David Richards
The English record producer, engineer and musician who co-produced many Queen albums from Mountain Studios.
David Richards (1956 – 20 December 2013) was an English record producer, engineer and musician. He was based in Switzerland in the Mountain Studios in Montreux, owned by the rock band Queen, and in Attalens, where he engineered and co-produced many albums by Queen, David Bowie and other artists. Richards also played keyboards on some records and dealt with live music recording in such events as Montreux Jazz Festival. He died on 20 December 2013 after a long battle with an undisclosed illness.
Quick Facts
- Born
- 1956
- Died
- 20 December 2013 (aged 57)
- Origin
- England
- Occupation
- Record producer, engineer
- Instrument
- Keyboards
- Years active
- 1973–2013
- Spouse
- Collette McCready; Vivian Wang
- Partner
- Nathalie Manser
Reader's Guide
David Richards co-produced a wide range of albums across the 1980s and 1990s. His Queen co-productions include A Kind of Magic (1986), The Miracle (1989), Innuendo (1991), and Made in Heaven (1995). He also co-produced solo albums by Roger Taylor (Fun in Space, 1981; Strange Frontier, 1984), Chris Rea (Shamrock Diaries, 1985; On the Beach, 1986), Jimmy Nail (Take It or Leave It, 1985), Feargal Sharkey (Feargal Sharkey, 1985), Iggy Pop (Blah-Blah-Blah, 1986), Magnum (Vigilante, 1986), Virginia Wolf (Virginia Wolf, 1986), David Bowie (Never Let Me Down, 1987; The Buddha of Suburbia, 1993; Outside, 1995), The Cross (Shove It, 1988), and Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé (Barcelona, 1988). As engineer or mixer, he worked on Queen's Live Killers (1979, assistant), Live Magic (1986, recorded by Mack and Richards), Brian May's Back to the Light (1992) and Another World (1998), Duran Duran's 1993 album and Thank You (1995), Samael's Eternal (1999), and David Bowie's Welcome to the Blackout (mixed 1979, released 2018). He also played keyboards on some records and recorded live music at the Montreux Jazz Festival.
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