Bruce Springsteen Pianist Roy Bittan, Mark Knopfler's Guitar Playing, and Passionate Performances Turn Making Movies Into a Classic: Includes 'Romeo and Juliet,' 'Tunnel of Love,' 'Solid Rock'. Cinematic Landscapes and Intricate Passages Sound Sublime: Mobile Fidelity 45RPM 2LP Pressing of Making Movies Mastered from Original Master Tapes, Features Audiophile Dynamics. Jean-Michel Jarre "Images - The Best Of Jean-Miche.Dire Straits Expand Musical Framework and Come Into Own on Making Movies: Co-Produced by Jimmy Iovine, Thematic Album Soars With Personal Songwriting and Epic Arrangements.Jean-Michel Jarre "Oxygène: New Master Recording".Jean-Michel Jarre "Essentials & Rarities".Pink Floyd "A Momentary Lapse Of Reason".Rod Stewart "Storyteller - The Complete Anthology.Status Quo "Pictures - 40 Years Of Hits".
Al Corley "Square Rooms (12" Single & Video)".Bananarama "The Greatest Hits Collection".The Bangles "Walking Down Your Street (Single & Vi.Dave Koz & Friends "A Smooth Jazz Christmas".Dave Koz "Memories Of A Winter's Night".Icehouse "Electric Blue (Single & Video)".Paul Kantner And Jefferson Starship "Blows Against.Grace Slick/Jefferson Starship/Paul Kantner "Drago.Jefferson Starship "Freedom At Point Zero".Band Aid "Do They Know It's Christmas? (Single & V.Meco "Christmas in the Stars: Star Wars Christmas.Jefferson Airplane "Jefferson Airplane".Mike Oldfield "The Songs Of Distant Earth".Starship "Greatest Hits (Ten Years And Change 1979.Emerson, Lake & Palmer "In The Hot Seat".Starship "We Built This City: The Very Best Of Sta.Yes "Owner Of A Lonely Heart (Single & Video)".The album was remastered and released on CD with the rest of the Dire Straits catalogue in 1996 internationally, and on 19 September 2000 in the United States. In 1981, an identically named short film was released on VHS and Beta, as well as screened in some theatrical venues, consisting of three music videos directed by fashion/commercial photographer Lester Bookbinder, for "Romeo and Juliet," "Tunnel of Love," and "Skateaway." The original CD version was released in 1984. Making Movies was released on 17 October 1980 on LP and cassette formats. The title of the album is taken from a line in the song "Skateaway" and from the outtake "Making Movies". "Twisting by the Pool" was released on the ExtendedancEPlay EP on 10 January 1983. "Making Movies" and "Suicide Towers" appear on bootlegs. David appears on video playing "Solid Rock" and "Les Boys" live in concert, but these performances preceded the recording.įour outtakes were recorded but not released on the album: "Making Movies", "Suicide Towers", "Twisting by the Pool", and "Sucker for Punishment". His guitar tracks were almost complete for the album, but were re-recorded by his brother. Jimmy Iovine and Mark Knopfler produced the album.ĭavid Knopfler left Dire Straits in August 1980 during the recording of the album. Making Movies was recorded at the Power Station in New York from 20 June to 25 August 1980. Without Bittan, the album's "cinematic power and evocative landscapes might have been impossible to achieve." Iovine, who had also worked on Springsteen's Born to Run and Darkness on the Edge of Town albums, was instrumental in recruiting E Street Band keyboardist Roy Bittan for the Making Movies sessions. He contacted Jimmy Iovine after hearing Iovine's production on the song "Because the Night" by Patti Smith-a song she had co-written with Bruce Springsteen. Making Movies was later certified platinum in the United States and double-platinum in the United Kingdom.Īfter the Communiqué Tour ended on 21 December 1979 in London, Mark Knopfler spent the first half of 1980 writing the songs for Dire Straits' next album. The album reached #1 on album charts in Italy and Norway, #19 in the United States and #4 in the United Kingdom. The album produced the single "Romeo and Juliet", which reached #8 on the UK Singles Chart. Making Movies is the third studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits released on 17 October 1980 by Vertigo Records internationally and by Warner Bros.