Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - Live (1978)

Year: March 1978 (CD 1990)
Label: Columbia / Silver Cloud (US), CK 35257
Style: Hard Rock, Blues Rock
Country: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Time: 45:42
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 325 Mb

Mahogany Rush was a Canadian rock band led by guitarist Frank Marino. Formed in Montreal, Quebec in 1969, the band had its peak of popularity in the 1970s, playing venues as large as California Jam II.
The band is perhaps best known for Marino's soaring lead guitar which bears a strong resemblance to the playing of Jimi Hendrix. Long-term members of the band have included bassist Paul Harwood and drummer Jimmy Ayoub, and Frank's brother Vince on guitar; Frank Marino is the sole continuous member of the band. Starting in the late 1970s, the group recorded and toured as Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush.
In an effort to gain press attention, the original record company created a fictional story that Frank Marino, prior to starting the band, had spent time in a mental institution after taking LSD and was visited by Jimi Hendrix in a vision.
Over time, the band migrated to a larger and more financially supported record company and achieved its greatest radio hit success with the song "Strange Dreams". The single "A New Rock & Roll" reached #70 on the Canadian charts.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahogany_Rush#Discography)

01. Introduction (00:27)
02. The Answer (05:01)
03. Dragonfly (05:27)
04. I'm A King Bee (bonus track) (05:58)
05. Excerpt From 'Back Door Man' (02:56)
06. A New Rock & Roll (04:19)
07. Johnny B. Goode (bonus track) (05:17)
08. Talkin' 'Bout A Feelin' (03:57)
09. Excerpt From 'Who Do Ya Love' (01:32)
10. Electric Reflections Of War (03:04)
11. The World Anthem (03:38)
12. Purple Haze (04:02)

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Dust - Dust (1971)

Year: January 1971 (CD 1994)
Label: One Way Records (Canada), OW 29309
Style: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Country: New York City, U.S.
Time: 39:46
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 255 Mb

Dust was formed in 1969 by Richie Wise and two teenagers, Kenny Aaronson and Marc Bell. The trio's producer and manager, Kenny Kerner, also wrote the group's lyrics. Their eponymous debut album was released on Kama Sutra Records in 1971, followed by a sophomore release, Hard Attack, issued on the same label the following year. Although Wise began writing material for a third album, the band dissolved due to lack of promotion and Wise's interest in producing.
While the group only released these two albums, they later became of historical interest to collectors of early American heavy metal.
(metal.fandom.com/wiki/Dust_(band))

01. Stone Woman (04:04)
02. Chasin' Ladies (03:39)
03. Goin' Easy (04:30)
04. Love Me Hard (05:29)
05. From  Dry Camel (09:50)
06. Often Shadow Felt (05:12)
07. Loose Goose (03:52)
08. Love Me Hard (45 rpm) (03:06)

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Dire Straits - Live At The BBC [recorded 22 July 1978] (1995)

Year: 26 June 1995 (CD 1995)
Label: Vertigo Records (Germany), 528 323-2
Style: Pop Rock, Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 46:01
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 299 Mb

Charts: UK #71, AUS #98, FRA #13, NED #15, SWI #45.
Live at the BBC is a live album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 26 June 1995 on Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The album was recorded on 22 July 1978 at BBC Studios in London, with one track recorded on 31 January 1981. The studio versions of the first six songs were released on Dire Straits. Live at the BBC was the band's third live album, preceded by Alchemy: Dire Straits Live (1984) and On the Night (1993).
Live at the BBC consists of eight songs, the first seven recorded for the BBC Live in Concert series on 22 July 1978. The eighth song, "Tunnel of Love", was recorded for the BBC TV program The Old Grey Whistle Test on 31 January 1981.
The album features one unreleased song, "What's the Matter Baby?", co-written by Mark Knopfler and his brother David. It is the only song to appear on a Dire Straits album not written exclusively by Mark Knopfler; while two other Dire Straits songs list Knopfler sharing writing credits — "Tunnel of Love" from Making Movies (with Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II) and "Money for Nothing" from Brothers in Arms (with Sting) — but in both cases the song itself was entirely written by Knopfler, with only a small contribution to the backing or arrangement by the other credited artist. The riffs and general structure of "What's the Matter Baby?" were largely recycled for the song "Lady Writer" from the band's second album Communique, which may explain why it was never re-recorded in the studio.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_the_BBC_(Dire_Straits_album))

