Archive for April, 2005
“Wally” B. Heider (1922-1989)
Died age 66,
In: Firsthand Stories
Hyde Street Studios – history
Last year I rewrote the history section of Hyde Street Studios in San Francisco, as major parts were missing from the previous history and some were just plain inaccurate. It’s part of the web site of the studio that now occupies 245 Hyde Street; Hyde Street Studios. Yes, that’s right, the rooms are still in [...]
Wally Heider Recording & The Automatt
From Mix, October 1998 San Francisco Recording, 1970-1984 By Maureen Droney Short lives, long influences: That’s what these two seminal San Francisco studios had in common. From 1968 to 1980, Wally Heider Recording rocked with the likes of the Grateful Dead, the Jefferson Airplane, Sly & the Family Stone, the Pointer Sisters and Crosby, Stills [...]
In: Other Recording Stories
Photo Gallery now ONLINE
The Recording Wally Heider Photo Gallery The Heider photo gallery is now online. I posted the first gallery, a few shots I took during NRPS, Crosby, Dead and Brewer and Shipley sessions. Coming soon is a series of photos taken by Lesley Barncard at a Booker T. and the MGs session in Heider’s 4 in [...]
The 3M Selective Recorder
Developing a less expensive 8-track machine
