Mike Stone (a.k.a. Mike "Clay" Stone) (1951 – May 2002) was an English recording engineer and record producer. 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for May, 2002. ... An Audio Engineer is a person recording, editing, manipulating, mixing and mastering sound by technical means. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ...

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, and worked on the production of some of that label's releases, including Discharge's influential 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. America is an English-American folk rock band, originally comprised of members Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, and Dan Peek. ... Asia is an arena rock/progressive rock group. ... Blue Öyster Cult is an American rock band formed in 1967 and still active in 2007. ... George Dennis Carlin (born May 12, 1937 in New York, New York)[2] is a Grammy-winning American stand-up comedian, actor, and author. ... Daniel Amos (aka D. A., Dä) is an American rock band formed in 1974 by Terry Scott Taylor on guitars and vocals, Marty Dieckmeyer on bass guitar, Steve Baxter on guitars and Jerry Chamberlain on lead guitars. ... Horrendous Disc is the title of a 1981 album by the rock band Daniel Amos, and recorded in 1978. ... Foreigner is a hard rock band formed in New York City in 1976 by veteran musicians Mick Jones and Ian McDonald, along with then unknown vocalist Lou Gramm (Louis Grammatico). ... Journey is an American rock band formed in 1973 in San Francisco, California. ... Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973. ... Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by Brian May, Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor, with John Deacon joining the following year. ... REO Speedwagon is an American rock band which grew in popularity in the Midwestern United States during the 1970s and peaked in the early 1980s. ... Lewis Allan Lou Reed[1] (born March 2, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. ... Frank Vincent Zappa[1] (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, musician, and film director. ... Clay Records was an independent record label that once supported artists like Play Dead, Discharge, and G.B.H. The record company was formed in 1980. ... Discharge is an influential Hardcore punk band. ... Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy ( ) is the fourth single (Queens First EP) from and eighth track on the British rock group Queens 1976 album A Day at the Races, written by Freddie Mercury. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

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
• 1981 Journey - Escape, Producer
• 1982 Asia - Asia, Producer
• 1982 Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing, Producer
• 1982 Charged GBH - City Baby Attacked by Rats, Producer
• 1983 Asia - Alpha, Producer
• 1983 Journey - Frontiers, Producer
• 1984 Tommy Shaw - Girls with Guns, Producer
• 1986 Journey - Raised on Radio, Producer
• 1987 Whitesnake - Whitesnake, Producer
• 1996 Ten - Ten, Co-producer and mixer
• 1996 Ten - The Name of the Rose, Co-producer and mixer
• 1997 Ten - The Robe, Mixer