Gary Gray


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Gary Gray is a recording engineer from Toronto, Canada. He’s recorded albums for artists such as Bruce Cockburn, Gordon Lightfoot, Rough Trade, Murray McLauchlan and Brent Carver. He’s also recorded music by such composers as Howard Shore, John Debney, Georges Delerue, Marvin Hamlisch, Gary Chang, Lee Holdridge, Kenneth Wannberg, and Christopher Dedrick. Gray worked as an engineer and senior orchestral engineer at Manta Sound in Toronto for 28 years before its eventual closure. He now works freelance in Toronto and has recently engineered live recordings for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He won the Juno Award for Recording Engineer of the Year in 1982 (also nominee for the Canadian award in 1981, 1983, 1984 and 1985).

Please see also
Gary Gray House/Trance artist.
Gary Gray Exp. jazz, band-leader and Mbira player, US, 1973.
Gary Gray Canadian keyboard player.
Gary Gray US clarinet and trumpet player.
Gary Gray 1980s Swiss Synth-pop.

ALBUMS


Gustav Holst - Peter Oundjian, Toronto Symphony Orchestra
The Planets
2011, CD, Album, TSO
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Peter Oundjian, Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Nos. 4 & 5
2011, CD, Album, LIV, TSO Live
Shostakovich*, Peter Oundjian, Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Symphony No. 11 "The Year 1905"
2011, CD, Album, LIV, TSO Live
Brian Plummer And The Suspects
Stop Running
1985, 7", Single, Duke Street Records
Brian Plummer
All Day, All Night / Anxiety
1985, 7", Single, Duke Street Records
Brian Plummer
Central American Song
1985
Brian Plummer
Without A Mark
1984, LP, Album, Duke Street Records
Brian Plummer
Dream Research
1984
Brian Plummer
Dull Razor
1984, ,
Classic Rock/New Wave/AOR
Bobby Fisher
Who's The Winner
1980, 7", Single, Attic
Ronney Abramson
He Need's You Anyway
1978, 7", Single, True North,
Paul Drake
Paul Drake Sings Love
1977, ,
Ballad/Vocal
Paul Desmond
The Complete 1975 Toronto Recordings
2023
Lizzy Borden
Master Of Disguise
2021
Sultans Of String
Symphony!
2013, ,
Népzene/Flamenco/Celtic/New Age/Ottoman Classical
Memoryhouse
The Slideshow Effect
2012
Heather Dale
May Queen
2003, CD, Album, Amphis Baena Music
John McDermott
Stories Of Love
2003
The Cottars
Made In Cape Breton
2002, ,
Celtic
John McDermott
A Day To Myself
2001, CD, Album, EMI Music Canada
Mozart*, Studio Arts Orchestra, The High Park Girls' And Boys' Choir
Mozart's Magnificent Voyage
1998, CD, Album, The Children's Group Inc., The Children's Group Inc.
John McDermott (4) With Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
If Ye Break Faith
1998, ,
Folk
Howard Shore
David Cronenberg's Crash (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1996
Mev Berman & The Avalon Strings
The Best Of Gershwin Love Songs
1996
Gordon Lightfoot
Waiting For You
1993
Tchaikovsky*
Tchaikovsky Discovers America (A Tale Of Courage And Adventure)
1993
Vivaldi*, Susan Hammond, Douglas Cowling
Vivaldi's Ring Of Mystery
1991, Cass, Album, Classical Kids
Mozart*, Studio Arts Orchestra, St. Simon's Choir, Toronto*
Mozart's Magic Fantasy (A Journey Through "The Magic Flute")
1990
Murray McLauchlan With Tom Cochrane And Paul Hyde
Let The Good Guys Win
1988
Bruce Cockburn
Waiting For A Miracle
1987
Hugh Marsh
The Bear Walks
1984, ,
Fusion
Dan Hill
Love In The Shadows
1983
Luba
Luba
1982, ,
New Wave/Ballad
Queen City Kids
Queen City Kids
1981
The Rollers
Elevator
1979
William McCauley
Riel: Version Sonore Originale Du Film
1979
Ronney Abramson
Jukebox Of Paris
1978
Beethoven*, Studio Arts Orchestra
Beethoven Lives Upstairs
,
Classical/Romantic

