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albums ''

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'' (1973) and ''

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'' (1974), playing violin on both, and arranging and conducting on the latter.

Background

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guitarist

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wrote of their 1978 album ''

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'':

Selected works

Preskett is credited on the following releases: * ''

'' – Mott the Hoople (1973), violin * ''

'' – Mott the Hoople (1974), arranger, conductor, violin, tubular bells, orchestration * '' Streets...'' –

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(1975), arranger, string arrangements * ''Afternoon Sunshine'' –

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(1977), fiddle * ''

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'' –

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(1978), vocals, mandolin, violin, fiddle, keyboards, string arrangements, brass arrangements, string machine * " Baker Street" – Gerry Rafferty (1978), string arrangements * ''

'' –

(1978), violin * '' Something to Talk About'' score (1995; with

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), primary artist, composer * '' Musical Tour of Scotland'' (1995), arranger, piano, violin, producer * ''

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'' soundtrack (2006; with Hans Zimmer), arranger, composer

References

External links

* Discogs
Graham Preskett
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