It revealed a focus on instrumental play without canonized structures and strict patterns. It was recorded with two new musicians, Hal Lindes and Alan Clarc, and became a prototype of progressive rock. Love Over Gold, released in 1982, earned Dire Straits world fame. It appeared that this album was a kind of preparation before making a masterpiece. The third album of Dire Straits, Making Movies, released in 1980, was not on a par with its predecessor, although the single Romeo and Juliet had a good charts history. He refused to stay in his brother’s shadow and started a solo career. Even the big success of the sophomore album did not keep David Knopfler on the band. Some of the songs, including Once Upon A Time In A West, Lady Writer, and Angel Of Mercy became trademarks of Dire Straits. This studio work overcame the debut album and hit the leading positions in numerous charts, including the first place in Germany. This one was a sign of the group’s progress with improved melodiousness, arrangements and vocals. In the late 1979, Dire Straits started recording the second album, Communique (1979). The music by Dire Straits was too intelligent for those times, but promising for the critics. Britain was experiencing punk rock boom at that time, which predetermined the charts failure of their first album. A mixture of swing, blues, country and funk was decorated with Mark’s prominent acoustic guitar play and his unique way of singing. Despite their punk rock past, Dire Straits musicians produced a type of music beyond traditional definitions. The debut album named after the band was released in 1978.
The musicians were lucky enough to have their song Sultans Of Swing played on the BBC radio to attach the interest of the Vertigo company. The name of the group reflected the financial troubles of the quartet, which were so bad that they hardly scraped money to record their demo. The original lineup included Mark and David Knopfler, Pick Withers and John Illsley. To many, these two might even sound identical or too close to make a call.Dire Straits are a London-based rock band formed in 1977. Which one you actually prefer will depend strongly on your system and your overall preferences in sound (= hearing). in my displayed collection (that's how I was able to recall my previous preference).Īgain, the differences are rather small and both versions are almost equally good. When I pulled out the CD's for comparison again today, I noticed that I had put away the WG Vertigo and kept the JON for US Warner Bros. I keep my duplicates separate from my displayed collection (I put away the "inferior" sounding CD's which I still want to keep). So, for a balancing opinion, I would say keep the JPN for US, but I would recommend to just keep them both, unless you really don't have the space to keep duplicates. In fact, I would have sworn that the CD's are not derived from the same mastering, since the differences were quite obvious (overall small, but clearly noticeable). had a more solid bottom end and sounded overall more natural to me. The WG Vertigo seemed to have a little more detail, and the JPN for US Warner Bros. over the WG Vertigo (I "only" have the red/grey version, not the blue/grey version - but these have the same mastering, but there could be some pressing differences). I have a very slight preference for the JPN for US Warner Bros. When I compared today again, I came to the same conclusion I came approx. This, of course, cannot replace the listening experience. Overall, the tonality is very similar (no surprise when you look at the frequency response). This probably a result of some kind of high-pass filter, but I am quite certain that the two masterings are derived from the same original analog to digital transfer (I am not claiming that they are digitally identical, which they are not). From 20,700 Hz to 22,100 Hz, the WG Vertigo has an increasing drop-off which maxes out at - 12 dB. The frequency analysis shows exactly the same frequency response from 20 Hz to approx. I just did some more detailed comparisons for "Making Movies", both listening and also some frequency analysis.
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