D E N N I S
M A C K A Y
MULTI-PLATINUM GRAMMY AWARD WINNING
ENGINEER & PRODUCER
TOMMY BOLIN ... JUDAS PRIEST...STANLEY CLARKE...MICK RONSON...PHIL COLLINS...JEFF BECK...AND ON AND ON ...
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Legendary guitarist & songwriter Tommy Bolin’s Teaser album was recorded at The Record Plant in Los Angeles, CA in July 1975 with additional recording at Electric Lady Studios in New York (September), and Trident Studios in London (October). It was mixed at Trident Studios in London by Dennis MacKay. Production credits went to Tommy Bolin and Lee Kiefer except for “People People” and “Marching Powder,” which were produced by Dennis MacKay. Those two tracks were done late to fill out the album out better and required Tommy and Dennis to travel back to Electric Lady to record the material. MacKay would go on to co-produce Private Eyes with Tommy in 1976.
Private Eyes/Tommy Bolin released in 1976. After recording finished at Cherokee the album was mixed at Trident Studios in London. MacKay demonstrated great skill in editing and mixing the material, turning seven days of rapid recording by an unrehearsed band into an iconic album. Dennis MacKay would go on to engineer or produce a remarkable range of artists including Tommy Bolin, Jeff Beck, Judas Priest, Return to Forever, Billy Cobham, Brand X, Gong, Pat Travers, Al DiMeola, David Bowie, Mick Ronson, Jack Bruce, Whitney Houston and the list goes on and on …. Mackay won a Grammy Award in 2010 for the Stanley Clarke Band Best Contemporary Jazz Album.
DENNIS MACKAY ENGINEERING & PRODUCING CREDITS
Year Album Artist
2019 Only After Dark: The Complete Mainman Recordings Mick Ronson Engineer, Mixing
2018 Plays Well With Others Phil Collins Producer
2017 MCA Years Tygers of Pan Tang Engineer, Producer
2014 The Box Set Series Judas Priest Producer
2014 Up Stanley Clarke / Stanley Clarke Band Engineer, Mixing
2013 Stained Class/Ram It Down Judas Priest Producer
2012 The Complete Albums Collection Judas Priest Producer
2012 The Complete Columbia Albums Collection Return to Forever Engineer, Mixing
2011 Tour De Force: Live/Scenario Al Di Meola Producer, Engineer
2010 Electric Guitarist/Electric Dreams John McLaughlin Engineer, Associate Producer
2010 Good Luck Studio Friday Mile Producer
2010 Rocks, Pebbles and Sand/Let Me Know You Stanley Clarke Introduction, Sound Production
2010 Splendido Hotel/Electric Rendevous Al Di Meola Producer, Engineer
2010 The Music of Judas Priest Judas Priest Producer
2010 The Stanley Clarke Band Stanley Clarke / Stanley Clarke Band Engineer
2009 Cass Elliot/The Road Is No Place for a Lady/Don't Call Me Mama Anymore Cass Elliot Assistant Engineer
2009 Cielo e Terra/Soaring Through a Dream Al Di Meola Engineer, Audio Engineer
2009 The Collection [2009] Whitney Houston Engineer
2008 8+8: Best of '77-'80 Pat Travers Producer
2008 Believer Dolorata Producer, Engineer, Violin, Pre-Production, Vocal Engineer
2008 Can You Follow [Deluxe Box Set] Jack Bruce Producer
2008 Original Album Classics Jeff Beck Audio Production
2008 Rock Me Molly McNight Mixing
2008 The Anthology Return to Forever Engineer
2007 Stained Class/Point of Entry Judas Priest Producer
2007 The Essential John McLaughlin John McLaughlin Producer, Audio Production, Original Recording Producer
2007 Westminster & 5th Beowulf Audio Production
2006 Extended Versions Vixen Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2006 Live & Learn Vixen Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Vocals
2006 Love, Death & Customer Service Lauren Wood Engineer, Audio Engineer
2005 Playin' with Carlos Producer
2005 Tall Tales and Short Stories Tony MacLaren Mixing
2004 Metalogy Judas Priest Producer
2003 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Pat Travers Pat Travers Producer
2003 Hope in Anguish East West Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2003 Jet Set Jewel Jack Bruce Producer
2003 Revisited Cowboys International Producer
2002 Block Party Breaks, Vol. 2 DJ Pogo Producer, Engineer
2002 Luckie Strike The Mercury Project Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2002 Twice Around the Houses/Wait till They Change the Backdrop Jonathan Kelly / Jonathan Newby Remixing
2001 The Best of Shooting Star Shooting Star Producer, Engineer
2001 The Invasion from Within Tsunami Bomb Producer, Audio Production