APPEARANCES +


William McCauley
Riel: The Original Soundtrack Album
1979
Bill Mays
Bill Mays Sings
2024, CD, Comp, No Blooze Music, ,
Swing/Bop/Vocal/Ballad
Paul Desmond
The Complete 1975 Toronto Recordings
2020, 7x CD, Box Set, ,
Cool Jazz
Elmer Bernstein
True Grit (Music From The Motion Picture)
2013, ,
Soundtrack
Tom Szczesniak
Waltz For Bill
2011, CD, Album, Szczmith Music
"Weird Al" Yankovic
The Weird Al Show - The Complete Series
2006, Box, Comp + DVD-V, NTSC, SMV
Kenny Rogers
42 Ultimate Hits
2004, ,
Country/Soft Rock
Alan Jackson
Greatest Hits Volume II
2003, ,
Country Rock
Erich Kunzel & Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
A Celtic Spectacular
2002
Alan Jackson
Drive
2002, ,
Country
Bruce Cockburn
Anything Anytime Anywhere - Singles 1979-2002
2001, ,
Folk Rock
Richard Rodgers
The King And I (Original Animated Feature Soundtrack)
1999, ,
Soundtrack
Carol Welsman
Swing Ladies, Swing!
1998, CD, Welcar Music,
David Burnham
Sings A Selection Of Songs From Andrew Lloyd Webber's New Production Of "Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" - A Special Promotional Recording
1997, CD, Single, Promo, Livent Music, PolyGram, Really Useful Records
Placido Domingo
Bajo El Cielo Español
1996
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Sunset Boulevard (Original Canadian Cast Recording)
1996
Mychael Danna
Music For The Films Of Atom Egoyan
1996, ,
Soundtrack/Score
Various
The Island Of Dr. Moreau (Soundtrack From The Motion Picture)
1996, CD, ,
Soundtrack/Score
Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, P.G. Wodehouse
Show Boat
1994, ,
Musical
Stan Meissner
Windows To Light
1994, ,
Southern Rock/Classic Rock/Arena Rock/AOR
Liza Minnelli
The Day After That
1993, CD Digipak, ,
Ballad/Vocal
Frank Leahy* & Eduard Minevich
Bending The Bows
1993
Howard Shore
M Butterfly (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1993, ,
Soundtrack
Mozart*, Studio Arts Orchestra, St. Simon's Choir, Toronto*
Mozart's Magic Fantasy
1990, ,
Classical
Murray McLauchlan
The Modern Age
1990,
Lizzy Borden
Master Of Disguise
1989, CD, ,
Heavy Metal
Dan Hill
Real Love
1989, ,
Soft Rock/AOR
Arraymusic
Strange City / Ville Étrange
1988, CD, Album, Artifact Music
Claude Vivier
Zipangu
1988, CD, Album, Doberman-Yppan
Eye Eye
Common Ground
1988
Eric Robertson
Plays The Casavant Organs Of Eleven Churches
1987, LP, Duke Street Records
Bruce Cockburn
Waiting For A Miracle, Singles 1970-1987
1987
Eye Eye
Out On A Limb
1986, 7", Single, Duke Street Records
Orpheus Choir
Everyone Sang
1986, LP, Duke Street Records
Eye Eye
Just In Time To Be Late
1986
Bruce Cockburn
People See Through You / Santiago Dawn
1986, ,
Folk
Eye Eye
X-Ray Eyes
1986
