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David Richards
David Richards is credited on 3,275 releases across 493 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1975–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
3,275
Credits
493
Albums
6
Decades active
1,683
In collections
Biography
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Record producer and sound engineer, born 1956 in London, England and died 20 December 2013 in Switzerland.
Owner of based in Montreux, Switzerland from 1975.
David Richards produced and engineered many million-selling albums with top artists including Queen, David Bowie, Duran Duran and Chris Rea, and he was the major sound engineer working for the Montreux Jazz Festival for years.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
3,275 releases · 493 albums · active 1975–2026
- Production · 2,887
- Engineering · 2,097
- Performance · 550
- Mastering · 114
- Other credits · 40
Studios: Mountain Studios · Montreux Jazz Festival · The Town House · Hansa Tonstudios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Metallica
1991
A Night At The Opera
1975
Low
1977
"Heroes"
1977
David Bowie
1969
A Day At The Races
1976
Lodger
1979
Black And Blue
1976
Greatest Hits II
1991
Queen
1973
Surfing With The Alien
1987
1. Outside (The Nathan Adler Diaries: A Hyper Cycle)
1995
Going For The One
1977
Live Killers
1979
A Kind Of Magic
1986
Never Let Me Down
1987
Greatest
1998
The Hurdy Gurdy Man
1968
Live Alive
1986
Duran Duran
1993
The Miracle
1989
Tin Machine
1989
Best Of Bowie
2002
Innuendo
1991
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