Dire Straits - Communique (LP) (1979) - €10,00

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Communiqué is the second studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 5 June 1979 by Vertigo Records internationally, Warner Bros. Records in the United States and Mercury Records in Canada. 
The album featured the single "Lady Writer," which reached number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 51 on the UK Singles Chart. 
It is the last album to feature David Knopfler, who would later depart from the band during the making of their following album and the last with the original lineup. 

After the Dire Straits Tour finished in Hitchin on 18 November 1978, Dire Straits set to work on recording their second album. The recording sessions for Communiqué took place from 28 November to 12 December 1978 at Compass Point Studios in Nassau. 
The album was mixed in January 1979 at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Alabama. The album was produced by Jerry Wexler and Barry Beckett, veteran producers from Muscle Shoals Sound Studio. Beckett (credited as B. Bear) also contributed keyboards to some of the album's nine tracks.

Mark Knopfler and co. had established a sound (derived largely from J.J. Cale) of laid-back shuffles and intricate, bluesy guitar playing, and Communiqué provided more examples of it. 
But there was no track as focused as "Sultans of Swing," even if "Lady Writer" (a lesser singles chart entry on both sides of the Atlantic) nearly duplicated its sound. As a result, Communiqué sold immediately to Dire Straits' established audience, but no more, and it did not fare as well critically as its predecessor or its follow-up.


Side one
1.  Once Upon a Time in the West   (5:25)
2.  News   (4:14)
3.  Where Do You Think You’re Going?   (3:49)
4.  Communiqué   (5:49)

Side two
1.  Lady Writer   (3:45)
2.  Angel of Mercy   (4:36)
3.  Portobello Belle   (4:29)
4.  Single-Handed Sailor   (4:42)
5.  Follow Me Home   (5:50)


Dire Straits
Additional musicians
Production
  • Jerry Wexler and Barry Beckett (credited as B. Bear) – producers
  • Gregg Hamm – mix engineer
  • Jack Nuber – engineer
  • Bobby Hata – mastering
  • Paul Wexler – mastering supervisor
  • Bob Ludwig – remastering
  • Thelbert Rigby – tape operator
  • Alan Schmidt – art direction
  • Geoff Halpin – illustrations

Notes
Release:  1979
Format:  LP
Genre:  Rock
Label:   Vertigo Records
Catalog#   6360170

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)
Cover:  Goed (VG)

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