Henry Kucharzyk
Walk The Line - Three New Works By Henry Kucharzyk
1985, LP, Album, Artifact Music
Murray McLauchlan
Midnight Break
1985
Various
Today's Special
1984, LP, Album, A&M Records, A&M Records, ,
Educational/Story/Pop Rock
Siobhan Crawley
Somewhere In Between
1983, LP, Album, Freedom Records Inc., ,
Vocal/AOR
Rough Trade
Weapons
1983, ,
Pop Rock/Synth-pop
Nancy White
Unexpected
1983
Bruce Cockburn
The Trouble With Normal
1983, ,
Folk Rock
The Canadian Aces
The Canadian Aces
1982, 12", EP, Not On Label (The Canadian Aces self-released)
Count Floyd
Count Floyd
1982
Murray McLauchlan
Windows
1982
Rough Trade
Shaking The Foundations
1982, ,
New Wave/Synth-pop
BB Gabor
Girls Of The Future
1981, LP, Album, Anthem (5), ,
New Wave/Pop Rock
Rita Johns
One Woman Show
1981, LP, Album, JMR (2)
Bruce Cockburn
Mummy Dust
1981, ,
Folk Rock
Bob & Doug McKenzie
Great White North
1981, Vinyl, ,
Comedy/Pop Rock
Rough Trade
For Those Who Think Young
1981
Graham Shaw
Good Manners In The 1980's
1981
Bruce Cockburn
Inner City Front
1981
Lorne Lofsky
It Could Happen To You
1981, ,
Bop/Post Bop/Modal
Bob Segarini
Goodbye L. A.
1980
Rough Trade
Avoid Freud
1980, ,
New Wave/Synth-pop
Bruce Cockburn
Humans
1980
Red Rider
Don't Fight It
1980, ,
Pop Rock
Bruce Cockburn
Tokyo
1980, ,
Folk Rock/Acoustic
Robert & Sarah Feuerstein
Transmutations
1979, LP, Album, Columbia Masterworks
Hellfield
Nightmusic
1979
The Rollers
Elevator
1979
Lisa Dal Bello
Pretty Girls
1979, Vinyl, ,
Pop Rock
Liona Boyd, Andrew Davis, English Chamber Orchestra
Albinoni, Bach, Cimarosa, Marcello, Vivaldi
1979
Bruce Cockburn
Dancing In The Dragon's Jaws
1979
Zon
Back Down To Earth
1979
First Fire
First Fire
1978, ,
AOR
Dan Hill
Frozen In The Night
1978, ,
Soft Rock/Ballad
McCluskey
A Long Time Coming!
1978
Dale Jacobs
Cobra
1978
Ronney Abramson
Stowaway
1977
Dan Hill
Longer Fuse
1977, ,
Soft Rock
Gerry Niewood And Timepiece
Gerry Niewood And Timepiece
1977
The Paul Desmond Quartet
Live
1976, ,
Bossa Nova/Cool Jazz
Jackson Hawke
Forever
1976
Bat McGrath
From The Blue Eagle
1976
Esther Satterfield
The Need To Be
1976
Crack Of Dawn
Crack Of Dawn
1976, Vinyl, ,
Soul/Funk
Patricia Dahlquist
This Is Patricia Dahlquist
1975, LP, Album, Epic
Maneige
Les Porches
1975
Jackie Mittoo
Let's Put It All Together
1975, ,
Rocksteady
Dwayne Ford & Bearfoot
Passing Time
1975
Maneige
Maneige
1975
Tommy Ambrose, Guido Basso, Rick Wilkins
Hello Morning
7", CAPAC
Neil Smolar
Neil Smolar
CD, Album, Promo, Not On Label (Neil Smolar Self-Released), ,
Soundtrack
Rough Trade
The Best Of Rough Trade: Birds Of A Feather
Various
The Westerns: Music And Songs From Classic Westerns
2010, 2xCD, Comp, Jasmine Records
Zon
Back Down To Earth
2021