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John McClure (producer)

John McClure
Born John Taylor McClure
(1929-06-28)June 28, 1929
Rahway, New Jersey, United States
Died June 17, 2014(2014-06-17) (aged 84)
Belmont, Vermont, United States
Alma mater New York University
Occupation
Known for Recording classical, jazz and popular music
Awards

John Taylor McClure (June 28, 1929 – June 17, 2014) was an award-winning American recording engineer and record producer, who worked in the fields of classical music, jazz, and popular music.

McClure was born on June 28, 1929, in Rahway, New Jersey, United States. He had one brother. He grew up in nearby Colonia, New Jersey and learned to play the piano by ear. He later claimed that he never was very good at reading musical scores. He studied at Oberlin college and at New York University, but did not graduate. After working in a number of other jobs, he obtained a junior position with the Carnegie Hall Recording Company in 1950. He was soon employed as a recording engineer for Columbia Records and by the late 1950s became a producer. From the early 1970s, he operated in a freelance capacity.

He engineered Bruno Walter's cycle of the nine Beethoven symphonies with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra. He also worked on over thirty recordings with Igor Stravinsky, and around 200 with Leonard Bernstein. He oversaw recordings by the Boston Pops Orchestra under John Williams, as well as those of Aaron Copland, Isaac Stern, André Previn, and Rudolf Serkin.

Away from orchestral music, he also worked with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Dave Brubeck, Joe Williams, and Peter, Paul and Mary. In the late 1970s, he helped to record the strings on Pink Floyd's 1979 concept album, The Wall.


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