Wally Heider Studios

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In 1967, Wally Heider saw the need for musicians involved in the nacent San Francisco Sound to have their own recording studio. Artists like Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service and the Grateful Dead were recording in Los Angeles and New York. In 1969, Heider opened Wally Heider's Studio at 245 Hyde Street, San Francisco, between Turk and Eddy Streets, across the street from Black Hawk jazz club. Heider opened several studios in the building; Studio "D" was upstairs in the back.

Heider and his crew were very well known for making excellent studio and remote location recordings and for top notch engineering.

Today, the building that housed Wally Heider Studios is Hyde Street Studios. The business continues to record music but it is in danger of being turned into condominiums by the new owners.