David Richards
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.
David Richards
- Name
- David Richards
- Born
- 1956
- Died
- 20 December 2013 (aged 57)
- Occupation
- * Record producer
- Spouse
- Collette McCready Vivian Wang
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Fields
- rock music
- Languages
- English
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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.
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Richards died on 20 December 2013 after a long battle with an undisclosed illness.
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• Name — David Richards • 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
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David Richards is recorded with the occupation music executive. Recorded with the occupation record producer. Recorded with the occupation audio engineer. Classed in the genre rock music. Recorded as record producer, audio engineer, music executive and composer.
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1956
David Richards was born on 28 February 1956.
2013
David Richards died on 20 December 2013.
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Albums co-produced by David Richards: • Roger Taylor - Fun in Space (1981) • Roger Taylor - Strange Frontier (1984) • Chris Rea – Shamrock Diaries (1985) • Jimmy Nail - Take It or Leave It (1985; single: "Love Don't Live Here Anymore") • Feargal Sharkey – Feargal Sharkey (1985; single: "Loving You") • Chris Rea – On the Beach (1986) • 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) • David Bowie - Welcome to the Blackout (Live London ’78) (Mixed in 1979, released in 2018) • Bluvertigo - Zero (Mixed and released in 1999)
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- 1.Queen and David Bowie producer David Richards dies aged 57 sur New Musical Express, 22 décembre 2013
- 2.David Richards: Producer, engineer and musician at Montreux’s. The Independent. 2014-03-20.
- 3.Tribute to David Richards. brianmay.com. décembre 2013.
- 4.Tribute to David Richards. wemakeit.com.
- 5.Moutnain Studios. musicminder.com.
- 6.Queen, David Bowie Producer David Richards Dies. Ultimate Classic Rock.
- 7.Le Mountain Studio sur montreuxcelebration.com
- 8.David Richards Tribute: Fundraising Campaign. queenonline.com. 2 mars 2020.
- 9.Shove It - Cross Credits. AllMusic.
- 10.Lodger - David Bowie Credits. AllMusic.
- 11.Never Let Me Down - David Bowie Credits. AllMusic.
- 12.Black Tie White Noise - David Bowie Credits. AllMusic.
- 13.The Buddha of Suburbia - David Bowie Credits. AllMusic.
- 14.1. Outside - David Bowie Credits. AllMusic.
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