Police Engineer & Co-Producer Nigel Gray Dies

Nigel Gray, the man who recorded and engineered the first three albums by The Police, passed away last Saturday (30 July). His work with the multi-million-selling trio won him two Grammys, and he also made records with other such artists as Siouxsie and the Banshees, Godley & Creme, Hazel O’Connor and Girlschool.
With Surrey Sound, Gray had converted a former village hall into a studio facility on a tight budget, but that didn’t prevent the albums from receiving huge worldwide acclaim.
In a statement on The Police’s Facebook page, Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers wrote: “Nigel
“Nigel was a qualified medical doctor who followed his passion into music and was able to use his kindly bedside manner to coax three extraordinarily successful records from a band operating at the time on the tiniest of shoestring budgets. We simply couldn’t have done it without him, that’s the truth, and we mourn his passing. May he rest with the Recording Angels. Amen.”
O’Connor tweeted: “Sad to hear of Nigel Gray passing. He produced [her 1980 album] Sons and Lovers. Had such fun with him making that album. RIP Nigel x” After selling Surrey Sound in 1987, Gray retired to Cornwall.
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