01. Down To The Waterline (04:10)
02. Six Blade Knife (03:47)
03. Water Of Love (05:29)
04. Wild West End (05:12)
05. Sultans Of Swing (06:38)
06. Lions (05:26)
07. What's The Matter Baby? (03:20)
08. Tunnel Of Love (11:56)

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Soft Machine - Bundles (1975)

Year: March 1975 (CD 1990)
Label: See For Miles Records (UK), SEE CD 283
Style: Jazz Rock, Fusion
Country: Canterbury, England
Time: 42:01
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 225 Mb

By the time of Bundles, most of Soft Machine's members had previously been part of the jazz-rock band Nucleus, the exception being keyboardist Mike Ratledge, who at this point was the only remaining original member of Soft Machine. Guitarist Allan Holdsworth's prominent contributions set the album apart from previous Soft Machine recordings, which rarely featured guitar.[1]
Bundles is the band's last full studio album recorded with Ratledge.[1] Only two compositions by him are included, one of which is less than two minutes long. He left the band during the early sessions for the next album Softs, leaving the band with no original members.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundles_(album))

01. Hazard Profile Part 1 (09:18)
02. Part 2 (02:21)
03. Part 3 (01:05)
04. Part 4 (00:46)
05. Part 5 (05:29)
06. Gone Sailing (00:59)
07. Bundles (03:14)
08. Land Of The Bag Snake (03:35)
09. The Man Who Waved At Trains (01:50)
10. Peff (01:57)
11. Four Gongs Two Drums (04:09)
12. The Floating World (07:12)

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David Lee Roth (Van Halen) - A Little Ain't Enough (1991)

Year: January 15, 1991 (CD 1991)
Label: Warner Bros. Records (US), 7599-26477-2
Style: Hard Rock
Country: Bloomington, Indiana, U.S. (October 10, 1954)
Time: 53:10
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 384 Mb

Charts: US #18, AUS #26, CAN #21, FIN #1, GER #12, NL #30, NOR #9, JP #17, SWE #11, SWI #5, UK #4. UK: Silver; US & CAN: Gold.
A Little Ain't Enough is the third full-length studio album by David Lee Roth, released on January 15, 1991, through Warner Music Group. It was certified gold on April 11, 1991. Produced by Bob Rock, the album featured the lead guitar work of Jason Becker, a then up-and-coming guitarist who was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, a.k.a. Lou Gehrig's disease) a week after joining the band. He managed to finish recording the album, but was unable to tour in support of the album, as his condition left him with little strength in his hands.
The album marked the beginning of Roth's commercial decline, given the drop-off in sales from his prior two albums. During the year of the album's release, the Seattle grunge movement was beginning a sea change in rock, and Roth's brand of glam metal was considered, by mainstream audiences, obsolete. Although the album went out of print on the Warner Bros. label in 1996, it was reissued (in remastered form) in 2007 through the Friday Music label.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Ain%27t_Enough)

01. A Lil' Ain't Enough (04:42)
02. Shoot It (04:13)
03. Lady Luck (04:40)
04. Hammerhead Shark (03:34)
05. Tell The Truth (05:18)
06. Baby's On Fire (03:22)
07. 40 Below (04:54)
08. Sensible Shoes (05:09)
09. Last Call (03:22)
10. The Dogtown Shuffle (04:58)
11. It's Showtime! (03:46)
12. Drop In The Bucket (05:06)

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Dio - Holy Diver - Live [2CD] (2006)

Year: April 17, 2006 (CD 2006)
Label: Eagle Records (US), ER 20088-2
Style: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Country: Cortland, New York, U.S.
Time: 60:44, 53:06
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 406, 364 Mb

