Nigel Gray
Nigel Gray is an English record producer. His album credits include Outlandos d'Amour (1978), Reggatta de Blanc (1979) and Zenyatta Mondatta (1980) for The Police;[1] Kaleidoscope (1980) and Juju (1981) for Siouxsie and the Banshees, as well as five albums for Godley & Creme.[2]
Gray was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album for Zenyatta Mondatta (1981) and also won two Grammies for producer of Best Rock Performance (Don't Stand So Close To Me) and Best Rock Instrumental (Behind My Camel).[3]
Surrey Sound Studio
In 1974, Gray converted a village hall in Leatherhead in the south of England into a four-track recording studio named Surrey Sound Studios, with his brother Chris Gray as engineer.[4] 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 and the Banshees and Godley & Creme recorded albums. Singles from The Lotus Eaters and Latin Quarter made the UK Singles Chart. Other albums included those by The Professionals, Girlschool, Hazel O'Connor and The Eurogliders.[4]
Collaborators
Artists for whom Nigel Gray has produced or engineered include:
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- Klark Kent, a pseudonym of Stewart Copeland
- Craig McNeil
- Girlschool
- Godley & Creme
- Sonja Kristina
- Hazel O'Connor
- The Passions
- Charlie Peacock
- The Police
- Polyphonic Size
- The Professionals
- Siouxsie and the Banshees[5]
- Wishbone Ash
References
- ↑ Walking on the moon: the untold story of the Police and the rise of new wave ... - Chris Campion - Google Books. Books.google.co.uk. 2009-09-28. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
- ↑ "Strawberry North". Strawberry North. 1972-05-27. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
- ↑ Nigel Gray Discography, Discog
- 1 2 "Nigel Gray, record producer, the police, siouxsie and the banshees". Nigelgray.com. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
- ↑ "The Banshees & Other Creatures". Thebansheesandothercreatures.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-02-19.