Mountain Studios

Recording studio that used to be inside the Casino Barrière de Montreux in Montreux, Switzerland. The studio has eventually moved to its new premises in 2002 in Attalens, near Montreux. In the former studio in the casino "Queen - The Studio Experience" has been opened. Note: for recordings made / mixed post 2002 please use Mountain Studios, Attalens. Also noted on releases as Mountain Recording Studios or Mountain Recording Studio, and sometime misspelled as Montreaux. In 1975 John Timperley relocated to Montreux, Switzerland, as chief engineer of the brand-new state-of-the-art Mountain Studios designed by Tom Hidley within the recently re-built casino building, and asked David Richards to accompany him in 1977. Queen recorded in 1978 "Jazz" album and eventually bought the studio to Alex Grob and Anita Kerrand, they owned it between 1979 and 1993 in which year they sold part to David Richards. He eventually moved it in 2002 to the village of Attalens, near Montreux Mountain Studios, Attalens. David Richards owned the studio up until his death in 2013. In 1975, Mountain Studios was built in the then new Montreux Casino by Tom Hidley. Queen first recorded there in 1978 for their album "Jazz". Queen were impressed with the fascilities and bought the studio for their own use the following year. David Richards, who joined the studio in 1977, went on to produce and engineer many of Queen's albums and their solo efforts. David Richards took full ownership of the studio in the mid 1990s and moved it to nearby Attalens, Switzerland. Richards owned the studio up until his death in 2013.