Dire Straits Communiqué
1979 Vinyl
Arena Rock
Pop Rock

Main image
Vertigo
art direction Alan Schmidt
bass, vocals John Illsley
design Hothouse
drums Pick Withers
effects [sound effects provided by] Clack Inc. Sound Studios
engineer Jack Nuber
illustration [cover] Geoff Halpin
keyboards B. Bear
lacquer cut by Bobby Hata
mixed by Gregg Hamm
photography by Adrian Boot
photography by Charlot Wissing
photography by Govert de Roos
photography by Peter Brill
photography by [back cover] Barry Schultz
producer Barry Beckett
producer Jerry Wexler
rhythm guitar, vocals David Knopfler
songwriter [songs written by] Mark Knopfler
tape op Thelbert Rigby
vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar Mark Knopfler
Phonographic Copyright (p) Phonogram Ltd.
Copyright (c) Phonogram Ltd.
Marketed By Phonogram
Published By Copyright Control
Recorded At Compass Point Studios
Mixed At Muscle Shoals Sound Studios
Lacquer Cut At Phonodisc B.V.
Pressed By Phonodisc B.V.
Recorded December 1978, Compass Point Studio, Nassau, Bahamas.
Mixed January 1979 at Muscle Shoals Sound, Sheffield, Alabama.
© 1979 Phonogram Ltd.
℗ 1979 Phonogram Ltd.
℗ 1979
Made in Holland
Printed in The Netherlands

Also released with black Vertigo labels
Also released with different Vertigo labels

Runouts are stamped except for the part from BSK to BH which is etched.
Rights Society: STEMRA (Boxed)
Rights Society: COPYRIGHT CONTROL (Boxed)
Matrix / Runout: AA 6360 170 1Y 1 1 1 2.6 BSK-1-3330 BH (Side A runout, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: AA 6360 170 2Y 1 1 1 3 BSK-2-3330 BH (Side B runout, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: AA 6360 170 1Y 1 1 1 1 9 BSK-1-3330 ③ BH (Side A runout, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: AA 6360 170 2Y 1 1 1 1 4 BSK-2-3330 ③ BH (Side B runout, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: AA 6360 170 1Y 1 1 1 2 8 BSK-1-3330 ③ BH (Side A runout, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: 6360 170 2Y 3 ℗ 1979 670 03 1 1 6 (Side B runout, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: AA 6360 170 1Y 1 1124 BSK-1-3330 ③ BH (Side A runout, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: AA 6360 170 2Y 1 1114 BSK-2-3330 ③ BH (Side B runout, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: AA 6360 170 1Y 1 1121 BSK-1-3330 ③ BH (Side A runout, variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: 6360 170 2Y 2 ℗ 1979 670 110 06 (Side B runout, variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: AA 6360 170 1Y 1 11 2 0 BSK-1-3330 ③ BH (Side A runout, variant 6)
Matrix / Runout: AA 6360 170 2Y 1 1117 BSK-2-3330 ③ BH (Side B runout, variant 6)



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