{"product_id":"dire-straits-love-over-gold-mobile-fidelity-numbered-180g-45rpm-vinyl-2lp","title":"Dire Straits- Love Over Gold (Mobile Fidelity Numbered 180g 45RPM Vinyl 2LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDire Straits Stretch Out with Ambitious Arrangements: \u003cem\u003eLove Over Gold\u003c\/em\u003e Mesmerizes With Tension, Contrast, Interplay, and Craftsmanship \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMobile Fidelity's Numbered-Edition 180g 45RPM 2LP Set of\u003cem\u003e Love Over Gold\u003c\/em\u003e Touts Unsurpassed Spaciousness, Imaging, and Transparency\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e1\/2\" \/ 30 IPS analog master - Plangent Processed - to DXD to analog console to lathe\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLove Over Gold\u003c\/em\u003e 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\u003cem\u003e Love Over Gold\u003c\/em\u003e sprawl out like a long, winding road cutting through a pastoral landscape. The addition of a new rhythm guitarist, Hal Lindes, encourages deeper atmospheric interplay while the presence of engineer Neil Dorfsman – his first appearance in what would be a long string of collaborations with Mark Knopfler – ensures stunning sonic properties that now come to life like never before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSourced from the original master tapes and m\u003cspan\u003eastered by engineer Krieg Wunderlich (assisted by Shawn R. Britton), \u003c\/span\u003eMobile Fidelity's numbered-edition 180g 45RPM 2LP version of \u003cem\u003eLove Over Gold\u003c\/em\u003e 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\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 \u003cem\u003eBrothers in Arms\u003c\/em\u003e) 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. This LP will be in your rotation for months.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt doesn't take long to realize \u003cem\u003eLove Over Gold\u003c\/em\u003e 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\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\u003cem\u003e Rolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e beautifully deemed \"wracking schizophrenia between the heart and the heartless, the loving and the pain.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCalled Dire Straits' prog-rock statement, \u003cem\u003eLove Over Gold\u003c\/em\u003e is a classic that defies labeling and avoids aging. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Telegraph Road\u003cbr\u003e2. Private Investigations\u003cbr\u003e3. Industrial Disease\u003cbr\u003e4. Love Over Gold\u003cbr\u003e5. 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