Dire Straits Making Movies (CD, Mercury Records, 1980) ****
Genre: Pop rock
Places I remember: The Warehouse in Cambridge for the BBC one, Fives in Leigh-on-sea for Making Movies
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Solid Rock
Gear costume: Sultans Of Swing
Active compensatory factors: These are the only Dire Straits albums I own, because I've never been a fan of Mark Knopfler's band and the only reason I own Making Movies is my school mate, G Knowles esq, was a huge fan who tried hard to get me interested in them (he still does actually - a recent weekly choice of his was a Knopfler solo album).
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Solid Rock
Gear costume: Sultans Of Swing
When he played the album to me back in 1980, I enjoyed most of the rock songs (hated the last track, Les boys, and still do). So, for nostalgic reasons, I decided to grab a copy when I lived in England.
A few years later I also bought the Live at The BBC CD. Mainly because I was keen to hear more stripped down, comparatively raw versions of things from their early days.
That strategy worked - it's really good to hear the band before they became mega. Mark's stage introductions lend a much needed human element to DS proceedings. It's from a 1978 concert.
Where do they all belong? All good, but I have zero inclination to go beyond these albums in their catalogue.
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