Mike Stone (1951 – 2002) was an English recording engineer and record producer.
Stone was best known for his seminal work with Queen (multiple albums), Blue Öyster Cult, Foreigner, Journey (multiple albums), KISS, Lou Reed, Whitesnake, and others. 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 a runner at Trident Studios, working his way up to tape-op, ...
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Mike Stone (1951 – 2002) was an English recording engineer and record producer.
Stone was best known for his seminal work with Queen (multiple albums), Blue Öyster Cult, Foreigner, Journey (multiple albums), KISS, Lou Reed, Whitesnake, and others. 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 a runner at Trident Studios, working his way up to tape-op, then assistant engineer. As an assistant, he started to become well known, and was often asked for on sessions. He began a long and close relationship with Queen, and engineered the masterpiece of vocal layering for Bohemian Rhapsody, on what was then rudimentary equipment. He then started to become in great demand. By the early eighties Mike was producing massive radio hit albums for both Asia, and Journey that combined would sell tens of millions of records, many of the songs which are still played frequently on radio to this day. Mike...
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