Dire Straits - Making Movies (LP) (1980) - €10,00

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Making Movies is the third studio album by British rock band Dire Straits released on 17 October 1980 by Vertigo Records internationally, Warner Bros. Records in the United States and Mercury Records in Canada. 

The album includes the single "Romeo and Juliet", which reached #8 on the UK Singles Chart, as well as “Tunnel of Love,” featured in the 1982 Richard Gere film An Officer and a Gentleman.

Making Movies reached number one on the album charts in Italy and Norway, number 19 in the United States and number 4 in the United Kingdom. 

Making Movies was later certified platinum in the United States and double-platinum in the United Kingdom. It's regarded as one of Dire Straits’ best albums.

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.

Side A

A1.  Tunnel of Love - 8:11

A2.  Romeo and Juliet - 6:00

A3.  Skateaway - 6:40

Side B

B1.  Expresso Love - 5:12

B2.  Hand in Hand - 4:48

B3.  Solid Rock - 3:19

B4.  Les Boys - 4:07

Dire Straits

• Mark Knopfler – vocals, guitars
• John Illsley – bass, vocals
• Pick Withers – drums, vocals

Additional musicians

• Roy Bittan – keyboards
• Sid McGinnis – guitars (uncredited)

Production

• Jimmy Iovine – producer
• Mark Knopfler – producer
• Shelly Yakus – engineer
• Jeff Hendrickson – assistant engineer
• Jon Mathias – assistant engineer
• Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York)
• Bob Ludwig – remastering
• Neil Terk – original design and artwork
• John Illsley – artwork
• Brian Griffin – photography

Notes

Release:  1980

Format:  LP, Vinyl

Genre:  Rock

Label:  Vertigo Records

Catalog#  6359034

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)

Cover:  Goed (VG)

Prijs: €10,00