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David Richards

(1956 - 20 December 2013)

 

David was a record producer, sound engineer, musician and the owner of Mountain Studios in Montreux.

He is most famous for being the producer of the last 4 Queen albums; but he also produced, co-produced, engineered or mixed albums by Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé, Brian May, Roger Taylor, David Bowie, Duran Duran, Chris Rea, Iggy Pop...

Born in London, he moved to Montreux in 1975 to work at newly opened Mountain Studios, the best studio in Europe. In 1993 David bought that studio from the band Queen.

He was also a major sound engineer for the Montreux Jazz Festival, dealing with live music recording for years.

 

David passed away 5 months after this photo was taken.

 

Montreux, Switzerland

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Uploaded on October 8, 2016
Taken on July 20, 2013