Tracklist
| Down To The Waterline | |||
| Water Of Love | |||
| Setting Me Up | |||
| Six Blade Knife | |||
| Southbound Again | |||
| Sultans Of Swing | |||
| In The Gallery | |||
| Wild West End | |||
| Lions |
Credits (10)
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Alan SchmidtArt Direction
John IllsleyBass-
Hothouse (2)Design, Artwork
Pick WithersDrums
Rhett DaviesEngineer-
Chuck LoyolaPainting [Cover]
Notes
Debut studio album, release 1978.
Singles from the album:
Sultans Of Swing / Down To The Waterline (hits reissue)
Singles from the album:
Sultans Of Swing / Down To The Waterline (hits reissue)
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Vertigo – 6360 162 | 1978 | — 1978 |
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Bertelsmann Club – 33 594 3 | 1978 | — 1978 |
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Warner Bros. Records – BSK 3266 | US | 1978 | US — 1978 |
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Vertigo – 6360 162 | Netherlands | 1978 | Netherlands — 1978 |
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Mercury – SRM-1-1197 | Canada | 1978 | Canada — 1978 |
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Vertigo – 9102 021 | UK | 1978 | UK — 1978 | ||||
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Sultans Of Swing • המושלים בסווינג
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Vertigo – 6360 162 | Israel | 1978 | Israel — 1978 |
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Vertigo – RJ-7541 | Japan | 1978 | Japan — 1978 |
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Vertigo – 7138 101 | Scandinavia | 1978 | Scandinavia — 1978 |
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Warner Bros. Records – M5 3266 | US | 1978 | US — 1978 |
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Mercury – MCR4-1-1197 | Canada | 1978 | Canada — 1978 |
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Warner Bros. Records – M8 3266 | US | 1978 | US — 1978 |
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Vertigo – 9102 021 | UK | 1978 | UK — 1978 |
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Warner Bros. Records – BSK 3266 | US | 1978 | US — 1978 | ||||
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Sultans Of Swing = המושלים בסווינג
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Mercury – SRM-1-1197 | Canada | 1978 | Canada — 1978 |
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Warner Bros. Records – BSK 3266 | US | 1978 | US — 1978 |
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Recommendations
Reviews
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The Notes section above is confusing. It can be the 2010 DSD mastering or it can be the 2013, but it cannot be both. Which is it?
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referencing Dire Straits (LP, Album) 6360 162
- Greek release - Not the best pressing, lacking some bass slumps, a bit bright. Try to grab one in NM- else you can -
Clean sound, little to none noise. One of the best sounding vinyls in my collection.
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Edited one month agoJust received this. Copy acquired in Apr 2025 by Amazon.ca. My copy does NOT come with a SYEOR sticker. It is a good and relatively quiet pressing but not a great one. While the cut by Bernie Grudman is great, the pressing could be better. Minus one star for the cheap matte print quality, which on my copy is "Printed in Canada". Overall very good but not great, but it's also affordable so...
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I have this CDN CD with same matrix number but a red atomic design on cd face not the red swirl shown in all the photos
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referencing Dire Straits (LP, Album) RJ-7541
Disappointing pressing, not 33 1/3 rpm, way too fast. U.S. press is superior -
This is indeed a rather bad pressing. I didn’t pay attention the first few times I played this record and I thought that the noises came from the electrostatic charge of the LP. But it’s in the grooves. Also the record came really dirty. I had to wash it in my Humminguru record washing device twice before it was cleaned. -
Edited 2 days agoThis newer BG cut sounds quite bad. I'm not sure what he used as the source because it definitely wasn't the "original master tapes". Probably the US copy tapes? Avoid this one and look for a 2009 BG or repress with " -19518- BG" in the runouts.
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Beware — most copies now use a newer cut by BG which sounds much worse.
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referencing Dire Straits (LP, Album) 9102 021
*Transferred comment to ‘this’ version as it is an exact match.
Oh wow……..
This version is incredible. The stereo imaging is fantastic, really quiet & super separation, a lot going on yet still each instrument perfectly distinguishable.
Really pleased with this. Mine has the RC etched on the side B runout.
Six Blade Knife is simply incredible, I’m struggling to believe Vinyl could achieve this.
I think this has just taken the title of my very best sounding album.
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