Dire Straits – Dire Straits (1978) [Japanese Limited SHM-SACD 2010] {SACD ISO + FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz}

Reissue features the high-fidelity SHM-SACD format (fully compatible with standard SACD player, but it does not play on standard CD players) and the latest DSD mastering in 2010 based on Japanese original analog tape. DSD Transferred by Hitoshi Takiguchi.

Dire Straits’ minimalist interpretation of pub rock had already crystallized by the time they released their eponymous debut. Driven by Mark Knopfler’s spare, tasteful guitar lines and his husky warbling, the album is a set of bluesy rockers. And while the bar band mentality of pub-rock is at the core of Dire Straits — even the group’s breakthrough single, “Sultans of Swing,” offered a lament for a neglected pub rock band — their music is already beyond the simple boogies and shuffles of their forefathers, occasionally dipping into jazz and country. Knopfler also shows an inclination toward Dylanesque imagery, which enhances the smoky, low-key atmosphere of the album. While a few of the songs fall flat, the album is remarkably accomplished for a debut, and Dire Straits had difficulty surpassing it throughout their career.

Tracklist:
01 – Down To The Waterline
02 – Water Of Love
03 – Setting Me Up
04 – Six Blade Knife
05 – Southbound Again
06 – Sultans Of Swing
07 – In The Gallery
08 – Wild West End
09 – Lions

DSD Transferred from analogue master tapes by Hitoshi Takiguchi. (Universal Mastering Studios, Tokyo).

SACD ISO

mqs.link_1978DireStraitsJapan2010SHMSACDIS.part1.rar
mqs.link_1978DireStraitsJapan2010SHMSACDIS.part2.rar

FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz

mqs.link_1978DireStraitsJapan2010FLAC2488.2.rar