Ken Caillat

Ken Caillat
Born	August 12, 1946 (1946-08-12)
Genres	Rock, pop, R&B, country, soul, jazz
Occupations	Record producer
Years active	1965–present
Associated acts	Fleetwood Mac, Billy Idol, Frank Sinatra, Pat Benatar, Wilson Phillips, The Beach Boys, Herbie Hancock, David Becker Tribune, Alice Cooper, Christine McVie, Colbie Caillat
Website	www.kencaillat.com

Kenneth Douglas "Ken" Caillat ( /kæˈleɪ/ kal-lei; born August 12, 1946) is an American record producer. He is best known for producing the Fleetwood Mac albums Rumours, Tusk, Mirage, Live, and The Chain Box Set.

Caillat is the president of 5.1 Entertainment Group Digital Production Services, which has worked on albums for Billy Idol, Frank Sinatra, Pat Benatar, Wilson Phillips, the Beach Boys, Herbie Hancock, David Becker Tribune and Alice Cooper as well as Christine McVie on her solo album In the Meantime, in addition to Fleetwood Mac, remastering in 5.1 DVD audio format. He won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year for Rumours.

In addition to production, he has been a director, studio engineer, and musician.

He is the father of singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat and produced her albums Coco (2007), Breakthrough (2009), and All of You (2011).

Production discography

• How Time Flys (1973) – David Ossman (Engineer)
• Fairytale (1965) – Donovan (Producer)
• Basket of Light (1969) – Pentangle (Executive producer)
• Astrud Gilberto Now (1972) – Astrud Gilberto (Executive producer)
• Love Music (1973) – Sergio Mendes (Assistant)
• The Phoenix Concerts (1974) – John Stewart (Assistant engineer, engineer)
• Where We All Belong (1974) – The Marshall Tucker Band (Engineer)
• Elevation (1973) – Pharoah Sanders (Engineer)
• Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band, Vol. 1 (1975) – Gabby Pahinui (Engineer)
• Searchin' for a Rainbow (1975) – The Marshall Tucker Band (Engineer)
• Amazonas (1975) – Cal Tjader (Remixing, engineer)
• Cool Rasta (1976) – The Heptones (Executive producer)
• Greatest Stories Live (1976) – Harry Chapin (Engineer)
• Look at Me Now – The Buckeye Politicians (Engineer)
• Warren Zevon (1976) – Warren Zevon (Audio engineer)
• Rumours (1977) – Fleetwood Mac (Engineer, Mastering, producer); Winner Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
• Germ Free Adolescents (1978) – X-Ray Spex (Executive producer)
• Tusk (1979) – Fleetwood Mac (Remastering, engineer, producer)
• Distant Shores (1980) – Robbie Patton (Engineer, producer)
• Live (1980) – Fleetwood Mac (Engineer, mixing, producer)
• Mirage (1982) – Fleetwood Mac (Engineer, producer)
• Which One of Us Is Me (1984) – Jay Gruska (Engineer)
• Dancing on the Ceiling (1986) – Lionel Richie (Special Effects, engineer)
• Bad (1987) – Michael Jackson (Engineer)
• Streamlines (1987) – Tom Scott
• "The Cockney Kids Are Innocent" on The First, the Best and the Last (1980) – Sham 69 (Executive producer)
• Live (1988) – The Dramatics (Engineer)
• Greatest Hits (1988) – Fleetwood Mac (Producer)
• Dorian's Legacy (1989) – Spencer Brewer (Engineer)
• Live and Improvised (1991) – Blood, Sweat & Tears (Engineer)
• Live at Ronnie Scott's (1990) – Taj Mahal (Executive producer)
• Third Time Around (1990) – David Becker Tribune (Engineer, mixing, producer)
• 25 Years – The Chain (1992) – Fleetwood Mac (Producer, engineer)
• How Far? How Fast? (1992) – Robin Frederick (Design, producer, mixing, engineer)
• Mom's (1992) – Carl Stone (Audio engineer)
• Seven Day Weekend (1992) – New York Dolls (Executive producer)
• Deaf Forever: The Best of Motörhead (2000) – Motörhead (Executive producer)
• Fiend with a Violin (1996) – The Fall (Executive producer)
• Very Best of the Searchers (1998) – The Searchers (Executive producer)
• Close to the Wind (1998) – Fairport Convention (Executive producer)
• Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker (Highlights) (DVD Audio) – London Symphony Orchestra (Producer, executive producer)
• Erase the Slate (1999) – Dokken (Executive producer)
• The Little David Years (1971–1977) (1999) – George Carlin (Engineer)
• Directions: East – Directions (Executive producer)
• Directions: North – Directions (Executive producer)
• Directions: South – Directions (Executive producer)
• Directions: West – Directions (Executive producer)
• Elements: Earth – Elements (Executive producer, producer)
• Elements: Spirit – Elements (Executive producer, producer)
• Elements: Water – Elements (Executive producer, producer)
• Bare Bones (1999) – Wishbone Ash (Executive producer)
• Then and Now (2000) – Lynyrd Skynyrd (Executive producer, mixing)
• Coco (2007) – Colbie Caillat (Executive producer, mixing, producer, audio production)
• Breakthrough (2009) – Colbie Caillat (Mixing, producer, engineer, Rhythm Arrangements, executive producer)
• All of You (2011) – Colbie Caillat (Producer)

Sources

• Official website
• Fleetwood Mac Official site
• 5.1 Entertainment Group, MIX Magazine
• Recording Academy's Producers & Engineers Wing Presents "Approaching the First 5.1 Mix" Business Wire, 6 December 2000