Dire Straits – Making Movies
(Mercury Records 1980 6359034 French/Netherlands Press Black Labels)
Sleeve in Excellent/Very Good+ condition
– some wear to edges/corners
Inner Sleeve has splits
Vinyl in Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles)
Dire Straits were a British rock band that formed in Deptford, London, in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), his younger brother David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals), and Pick Withers (drums and percussion).
Making Movies is the third album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 17 October 1980.
Track listing
All songs were written by Mark Knopfler, except where indicated.
| No. | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Tunnel of Love” (Extract from “The Carousel Waltz” by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II) | 8:11 | |
| 2. | “Romeo and Juliet” | 6:00 | |
| 3. | “Skateaway” | 6:40 | |
| 4. | “Expresso Love” | 5:12 | |
| 5. | “Hand in Hand” | 4:48 | |
| 6. | “Solid Rock” | 3:19 | |
| 7. | “Les Boys” | 4:07 | |
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Total length:
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37:39 | ||
Personnel
- Dire Straits
- Mark Knopfler – vocals, guitar
- John Illsley – bass, vocals
- Pick Withers – drums, vocals
- Additional musicians
- Roy Bittan – keyboards
- Sid McGinnis – guitar (uncredited)
- Production
- Jimmy Iovine – producer
- Mark Knopfler – producer
- Shelly Yakus – engineer
- Jeff Hendrickson – assistant engineer
- Jon Mathias – assistant engineer
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Neil Terk – original design and artwork
- Brian Griffin – photography
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