David Paton (fødd 29. oktober 1949 )[ 1] er ein skotsk bassist, gitarist og songar.
Det første bandet hans heitte The Beachcombers og dei fekk platekontrakt i 1968 med CBS Records. Dei endra namn til The Boots og gav ut nokre singlar.[ 2] I 1970 erstatta han ein gitarist i Bay City Rollers , men spelte ikkje inn noko med dei før han vart medlem av bandet Fresh, som endra namn til Chrystian og gav ut ein singel i 1971.[ 3] I 1973 var Paton med å skipe Pilot, som gav ut debutalbumet sitt i 1974.[ 4] I 1976 byrja han å samarbeide med produsenten Alan Parsons og gav ut det første albumet under namnet Alan Parsons Project, Tales of Mystery & Imagination . Paton spelte bass og song med bandet fram til albumet Stereotomy i 1986. Han spelte òg som studiomusikar, mellom anna på dei to førte albuma med Kate Bush i 1978, The Kick Inside og Lionheart .
I 1980-åra samarbeidde han med Camel og Elton John , og fleire album med Fish , Rick Wakeman og Keats.[ 5]
Sidan 1991 har han gjeve ut fleire soloalbum.
1991 : Passions Cry
1997 : Fragments
2003 : The search
2007 : Fellow man
2009 : The Studio Diary Songs
2012 : Under The Sun
2019 : The Traveller - Singlar :
1968 : «The Animal In Me»
1968 : «Keep Your Lovelight Burning» - Singel :
- Studioalbum :
1974 : From the Album of the Same Name
1975 : Second Flight
1976 : Morin Heights - spelt inn i Morin Heights Le Studio.
1977 : Two's A Crowd
2002 : Blue Yonder
2008 : The Craighall Demos 71:76
2014 : A Pilot Project - David Paton's tribute to The Alan Parsons Project - Samlealbum :
1980 : The Best Of Pilot
1997 : Magic
1997 : Magic: A Golden Classics Edition
2004 : A's, B's & Rarities - Studioalbum :
1976 : Tales of Mystery and Imagination
1977 : I Robot
1978 : Pyramid
1979 : Eve
1980 : The Turn of a Friendly Card
1982 : Eye in the Sky
1984 : Ammonia Avenue
1985 : Vulture Culture
1985 : Stereotomy - Studioalbum :
1978 : The Kick Inside
1978 : Lionheart - Singel :
1984 : «Turn Your Heart Around» / «Ask No Questions» - Album :
1984 : Keats - Reissued in 2015 : With Peter Bardens, Colin Blunstone, Ian Bairnson, Stuart Elliott. Produsert av Alan Parsons - Singlar :
1991 : «Don't Fly Away» med «After Prayers»
1996 : «Welcome a Star» - Rick Wakeman & Ramon Remedios - Edited on Cassette Single & CD Single - Studioalbum :
1988 : Time Machine - With Ashley Holt, Roy Wood, Tony Fernandez, etc. - Edited on Vinyl LP, Cassette & CD.
1991 : The Classical Connection
1991 : African Bach
1991 : Softsword
1993 : The Classical Connection 2 - With Chris Squire, Bill Bruford & Steve Howe.
1993 : Prayers
1995 : Rock & Pop Legends : Rick Wakeman - With Ashley Holt & Tony Fernandez.
1995 : Almost Live in Europe - The title says it all, recordings were so bad they had to rework in studio after the tour.
1996 : The New Gospels
1996 : Can You Hear Me?
