Dire Straits – Making Movies (1980) [Japanese Limited SHM-SACD 2012] [SACD / Vertigo – UIGY-9520]

Title: Dire Straits – Making Movies (1980) [Japanese Limited SHM-SACD 2012]
Genre: Rock
Format: SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Reissue features the high-fidelity SHM-SACD format (fully compatible with standard SACD player, but it does not play on standard CD players). DSD Transferred by Manabu Matsumura. Without second guitarist David Knopfler, Dire Straits began to move away from its roots rock origins into a jazzier variation of country-rock and singer/songwriter folk-rock. Naturally, this means that Mark Knopfler’s ambitions as a songwriter are growing, as the storytelling pretensions of Making Movies indicate. Fortunately, his skills are increasing, as the lovely “Romeo and Juliet,” “Tunnel of Love,” and “Skateaway” indicate. And Making Movies is helped by a new wave-tinged pop production, which actually helps Knopfler’s jazzy inclinations take hold. The record runs out of steam toward the end, closing with the borderline offensive “Les Boys,” but the remainder of Making Movies ranks among the band’s finest work.

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Tracklist:

01 – Tunnel Of Love
02 – Romeo And Juliet
03 – Skateaway
04 – Expresso Love
05 – Hand in Hand
06 – Solid Rock
07 – Les Boys

Note:

DSD Transferred from analogue master tapes by Manabu Matsumura (Universal Mastering Studios, Tokyo).

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