Dire Straits – Dire Straits
Label: |
Vertigo – STAR 5050 |
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Format: |
Vinyl
, LP, Album
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Country: |
South Africa |
Released: |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Classic Rock |
Tracklist
| A1 | Down To The Waterline | 3:50 | |
| A2 | Water Of Love | 5:20 | |
| A3 | Setting Me Up | 3:17 | |
| A4 | Six Blade Knife | 4:08 | |
| A5 | Southbound Again | 2:56 | |
| B1 | Sultans Of Swing | 5:43 | |
| B2 | In The Gallery | 6:14 | |
| B3 | Wild West End | 4:40 | |
| B4 | Lions | 5:21 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Phonogram
- Published By – M.P.A.
- Recorded At – Basing Street Studios
- Marketed By – Phonogram
- Printed By – Interpak
Credits
- Art Direction – Alan Schmidt
- Bass – John Illsley
- Design, Artwork – Hothouse (2)
- Drums – Pick Withers
- Engineer – Rhett Davies
- Painting [Cover] – Chuck Loyola
- Photography By – Paddy Eckersley
- Producer – Muff Winwood
- Rhythm Guitar – David Knopfler
- Vocals, Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Written-By – Mark Knopfler
Notes
Spine text: STAR 5050 (6310 035) Dire Straits
Similar to Dire Straits - Dire Straits but printed by interpak and lacks the barcode
℗ 1978 Phonogram on both purple Vertigo labels
Runouts etched
Similar to Dire Straits - Dire Straits but printed by interpak and lacks the barcode
℗ 1978 Phonogram on both purple Vertigo labels
Runouts etched
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Price Code: 84
- Matrix / Runout (Side 1 label): 6310 035 (A)
- Matrix / Runout (Side 2 label): 6310 035 (B)
- Matrix / Runout (Side 1 runout, variant 1): STAR 5050A
- Matrix / Runout (Side 2 runout, variant 1): STAR 5050B
- Matrix / Runout (Side 1 runout, variant 2): STAR 5050 A-1
- Matrix / Runout (Side 2 runout, variant 2): STAR 5050 L310-035-5
- Matrix / Runout (Side 1 runout, variant 3): STAR-5050 A-3
- Matrix / Runout (Side 2 runout, variant 3): STAR 5050-B
- Matrix / Runout (Side 1 runout, variant 4): STAR 5050-A
- Matrix / Runout (Side 2 runout, variant 5): STAR 5050-B
- Matrix / Runout (Side 1 runout, variant 6): STAR 5050 6310-035A-3
- Matrix / Runout (Side 2 runout, variant 6): STAR 5050-B
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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 | ||
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Dire Straits (LP, Album, Stereo, Quality Records Pressing) | Mercury | SRM-1-1197 | Canada | 1978 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Edited 3 years agoMy South Africa pressing is by Trutone. The intro. to Down To The Waterline does not have the foghorns. Also it does not sound as good as the UK 1978 Vertigo 'Spaceship' label reissue I have. These blue Vertigo / Mercury labels seem to be only for SA releases (late seventies to mid eighties) Whether they were pressed in SA is questionable as I have seen "Made in The Netherlands" on other so called South African pressings with these labels. Quality of these blue label pressings is very variable - try to listen before buying!
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Not sure how I ended up finding an English pressing of a S. Africa release here in the US, but this copy is NM. Good buy for $9.00
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