1996 : Orisons - Studioalbum :
1991 : Internal Exile
1993 : Songs from the Mirror
1994 : Suits - Konsertalbum :
1991 : Derek Dick & His Amazing Electric Bear
1992 : There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Fish (unofficial release)
1993 : For Whom The Bells Toll
1993 : Toiling in the Reeperbahn
1993 : Uncle Fish & The Fish Creepers
1994 : Acoustic Session
1994 : Sushi
1994 : Lucky Bastards (unofficial release, recorded 1991)
1998 : Fortunes of War (recorded 1994)
1999 : The Complete BBC Sessions (recorded 1989 and 1991) - Singel :
1994 : «Lady Let it Lie» / «Out Of My Life» / «Black Canal» - Singel :
2012 : Don't touch me
2018 : Love song 2009 : Eric Woolfson sings The Alan Parsons Project That Never Was - David bass on Any Other Day and Rumour Goin' Round 1974 : «Ra Ta Ta» / «Pamela - Scotch Mist
1975 : «Sail Away» / «Never Seen The Like» - Jack Harris
1975 : First Day - David Courtney
1976 : Solo Casting - William Lyall
1976 : «You've Got to Get Me Higher» / «Now That I've Found You»
1978 : Dear Anyone - Don Black & Geoff Stephens
1979 : Crusader - Chris de Burgh
1981 : Chris Rea - Chris Rea
1981 : Elaine Page - Elaine Page
1982 : More Than a Dream - John Townley
1982 : Death Wish II Original Soundtrack - Jimmy Page
1983 : Plays the Best of The Alan Parsons Project - Andrew Powell & The London Philarmonia Orchestra
1985 : Ice on Fire : Elton John
1985 : Ladyhawke Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Andrew Powell
1985 : Performance-The Best of Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber - ymse artistar
1986 : Leather Jackets - Elton John
1987 : Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - Elton John
1988 : Reg Strikes Back - Elton John
1988 : Love's a State of Mind - Silvia Griffin
1989 : Red Corner - Matia Bazar
1989 : You You - Frank Ryan
1990 : Amada Mia - Catelina Caselli
1990 : 1234 - Propaganda
1990 : Pri Le Bracci E Poi Vola - Ron
1992 : Elvis Has Left The Building - The River Detectives
1994 : The Last of the Independents - The Pretenders
1995 : Maiden Heaven - Fiona Kennedy
1996 : A Summer in Skye - Blair Douglas
1997 : Half Moon Bay - Gerry O' Beirne
1997 : If I Ever Return - Connie Dover
1997 : Donegal Rain - Andy M. Stewart
1998 : Borderland - John McNairn
1998 : Presented to the Heart - Alexander Mesek
1998 : Redwood Cathedral - Dick Gaughan
1999 : Suileandubh - Tannas
1999 : Faileasan Uibhist - Margaret Callan
1999 : Will You Walk on By/On The West Side - Donnie Munro med Holly Thomas
2000 : Highwired - McAllias
2000 : Donnie Munro - Donnie Munro
2001 : Green Indians : A Tribute to Kevin Wilkinson - ymse artistar
2002 : Legacy : The Music of Marc Bolan & T Rex - ymse artistar
2002 : Across the City and the World - Donnie Munro
2002 : Oubliette - Holly Thomas
2003 : If Only - Nobby Clark
2003 : Change - Ray Wilson
2006 : Magical Hat - Beagle Hat
2013 : Don't Know What To Say - Nick Vernier Band 2005 : The Last Song in Abbey Road - Kenny Herbert
2006 : Famous faces on a bar room wall - Kenny Herbert & Rab Howat
2007 : Songs of our lives - Kenny Herbert & Rab Howat
2008 : All of my days - Kenny Herbert
2010 : Another Positive Line - The Apple Beggars
Studioalbum Konsertalbum
Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall (1974)
A Live Record (1978)
Pressure Points: Live in Concert (1984)
On the Road 1972 (1992)
Never Let Go (1993)
On the Road 1982 (1994)
On the Road 1981 (1997)
Coming of Age (1998)
Gods of Light '73–'75 (2000)
The Paris Collection (2001)
Samlealbum
Chameleon – The Best Of Camel (1981)
The Collection (1985)
A Compact Compilation (1986)
Landscapes (1991)
Echoes: The Retrospective (1993)
Camel – Master Series (25th Anniversary Compilation) (1997)
Lunar Sea (2001)
Rainbow's End: An Anthology 1973–1985 (2010)