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 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