Wally Heider Studios
Industry | Recording studio |
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Founded | United States (1960s | )
Founder | Wally Heider |
Defunct | 1980 |
Successor | |
Headquarters | , United States |
Wally Heider Studios was a recording studio founded in San Francisco in 1969 by recording engineer and studio owner
History
Background
In 1967, Heider assisted in the live recording of the
Hyde Street
In March 1969, Heider opened Wally Heider Studios at 245 Hyde Street,
Heider planned four studios—A and B on the ground floor and C and D upstairs. However, studio B was never finished and instead became a game room. The studio commenced operations in May 1969 upon completion of Studio C, with staff that included General Manager
Frank DeMedio, who had designed the 24-channel mixing console and an 8-channel monitor and cue—replicated for Heider's Studio 3 and remote truck in Hollywood, built all of the custom equipment and mixing console for Heider's new Hyde Street studios, using Universal Audio (UA) console components, military grade switches and level controls, and a simple audio path that used one preamp for everything in a channel. Monitor speakers were Altec 604-Es with McIntosh 275 tube power amps.[1]
The first release out of Studio C was
While CSNY were recording, Studio D (an exact replica of Heider's Studio 3 in Hollywood) opened. Among the first things to be recorded in Studio D was Jerry Garcia's pedal steel guitar overdub for "Teach Your Children", while the live recording setup was kept intact in Studio C where CSNY recorded. In that same period, Deane Jensen supervised installation of a new Quad Eight console in Studio A. Santana and John Hall used Studio D a few times. CBS Records had a priority lease on Studio D for a year, before eventually taking over Coast Recorders as their west coast recording facility.[5] Many other artists followed.
In 1978, Heider sold the studio and its name to Filmways, but remained as manager[6] until 1980 when Filmways sold it to a partnership composed of Dan Alexander, Tom Sharples, and Michael Ward. The three partners renamed the business Hyde Street Studios, which is still an operating recording studio as of 2019, now owned solely by Michael Ward.[7]
Albums recorded
1969
- Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Volunteers – Jefferson Airplane
- Green River – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Shady Grove – Quicksilver Messenger Service
- Zephyr – Zephyr
- Neil Young – Neil Young
- Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – Neil Young with Crazy Horse
1970
- Déjà Vu – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young[8]
- Eric Burdon and War[8]
- Abraxas – Santana[9]
- Blows Against the Empire – Paul Kantner
- The Grateful Dead[8]
- Portrait – The 5th Dimension
- The Black-Man's Burdon – Eric Burdon and War
- Cosmo's Factory – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Tarkio – Brewer & Shipley
- Pendulum – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- The Original Human Being – Blue Cheer
1971
- Bark – Jefferson Airplane
- Sunfighter – Paul Kantner and Grace Slick
- Chilliwack – Chilliwack
- Electric Warrior – T. Rex
- If I Could Only Remember My Name – David Crosby
- Songs for Beginners – Graham Nash
- Tupelo Honey – Van Morrison
- Shake Off the Demon – Brewer & Shipley
- Guilty! – Eric Burdon and Jimmy Witherspoon
- Grin
- Papa John Creach – Papa John Creach
- Moments – Boz Scaggs
- Endless Boogie – John Lee Hooker
- Mwandishi – Herbie Hancock
- New Riders of the Purple Sage – New Riders of the Purple Sage
1972
- Graham Nash David Crosby – Crosby & Nash
- Long John Silver – Jefferson Airplane
- Burgers – Hot Tuna
- First Taste of Sin – Cold Blood
- Grin
- Rural Space – Brewer & Shipley
- Come by 1
- Saint Dominic's Preview – Van Morrison
- Toulouse Street – The Doobie Brothers
- Garcia – Jerry Garcia
- Ace – Bob Weir
- Rowan Brothers – Rowan Brothers
- Livin' the Life – Chris and Lorin Rowan
- You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown – Vince Guaraldi Quintet (television soundtrack)[10]
1973
- Byrds – The Byrds
- Head Hunters – Herbie Hancock[8]
- Baron von Tollbooth & The Chrome Nun – Paul Kantner, Grace Slick and David Freiberg
- Child of Nature – Jack Traylor and Steelwind
- Full Sail – Loggins and Messina
- The Firesign Theatre
- GP – Gram Parsons
- War
- Be What You Want To – Link Wray
- Betty Davis – Betty Davis
- Sextant – Herbie Hancock
- Roger McGuinn – Roger McGuinn
- There's No Time for Love, Charlie Brown – Vince Guaraldi Quintet (television soundtrack)[11]
- A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving – Vince Guaraldi Quintet (television soundtrack)[11]
1974
- Grievous Angel – Gram Parsons
- Manhole – Grace Slick
- The Phosphorescent Rat – Hot Tuna
- Early Flight – Jefferson Airplane
- Dragon Fly – Grace Slick, Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship
- Quah – Jorma Kaukonen