Dio's voice has its ups and downs. He’s awfully hoarse on some songs on the first disc (the title track especially), but he’s awesome on others (especially when you remember he’s over 60. The band is in fine form throughout, with "Gypsy" and "Shame on the Night" containing drum and guitar solos, respectively, which are lengthy but remain interesting throughout. Disc 2 was my favorite part; it contains two songs from Dio’s sophomore effort "The Last in Line", as well as covers from his stints with Rainbow and Black Sabbath. Another part I enjoyed was the end of the song "Gypsy" after the drum solo; a pre-recorded version of Holst’s "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" bursts out and the drummer plays along with it. It has to be one of the silliest moments in metal that I’ve ever experienced, but I love silliness in metal so it’s all fine with me. This wouldn’t be the best place to start with Dio (stick to the original Holy Diver for that), but fans of his work will enjoy this album.
(metal-archives.com/reviews/Dio/Holy_Diver_Live/113688/) Review by metaljerks. February 21st, 2009
Dio's "Holy Diver Live" is by no means a landmark in music history. The album is average, and contains its good and bad points. The first disc is just as explained with the title. It's Holy Diver, in its sequential entirety (for the most part) played live, and the second disc contains some of Dio's tunes from Rainbow, Black Sabbath and his solo career. The songs should not be foreign to anyone following Dio.
The sound quality is good, with relatively very little to criticize. All of the instruments can be heard clearly along with Dio. However, the pyrotechnics can be heard at some points (especially during "Heaven and Hell"), and sometimes when the audience is supposed to sing the lyrics they can’t be heard as well. The performance is excellent, save for a few points. Dio sounds very slightly hoarse on the "title" song but can still hit most of the notes. "Gypsy" was awesome, but would have been better if there was a seperation from the drum solo. The unaccompanied drum and guitar solos demonstrate talent, but are at the same time unremarkable. "Shame on the Night" is almost seventeen minutes long on this disc, drawn out too far. On "Sign of the Southern Cross" the intro is skipped, and the omission actually detracted from the quality of the composition. The live version of "Heaven and Hell" is about 12 minutes long, but works better than "Shame on the Night".
Overall, it’s well… average. Despite its drawbacks, it’s still a great album to listen to. I can very safely say that if I were present I’d have gladly screamed along with the masses. But unless you’re a Dio fan already, you’re not missing anything special.
(metal-archives.com/reviews/Dio/Holy_Diver_Live/113688/) Review by txguitarmassacre. November 6th, 2007

01. Stand Up And Shout (04:33)
02. Holy Diver (04:46)
03. Gypsy (09:46)
04. Caught In The Middle (04:51)
05. Don't Talk To Strangers (05:11)
06. Straight Through The Heart (04:37)
07. Invisible (05:17)
08. Rainbow In The Dark (04:46)
09. Shame On The Night (16:52)

01. Tarot Woman (06:53)
02. Sign Of The Southern Cross (03:21)
03. One Night In The City (06:10)
04. The Gates Of Babylon (08:23)
05. Heaven And Hell (11:25)
06. Man On The Silver Mountain (04:14)
07. Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (06:14)
08. We Rock (06:21)

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Wishbone Ash - Bona Fide [Special Limited Edition] (2002)

Year: 2002 (CD May 8, 2006)
Label: Talking Elephant Records (UK), TECD088
Style: Hard Rock, Classic Rock
Country: Torquay, Devon, England
Time: 69:11
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 506 Mb

This is the Best ASH I have heard (and I have a great deal ) Since Argus...I saw the Argus Tour, It was one of the best shows I have ever seen, and I also saw them do Wishbone Ash 4. Bona Fide has some of that old Fire back the same edge that comes from the two guitars dueling on stage as in Argus and Pilgrimage ( they played a great many cuts from Pilgrimage on the ARGUS Tour ) I loved Pilgrimage and ended up playing it much more than ARGUS. I had Bona Fide in the Car for over a Week and played it the whole time everywhere I went. This has that same kind of sound that the Early UK based Band had I love this CD I only took it out for fear of getting sick of it. I can play a disc to death and so I avoid that after a while by changing things up even if I am into what is playing.
(amazon.com/Bona-Fide-Wishbone-Ash/dp/B000062X8O) Review by spigomars. December 7, 2014
I have been Wishbone Ash fan since they began. Bona Fide ranks right up there as one of their best. The guitar work sizzles. Andy Powell and Ben Granfelt really know how to lay them down. As an added bonus the production quality of this disc is superb. If your an Ash fan and not sure or if you love to listen to GREAT and tasteful guitar work BUY THIS DISC!!! I got mine about a month ago and I play it every other day...can't get enough.
(amazon.com/Bona-Fide-Wishbone-Ash/dp/B000062X8O) Review by Jeannette Doonan. June 14, 2002

