{"product_id":"dire-straits-love-over-gold-2lp-45rpm-mofi-180g-2lp-45rpm-audiophile-edition","title":"Dire Straits - Love Over Gold 2LP (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, 180g, 45rpm, Audiophile) ( VINYL )","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cheader data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDire Straits Love Over Gold on Numbered Limited Edition 180g 45RPM 2LP from Mobile Fidelity!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMastered From Original Master Tapes \u0026amp; Pressed at RTI!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDire Straits Stretch Out With Extended, Ambitious Arrangements and Moody Atmospherics: Love Over Gold Mesmerizes With Tension, Contrast, Interplay, and Craftsmanship\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLove Over Gold Includes the Epic \"Telegraph Road\" and Aching \"Private Investigations\": Heartfelt Narrative Songs Steeped in Patience, Drama, Sadness, and Romance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLove Over Gold is all about contrast, tension, and crafty composition. Dire Straits' fourth album finds the band continuing to evolve by welcoming increasingly bold arrangements and exploring moody variations. Parts edgy and sharp, and part seductive and relaxed, the five lengthy songs on Love Over Gold sprawl out like a long, winding road cutting through a pastoral landscape. The addition of a new rhythm guitarist,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHal Lindes\u003c\/strong\u003e, encourages deeper atmospheric interplay while the presence of engineer\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNeil Dorfsman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e- his first appearance in what would be a long string of collaborations with\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMark Knopfler\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e- ensures stunning sonic properties that now come to life like never before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMastered from the original master tapes and pressed at RTI, Mobile Fidelity's 180g 45RPM 2LP version of Love Over Gold teems with superb balances, front-to-back soundstages, and crystalline purity. The dead-quiet surfaces and extra-wide grooves bring forward previously obscured details, extra information, and mastering-studio-quality transients. The distinctive textures of a host of instruments - marimbas, acoustic and electric guitars, vibes, synthesizers - further enhance the ambitiousness of the 1982 album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn this audiophile pressing, everything Knopfler does seemingly turn to gold. Gearheads will hear the unique characteristics afforded by his use of a Mesa Boogie Mark II guitar amplifier (soon again employed on Brothers in Arms) and carefully chosen selection of Schecter Stratocasters, 1937 National steel guitar, and Ovation six- and twelve-string models. Reference-level separation and lifelike imaging place Knopfler and company in your room, while tube-like warmth, spaciousness, and airiness causes the music to breathe anew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt doesn't take long to realize Love Over Gold is like no other Dire Straits album - and a staunch proclamation of independence from a band that continued to take longer creative strides with each successive project. Fearlessly extending over metaphoric hills, valleys, and plains for nearly 14-and-a-half minutes, the opening \"Telegraph Road\" is a guitar hero's dream and exhilarating showcase for Lindes' give-and-take capabilities. In tandem with keyboardist Alan Clark, Lindes provides the ideal foil for not only Knopfler but the long-time rhythm section of bassist John Illsley and drummer Pick Withers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTaking its time to arrive at destinations, the quintet paints evocative musical and lyrical portraits steeped in patience, drama, and, often times, sadness. Desolate emotions color the sweeping \"Telegraph Road\" and barren \"Private Investigations,\" which finds Knopfler in the role of a tired private eye contemplating the emptiness and scars of his profession. Vocally, the Dire Straits leader remains in top form throughout, his whiskey-coated rasp conveying romantic ache, ongoing frustration, and what Rolling Stone beautifully deemed \"wracking schizophrenia between the heart and the heartless, the loving and the pain.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCalled Dire Straits' prog-rock statement, Love Over Gold is a classic that defies labeling and avoids aging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"features\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFeatures\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNumbered, Limited Edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e45rpm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProduction and Mastering by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSpecially Plated and Pressed on 180 grams of High Definition Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSpecial Static Free - Dust Free Inner Sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHeavy Duty Protective Packaging\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMastered From Original Master Tapes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePressed at RTI\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"selections\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"32 - Elusive Disc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56732225962357,"sku":"821797246910","price":10.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8300\/2485\/files\/mfsl2-45469-large__60537.jpg?v=1770892997","url":"https:\/\/warmvibevinyls.com\/products\/dire-straits-love-over-gold-2lp-45rpm-mofi-180g-2lp-45rpm-audiophile-edition","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}