Singer: Dire Straits
Title: Dire Straits
Label: Vertigo ‎– 800 051-2, Mercury ‎– 800 051-2
Type: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Country: Australasia
Date of released: 1996
Category: Rock
Style: Classic Rock
Size MP3 zip: 1718 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1677 mb
Rating: 3.8✭
Format: MP3 AHX MMF AUD ADX AAC AC3 MOD FLAC

Tracklist

1	Down To The Waterline	3:59
2	Water Of Love	5:22
3	Setting Me Up	3:19
4	Six Blade Knife	4:09
5	Southbound Again	2:57
6	Sultans Of Swing	5:34
7	In The Gallery	6:14
8	Wild West End	4:42
9	Lions	4:54

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Mercury Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Mercury Records Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Phonogram Ltd. (London)
• Marketed By – PolyGram
• Recorded At – Basing Street Studios
• Remastered At – Gateway Mastering

Credits

• Art Direction – Alan Schmidt
• Bass – John Illsley
• Design, Artwork – Hothouse
• Drums – Pick Withers
• Engineer – Rhett Davies
• Liner Notes – Charlie Gillett
• Painting [Cover Painting By] – Chuck Loyola
• Photography By – Paddy Eckersley
• Producer – Muff Winwood
• Remastered By – Bob Ludwig
• Rhythm Guitar – David Knopfler
• Written-By, Songwriter, Vocals, Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Mark Knopfler

Notes

This release differs from another similar release in terms of the label artwork.

(In fact, this release doesn't contain the 1996 remaster. It's the original European CD mastering, with early fade outs.)

Booklet:
Recorded at Basing St. Studios, London, Feb. 1978.
For Charlie Gillett.
Thank you Robert Allan.

Tray insert:
Remastered at Gateway Mastering.
℗ 1996 Mercury Records Ltd (London).
© 1996 Mercury Records Ltd (London). The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mercury Records Ltd (London).
Marketed in Australasia by PolyGram under exclusive licence. Made in Australia.

Disc:
℗ 1978 Phonogram Ltd., London

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text On Tray Insert): 0 42280 00512 2
• Matrix / Runout: UNIVERSAL ANZ 8000512 A0000074240X0101 12
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI LV87
• Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 6516
• Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 6550

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
9102 021	Dire Straits	Dire Straits ‎(LP, Album)	Vertigo	9102 021	UK	1978
800 051-2	Dire Straits	Dire Straits ‎(CD, Album, RE, RP)	Vertigo	800 051-2	Europe	Unknown
BSK 3266	Dire Straits	Dire Straits ‎(LP, Album, Win)	Warner Bros. Records	BSK 3266	US	1978
SRM-1-1197	Dire Straits	Dire Straits ‎(LP, Album)	Mercury	SRM-1-1197	Canada	Unknown
BSK 3266	Dire Straits	Dire Straits ‎(LP, Album, Jac)	Warner Bros. Records	BSK 3266	US	1978

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