David Richards (1956 – 20 December 2013) was an English

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, engineer and musician. He was based in

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in the Mountain Studios in

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, owned by the rock band

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, and in Attalens, where he engineered and co-produced many albums by Queen,

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and other artists. Richards also played keyboards on some records and dealt with live music recording in such events as

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. Richards died on 20 December 2013 after a long battle with an undisclosed illness.

Selected discography

Albums co-produced by David Richards: * Roger Taylor - '' Fun in Space'' (1981) *Roger Taylor - ''

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'' (1984) *

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– '' Shamrock Diaries'' (1985) *

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- ''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) *

– '' A Kind of Magic'' (1986) *

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– '' Blah-Blah-Blah'' (1986) * Magnum – '' Vigilante'' (1986) * Virginia Wolf – ''Virginia Wolf'' (1986) *

– ''

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'' (1987) * The Cross – '' Shove It'' (1988) *

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and

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– ''

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'' (1988) *Queen – '' The Miracle'' (1989) *Queen – ''

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'' (1991) *David Bowie – '' The Buddha of Suburbia'' (1993) *David Bowie – ''

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'' (1995) *Queen – '' Made in Heaven'' (1995) *William Fierro - ''UNO'' (2013; Enregisterment, mixing and mastering, arrangements) Others: *

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– ''

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'' (1977; assistant engineer) *Queen – ''

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'' (1979; assistant engineer) *Roger Taylor – '' Fun in Space'' (1981) *Queen – ''

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'' (1986; recorded by Mack and Richards) *

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– '' Back to the Light'' (1992; engineer, recording, mixing: " Driven by You", " Last Horizon", "Just One Life") *

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- ''

'' (1993; mixing) *Duran Duran - ''

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'' (1995; mixing: " Perfect Day") *Brian May – '' Another World'' (1998; additional recording: "Why Don't We Try Again"; mixing: "Another World") *

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– ''

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'' (1999; recording, mixing) *David Bowie - '' Welcome to the Blackout (Live London ’78)'' (Mixed in 1979, released in 2018)

References

External links

Mountainstudios.comDavid Richards' full discography
1956 births 2013 deaths Date of birth missing Place of birth missing 20th-century English businesspeople English audio engineers English expatriates in Switzerland English record producers {{UK-record-producer-stub