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Wally Heider Studios

Path: Audio Discovery/Places/W/Wally Heider Studios.mdUpdated: 2/3/2026

Wally Heider Studios

Location: San Francisco, California
Era: 1960s-1980s
Engineer (Head Hunters): Fred Catero, Jeremy Zatkin

Overview

San Francisco's premier recording facility in the 1970s. Herbie Hancock's Head Hunters album (1973) was recorded here alongside Different Fur Trading Co.

Notable Sessions

  • Head Hunters (1973) - Herbie Hancock
  • State-of-the-art multitrack recording capabilities
  • Fred Catero's innovative bass recording technique (Paul Jackson's multi-output bass)

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