Alan Thorne

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.