(Rock) [LP][24/96] Dire Straits - Communique - 1979, FLAC (tracks), Original US 1st Pressing

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Communiqué was recorded in November and December 1978, at Compass Point Studios, Nassau and was produced by Jerry Wexler and Barry Beckett. The album became the first LP ever to enter the German charts at number 1 in its first week of release (while their debut LP Dire Straits was still at number 3 in that country). Communiqué went on to sell over 7 million copies worldwide; in Europe, it sold 3.6 million copies and in the U.S. it reached gold status.

It was remastered and released with the rest of the Dire Straits catalogue in 1996 for most of the world outside the U.S. and on 19 September 2000 in the United States.

The album cover was designed by Phonogram's advertising agency Grant Advertising UK. It won album cover of the year in the NME awards in 1979.

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Personnel

Mark Knopfler: lead guitar, lead vocals
John Illsley: bass, vocals
David Knopfler: rhythm guitar, vocals
Pick Withers: drums
B. Bear (Barry Beckett): keyboard

Production

Producers: Barry Beckett, Jerry Wexler
Engineer: Jack Nuber
Tape Operator: Thelbert Rigby
Mixing: Gregg Hamm
Mastering: Bobby Hata
Mastering supervisor: Paul Wexler
Remastering: Bob Ludwig
Project coordinator: Jo Motta
Series concept: Gregg Geller
Art direction: Alan Schmidt
Illustrations: Geoff Halpin

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foobar2000 1.1.1 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2012-04-21 18:14:11

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Analyzed: Dire Straits / Communiqué
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -1.03 dB -17.30 dB 5:27 01-Once Upon A Time In The West
DR14 -0.70 dB -18.12 dB 4:14 02-News
DR14 -0.70 dB -19.02 dB 3:51 03-Where Do You Think You're Going?
DR15 -1.33 dB -19.03 dB 5:52 04-Communiqué
DR13 -0.70 dB -15.91 dB 3:47 05-Lady Writer
DR11 -2.34 dB -16.54 dB 4:37 06-Angel Of Mercy
DR15 -1.28 dB -18.59 dB 4:32 07-Portobello Belle
DR13 -0.80 dB -16.15 dB 4:41 08-Single-Handed Sailor
DR13 -3.92 dB -20.51 dB 5:58 09-Follow Me Home
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Number of tracks: 9
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2667 kbps
Codec: FLAC

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96kHz Final Master Vinyl Rip Feb 2012

Vinyl Ripping Process/Equipment:

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Vinyl Cleaning Process

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- 3 Liter Ultrasonic Cleaner (Tap water with Sporicidin) on custom rotating assembly at 1 RPM for one hour
- Vacuum off with Nitty Gritty
- AIVS Premium Record Cleaner Formula No. 15 applied with Mofi Brush while rotating on VPI 16.5
- McCulloch MC-1275 Heavy-Duty Steam Cleaner applied with Mofi Brush while rotating on VPI 16.5
- Vacuum off with VPI 16.5
- L'Art du Son Record Cleaning Fluid applied with VPI Bristle brush
- Vacuum off with VPI 16.5
- Whole Foods Deionized Water applied with Mofi Brush (Separate from AIVS Mofi Brush)
- Vacuum off with VPI 16.5
- Flip record and repeat
- Place record on Plate Demgnetizer

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Turntable Equipment Profile

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- VPI Scoutmaster with inverted bearing and 300 RPM motor
- VPI Center Record Weight
- VPI Periphery Ring Clam
- Gingko Cloud 11 Vibration Control Platform
- VPI Synchronous Drive System turntable motor speed controller and line isolator
- Trans-Fi Audio Terminator T3Pro tangential tracking air bearing tonearm
- Zyx Airy 3X-SB cartridge

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Phono Stage Profile

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- Musical Surroundings Phonomena Phono Preamplifier
- Musical Surroundings Battery Power Supply

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Analog/Digital Convertion

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- E-MU 1212M (the 1212M contains the same A/D converters used in Digidesign's ProTools HD 192 I/O interface)
- Adobe Audition 3.01 running on Windows XP in a Shuttle PC form factor

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Post Processing Of Audio

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- Run thru ClickRepair(if necessary) at level 7 with
- Pitch Protection | off
- Reverse | on
- Simple
- Resample to 96khz in Izotope Rx2 using the default preset
- Manually listen to album in Adobe Audition cleaning any clicks/anomalies
- Flac with Xrecode II for hi-rez files

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What is this Final Master stuff:

After years of trying to improve both my ripping/cleaning process and upgrading my equipment to a level I feel comfortable sticking with I am proud to present these final versions of the best sources I can find.So I am happy to say that more than likely this is the last mother fucking copy you are ever going to need...or your money back