Chris Thomas
Stuart Grundy, John Tobler, The Record Producers (BBC Books), 1982
THE END OF 1981 sees Chris Thomas, ex-student of the Royal Academy of Music and also producer of the earliest (and best) Sex Pistols' records, at a new peak in his career as producer by appointment to the Pretenders, whom he has largely helped to fame, and to Pete Townshend and Elton John.
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