Duncan Mackay (born 26 July 1950) is a British composer, singer, arranger, and keyboard player who has recorded eight solo albums as well as collaborations. He was born in

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, England. He played with

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from 1974 to 1977 and

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from 1978 to 1981, and also played on

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's first three albums, ''

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'', '' Lionheart'' (both 1978) and ''

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'' (1980), as well as

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's 1981 album '' Nude'', and Budgie's 1982 album '' Deliver Us from Evil''. In the early 1980s, he was briefly considered for the keyboard player position in Yes. In 2004, he completed an album with South African singer/composer Greg McEwan-Kocovaos, ''The First Time''. This indie album received its first airplay on

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by the veteran UK DJ Martin Turner and was reviewed by the official 10cc fan site. Mackay's daughter Fawn James is the granddaughter of Paul Raymond.

Discography

Solo *''Chimera'' (1974) *'' Score'' (1977) *''Visa'' (1980) *''The Heart of the Machine'' (1988) *''The New Explorers'' (1988) *''Forward Vision'' (1988) (EP) *''Data First'' (1988) *''Russell Grant's Zodiac'' (1990) *''A Picture of Sound'' (2017) (1993) *''Kintsugi'' (2019) Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel *''

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'' (1975) *''

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'' (1976) *''

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'' (1976) The Alan Parsons Project *'' I Robot'' (1977) *''

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'' (1978) *''

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'' (1979) 10cc *''

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'' (1978) *''

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'' (1980) Kate Bush *''

'' (1978) *'' Lionheart'' (1978 ) *''

'' (1980) Camel *'' Nude'' (1981) *''

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'' (1982) Budgie *'' Deliver Us from Evil'' (1982) with Greg McEwan Kocovaos *''The First Time'' (2004) with Georg Voros *''For Johann'' (2015) (EP) *''The Bletchley Park Project'' (2017) with Fluance *''Lunacy'' (2020) Rebeka Rain, Mick Evans, Duncan MacKay *''Painted Secrets'' (2018) *''7 Whispers'' (2018) (single) *''The point'' (2019) (single) *''Not Meant For Me'' (2019) (single) *''Gone Insane'' (2019) (single) *''Your life'' (2019) (single) *''Learn To Live'' (2020) (single) *''As The Sun Goes Down'' (2020) (single)

References

External links

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