Chris Thomas (record Producer) - Recording Sessions With Pink Floyd

Recording Sessions With Pink Floyd

In 1973, as Thomas’ work continued to attract interest, he took on mixing duties with Pink Floyd for their The Dark Side of the Moon album. In his Mix interview, Thomas claimed he would finish work on the Pink Floyd album at midnight and drive to AIR Studios to do more work on Procol Harum's Grand Hotel album until 5 AM.

In a February 1993 interview, guitarist David Gilmour described Thomas’ role on The Dark Side of the Moon as a referee for arguments between himself and bassist Roger Waters.

"I wanted Dark Side to be big and swampy and wet, with reverbs and things like that. And Roger was very keen on it being a very dry album. I think he was influenced a lot by John Lennon's first solo album, which was very dry. We argued so much that it was suggested we get a third opinion. We were going to leave Chris to mix it on his own, with Alan Parsons engineering. And of course on the first day I found out that Roger sneaked in there. So the second day I sneaked in there. And from then on, we both sat right at Chris's shoulder, interfering. But luckily, Chris was more sympathetic to my point of view than he was to Roger's."

Thomas disputes Gilmour's assessment, saying "They were all there all the time because we were recording and adding things at the same time we were mixing. And contrary to some things I've read in the last ten years, there was a very nice atmosphere in the studio." In 1994, Thomas helped mix Pink Floyd's album The Division Bell (1994) with Gilmour. He also co-produced Gilmour's solo album On an Island (2006).