01. Almighty Blues (05:24)
02. Enigma (04:10)
03. Faith, Hope and Love (05:55)
04. Ancient Remedy (04:48)
05. Changing Tracks (04:18)
06. Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda (04:00)
07. Bona Fide (03:08)
08. Difference In Time (04:30)
09. Come Rain, Come Shine (06:09)
10. Peace (03:50)
11. Hard on You (Studio 2005) (bonus track) (04:42)
12. Almighty Blues (Live 06) (bonus track) (07:18)
13. Tales of the Wise (Live 06) (bonus track) (10:54)

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Yello - Flag (1988)

Year: 31 October 1988 (CD 2006)
Label: Universal Music (Europe), 06024 9830757
Style: Synth Pop, Latin, Techno Electronic
Country: Zurich, Switzerland
Time: 71:18
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 507 Mb

Charts: SWI #3, AUS #94, AUT #12, GER #11, NZ #33, SWE #24, UK #56, US #152. UK: Silver; AUT & GER: Gold.
Flag is the sixth studio album by Swiss electronic duo Yello, released in 1988. It features an eight-minute version of "The Race", the edited version of which reached number 7 in the UK Singles Chart in August of that year. "The Race" was used as a trailer for Eurosport, and the opening theme to the US quiz show It's Academic.
An early cut of the album was used as the soundtrack for the film Nuns on the Run and is played during many of the chase scenes.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_(Yello_album))

01. Tied up (06:12)
02. Of Course I'm Lying (05:59)
03. 3rd of June (04:56)
04. Blazing Saddles (03:57)
05. The Race (08:11)
06. Alhambra (03:29)
07. Otto di Catania (03:23)
08. Tied up in Red (08:20)
09. Tied up in Gear (03:45)
10. The Race (Break Light mix) (06:30)
11. Wall Street Bongo (03:07)
12. The Race (12' mix) (13:23)

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Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - What's Next (1980)

Year: 1980 (CD 2005)
Label: Cum'On Everybody Records (Russia)
Style: Hard Rock, Blues Rock
Country: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Time: 43:18
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 321 Mb

Mahogany Rush was a Canadian rock band led by guitarist Frank Marino. Formed in Montreal, Quebec in 1969, the band had its peak of popularity in the 1970s, playing venues as large as California Jam II.
The band is perhaps best known for Marino's soaring lead guitar which bears a strong resemblance to the playing of Jimi Hendrix. Long-term members of the band have included bassist Paul Harwood and drummer Jimmy Ayoub, and Frank's brother Vince on guitar; Frank Marino is the sole continuous member of the band. Starting in the late 1970s, the group recorded and toured as Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush.
In an effort to gain press attention, the original record company created a fictional story that Frank Marino, prior to starting the band, had spent time in a mental institution after taking LSD and was visited by Jimi Hendrix in a vision.
Over time, the band migrated to a larger and more financially supported record company and achieved its greatest radio hit success with the song "Strange Dreams". The single "A New Rock & Roll" reached #70 on the Canadian charts.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahogany_Rush#Discography)

01. You Got Livin' (04:39)
02. Finish Line (04:12)
03. Rock Me Baby (04:52)
04. Something's Comin' Our Way (06:48)
05. Roadhouse Blues (05:29)
06. Loved by You (08:44)
07. Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame-Mona (08:31)

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Mountain - Twin Peaks [Live. 2LP on 1CD] (1974)

Year: February 1974 (CD 1989)
Label: Columbia / Windfall Records (US), CGK 32818
Style: Hard Rock
Country: Long Island, New York, U.S.
Time: 78:48
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 441 Mb