2000 Anthology Al Di Meola Producer, Engineer
2000 Future Is Turning Luckie Strike Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2000 Impressions of Christmas Christopher Page Producer, Engineer, Mixing
1999 Blown Zoomer Producer, Mixing
1999 Classics Kayak Producer
1999 The Best of Vixen: Full Throttle Vixen Engineer
1999 Various Fusion 101 Producer, Engineer, Mixing
1999 Vertú Vertú Producer, Engineer, Mixing
1998 A Night Out with Blue Plate Special Blue Plate Special Producer, Engineer
1997 Anthology Shooting Star Audio Production
1997 Jazz Fusion, Vol. 2 [Rhino] Producer
1997 Lauren Wood [1997] Lauren Wood Engineer
1997 Lone Star Guitar Rick Brannon Producer, Engineer, Arranger, Mixing
1996 Collection, Vol. 2 Paco de Lucía Engineer
1996 Ecstasy's Dance: The Best of Narada Michael Walden Narada Michael Walden Engineer
1995 Man from Manhattan Eddie Howell Producer
1995 Paco de Lucia en Vivo Desde El Teatro Real/Passion, Grace and Fire/Live...One Summer N Paco de Lucía Engineer, Mixing
1995 Rite of Strings Stanley Clarke Engineer, Mixing
1995 The Best of Shakti Shakti Engineer
1994 Out of the Mist/Illusion Illusion Mixing
1993 Metal Works '73-'93 Judas Priest Producer
1993 The Famous Charisma Box Producer
1992 Labyrinth Kerri Anderson Engineer
1992 Racine Sass Jordan Engineer
1991 Hungry XYZ Engineer
1991 Ink The Fixx Engineer
1991 Shooting Star/Hang on for Your Life Shooting Star Producer
1991 The Best of Pat Travers Pat Travers Producer
1991 The Regulators Regulators Engineer
1990 Rev It Up Vixen Engineer, Audio Engineer
1990 The Party The Party Engineer
1990 Trixter Trixter Engineer
1989 Barry Manilow Barry Manilow Engineer
1989 The Ultimate: The Best of Tommy Bolin Tommy Bolin Producer
1989 Willpower: A Twenty-Year Retrospective Jack Bruce Engineer
1988 Metal Giants Producer
1988 Out of Control Dynasty Engineer
1988 The Best of John McLaughlin [Wounded Bird] John McLaughlin Producer
1987 A Wingful of Eyes Gong Producer
1987 Tirami Su Al di Meola Project Engineer
1987 Whitney Whitney Houston Engineer
1986 Benny from Here Benny Hester Mixing, Mix Down
1986 One on One Steve Camp Engineer
1986 Smoke Signals Smokey Robinson Engineer
1985 Durell Coleman Durell Coleman Engineer, Mixing
1985 Metal Fatigue Allan Holdsworth Engineer
1983 Boom Boom: The Best of Pat Travers Pat Travers Producer
1983 No Parole from Rock 'N' Roll Alcatrazz Producer, Mixing
1983 Passion, Grace & Fire Al Di Meola / Paco de Lucía / John McLaughlin Engineer, Mixing Engineer
1983 Scenario Al Di Meola Producer, Engineer, Assistant Producer
1982 Tour de Force: Live Al Di Meola Producer, Engineer
1981 Crazy Nights Tygers of Pan Tang Producer, Engineer
1981 Electric Rendezvous Al Di Meola Producer, Engineer
1981 Hang On For Your Life Shooting Star Producer, Audio Production
1981 Radio Active Pat Travers Producer, Mixing
1980 Crash and Burn Pat Travers Producer, Engineer
1980 Everything Is Grey Ironhorse Producer, Engineer
1979 Electric Guitarist John McLaughlin Producer, Engineer
1979 G-Force Gary Moore / Gary Moore & G-Force Engineer, Remixing
1979 The Original Sin Cowboys International Producer
1978 Alivemutherforya Billy Cobham Mixing
1978 Magic/Simplicity of Expression: Depth of Thought Billy Cobham Engineer, Remixing
1978 Phantom of the Night Kayak Producer, Arranger
1978 Spellbound Alphonso Johnson Producer, Engineer
1978 Stained Class Judas Priest Producer
1977 Go Too Stomu Yamashta / Stomu Yamashta's Go Producer
1977 Magic Billy Cobham Engineer, Remixing
1977 Moroccan Roll Brand X Producer
1977 Out of the Mist Illusion Mixing
1976 A Handful of Beauty Shakti Engineer
1976 Airborne Curved Air Producer
1976 Expresso Gong Producer, Engineer
1976 Gazeuse! Gong Producer, Engineer
1976 Inner Worlds Mahavishnu Orchestra / John McLaughlin Associate Producer
1976 Private Eyes Tommy Bolin Producer
1976 Spiders from Mars The Spiders from Mars Producer
1976 Unorthodox Behaviour Brand X Producer, Engineer, Mixing
1976 Wired Jeff Beck Engineer
1975 First Starring Role Bob Sargeant Percussion
1975 Play Don't Worry Mick Ronson Engineer
1975 Romantic Warrior Return to Forever Engineer, Remixing
1975 Teaser Tommy Bolin Mixing, Original Recording Producer, Producer
1975 Venusian Summer Lenny White Engineer, Remixing, Percussion, Gong
1975 Visions of the Emerald Beyond Mahavishnu Orchestra Tape Operator
1974 Slaughter on 10th Avenue Mick Ronson Engineer
