Reduced vocal volume of recordings!

[Brunno Nunes]

I'm glad you enjoyed these results, I really have a lot of fun doing these experiments, having the experience of feeling the song from another angle, highlighting other instruments in the recording, further enhances the admiration for the band's musical architecture.

This weekend I will bring some more examples, among them, It Never Rains with the guitars in highlights! 

[2manyguitars]

yes of course I know this phenomen Ingo, I started working as a sound mixer some years (well decades) ago 
what I meant was the mix can be sometimes not excatly what the artist wanted to be. Ok it's rare, but it can happen, in very particulary examples (Let it be, or another example : infidels would have sounded different if Mark could have done the job till the end)

Just to jump in....

Totally agree with what you said. Also it has to be understood that any mix is 'of the moment', and there is no such thing as a perfect mix, numerous years in the studio has taught me that.

[Brunno Nunes]

Those interested, check!

[Brunno Nunes]

I've always wanted to hear this masterpiece from this angle, I've always considered it one of Mark Knopfler's best live performances.
Enjoy!!!! 

[Brunno Nunes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlLJYPh1MXQ&feature=youtu.be

The beauty of a song focusing on the instrumental part. How many subtleties, nuances ... Live the unique taste of Dire Straits!!!! 

[quizzaciously]

I've always wanted to hear this masterpiece from this angle, I've always considered it one of Mark Knopfler's best live performances.
Enjoy!!!! 

That's so cool! It's hard to listen to the album version after this live version. Always found hilarious that it ends with a fade-out, but as I heard the show bootleg I recall they had some technical difficulties so they decided to cut it.

[Brunno Nunes]

I've always wanted to hear this masterpiece from this angle, I've always considered it one of Mark Knopfler's best live performances.
Enjoy!!!! 

That's so cool! It's hard to listen to the album version after this live version. Always found hilarious that it ends with a fade-out, but as I heard the show bootleg I recall they had some technical difficulties so they decided to cut it.

Well, they had to fade out because the song was over 13 minutes, would take up a lot of album space, so they turned it into something compact and suitable for the radios. My LP MFN has a label highlighting that the album comes with an unreleased version of Portobello Belle-Live, really, it must have been impactful at the time to hear Dire Straits reshaping a song in such a brilliant way.

[Terry01]

Sounds super good! Many thanks! I really like to can listen Walk of life and So far away without vocals  (both studio versions)

[jbaent]

I've always wanted to hear this masterpiece from this angle, I've always considered it one of Mark Knopfler's best live performances.
Enjoy!!!! 

That's so cool! It's hard to listen to the album version after this live version. Always found hilarious that it ends with a fade-out, but as I heard the show bootleg I recall they had some technical difficulties so they decided to cut it.

Well, they had to fade out because the song was over 13 minutes, would take up a lot of album space, so they turned it into something compact and suitable for the radios. My LP MFN has a label highlighting that the album comes with an unreleased version of Portobello Belle-Live, really, it must have been impactful at the time to hear Dire Straits reshaping a song in such a brilliant way.

Not only that but also the Portobello outtro was linked with the Tunnel of love intro, turning it into a two songs in one, a very very very long one!

[Brunno Nunes]

Some more interesting results!!

Enjoy without moderation!!!

[Brunno Nunes]

Feel the peace in the master's voice! 

[Brunno Nunes]

The Scaffolder's Wife- Accompaniment.

Beautiful melody!!! 

[jbaent]

The Scaffolder's Wife- Accompaniment.

Beautiful melody!!! 

I always loved this song, so beautiful music, so beautiful singing...

[K-alberto]

Bruno, your work is absolutely fantastic!! Would love to listen to Trapper man or Basil in the same way... should you work on those songs!

 

[Stiglar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlLJYPh1MXQ&feature=youtu.be

The beauty of a song focusing on the instrumental part. How many subtleties, nuances ... Live the unique taste of Dire Straits!!!! 

Sounds great! thank you!

Always struck me as such an interesting tone on the outro solo from Mark, I think I remember reading Ingo saying it was a Black Strat in open G with a capo 3 on his website, Which I don't doubt, I'm sure he's correct, more I find it interesting the almost acoustic type tone he gets out of it in the solo at the end?