Band History eng: Twin Peaks is the third live album by American hard rock band Mountain, released in February 1974 by Columbia and Windfall Records. It contains recordings from the band's performance at Koseinenkin Hall in Osaka, Japan on August 30, 1973. The album was produced by the band's bassist and second vocalist Felix Pappalardi, while the artwork was created by his wife and collaborator Gail Collins. It was Mountain's first release since returning after a year-long hiatus.
After breaking up for a year in the summer of 1972, Mountain returned with new members Bob Mann (guitar, keyboards) and Allan Schwartzberg (drums) joining Leslie West and Felix Pappalardi. The material for Twin Peaks was recorded on the subsequent Japanese tour, after which the new members left and original drummer Corky Laing returned. The album charted at number 142 on the US Billboard 200, which was the lowest position achieved by the band up to that point.
Mountain broke up in the summer of 1972, shortly after releasing its first live album Live: The Road Goes Ever On earlier in the year. Within a year the band had reunited, with original members Leslie West (guitar, vocals) and Felix Pappalardi (bass, vocals) joined by new members Bob Mann (guitar, keyboards) and Allan Schwartzberg (drums). The resulting Japanese tour – specifically, the August 30 performance at Koseinenkin Hall in Osaka – spawned the recordings for Twin Peaks, the group's second consecutive live album. The album is the only Mountain release to feature Mann and Schwartzberg, both of whom left shortly after the tour.
Twin Peaks was released in February 1974. It was issued as the band's first album with Columbia Records, in tandem with its regular label Windfall Records. By the time the album was released, original drummer Corky Laing had returned to Mountain, alongside new second guitarist David Perry.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Peaks_(album))

Album recorded and mixed in the analog domain - AAD.
A=Analog.
D=digital.
The first letter stands for how the music was recorded.
The second letter for how it was mixed.
The third letter stands for the format (all CD's will have D as the last letter)

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Soft Machine - Land Of Cockayne (1981)

Year: March 1981 (CD 1996)
Label: One Way Records (US), S21-18936
Style: Jazz Rock, Fusion, Progressive Rock
Country: Canterbury, England
Time: 43:56
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 297 Mb

Land of Cockayne is the tenth studio album by the jazz rock band Soft Machine, released in 1981. The title refers to the medieval land of plenty. It would be the last album released under the Soft Machine name until Hidden Details in 2018.
In 1979, Karl Jenkins, who had been a member of Soft Machine from May 1972 to the band's split in December 1978, was among a number of top session musicians put together for an ad hoc band called Rollercoaster, recording a Stevie Wonder tribute album called Wonderin' (1980). After that album was completed, a number of the Rollarcoaster musicians decided to record another album together, this time under the Soft Machine name. Some of the musicians involved in the project would be part of Soft Machine's next live line-up, which played a six-night residency at Ronnie Scott's in 1984.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_Cockayne_(album))

01. Over 'N' Above (07:24)
02. Lotus Groves (04:57)
03. Isle Of The Blessed (01:56)
04. Panoramania (07:07)
05. Behind The Crystal Curtain (00:54)
06. Palace Of Glass (03:22)
07. Hot-Biscuit Slim (07:27)
08. (Black) Velvet Mountain (05:10)
09. Sly Monkey (05:00)
10. A Lot Of What You Fancy... (00:35)

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Dire Straits - On Every Street (1991)

Year: 9 September 1991 (CD 1991)
Label: Vertigo Records (Germany), 510160-2
Style: Pop Rock, Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 60:21
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 353 Mb

Charts: UK #1, AUS #1, AUT #1, CAN #3, FRA #1, GER #1, NED #1, NZ #1, SWI #1, US #12. GER, AUT, US & NZ: Platinum; UK, AUS & CAN: 2x Platinum; SWI: 4x Platinum; FRA: Diamond.
On Every Street was released more than six years after the band's previous album, Brothers in Arms. On Every Street reached number 12 in the United States and number one in the United Kingdom and numerous European countries. The album was produced by Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits.
By this time, the band comprised Knopfler, John Illsley, Alan Clark and Guy Fletcher, and the album features session musicians including Chris White, Paul Franklin, Phil Palmer, Danny Cummings and American drummer Jeff Porcaro from Toto, who was asked to play the band's subsequent world tour, although he declined because of other commitments, both with Toto and as a studio musician.
Dire Straits promoted the album with a 14 month long world tour which comprised 216 shows in Europe, North America, and Australia, sold 7.1 million tickets, and lasted from August 1991 to October 1992. This was documented in the group's second live album, On the Night, which was recorded in May 1992 at Les Arenes in Nimes, France, and at Feijenoord Stadion in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and was released in May 1993.
Dire Straits disbanded permanently in 1995, after which Mark Knopfler pursued a solo career.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Every_Street)

01. Calling Elvis (06:27)
02. On Every Street (05:04)
03. When It Comes To You (05:01)
04. Fade To Black (03:50)
05. The Bug (04:16)
06. You And Your Friend (05:59)
07. Heavy Fuel (04:56)
08. Iron Hand (03:09)
09. Ticket To Heaven (04:25)
10. My Parties (05:32)
11. Planet Of New Orleans (07:48)
12. How Long (03:49)

