Dire StraitsDire Straits

Label:

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab – UDSACD 2184

Series:

Ultradisc UHR

Format:

SACD , Hybrid, Stereo, Album, Numbered, Reissue, Remastered, Special Edition

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Folk, World, & Country

Style:

AOR

Tracklist

1 Down To The Waterline 4:04
2 Water Of Love 5:27
3 Setting Me Up 3:20
4 Six Blade Knife 4:14
5 Southbound Again 3:02
6 Sultans Of Swing 5:49
7 In The Gallery 6:17
8 Wild West End 4:42
9 Lions 5:07

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyWarner Music Group
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Warner Bros. Records Inc.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Warner Records Inc.
  • Copyright ©Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Inc.
  • Licensed FromWarner Bros. Records Inc.
  • Licensed FromWarner Records Inc.
  • Manufactured ByRhino Entertainment Company
  • Recorded AtBasing Street Studios
  • Mastered AtMobile Fidelity Sound Lab
  • Glass Mastered AtSony DADC – A0103197685-A911
  • Glass Mastered AtSony DADC – A0103197685-B911

Credits

  • Art DirectionAlan Schmidt
  • BassJohn Illsley
  • Design, ArtworkHothouse (2)
  • DrumsPick Withers
  • Engineer [Engineered By]Rhett Davies
  • Mastered ByShawn R. Britton
  • Painting [Cover Painting]Chuck Loyola
  • Photography ByPaddy Eckersley
  • Producer [Produced By]Muff Winwood
  • Rhythm GuitarDavid Knopfler
  • Songwriter [Songs By]Mark Knopfler
  • Vocals, Lead Guitar, Rhythm GuitarMark Knopfler

Notes

[Back cover]
℗ 1978 & 2019 Warner Bros. Records Inc. Produced under license from Warner Bros. Records Inc.
© 2019 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Inc.

[SACD & booklet]
℗ 1978 & 2019 Warner Records Inc. Produced under license from Warner Records Inc.
© 2019 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Inc.

Recorded at Basing St. Studios, London, Feb. 1978.

[Back cover & booklet]
Printed in the U.S.A

[SACD]
Made in Austria

Cardboard replica mini LP gatefold jacket digisleeve with a 12-page lyric booklet.

Track durations are not printed on the release

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 8 21797 21846 7
  • Barcode (Scanned, UPC-A): 821797218467
  • Matrix / Runout (SACD layer, variant 1): A0103197685-A911 24 A00
  • Mastering SID Code (SACD layer, variant 1): IFPI LY26
  • Matrix / Runout (CD layer, variant 1): A0103197685-B911 13 A00
  • Mastering SID Code (CD layer, variant 1): IFPI L553
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 94A8
  • Matrix / Runout (SACD layer, variant 2): A0103197685-A911 24 A01
  • Mastering SID Code (SACD layer, variant 2): IFPI LY26
  • Matrix / Runout (CD layer, variant 2): A0103197685-B911 13 A00
  • Mastering SID Code (CD layer, variant 2): IFPI L553
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 94A8
  • Matrix / Runout (SACD layer, variant 3): A0103197685-A911 24 A01
  • Mastering SID Code (SACD layer, variant 3): IFPI LY26
  • Matrix / Runout (CD layer, variant 3): A0103197685-B911 13 A00
  • Mastering SID Code (CD layer, variant 3): IFPI L553
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 94B1

Other Versions (5 of 449)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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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

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Reviews

  • SeansRecords's avatar
    SeansRecords
    I have the first UK pressing and an early CD . This is the most detail i have heard .. really great sound. First SACD i have played as well, impressed.
    • FlatWaxAU's avatar
      FlatWaxAU
      Edited 4 months ago
      MOFI SACDs generally don’t have the chops to match their vinyl counterparts. This SACD, while detailed, lacks the gorgeous warm analogue sound of the vinyl, and the bass is nearly 50% less prominent than on the vinyl - to the detriment of the SACD. Only worth buying if you don’t want to swap sides of a vinyl record, every three tracks. The other option is to listen to the album at a lower volume using the loudness button - this audibly improves the listening experience, and brings it much closer to the sound of the vinyl pressing.
      • matthew.walker's avatar
        matthew.walker
        Why is this a compromised Hybrid?
        Nobody is buying this for the CD layer???
        I'd rather the uncompressed Japanese Single layer SACD version.
        • jads's avatar
          jads
          I think is the best remaster for sacd. Better from japanese (vertigo) sacd!!! and many vinyl edision . BRAVO MOFI!!!!

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