Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980)

Year: 17 October 1980 (CD 1984)
Label: Vertigo Records (Germany), 800 050-2
Style: Rock, Pub Rock, Classic Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 37:40
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 225 Mb

Charts: UK #4, AUS #6, AUT #15, CAN #21, FRA #6, GER #7, NED #6, NZ #3, US #19. GER, SWI & FRA: Gold; NZ & US: Platinum; UK & CAN: 2x PLatinum.
After Dire Straits' Communique Tour ended on 21 December 1979 in London, Mark Knopfler spent the first half of 1980 writing the songs for the band's next album. He contacted Jimmy Iovine after hearing Iovine's production on the song "Because the Night" by Patti Smith, a song written by Smith and Bruce Springsteen. Iovine had also worked on Springsteen's Born to Run and Darkness on the Edge of Town albums, and was instrumental in recruiting E-Street Band keyboardist Roy Bittan for the Making Movies sessions.
Making Movies was recorded at the Power Station in New York from 20 June to 25 August 1980. Jimmy Iovine and Mark Knopfler produced the album.
David Knopfler left Dire Straits in August 1980 during the recording of the album, following heated arguments with his brother and almost immediately after the recording of a BBC2 Arena documentary about the group featuring several individual interviews with the band members. His guitar tracks were almost complete for the album, but were re-recorded by Mark. David appears on video playing "Solid Rock" and "Les Boys" live in concert, but these performances preceded the recording. The album sessions continued with Sid McGinnis on rhythm guitar, although he was uncredited. Dire Straits expanded into a quintet when keyboard player Alan Clark and Californian guitarist Hal Lindes were recruited as full-time group members shortly after the album's release in October 1980.
Four songs were recorded during the sessions but not released on the album: "Making Movies," "Suicide Towers," "Twisting by the Pool" and "Sucker for Punishment." "Twisting by the Pool" was released on the ExtendedancEPlay EP on 10 January 1983 and reached the UK Top 20 when released as a single. The title of the album is taken from a line in the song "Skateaway" and from the outtake "Making Movies."
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Making_Movies)

01. Tunnel Of Love (08:08)
02. Romeo And Juliet (05:54)
03. Skateaway (06:18)
04. Expresso Love (05:03)
05. Hand In Hand (04:49)
06. Solid Rock (03:19)
07. Les Boys (04:06)

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