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Dire Straits
Communiqué
1979 Vinyl
Arena Rock
Pop Rock
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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