DIRE STRAITS LOVE OVER GOLD 4th ALBUM RARE ORIG '82 JAPAN AUDIOPHILE LP w/INSERT

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·       DIRE STRAITS – LOVE OVER GOLD - ORIGINAL 1982 VERTIGO (JAPAN), AUDIOPHILE STEREO LP 25PP-60 PRESSED ON HIGH-GRADE VIRGIN VINYL

·       GENUINE JAPANESE  PRESSING

·       ALBUM INCLUDES "OBI" (A RIBBON / BELT WITH JAPANESE ALPHABET CHARACTERS, CONTAINING ALBUM DATA)  WRAPPED AROUND THE COVER)

·       THE ALBUM ALSO INCLUDES RARE ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATED  JAPANESE-ONLY 4-PAGE INSERT

·       ORIGINAL GREEN "FLYING SAUCER" VERTIGO (JAPAN) LABEL

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST JAPANESE PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) OF THE RECORD

 (►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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Contrary to the blasé buying habits of the general listening public, Brothers in Arms is not, in any way, shape or form, Dire Strait's best album. It is commercially detestable, aurally indigestible and critically contestable. But hey, if you enjoy such annoyingly overplayed bits of MTV tripe like "Money for Nothing" or "Walk of Life", then avert your eyes, as this review aint for you. If, however, you enjoy moving songs played elegantly and some genuinely gorgeous riffs plucked by guitar-picker extraordinaire Mark Knopfler, then there's hope for you yet!

Love Over Gold is an album that was very ambitious, but was successful in achieving an incredibly evocative sound and an impeccable clarity, even over the 14+ minute composition "Telegraph Road", the stellar centerpiece of the album. Then there is one of my favorite songs of the 80s, "Industrial Disease", one of the funniest takes on technology overload ever written (with a wonderfully infectious organ line and sly Dylanesque lyrics and rhyme scheme). There is also the dark "Private Investigations", and jazzy stylings of the title track.

Private Investigations' seems like it must have been inspired by Polanski's Chinatown. The opening is a lonely guitar with mopey background piano. Some atmospheric marimba kicks in later. In his usual not-quite-singing-not-quite-talking voice, Knopfler tells of the life of a private eye, possibly one who's even more down and out and sick and tired than Jake Gittes. Just over halfway through, the song moves into an instrumental section, in which the quiet guitar and marimba play a duet that's then torn apart by sudden, fierce guitar and piano chords. The whole song has an aura of palpable dead-end despair and disquiet. I love, love, love this song.

Then a change of pace -- well, in pacing but not entirely in mood. 'Industrial Disease' is an up-tempo pop track, not unlike 'Walk of Life' from their next album, but it is extremely dark (like 'Investigations') and side-splittingly funny (not at all like 'Investigations', which is about as funny as a gunshot wound). I really can't think of another song with lyrics as clever and hilarious as this. The verse in which Knopfler impersonates a doctor having the time of his life diagnosing people with 'industrial disease' is just priceless: "Come back and see me later / Next patient please! / Send in another victim of Industrial Disease." And the song is full of classic lines, like "Two men say they're Jesus / One of them must be wrong...", and (my favorite) "Philosophy is useless / Theology is worse".

Love Over Gold is arguably the Dire Straits' best album (far less poppy than Brothers In Arms). Love Over Gold is also, in my opinion, Mark Knopfler's greatest album as a guitarist. It's also an album with more strong songs per capita than any other album Dire Straits ever did. Side one is nearly flawless.. In my opinion, if you only own one Dire Straits album, it should be Love Over Gold.

This is a rare opportunity to acquire this great album in its finest audio format, no longer in print, and no longer easily obtainable.

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Note: This album was one of the first rock titles EVER to be released on compact disc (we think it was actually THE  first, but we are not entirely sure). We assume – but, again, cannot guarantee – that the vinyl pressings were analog-mastered, while the compact discs were digitally mastered.

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS STRONG NEAR MINT. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The record comes in a hi-grade PVC inner sleeve, which has - apparently with success - shielded the record from the harmful impact of elements over many years!

(c)           The album comes with the original Japanese-only insert/lyrics sheet still intact.

(d)          The record is pressed on a beautiful, high-quality, virgin-grade vinyl, which is usually used for audiophile, extended-dynamic-range, half-speed mastered and connoisseur pressings.

(e)             In addition , the record is pressed on a RELATIVELY  thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy ('dynaflex' type),  vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.

(f)            Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       COVER

THE COVER IS NEAR MINT !

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-         Cover has one corner slightly dinged (BARELY VISIBLE)

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-        No split seams

-        No ring wear

-        No cut-out (drill) holes.

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)

-        No wrinkles or creases

-        No yellowing from aging

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No peel-off marks

-        No stains

-        No mold or mildew spots

-        No stickers or labels

-        No water damage

-        No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or  cuts.

-        No warping

-        No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-        No glue traces or wax residue.

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers. 

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