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[edit] DAB

We need a disambiguation for the English jazz musician Tony Levin. Bondegezou 14:08, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Tony Levin (drummer) created. Bondegezou 16:56, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Double Fantasy

There are criteria listed in the opening sentence for the Discography. They are that Tony must have been a full, contributing, songwriting, creative force in the band in question. Thus, projects like King Crimson, the Tony Levin Band and BLUE count, while his guest appearances and session work do not. Thus, I have removed Lennon's Double Fantasy from the discography again. I don't care how thrilled you are that Tony work with the great John Lennon, it is not an appropriate inclusion. -Freekee 02:55, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Similarly, Tony is a member of Peter Gabriel's backing band. He is very talented, and no doubt has a bit of creative input to the parts he plays, he does not contribute greatly to the composition of Gabriel's songs. This could be said about most of the albums Tony plays on. I mean, why else would you hire him? But we can't add all these records to the discography. Not only would it be inordinately long, but you'd lose track of the records where Tony really did write the songs. Thus, I have removed Peter Gabriel's albums from the discography. -Freekee 02:01, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peter Gabriel

Here are a couple reasons why I think Gabriel should be included on the discography. Levin appears as the only bassist on every live album including two full length DVD's... that is 6 hours of audio and 4 hours of video... that is alot of live Levin. The Growing Up DVD even has an extra section devoted to Levin's photos. Now, the fact that he is the only bassist listed for the CD's Security and Us does not assuredly show collaborative credit from Levin, but sadly, the external link "Tony Levin's Discography" does not have either of these albums listed. I conject also that Gabriel contributed to Levin's notoriety and though I do not expect such an idea to be expressed in the article directly, I do think it makes the Gabriel CD's and DVD's themselves more noteworthy for their placement on the discography list. Freekee, I ask that you reconsider this matter. - Steve3849 talk 05:06, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Maybe if the compositional limit to the discography is steadfast the DVD's could atleast be mentioned. Anyone interested in seeing Levin play certainly would not be led astray... and there is always the question, "but is it encyclopedic?" Here, I think it is. - Steve3849 talk 05:32, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
A DVD section sounds fine. I think his work would be showcased on few enough DVDs that we could include quite a few of them. I worry, though, that people would take that as a sign to add every album they can think of to the album discog as well. Check this out, if you haven't seen it: discog at Tony's site. And it doesn't seem to have been updated since 2004! -Freekee 05:33, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
As for the inclusion of Gabriel's albums... I feel the opposite of you. I think that mention of the boost that Gabriel gave to his career is perfect for mention in the article. Does anyone else besides me and Steve have an opinion about Gabriel's records, or any other possible inclusions? To reiterate and clarify my position, I think that Tony's permanent place in Peter's backing band is borderline for inclusion. Pro: permanent; Con: backing band. -Freekee 05:33, 28 August 2007 (UTC)