Reinhold Mack

Reinhold Mack

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Reinhold Mack (aka Mack) is a German record producer and sound engineer, mostly known for his collaborations with rock bands Electric Light Orchestra and Queen.[1] Most of this work took place at Giorgio Moroder's Musicland Studios in Munich, which became famous after Marc Bolan & T.Rex (with producer Tony Visconti) first discovered it for recordings in 1973. In 1981 the Queen album The Game brought Mack and the band a Grammy Award nomination for Producer of the Year (Non-Classical).[1]

Mack's third son, John Frederick Mack, was named by Freddie Mercury and was a godson of both Mercury and Queen bassist John Deacon.

Mack is referenced in the lyrics of the Queen song "Dragon Attack" on their 1980 album The Game, which he produced with the band: "gonna use my stack/it's gotta be Mack".

Selected discography

Albums worked on as sound engineer:

  • T.Rex: "Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow" (1974)
  • Deep Purple: "Stormbringer" (1974)
  • Deep Purple: "Come Taste the Band" (1975)
  • Electric Light Orchestra: Face the Music (1975)
  • Electric Light Orchestra: A New World Record (1976)
  • Sweet: Give Us a Wink! (1976)
  • Electric Light Orchestra: Out of the Blue (1977)
  • Electric Light Orchestra: Discovery (1979)
  • Electric Light Orchestra: Xanadu (1980)
  • Electric Light Orchestra: Time (1981)
  • Brian May & Friends: Star Fleet Project (1983, Mini Album; mixed by Mack)
  • Electric Light Orchestra: Balance of Power (1986)
  • Queen: Live Magic (1986; recorded by Mack and David Richards)
  • Queen: Live at Wembley '86 (1992; recorded by Mack)
  • Queen: Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl (2004; recorded by Mack)
  • Queen: Queen Rock Montreal (2007; recorded by Mack)
  • Rainbow: "[{Rising}] " (1976)

Albums produced or co-produced by Mack:

  • Scorpions: "Fly to the Rainbow" (1974)
  • Rolling Stones: "Its Only Rock N Roll" (1976)
  • Deep Purple: "Come Taste the Band" (1975)
  • Rory Gallagher: "Calling Card" (1975)
  • Rolling Stones: "Black and Blue" (1976)
  • David Coverdale: "White Snake" (1977)
  • Peter Straker: Real Natural Man (1980)
  • Queen: The Game (1980)
  • Queen: Flash Gordon (1980)
  • After the Fire: 80-f (1980)
  • Sparks: Whomp That Sucker (1981)
  • Billy Squier: Don't Say No (1981)
  • After the Fire: Batteries Not Included (1982)
  • Sparks: Angst in My Pants (1982)
  • Queen: Hot Space (1982)
  • Billy Squier: Emotions in Motion (1982)
  • Queen: The Works (1984)
  • Roger Taylor: Strange Frontier (1984)
  • Meat Loaf: Bad Attitude (1984; produced by Meat Loaf, Paul Jacobs and Mack)
  • Freddie Mercury: Mr. Bad Guy (1985)
  • BAP: Ahl Männer, aalglatt (1986)
  • Queen: A Kind of Magic (1986)
  • Extrabreit (German band): Sex after three years in a submarine (1987)
  • Heavy Pettin: Lettin Loose (1987; produced by Brian May and Mack)
  • Extreme: Extreme (1989)
  • Bonfire: Knock Out (1991)
  • Law and Order: Rites of Passage (1991)
  • Black Sabbath: Dehumanizer (1992)
  • Loud: Psyche 21 (1992)
  • SBB: New Century (2005)
  • Julian Mack: Have you no decency (2005)
  • Liquid Meat: Beat the Meatles (2006)
  • The Shazam: M3TEOR (2009)
  • Liquid Meat: Maximum Carnage (2009)
  • Big Wood: Big Wood (2012)
  • Custard: Infested by Anger (2012)
  • Symphonika: "In Dreams" (2013)

References

  1. Bit of Rough Stuff, Evening Times, 9 February 1990. URL accessed on 11 December 2011.

External links

  • Mack - Mack's personal website
  • iZotope - interview with Mack
Electric Light Orchestra
Jeff Lynne | Roy Wood | Bev Bevan
Discography
Albums: Electric Light Orchestra (No Answer in US) | Electric Light Orchestra II | On the Third Day | Eldorado | Face the Music | A New World Record | Out of the Blue | Discovery | Xanadu | Time | Secret Messages | Balance of Power | Zoom
Compilation albums: Olé ELO | ELO's Greatest Hits | A Box of their Best | Afterglow | Strange Magic | Flashback | The Essential Electric Light Orchestra | All Over the World


Queen
Freddie Mercury | Brian May | Roger Taylor | John Deacon
Studio Albums
Queen | Queen II | Sheer Heart Attack | A Night at the Opera | A Day at the Races | News of the World | Jazz | The Game | Flash Gordon | Hot Space | The Works | A Kind of Magic | The Miracle | Innuendo | Made in Heaven
Live Albums
Live Killers | Live Magic | Live at Wembley '86 | Queen- Live On Fire at the Bowl
Compilations
Greatest Hits (Elektra) | Greatest Hits, Vol. II | Queen at the Beeb | Classic Queen | Greatest Hits (Hollywood) | Greatest Hits (Parlophone) | Greatest Hits, Vols. I and II
Films
Queen - We Will Rock You | Becoming Queen
Songs
"Another One Bites the Dust" | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | "Radio Ga Ga" | "Somebody to Love" | "The Show Must Go On" | "These Are the Days of Our Lives" | "Tie Your Mother Down" | "We Are the Champions" | "We Will Rock You"


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