- What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits – The Doobie Brothers
- ST11621 – Brewer & Shipley
- Look at the Fool – Tim Buckley
- The Heart of Saturday Night – Tom Waits
- The Crusaders
- Peace on You – Roger McGuinn
- No Other – Gene Clark
- It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown – Vince Guaraldi Quartet (television soundtrack)[12]
- It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown – Vince Guaraldi Quartet (television soundtrack)[12]
1975
- Survival of the Fittest – The Headhunters
- America's Choice – Hot Tuna
- Red Octopus – Jefferson Starship
- Yellow Fever – Hot Tuna
- The Tubes – The Tubes
- Tale Spinnin' – Weather Report
- The Crusaders
- Adventures in Paradise – Minnie Riperton
- Atlantic Crossing – Rod Stewart
- Song for America – Kansas
- Saturday Night Special – Norman Connors
- Pointer Sisters
- Wings
- Coke – Coke Escovedo
- Angel – Angel
- Tell Me The Truth – Jon Hendricks
- An Evening with John Denver – John Denver (recorded live at Universal Amphitheater)
- Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown – Vince Guaraldi Trio (television soundtrack)[13]
- You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown – Vince Guaraldi Trio (television soundtrack)[13]
1976
- It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown – Vince Guaraldi Trio (television soundtrack)[14]
- Spitfire – Jefferson Starship
- Heritage – Eddie Henderson
- Hoppkorv – Hot Tuna
- Amigos – Santana[8]
- Small Change – Tom Waits
- Salongo – Ramsey Lewis
- Alessi – Alessi Brothers
- Legs Diamond – Legs Diamond
1977
- Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
- Thunderbyrd – Roger McGuinn
- Conquistador – Maynard Ferguson
- American Stars 'n Bars – Neil Young
- Having a Party – Pointer Sisters
- Donald Clark Osmond – Donny Osmond
1978
- Earth – Jefferson Starship
- Double Dose – Hot Tuna
- Do It All Night – Curtis Mayfield
- Comes a Time – Neil Young
- Jass-Ay-Lay-Dee – Ohio Players
- Streamline – Lenny White
- Twin Sons of Different Mothers – Dan Fogelberg and Tim Weisberg
1979
- Jorma – Jorma Kaukonen
- Connections and Disconnections – Funkadelic
1981
1982
- One from the Heart – Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle
- Right Back At Cha! – Dynasty
- Long After Dark – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
References
- ^ a b c d Barncard, Stephen; Maxwell, Jennifer; Sanchez, Nicole; Levitin, Dan. "Hyde Street Studios History: Early Years p.2". Archived from the original on August 20, 2006. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
- ^ Buskin, Richard (August 2010). "Classic Tracks: Crosby, Stills & Nash 'Suite: Judy Blue Eyes'". Sound On Sound. SOS Publications Group. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
- ^ Daly, George. "Recording Wally Heider » The Birth of a Studio". Wally Heider. Archived from the original on May 23, 2010.
- ^ Barncard, Stephen; Maxwell, Jennifer; Sanchez, Nicole; Levitin, Dan. "Hyde Street Studios History: Early Years p.3". Archived from the original on August 20, 2006. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
- ^ Barncard, Stephen; Maxwell, Jennifer; Sanchez, Nicole; Levitin, Dan. "Hyde Street Studios History: Early Years - Page 4". Archived from the original on August 20, 2006. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
- ^ Barncard, Stephen; Maxwell, Jennifer; Sanchez, Nicole; Levitin, Dan. "Hyde Street Studios History: The Next Step". Archived from the original on August 20, 2006. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
- ^ Barncard, Stephen; Maxwell, Jennifer; Sanchez, Nicole; Levitin, Dan. "Hyde Street Studios History: Turnabout". Archived from the original on August 20, 2006. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Silvers, Emma (November 10, 2016). "Into The Mix: How One Tenderloin Recording Studio Shaped the 'San Francisco Sound'". KQED. NPR. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ "From the Music Capitals of the World". Billboard. June 27, 1970. p. 55. Retrieved April 24, 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ Bang, Derrick. "Vince Guaraldi Timeline: 1972". FiveCentsPlease. Derrick Bang, Scott McGuire. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ^ a b Bang, Derrick. "Vince Guaraldi Timeline: 1973". FiveCentsPlease. Derrick Bang, Scott McGuire. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ^ a b Bang, Derrick. "Vince Guaraldi Timeline: 1974". FiveCentsPlease. Derrick Bang, Scott McGuire. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ^ a b Bang, Derrick. "Vince Guaraldi Timeline: 1975". FiveCentsPlease. Derrick Bang, Scott McGuire. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
- ^ Bang, Derrick. "Vince Guaraldi Timeline: 1976". FiveCentsPlease. Derrick Bang, Scott McGuire. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
External links
- Wally Heider at AllMusic
- Wally Heider's Studios Discography at Dead Disc
- Hyde Street Studios Discography at Hyde Street