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Studio D Recording

Studio D Recording, Inc. is a San Francisco Bay Area based recording, mixing, and mastering studio opened in 1984 in Sausalito. Studio D is most well known for its live room, equipped with a 20 foot ceiling and tunable acoustics.^[1] Studio D has been a major presence in the Bay Area's music scene since its inception, recording a number of multiplatinum and Grammy Award winning albums.^[2]

Artists having worked at Studio D include Soundgarden, Earth, Wind, & Fire, Faith No More, Aretha Franklin, Huey Lewis and the News, Eddie Money, Bruce Hornsby, Chris Isaak, Carlos Santana, Joe Satriani, Dick Dale, and Bonnie Raitt.^[3]^[4]^[5]

View of Studio D control room and live room — View from the control room, over Studio D's SSL 9000J console, out to the expansive live room.

Selected List of Albums Recorded at Studio D

Some notable albums recorded and/or mixed at Studio D include:

Aretha Franklin: Aretha 1986
Huey Lewis and the News: Fore! 1986
Bruce Hornsby and the Range: The Way It Is 1986
Melvins: Gluey Porch Treatments 1986
Earth, Wind & Fire: Touch the World 1987
Pebbles: Pebbles 1987
Faith No More: Introduce Yourself 1987
Huey Lewis and the News: Small World 1988
Faith No More: The Real Thing 1989
Soundgarden: Badmotorfinger 1991
Flipper: American Grafishy 1992
Dick Dale: Tribal Thunder 1993
Testament: Low 1994
Chris Isaak: Forever Blue 1995
Huey Lewis and the News: Time Flies... The Best of Huey Lewis & the News 1996
The Verve Pipe: Villains 1996
The Call: The Best of The Call 1997
Bonnie Raitt: Souls Alike 2005
Umphrey's McGee: Safety in Numbers 2006
Eddie Money: Wanna Go Back 2007
The Doobie Brothers: World Gone Crazy 2010
Kenny Wayne Shepherd: How I Go 2011
Ray Manzarek & Roy Rogers Twisted Tales 2013
Exodus: Blood In, Blood Out 2015
Van Morrison & Joey Defrancesco: You're Driving Me Crazy 2018
Van Morrison & Joey Defrancesco: The Prophet Speaks 2018
Sheryl Crow: Threads 2019
Bonnie Raitt: Just Like That... 2022

References

^ Liberatore, Paul.[1], Retrieved November 2, 2013.
^ Johnson, Heather. If These Halls Could Talk a Historical Tour Through San Francisco Recording Studios. Boston, MA: Thomson Course Technology, 2006. Print. P. 250254
^ Johnson, Heather. Mix Magazine Profiles Recent Recording Sessions, Retrieved on August 13, 2013.
^ Johnson, Heather. The 80's, Retrieved August 14, 2013.
^ Johnson, Heather. If These Halls Could Talk a Historical Tour Through San Francisco Recording Studios. Boston, MA: Thomson Course Technology, 2006. Print. P. 251253

External links

Mix Online Mix Magazine details some projects by Studio D
Mix Online Mix magazine comments on Studio D's place in the 80's
Studio D company website

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