David Richards (music producer)
David Richards (* 1956 in London ; † December 20, 2013 in Switzerland ) was a British music producer .
Life
David Richards had been with the Mountain Studios in Montreux since 1977 , which had long been owned by the rock band Queen , as (co-) producer and sound engineer on numerous albums by David Bowie , Queen, Chris Rea and other musicians. Some time after Freddie Mercury's death in 1991, Richards took over the studio from Queen.
His collaboration with Queen began in 1979 as the sound engineer for the double LP Live Killers . In the following years, Richards worked as co-producer, songwriter and keyboardist on Roger Taylor's first two solo albums. Together they produced several projects by other musicians in the mid-1980s, including Jimmy Nail's single Love Don't Live Here Anymore , which reached number three in the UK charts. From 1986 to 1995 David Richards co-produced the Queen's studio albums, including A Kind of Magic and Innuendo .
He has also worked for Miles Davis , Duran Duran , Bryan Ferry , Al Jarreau , Chaka Khan , BB King , Led Zeppelin , Iggy Pop and Sting, among others . He produced numerous publications for the Montreux Jazz Festival .
David Richards died on December 20, 2013 after a long illness in Switzerland.
Discography
Albums (co) produced by Richard:
- 1983: Chris Rea - Water Sign
- 1984: Roger Taylor - Strange Frontier
- 1984: Chris Rea - Wired to the Moon
- 1985: Jimmy Nail - Take It or Leave It (Single: Love Don't Live Here Anymore )
- 1985: Feargal Sharkey - Loving You (Single)
- 1985: Chris Rea - Shamrock Diaries
- 1986: Chris Rea - On the Beach
- 1986: Queen - A Kind of Magic
- 1986: Iggy Pop - Blah Blah Blah
- 1986: Virginia Wolf - Virginia Wolf
- 1987: David Bowie - Never Let Me Down
- 1988: The Cross - Shove It
- 1988: Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé - Barcelona
- 1989: Queen - The Miracle
- 1991: Queen - Innuendo
- 1993: David Bowie - The Buddha of Suburbia
- 1995: David Bowie - Outside
- 1995: Queen - Made in Heaven
Other recordings in which Richards was involved as a sound engineer and keyboard player:
- 1977: David Bowie - “Heroes” (sound engineer)
- 1979: David Bowie - Lodger (sound engineer)
- 1979: Queen - Live Killers (assistant sound engineer)
- 1981: Roger Taylor - Fun in Space (sound engineer, keyboards)
- 1983: Klaus Hoffmann - Ciao Bella (sound engineer)
- 1984: David Bowie - Tonight (sound engineer)
- 1986: Queen - Live Magic (recordings by Mack and Richards)
- 1989: Tin Machine - Tin Machine (sound engineer)
- 1992: Brian May - Back to the Light (sound engineer, recording, mix of the tracks Driven by You , Last Horizon and Just One Life )
- 1993: Klaus Hoffmann - singer (sound engineer)
- 1993: David Bowie - Black Tie White Noise (keyboards)
- 1998: Brian May - Another World (additional recordings for Why Don't We Try Again ; mix of the song Another World )
- 2004: 46664 (DVD; mix)
Web links
- Mountain Studios website (English)
- David Richards in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Interview by Reinhold Hoenle with Richards on the occasion of the publication of Made in Heaven , Rolling Stone , German edition, December 1995 (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ David Richards RIP , accessed December 21, 2013
- ↑ a b Tribute to David Richards , accessed December 21, 2013
- ↑ everyhit.com - UK Top 40 Hit Database .
- ↑ a b c Produced together with Roger Taylor.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Richards, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British music producer and keyboardist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th December 2013 |
| Place of death | Switzerland |