Best Dire Straits
September
23, 2022
Marc,
Do
you know how the Mobile Fidelity double 45rpm LPs of the Dire Straits catalogue compare to
the Warner Brothers LPs cut, I believe, by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering and
pressed at RTI?
Jeff
Levine
The
first, self-titled Dire Straits album and Love Over Gold are still two of the
very best-sounding rock recordings ever made. I'm a big fan of the first album and have
multiple copies in multiple formats. For sheer resolution, the best version to my ears is
the remastered CD, which uses Super Bit Mapping, from about twenty years ago [Warner Bros.
47769] -- no kidding. It captures the greatest amount of tape bleed-through at the
beginning of many cuts (check out "Water of Love") and the most musical
resolution, even more than the various LPs I have. -Marc Mickelson
Added
September
1, 2022
Marc,
Please
add me to your site's reader list.
Alex
Perrion
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-Marc Mickelson
