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Mike "Clay" Stone
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Mike Stone (a.k.a. Mike "Clay" Stone) (1951 – 2002) was an English recording engineer and record producer.
Stone was best known for his work with America, Asia (multiple albums), Blue Öyster Cult, George Carlin, Daniel Amos (Horrendous Disc), Foreigner, Journey, KISS, Queen (multiple albums), REO Speedwagon, Lou Reed, Frank Zappa and others. He also ran an independent record label Clay Records in the late 70s and early 80s in Stoke-On-Trent, and worked on the production of most of that label's releases, including Discharge's influential EP's and debut album. Stone also sang a lead vocal line in the song "Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy" on the Queen album A Day at the Races.
Stone began his career as an assistant recording engineer at the world famous Abbey Road Studios in England. At one point, while he was still a teenager, Stone even had the opportunity to work on some sessions for The Beatles' Beatles For Sale.
[edit] Selected discography
1973 Queen - Queen, Engineer
1974 Queen - Queen II, Engineer
1974 Queen - Sheer Heart Attack, Engineer
1975 Queen - A Night at the Opera , Engineer
1976 Queen - A Day at the Races, Engineer, Guest Vocalist
1977 Queen - News of the World, Engineer, Co-producer
1978 Peter Criss - Peter Criss, Engineer
1978 Daniel Amos - Horrendous Disc, Producer
1978 Paul Stanley - Paul Stanley, Mixer
1979 New England - New England, Producer, Engineer
1979 Shoes - Present Tense, Producer, Engineer
1981 Journey - Escape, Producer
1981 April Wine - The Nature of the Beast, Engineer, Co-producer
1982 Discharge - Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing, Producer
1982 Asia - Asia, Producer
1982 April Wine - Power Play, Co-producer
1983 Asia - Alpha, Producer
1983 Journey - Frontiers, Producer
1984 Tommy Shaw - Girls with Guns, Producer
1985 April Wine - One for the Road, Co-producer
1986 Journey - Raised on Radio, Producer
1987 Whitesnake - Whitesnake, Producer
1987 Helix - Wild in the Streets, Co-producer
1988 Ratt - Reach for the Sky, Co-producer
1996 Ten - Ten, Co-producer and mixer
1996 Ten - The Name of the Rose, Co-producer and mixer
1997 Ten - The Robe, Mixer
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Categories: 1951 births | 2002 deaths | British record producers | Audio engineers
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Lying wikipedia
not that I know differently!
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I wonder if Ed always wore the white gloves in those days? 
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If its the same one, Stone's mentioned briefly in Geoff Emerick's excellent book "Recording the Beatles." He did apparently start out as an assistant engineer at Abbey Road. Lots of engineers started out there as teenagers (including Emerick).
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Lots of engineers started out there as teenagers . |
I started out as a teenager. Oh sure I did the topless diaper gig (seems my underpants were always showing), slobbered profusely and was barely (or rarely) intelligible for a few years, but how different is that really from being a teenager?
The more startling discovery is the tendancy I have to retrograduation, or is that just my belt creeping up over my belly button? Time to get refitted for those Ben Davis overalls... love that gorilla.
shoot... what was ya'll yapping about anyway?
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if its the same one, Stone's mentioned briefly in Geoff Emerick's excellent book "Recording the Beatles." He did apparently start out as an assistant engineer at Abbey Road. Lots of engineers started out there as teenagers (including Emerick). |
I am pretty sure Alan Parsons started out as a teenage engineer as well at Abbey Road Studios for "Let it Be" and "Abbey Road."
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Yup, I believe your right.
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Yup, I believe your right. |
Thank you. Thank you very much! 
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Wonder how DA got hooked up with him? Bet that's a cool story.
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Wonder how DA got hooked up with him? Bet that's a cool story. |
That's a story I would like to hear! 
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That's a story I would like to hear!
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Though I wonder if it was just a matter of hiring him?
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Well, that would explain why the band was broke at that time (cf: the "pumped way too much gas" anecdote). |
Yeah. Maybe Uncle Terry can tell is the story someday?
Uncle Terry?
Uncle Terry???
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I keep thinking about when I was in Jr High, and loved Queen
and Journey and Asia.
"Heat of the Moment" baby!
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I keep thinking about when I was in Jr High, and loved Queen
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I still like Queen and am still amused by Asia (have a couple of there records even.)
Not so much with Journey, anymore though. 
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On the subject of DA's outsourced producers, I sometimes wonder if there was any hint of J.D. Brown's later unfortunate associations back in those Shotgun Angel days. Just one of those morbid things I think about when I'm not doing much...
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Mike Stone.