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Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms (1985)

Year: 17 May 1985 (CD 19??)
Label: Vertigo Records (Germany), 824 499-2
Style: Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 55:14
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 279 Mb

Charts: UK #1, AUS #1, AUT #1, CAN #1, FRA #1, GER #1, NED #1, NZ #1, SWI #1, US #1. GER & NZ: Platinum; AUT: 4x Platinum; US; 9x Platinum; UK: 14x Platinum; AUS: 17x Platinum; SWI, CAN & FRA: Diamond.
Except for their swell debut hit single, "Sultans of Swing," in 1979, the British band Dire Straits has never come as much of a surprise. And, then, what caught you off guard was how much the singer sounded like Dylan. Brothers in Arms, their first studio album since Love over Gold three years ago, offers more of their winsomely rocking tunes. The band is augmented by bassist Tony Levin, Weather Report drummer Omar Hakim, a horn section, which includes the Brecker Brothers, and some thirteen different keyboards that are used to explore orchestral textures. Carefully crafted instead of raucous, pretty rather than booming, and occasionally affecting, the record is beautifully produced, with Mark Knopfler’s terrific guitar work catching the best light. The lyrics are literate, but the scenarios aren’t as interesting as they used to be on records like Making Movies, still the band’s most solid LP.
Side one has the most driving songs: the bouncy "Walk of Life," a Fifties rock & roll song about cool Fifties rock & roll songs that features a cheesy organ sound, and "So Far Away," a missive from a distant town, with a catchy bass line rumbling underneath it. After a grandiose introduction, "Money for Nothing" shows what a guy who moves refrigerators for a living thinks of the rock stars on MTV. "See the little faggot with the earring and the makeup/Yeah buddy that’s his own hair/That little faggot got his own jet airplane/That little faggot he’s a millionaire," the guy mutters, while Knopfler’s guitar grinds out his irritation. The guitar turns delicate for the gentle "Why Worry," a song that’s as soft as a sigh.
Side two, made up of four songs about men and war, is more ambitious and less successful. Knopfler practically whispers the lyric to "Brothers in Arms" but never turns out images that catch your eye; the music’s lovely, though, with the electric guitar cutting patterns in a soft-toned background. But no telling metaphors are found in this quartet of songs, and the music lacks the ache that made Knopfler’s recent soundtracks for Comfort and Joy and Cal so powerful.
(rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/brothers-in-arms-205265/)

01. So Far Away (05:12)
02. Money For Nothing (08:26)
03. Walk Of Life (04:12)
04. Your Latest Trick (06:33)
05. Why Worry (08:31)
06. Ride Across The River (06:58)
07. The Man's Too Strong (04:40)
08. One World (03:40)
09. Brothers In Arms (06:58)

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Dire Straits - Love Over Gold (1982)

Year: 20 September 1982 (CD 1983)
Label: Vertigo Records (Germany), 800 088-2
Style: Rock, Pub Rock, Classic Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 41:07
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 231 Mb

Charts: UK #1, AUS #1, AUT #1, CAN #6, FRA #2, GER #4, NED #1, NZ #1, US #19. US: Gold; GER, NZ & FRA: Platinum; UK & CAN: 2x Platinum.
Following the end of the On Location Tour on 6 July 1981 in Luxembourg, Mark Knopfler began writing songs for Dire Straits' next album. Keyboard player Alan Clark and Californian guitarist Hal Lindes, who both joined the band at the end of 1980 for the On Location Tour, would also be involved with the new album. This was also the last album to feature drummer Pick Withers.
Knopfler was inspired to write "Telegraph Road" after Dire Straits' tour bus drove for miles along Telegraph Road in Detroit:[7]
"I was reading a book at the time called The Growth of the Soil and I just put the two together...it's the same road, and it just went on and on and on forever, it's like what they call linear development, and I just started to think. I wondered how that road must have been when it started, what it must have first been...I was actually sitting in the front of the tour bus at the time."
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_over_Gold)

01. Telegraph Road (14:16)
02. Private Investigations (06:46)
03. Industrial Disease (05:50)
04. Love Over Gold (06:17)
05. It Never Rains (07:56)

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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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Dire Straits - Communique (1979)

