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Making Movies - Half Speed Mastered - Alternative Artwork - Sealed (National Album Day 2024)

DIRE STRAITS Making Movies (National Album Day 2024 UK/EU limited edition 7-track LP pressed on audiophile quality 180-gram Black Vinyl, their classic 1980 album including the hit singles Romeo And Juliet, Tunnel Of Love and Skateaway. This exclusive edition is Half Speed Mastered at Abbey Road Studios and is presented with alternative artwork that reverses the colours of the original release. Complete with wide spinewrap obi & factory sealed. Recommended)

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Price Info
$38.99, £29.99  
Product Availability Last copy in stock. Order now for shipping on Monday 21st October
Release Date 19th Oct 2024
Release Year 2024
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label Mercury UMC
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Product Catalogue No ARHSLP033
Music Genre Rock
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
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Tracklisting & More Information

One of the most iconic groups of the late 20th century, Dire Straits established their timeless sound from the moment they first appeared on the London gig circuit, in 1977. With faultless musicianship and memorable songs that quickly connected with music lovers, it was clear the group would set their own path, proving that, even amid the new-wave era, classic songwriting would never go out of fashion.

After three years of relentless hard work, touring, writing and recording their music, the group entered the 1980s well on their way to becoming the biggest-selling band in the world. That year’s Making Movies album would also make its presence felt on the silver screen, thanks to the inclusion of the UK No.8 single ‘Romeo And Juliet’ – later used in films such as Empire Records, Hot Fuzz and I, Tonya – and live favourite ‘Tunnel Of Love’, which featured in the 1982 Richard Gere film, An Officer and a Gentleman.

Dire Straits’ frontman, Mark Knopfler, would later explain to The Times how satisfying it was to write ‘Tunnel Of Love’: “It’s the moment when you know you’re really on to something,” he said. “There’s a certain part of the song that I call the breakdown and when I got there I could feel the drums, the piano, all the things that I wanted all the instruments to do. When you get to that state, there’s a strange sense of one thing following another, of elements falling into place quite naturally.”

Paying extra attention to those elements, this half-speed master of Making Movies has been overseen by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, in London, resulting in a cut that has a superior high-frequency response (treble) and very solid and stable stereo images. Pressed on 180g vinyl, it comes with alternative artwork that swaps the red and the blue of the original album sleeve, plus a printed inner sleeve, a “Half Speed Master”-branded obi-strip and an Abbey Road certificate of authenticity.

Side A
1. Tunnel of Love (Intro: The Carousel Waltz)
2. Romeo and Juliet
3. Skateaway

Side B
1. Expresso Love
2. Hand in Hand
3. Solid Rock
4. Les Boys

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Recording Artist Dire Straits
Product Title Making Movies - Half Speed Mastered - Alternative Artwork - Sealed (National Album Day 2024)
Product Information Dire Straits Making Movies - Half Speed Mastered - Alternative Artwork - Sealed (National Album Day 2024) UK vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
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Artists Related To Brewers Droop, Chris White, David Knopfler, John Illsley, Mark Knopfler, The Notting Hillbillies
Product Barcode 602465843293
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