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. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 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 performers, 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. America is an Anglo-American rock and roll band, most popular in the early and mid 1970s and early 1980s and now best known for their #1 hits A Horse With No Name and Sister Golden Hair. ... Asia is an arena rock/progressive rock group. ... Blue Öyster Cult is an American psychedelic/heavy metal band formed in the late 1960s and active as of 2006. ... George Dennis Carlin (born May 12, 1937) is a Grammy-winning American stand-up comedian, actor, and author, noted especially for his irreverent attitude and his observations on language, psychology and religion along with many taboo subjects. ... 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 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 Arena rock band formed in 1973 in San Francisco, California. ... KISS is an American glam rock/hard rock band formed in New York City in 1973. ... Queen are an English rock band formed by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, and Roger Taylor in London, England in 1970 from the remains of Smile, with John Deacon completing the lineup the following year. ... REO Speedwagon is an American rock band which grew in popularity in the Midwestern United States during the 1970s. ... Lou Reed Lewis Allen Lou Reed (born March 2, 1942) is an American rock and roll singer-songwriter, originally from Brooklyn, New York. ... Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, guitarist, singer, film director, and satirist. ... 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. ... Look up Discharge in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Stone began to work as an assistant engineer at Abbey Road Studios in London during the summer of 1964. Some of his first assignments were assisting George Martin and Norman Smith on sessions for The Beatles' Beatles for Sale LP. Over the years that followed, Stone would frequently work with Abbey Road staffers and even return to the studio as a producer. The legendary recording studio Abbey Road Studios, created in November of 1931 by EMI in London, is best known as the legendary recording studio used by the rock bands The Beatles, Cliff Richard, Pink Floyd and The Shadows. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Norman Smith is a musician and record producer. ... The Beatles were an English rock group from Liverpool. ... Beatles for sale by The Beatles (side 1) - Parlophone yellow and black label Beatles for Sale was The Beatles fourth album, released in late 1964 and produced by George Martin for Parlophone. ...

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 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- X ,Co Producer with Gary Hughes
• 1996 TEN - " THE NAME OF THE ROSE ,Mixer
• 1997 TEN - " THE ROBE ,Mixer