Daily Archives: 2005/04/11

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 operation today, over 37 years later! The manager, Jeff Cleland, has been there for years and it’s a a joy to know the studio is still operating today.

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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 & Nash—a veritable who’s who of the bands that came to fame in the Summer of Love, at Woodstock and beyond. In 1978, The Automatt picked up the torch, and, until it closed at the end of 1984, hosted a glorious amalgam of funk and rock from Santana, Journey, Jefferson Starship and Huey Lewis & The News to Con Funk Shun, The Whispers, Herbie Hancock and Frankie Beverly & Maze. At both of these studios, it was truly the best of times. Following are a few reminiscences from those who were there.

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Wally Heider Recording & The Automatt

Welcome

Welcome to the Recording Wally Heider site. We aim to chronicle the life and times of Wally Heider, his studios and the people who worked and created there. We celebrate the technology of the time as well, and welcome articles of interest to the technically inclined.

This site can only exist with the participation of the people who were there. If you have any stories or photos to post, please do. Enjoy!

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