After working in a number of other jobs, he obtained a junior position with the Carnegie Hall Recording Company in 1950.
[1] 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.
[1] Away from orchestral music, he also worked with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Dave Brubeck, Joe Williams, and Peter, Paul and Mary.
McClure died on June 17, 2014, at his home in Belmont, Vermont, where he kept his Grammy Awards in a box in his barn.
[1][2] He also won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album in 1986 for the revival of West Side Story, written and conducted by Leonard Bernstein with José Carreras and Kiri Te Kanawa.