nights residency at Teatro Metropolitan, Mexico City...
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King Crimson: Tring: Live in the Studio
A one hour plus ‘Live in the Studio’ setting with King Crimson performing in the round. Presented in...
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King Crimson: Rock in Rio
Complete performance from the 2019 festival presented in 5.1 DTS-HD MA Surround on Blu-Ray & Dolby D...
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Richard Wright: Wet Dream
Pink Floyd founder member and keyboard player Richard Wright’s debut solo album, Wet Dream, reissued...
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