Engineering · Production
Alan Thorne
Alan Thorne is credited on 532 releases across 180 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1974–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
532
Credits
180
Albums
6
Decades active
86
In collections
Biography
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Australian producer and sound engineer, starting out in Australian TV. He left for England and worked as an engineer at Trident Studios. Moved to Canada in 1972 and worked at CBC TV Studios, Toronto doing pre-production recording and mixing work for some of their musical specials. In 1974 he moved to Montréal and worked at Son Québec until July 1975 when he returned to Toronto to join Thunder Sound. In 1976 he moved to Phase One Studios and became chief engineer there on March 1, 1977. By the early 1980s he returned to Australia where he was frequently credited at Trafalgar Studios in Sydney.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
532 releases · 180 albums · active 1974–2024
- Engineering · 457
- Production · 275
- Performance · 10
- Other credits · 3
- Mastering · 3
Studios: Trafalgar Studios · Phase One Studios · EMI Studios 301 · Platinum Studios, Melbourne
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

(Stoneage Romeos)
1984

Songs From The South - Paul Kelly's Greatest Hits
1997

Gossip
1986

Under The Sun
1987

Silent Knight
1980

Images At Twilight
1979
The Essential Radio Birdman (1974 - 1978)
2001

Father's Day
1992

Arkansas Traveler
1992

Magnum Cum Louder
1989

Days Of Innocence
1981

Songs From The South - Paul Kelly's Greatest Hits (Volumes 1 & 2)
2010

Ampology
2000
Kinky
1991

Lost
1988

Pre Deity
1987

Free Dirt
1986

A Stand Alone / Move A Little Closer
1984

Saga
1978

Kalyan
1977

Hidden Things
1992

Comedy
1991

Everybody Moves
1989

Towers Of Strength
1988
Frequent collaborators
- Hoodoo Gurus
- Died Pretty
- Paul Kelly And The Messengers
- Paul Kelly And The Coloured Girls
- Various
- The Screaming Tribesmen
- Porcelain Bus
- The Stems
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