Dire Straits - Tunnel of Love (ORIGINAL Remastered EDITED HQ Mobile Fidelity Vinyl cut -master)

Dire Straits
Album: Making Movies

Reissue Label: Mobile Fidelity
Original Release: 1980
Pressed at RTI
Media: 180 Gram Vinyl LP, cut at 45 RPM

Mark Knopfler – vocals, guitar
John Illsley – bass guitar, vocals
Pick Withers – drums, vocals
Roy Bittan – piano, organ
Sid McGinnis – guitar
Written by Mark Knopfler

Original analog Master tape : YES
Half-speed Mastering
Gain 2™ Ultra Analog
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 45RPM

Size : 12”
Stereo

Studio
Record Press : RTI
Label : MOFI
Original Label : Vertigo
Recorded 20 June - 25 August 1980 at Power Station, New York City
Engineered by Shelly Yakus
Produced by Jimmy Iovine, Mark Knopfler
Remastered by Krieg Wunderlich
Originally released in 1980
Reissued in 2019

Tracks:
Side A:
Tunnel of Love

Side B:
Romeo and Juliet
Skateaway

Side C:
Expresso Love
Hand in Hand

Side D:
Solid Love
Les Boys


"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." AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine