Dire StraitsDire Straits

Label:

Vertigo – UIGY-9634

Format:

SACD , Album, Reissue, Remastered , SHM-SACD

Country:

Japan

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Classic Rock

Tracklist

1 Down To The Waterline 4:01
2 Water Of Love 5:26
3 Setting Me Up 3:19
4 Six Blade Knife 4:12
5 Southbound Again 3:00
6 Sultans Of Swing 5:48
7 In The Gallery 6:17
8 Wild West End 4:42
9 Lions 5:05

Companies, etc.

  • Recorded AtBasing Street Studios
  • Mastered AtUniversal Music Studios, Tokyo
  • Record CompanyUSM Japan
  • Marketed ByUniversal Music LLC
  • Distributed ByUniversal Music LLC
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Mercury Records Ltd. (UK)
  • Copyright ©Mercury Records Ltd. (UK)
  • Edited AtUniversal Music Studios, Tokyo
  • Mastered AtFX Copyroom

Credits

  • Art DirectionAlan Schmidt
  • BassJohn Illsley
  • Design, ArtworkHothouse (2)
  • DrumsPick Withers
  • Edited By [DSD]Manabu Matsumura
  • EngineerRhett Davies
  • Painting [Cover]Chuck Loyola
  • Photography ByPaddy Eckersley
  • ProducerMuff Winwood
  • Rhythm GuitarDavid Knopfler
  • Transferred By [176.4kHz/24bit Transferred From DSD]Yumetoki Suzuki
  • Transferred By [DSD Flat Transferred From UK Original Analogue Tapes]Richard Whittaker
  • Vocals, Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, SongwriterMark Knopfler

Notes

2010 DSD Mastering
Single Layer SHM SACD
Requires SACD-compatible hardware

2014 Reissue

DSD flat transferred from UK original analogue tapes by Richard Whittaker at FX Copyroom, London, in 2013
Edited in DSD by Manabu Matsumura at Universal Music Studios, Tokyo, in 2013
176.4kHz/24bit transferred from DSD by Yumetoki Suzuki at Universal Music Studios, Tokyo, in 2013
HR (High Resolution) cutting from 176.4kHz/24bit at Victor Creative Media, in 2013

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 4 988005 857866
  • Barcode (Scanned): 4988005857866
  • Matrix / Runout: UIGY-9032 1
  • Mastering SID Code: IFPI L271
  • Mould SID Code: 45V4
  • Rights Society: JASRAC

Other Versions (5 of 449)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Recently Edited
Dire Straits (LP, Album, Stereo, Red Guitar On Rear) Vertigo 6360 162 1978
Recently Edited
Dire Straits (Cassette, Album, Club Edition) Bertelsmann Club 33 594 3 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

  • xmera-fr's avatar
    xmera-fr
    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?
    • LamestImpala's avatar
      LamestImpala
      $20 on Amazon right now for this version. Never hurts to look there for SACD or SHM

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