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Reinhold Mack

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Reinhold Mack
Born(1949-08-25)25 August 1949(age 74)
Germany
Occupation(s)Music producer

Reinhold Mack(also known asMack,born 25 August 1949) is a German record producer and engineer. He is best known for his collaborations withElectric Light Orchestra,Queen,[1]Sparks,andChinaski (CZ).

Biography

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Early life and education

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Mack grew up inMunich,West Germany,and wasclassically trainedon piano, clarinet and acoustic guitar. At the age of fourteen, he discovered the electric guitar, playing incover bandsbefore being drafted into theWest German Army.When Mack came home following his military service, he learned that his parents had gotten rid of his music equipment, and he decided to seek work at a recording studio.[2]

Career

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In 1970, Mack began working at Union Studios in Munich, recording commercials andoom-pah musicbefore advancing to work with more notable artists such asIvan Rebroff,Peter AlexanderandAmon Düül.[2]While at Union Studios, Mack was approached byGiorgio Moroderto mix a song for Scottish singerLuluand, pleased with the results, asked Mack to come work for him full-time in his small 16-track recording studio in the basement of the 23-storyArabella Hochhaushotel/apartment building. With Mack's help, Moroder's studio would expand to becomeMusicland Studios.[2]

At Musicland's first session in 1973, Mack assisted producerTony Viscontiin recording sessions forMarc BolanandT. Rexfor their albumZinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow,and later assisted onthe Rolling Stones'It's Only Rock 'n RollandBlack and Blue,Deep Purple'sStormbringerandCome Taste the Band,andLed Zeppelin'sPresence.[2]

Mack first worked withElectric Light Orchestrain 1975 while engineering during recording sessions forFace the Music,[2]the start of a working relationship that would span six years and the band's next five studio albums. Mack also worked withQueen[1]andSparks,[3]with the Queen albumThe Gamegarnering Mack and the band aGrammy Awardnomination forProducer of the Yearin 1981.[4][5]

In 1998, Mack founded Nightjar, a company originally focused on producing and remastering music forsurround soundformats. In 1999, he transferred the company, which now produces content for multimedia, video, animation, and sound, to his sons Julian and Felix.[3]

Legacy

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Mack and wife Ingrid's third son, John Frederick Mack, was named byFreddie Mercuryand was a godson of both Mercury and Queen bass guitaristJohn Deacon.[6][7]

Mack is referenced in the lyrics of the Queen song "Dragon Attack"on their 1980 albumThe Game,which he produced with the band: "gonna use my stack/it's gotta be Mack".[8]

Selected discography

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Albums worked on as sound engineer:

Albums produced or co-produced by Mack:

References

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  1. ^ab"Bit of Rough Stuff".Evening Times.9 February 1990.Retrieved11 December2011.
  2. ^abcdeBuskin, Richard (September 2013)."Classic Tracks: Electric Light Orchestra 'Don't Bring Me Down'".Sound On Sound.SOS Publications Group.Retrieved13 April2022.
  3. ^abLarry Crane (January 2011)."Reinhold Mack: ELO, Queen, Black Sabbath & T. Rex".Tape Op(81): 34–47.Archivedfrom the original on 15 July 2017.Retrieved1 October2017.
  4. ^"Here's complete list of the Grammy nominees".Eugene Register-Guard.No. 121. Eugene, Oregon: Guard Publishing. 21 February 1981. p. 36.
  5. ^"Awards & Shows – Grammy Awards 1981".Awardsandshows.com.Archivedfrom the original on 21 October 2013.Retrieved25 May2014.
  6. ^"Úc môn tân phủ kinh ngu nhạc ngu thành bình đài ( trung quốc ) duy cơ bách khoa".Catonthewall.net.Retrieved2 May2023.
  7. ^Chilton, Martin (10 December 2020)."He Was Music: Reinhold Mack On Working With Freddie Mercury".Udiscovermusic.com.Retrieved13 April2022.
  8. ^"Allmusic: Queen – Dragon Attack Lyrics".AllMusic.Archived fromthe originalon 28 May 2014.Retrieved26 May2014.
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