David Richards (record producer)

David Richards (1956 – 20 December 2013^[1]) was an English-born Swiss-based record producer, engineer and musician. In the Mountain Studios in Montreux, owned by the rock band Queen, and in Attalens he engineered and co-produced many albums by Queen, David Bowie and other artists. Richards also played keyboards on some records. He also dealt with live music recording in such events as Montreux Jazz Festival.^[2]

Richards died on 20 December 2013 after a long battle with an undisclosed illness.^[3]

Selected discography

Albums (co-)produced by David Richards:

• Roger Taylor - Strange Frontier (1984)
• Jimmy Nail - Take It or Leave It (1985; single: "Love Don't Live Here Anymore")
• Feargal Sharkey – Feargal Sharkey (1985; single: "Loving You")
• Queen – A Kind of Magic (1986)
• Iggy Pop – Blah Blah Blah (1986)
• Magnum – Vigilante (1986)
• Virginia Wolf – Virginia Wolf (1986)
• David Bowie – Never Let Me Down (1987)
• The Cross – Shove It (1988)
• Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé – Barcelona (1988)
• Queen – The Miracle (1989)
• Queen – Innuendo (1991)
• David Bowie – The Buddha of Suburbia (1993)
• David Bowie – Outside (1995)
• Queen – Made in Heaven (1995)
• William Fierro - UNO (2013; Enregisterment, mixing and mastering, arrangements)

Others:

• Yes – Going for the One (1977; assistant engineer)
• Queen – Live Killers (1979; assistant engineer)
• Roger Taylor – Fun in Space (1981)
• Queen – Live Magic (1986; recorded by Mack and Richards)
• Brian May – Back to the Light (1992; engineer, recording, mixing: "Driven by You", "Last Horizon", "Just One Life")
• Duran Duran - Duran Duran (1993; mixing)
• Duran Duran - Thank You (1995; mixing: "Perfect Day")
• Brian May – Another World (1998; additional recording: "Why Don't We Try Again"; mixing: "Another World")
• Samael – Eternal (1999; recording, mixing)

References

External links

• www.mountainstudios.com
• David Richards' Full Discography