- Nigel Gray
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Nigel Gray is a British record producer. His album credits include "Outlandos d'Amour" (1978), "Reggatta de Blanc" (1979) and "Zenyatta Mondatta" (1980) for The Police;[1] "Juju" (1980) and "Kaleidoscope" (1981) for Siouxsie & The Banshees, as well as five albums for Godley & Creme.[2]
Surrey Sound Studio
In 1974 Gray converted a village hall in Leatherhead, England into a four-track recording studio named Surrey Sound Studios, with his brother Chris Gray as engineer.[3] In 1977 the studio became 16-track and amongst others The Police recorded their first album 'Outlandos d'Amour' there. In 1979 the studio upgraded again to 24 track and The Police, Siouxsie & The Banshees and Godley & Creme recorded albums. Singles from the Lotus Eaters and Latin Quarter made the charts. Other albums include The Professionals, Girls School, Hazel O'Connor, The Eurogliders.[4].
Collaborators
Artists for whom Nigel Gray has produced or engineered include:
- The Police
- Siouxsie & The Banshees [5]
- Godley & Creme
- Charlie Peacock
- Polyphonic Size
- Klark Kent, a pseudonym of Stewart Copeland
References
- ^ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=APXWrdcnQD0C&pg=PT229&lpg=PT229&dq=%22surrey+sound+studio%22&source=bl&ots=LHPVRv3YAk&sig=3P69iWG6aJ0s2KWYJzuWR9Sf9TE&hl=en&ei=LFK-TMSSOYGa4Aad9Z2aAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CDIQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22surrey%20sound%20studio%22&f=false
- ^ http://www.strawberrynorth.co.uk/quotes.htm
- ^ http://www.nigelgray.com/Nigel%20Gray.htm
- ^ http://www.nigelgray.com/Nigel%20Gray.htm
- ^ http://www.thebansheesandothercreatures.co.uk/
Categories:- Living people
- English record producers
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