dCS Legends: Bob Ludwig and Dire Straits’ 20th Anniversary Brothers in Arms | The Vinyl Anachronist

I can still remember that radio DJ saying that “the single greatest reason to buy a CD player is Dire Straits’ Brothers In Arms.” You can probably guess the era plus or minus a couple of years–Brothers in Arms was released on LP in 1985, and that’s how I purchased it. It was also released on CD around the same time, and was one of the first all-digital (DDD) releases. Even though I was one of the first among my friends to take the CD plunge, I also frowned upon getting the CD when you already have the LP. But that radio DJ got me thinking. Should I buy so I can compare? I did. Still liked the LP better. To tell you the truth, I never loved Brothers in Arms the way I loved Making Movies or the first side of Love Over Gold. Brothers in Arms is to Dire Straits as Born in the U.S.A. is to Springsteen–it’s the big record that causes those who were fans in the beginning to hop off the train and look for new surroundings. But yes, it sounded great at the time. Now an early CD sounds glassy. It can’t shake the […]