Dire Straits – Dire Straits

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Label:	Vertigo – 6360 162
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country:	Germany
Released:	Jul 7, 1978
Genre:	Rock
Style:	AOR, Soft Rock

Tracklist

A1	Down To The Waterline	4:01
A2	Water Of Love	5:27
A3	Setting Me Up	3:20
A4	Six Blade Knife	4:12
A5	Southbound Again	2:59
B1	Sultans Of Swing	5:52
B2	In The Gallery	6:19
B3	Wild West End	4:43
B4	Lions	5:07

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Phonogram
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Phonogram Ltd.
Published By – Rondor Music
Published By – Straitjacket Songs
Published By – Strait Jacket Songs
Recorded At – Basing Street Studios
Designed At – Hothouse London
Lacquer Cut At – Phonodisc GmbH
Pressed By – Phonodisc GmbH

Credits

Art Direction – Alan Schmidt
Bass – John Illsley
Design, Artwork By – Hothouse (2)
Drums – Pick Withers
Engineer – Rhett Davies
Music By [Songs By] – Mark Knopfler
Painting [Cover Painting At Hothouse] – Chuck Loyola
Photography By – Paddy Eckersley
Producer – Muff Winwood
Rhythm Guitar – David Knopfler
Vocals, Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Mark Knopfler
Written-By – Mark Knopfler

Notes

Comes with a printed inner sleeve with photos, lyrics and credits and / or an insert with the same print as on the inner sleeve, also stating:
Lyrics reproduced by kind permission of Straightjacket Songs / Rondor Music

Recorded at Basing St. Studios, London, Feb. 1978.
Issued in a semi-glossy sleeve with black & white strat on rear

[On back cover]
All songs published by Rondor Music/Strait Jacket Songs
℗ 1978 Phonogram Ltd.
Printed in West-Germany
aus dem Hause
phonogram

To distinguish different German releases:
Version with red guitar instead the black & white guitar on back cover: Dire Straits.
Version with red "Vertigo/Ufo" labels instead standard green: Dire Straits.
Version with silver printed boxed "GEMA" on the labels right side instead silver print "GEMA" above "STEREO 33 1/3" on the left side: Dire Straits).

Some quantities were issued with a circular sticker on the cover stating: "DEUTSCHER SCHALLPLATTENPREIS DEUTSCHE PHONO-AKADEMIE E.V."

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: GEMA
Label Code: LC 1633
Other (Back cover): 5018
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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Dire Straits (LP, Album, Stereo, Red Guitar On Rear)	Vertigo	6360 162	Germany	1978
Recently Edited	Dire Straits (Cassette, Album, Club Edition)	Vertigo, Bertelsmann Club	33 594 3	Germany	1978
Recently Edited	Dire Straits (LP, Album, Winchester Pressing)	Warner Bros. Records	BSK 3266	US	1978
Recently Edited	Dire Straits (LP, Album)	Vertigo	6360 162	Netherlands	1978
Recently Edited	Dire Straits (LP, Album, Stereo, Quality Records Pressing)	Mercury	SRM-1-1197	Canada	1978

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Reviews

mugzah May 17, 2019
I own recored printer in Israel - Label "Sultan of Swing - המושלים בסווינג" printed in 1978
reimerjens Sep 22, 2015
Maybe: on back cover: all TITLES published..... and not songs?