Year: 15 June 1979 (CD 1984)
Label: Vertigo Records (Germany), 800 052-2
Style: Rock, Pub Rock, Classic Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 41:58
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 255 Mb

I would like to draw attention to the year of CD release - 1984. The sound has not yet been spoiled by all sorts of remastering and other digital nonsense.
Charts: UK #5, AUS #5, AUT #7, CAN #14, FRA #3, GER #1, NED #3, NZ #1, SWI #2, US #11. NZ & US: Gold; UK & GER: Platinum; CAN & FRA: 2x Platinum; SWI: 3x Platinum.
After the Dire Straits Tour finished in Hitchin on 18 November 1978, Dire Straits set to work on recording their second album. The recording sessions for Communique took place from 28 November to 12 December 1978 at Compass Point Studios in Nassau. The album was mixed in January 1979 at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Alabama. The album was produced by Jerry Wexler and Barry Beckett, veteran producers from Muscle Shoals Sound Studio. Beckett (credited as B. Bear) also contributed keyboards to some of the album's nine tracks.
In a 1979 review for the Birmingham Daily Post, Jonathan Daumler-Ford called it a "competent record", but wrote that "the songs sound like pale imitations, or the cuts which were not good enough for Dire Straits". Record World said of "Once Upon a Time in the West" that Knopfler's "unique and super-sensitive vocals evoke vivid imagery that's totally enhanced by the Wexler-Beckett production team." The Tucson Citizen called the album "an appealing production," writing that "a combination of country and reggae can be substantial."
In his retrospective review for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann wrote that the second album "seemed little more than a carbon copy of its predecessor with less compelling material."
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communiqu%C3%A9_(Dire_Straits_album))

01. Once Upon A Time In The West (05:15)
02. News (04:13)
03. Where Do You Think You're Going? (03:45)
04. Communique (05:43)
05. Lady Writer (03:39)
06. Angel Of Mercy (04:30)
07. Portobello Belle (04:25)
08. Single Handed Sailor (04:42)
09. Follow Me Home (05:42)

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Dire Straits - Dire Straits (1978)

Year: 9 June 1978 (CD 1983)
Label: Vertigo Records (Germany), 800 051-2
Style: Rock, Pub Rock, Classic Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 41:25
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 243 Mb

Charts: UK #5, AUS #1, AUT #17, CAN #2, FRA #1, GER #3, NED #3, NZ #2, SWI #7, US #2. GER, NZ & FRA: Platinum; UK, SWI & US: 2x Platinum; CAN: 4x Platinum.
Dire Straits was recorded at Basing Street Studios in London from 13 February to 5 March 1978. Knopfler used a few guitars for the recording, including a pair of red Fender Stratocasters-one from 1961 (serial number 68354) and one from 1962 (serial number 80470). He played his 1938 National Style O 14 fret guitar (serial number B1844)[nb 1] on "Water of Love" and "Wild West End". He also used a black Telecaster Thinline (serial number 226254) on "Setting Me Up". David played a black Fender Stratocaster and a Harmony Sovereign acoustic guitar. The album was produced by Muff Winwood, and engineered by Rhett Davies, assisted by Greg Cobb.
The album cover artwork is designed by Hothouse, who commissioned the cover painting from Chuck Loyola. The Dire Straits Fender logo, which appears on the back cover, was designed by Geoff Halpern.
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the album "remarkably accomplished for a debut". Erlewine praised Knopfler's "spare, tasteful guitar lines and his husky warbling" and his "inclination toward Dylanesque imagery, which enhances the smoky, low-key atmosphere of the album".
In his review for Rolling Stone, Ken Tucker wrote that the band "plays tight, spare mixtures of rock, folk and country music with a serene spirit and witty irony. It's almost as if they were aware that their forte has nothing to do with what's currently happening in the industry, but couldn't care less." Tucker singled out "Sultans of Swing" for its "inescapable hook" and "Bob Dylan-like snarl in its vocal". He also praised "Setting Me Up" as a "heavenly number, funny and bitter".
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits_(album))

01. Down To The Waterline (04:00)
02. Water Of Love (05:24)
03. Setting Me Up (03:20)
04. Six Blade Knife (04:10)
05. Southbound Again (02:59)
06. Sultans Of Swing (05:36)
07. In The Gallery (06:15)
08. Wild West End (04:44)
09. Lions (04:54)

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