Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms (1985) [Phonogram Records Italy 1st issue 824 499-2]

Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
Label:Vertigo
Catalog#:824 499-2
Format:CD, Album
Country:Germany
Released:1985
Genre:Rock
Style:Classic Rock

From "Wikipedia":

Brothers in Arms is the fifth studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released in 1985.

The first half of the album is a development of their unique brand of arena rock which had evolved
in their music since the 1980 album Making Movies, while the second half consists of more folk-influenced material. The whole album maintains the original Dire Straits' bluesy and laid back guitar-based sound whilst retaining a more lavish and bombastic production and overall sound.

It is the band's best selling album, and one of the top 10 best selling albums in UK music history.

Brothers in Arms was one of the first albums to be directed at the CD market, and was a full digital recording (DDD), at a time when most popular music was recorded on analog equipment. It was also released on vinyl and cassette.

Brothers in Arms was the first album to sell one million copies in the CD format and to outsell its LP version. A Rykodisc staffer would subsequently write, "[In 1985 we] were fighting to get our CDs manufactured because the entire worldwide manufacturing capacity was overwhelmed by demand for a single rock title (Dire Straits' Brothers in Arms)."

It was remastered and released with the rest of the Dire Straits catalogue in 1996 for most of the world outside the U.S. and on September 19, 2000 in the United States. It was also released in XRCD2 format in 2000, then the 20th Anniversary Edition was issued in Super Audio CD format on July 26, 2005 (becoming the 3000th title for the SACD format) and DualDisc format with DVD-Audio 24 bit/96 kHz track on August 16, 2005, remixed in 5.1 by Chuck Ainlay[2] and winning a Grammy for Best Surround Sound Album.

In 2006, a half-speed-mastered vinyl version of the album was issued. Mastered by the renowned Stan Ricker, this version puts the full-length songs on vinyl for the first time. In order to do this, the album spans four sides on two 33 1/3 rpm discs.

Tracklist

1 So Far Away 5:11
2 Money For Nothing 8:26
"Written By Sting"
3 Walk Of Life 4:12
4 Your Latest Trick 6:33
5 Why Worry 8:31
6 Ride Across The River 6:58
7 The Man's Too Strong 4:40
8 One World 3:40
9 Brothers In Arms 7:00

Credits

Artwork By [Painting] - Thomas Steyer
Artwork By [Sleeve] - Sutton Cooper
Bass - John Illsley
Drums - Omar Hakim , Terry Williams
Engineer - Neil Dorfsman
Engineer [Assistant] - Bruce Lampcov , David Greenberg* , Steve Jackson
Guitar - Mark Knopfler
Keyboards - Alan Clark , Guy Fletcher
Mastered By - John Dent
Photography - Deborah Feingold
Producer - Mark Knopfler , Neil Dorfsman
Vocals - Guy Fletcher , John Illsley , Mark Knopfler
Written-By - Mark Knopfler

Notes

This is the original 1985 CD album (Mastered By John Dent)
and not the remastered 1996 re-release (Mastered By Bob Ludwig).
They have the same catalogue number.

DDD

Recorded at Air Studios, Montserrat (West Indies).
Mixed at Power Station, New York (U.S.).
Mastered at The Sound Clinic, London (England).

Barcode: 0 42282 44992 4

GEMA / Made in W. Germany by Polygram.
1985 Phonogram Ltd (London)

© Phonogram Ltd (London) 1985
1985 Phonogram Ltd (London)

Possible CD matrix variants:
824 499-2 02
824 499-2 07




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