Andrew Jackson is a British recording engineer famous for his work with the British band Pink Floyd. He first helped out on the film soundtrack to Pink Floyd The Wall in 1982. He also co-engineered The Final Cut with James Guthrie and did all of the engineering on Pink Floyd's A Momentary Lapse of Reason and The Division Bell albums plus the new material recorded for the soundtrack to the band's 1992 auto racing documentary film La Carrera Panamericana. He was also their concert sound engineer on the band's 1994 Division Bell tour. He has also closely worked with Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour as a recording engineer on his 1984 solo album About Face and also engineered his On an Island album, the Live in Gdańsk album, the David Gilmour in Concert DVD and Remember That Night DVD. He also engineered Roger Waters' first full length solo album The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking.
In addition to his work with Pink Floyd since 1982, Andrew has also worked with bands like Heatwave, The Boomtown Rats (most notably mixed their hit "I Don't Like Mondays") and goth rock group Fields of the Nephilim.
He was nominated for Best Engineered Recording for both A Momentary Lapse of Reason and The Division Bell and lost both times.
He also recorded an album of his own called Obvious which was released in 2001.
He currently specializes in CD mastering as Tube Mastering (www.tubemastering.com). He has joined the band The Eden House playing guitar.
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