Dire Straits – Dire Straits
Tracklist
| A1 | Down To The Waterline | 4:02 | |
| A2 | Water Of Love | 5:14 | |
| A3 | Setting Me Up | 3:22 | |
| A4 | Six Blade Knife | 4:15 | |
| A5 | Southbound Again | 3:00 | |
| B1 | Sultans Of Swing | 5:50 | |
| B2 | In The Gallery | 6:18 | |
| B3 | Wild West End | 4:46 | |
| B4 | Lions | 5:06 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – Polygram Inc.
- Distributed By – Polygram Inc.
- Manufactured By – Polydor Ltd. (2)
- Distributed By – Polydor Ltd. (2)
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Phonogram Ltd.
- Published By – Straight Jacket Songs
- Published By – Rondor Music
- Recorded At – Basing Street Studios
- Designed At – Hothouse London
- Lacquer Cut At – Disques SNB Ltée.
- Pressed By – Quality Records Limited
Credits
- Art Direction – Alan Schmidt
- Bass – John Illsley
- Cover [Cover Painting], Painting [Cover Painting] – Chuck Loyola
- Design, Artwork – Hothouse (2)
- Drums – Pick Withers
- Engineer – Rhett Davies
- Lacquer Cut By – Al*
- Photography By – Paddy Eckersley
- Producer – Muff Winwood
- Rhythm Guitar – David Knopfler
- Vocals, Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Mark Knopfler
- Written-By [Songs By] – Mark Knopfler
Notes
Almost identical with Dire Straits - Dire Straits, but this release comes with cutting signatures inside the runout groove.
Printed inner sleeve
Printed on back cover:
Recorded at Basing St. Studios, London, Feb. 1978.
Cover painting by Chuck Loyola at Hothouse.
For Charlie Gillett.
Thank you Robert Allan.
℗ 1978 Phonogram Ltd.
Manufactured and distributed by PolyGram Inc., 6000 Cote de Liesse, St. Laurent, Quebec H4T 1E3 - Made in Canada
Printed on inner sleeve:
Lyrics reprinted by kind permission of Straightjacket Songs/Rondor Music.
Printed on labels:
Stereo
All songs pub. in UK by Straight Jacket Songs/Rondor Music
℗ 1978 Phonogram Ltd.
Manufactured and distributed by Polydor Ltd. 6000 Cote de Liesse, St Laurent, Quebec H4T 1E3 - Made in Canada
A1 titled "Down To The Waterline" on back cover vs. "Down To The Water Line" on label
Printed inner sleeve
Printed on back cover:
Recorded at Basing St. Studios, London, Feb. 1978.
Cover painting by Chuck Loyola at Hothouse.
For Charlie Gillett.
Thank you Robert Allan.
℗ 1978 Phonogram Ltd.
Manufactured and distributed by PolyGram Inc., 6000 Cote de Liesse, St. Laurent, Quebec H4T 1E3 - Made in Canada
Printed on inner sleeve:
Lyrics reprinted by kind permission of Straightjacket Songs/Rondor Music.
Printed on labels:
Stereo
All songs pub. in UK by Straight Jacket Songs/Rondor Music
℗ 1978 Phonogram Ltd.
Manufactured and distributed by Polydor Ltd. 6000 Cote de Liesse, St Laurent, Quebec H4T 1E3 - Made in Canada
A1 titled "Down To The Waterline" on back cover vs. "Down To The Water Line" on label
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Pressing Plant ID (Runouts): Q
- Matrix / Runout (Side A label): SRM-1-1197-A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B label): SRM-1-1197-B
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 1): SRM-1-1197-A-3 SNB JC Q
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 1): SRM-1-1197-B-3 X SNB JC Q
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 2): SRM- 1 - 1197 - A SNB Q
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 2): SRM 1 1197 - B SNB Q
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 3): SRM-1-1197-A-44 SNB JC Q
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 3): SRM-1-1197-B-3 SNB JC Q
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 4): SRM-1-1197-A-2 X SNB JC Q
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 4): SRM-1-1197-B-3 X SNB JC Q
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 5): SRM-1-1197-A-3 SNB Aℓ Q
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 5): SRM-1-1197-B-3 SNB · Aℓ Q
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 6): SRM-1-1197-A 2 SNB Aℓ Q
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 6): SRM-1-1197-B-3 SNB Aℓ Q
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 7): SRM-1-1197-A-3 SNB JC Q
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 7): SRM-1-1197-B-3 X SNB Aℓ Q
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 8): SRM-1-1197-A-3 X 77 SNB Aℓ Q
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 8): SRM-1-1197-B-3 X 32 SNB Aℓ Q
Other Versions (5 of 449)
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Dire Straits (LP, Album, Stereo, Red Guitar On Rear) | Vertigo | 6360 162 | 1978 | |||
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Dire Straits (Cassette, Album, Club Edition) | Bertelsmann Club | 33 594 3 | 1978 | |||
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Dire Straits (LP, Album, Winchester Pressing) | Warner Bros. Records | BSK 3266 | US | 1978 | ||
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Dire Straits (LP, Album) | Vertigo | 6360 162 | Netherlands | 1978 | ||
| Dire Straits (LP, Album, Stereo) | Vertigo | 9102 021 | UK | 1978 |
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Comparing this pressing to the OG UK and 2014 BG cut, this sounds different but good. The low-end is crisp and nice, and the vocals are sharp and pleasant to listen. Probably my go-to copy.
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