I recently rewatched the entire West Wing season 2 and in the season closer, at the very end of the episode, they play Brothers In Arms (I won't reveal what happens for those who have not yet seen my favourite television series).
Anyway, it got me thinking. I've never been much of a fan of Dire Straits, but I remember hearing a live cd of them on some Dali speakers about 12 years ago. When this memory popped into my head, I suddently remembered that I actually bought that album based on hearing it.
I scrambled through my cd collection and found the album after a while. I turned down the lights in my room, hooked up my HD650 to the Gilmore, flicked on the Marantz, put the album in and this HUGE roar of the audience filled the entire soundstage the HD650 can portray. Wow! I tend to marvel (and bask in!) exceptional live recordings.
This is such a recording.
Even if you are not a fan of Dire Straits, but a fan of sound and good music in general, I can heartily recommend this fantastic live cd. From the first roar of the audience, through Calling Elvis, the fantastic Walk of Life, to Romeo & Juliet and the impossibly beautiful album closer Brothers In Arms, it's just a triumph for sound engineers everywhere.
Other live recordings sounding this good I can count on one hand.
This post has no meaning except to portray my newfound love for this fantastic live album and some of the great Dire Straits songs it contain.
Do you have any of your own?
Anyway, it got me thinking. I've never been much of a fan of Dire Straits, but I remember hearing a live cd of them on some Dali speakers about 12 years ago. When this memory popped into my head, I suddently remembered that I actually bought that album based on hearing it.
I scrambled through my cd collection and found the album after a while. I turned down the lights in my room, hooked up my HD650 to the Gilmore, flicked on the Marantz, put the album in and this HUGE roar of the audience filled the entire soundstage the HD650 can portray. Wow! I tend to marvel (and bask in!) exceptional live recordings.
This is such a recording.
Even if you are not a fan of Dire Straits, but a fan of sound and good music in general, I can heartily recommend this fantastic live cd. From the first roar of the audience, through Calling Elvis, the fantastic Walk of Life, to Romeo & Juliet and the impossibly beautiful album closer Brothers In Arms, it's just a triumph for sound engineers everywhere.
Other live recordings sounding this good I can count on one hand.
This post has no meaning except to portray my newfound love for this fantastic live album and some of the great Dire Straits songs it contain.
Do you have any of your own?
