Title: Dire Straits – Dire Straits
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1978, Rock, Classic Rock, London, England 
Matrix #: BSK 3266
Condition: VG+, sounds great, some light marks (CC)

Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle: Mark Knopfler’s father fled Hungary in 1939 to escape the Nazis; that refugee history sat behind the band’s rise.
2. Band Drama: Tensions between Mark and his brother David later got so bad that David quit during the next album’s sessions.
3. Scene Ecology: “Sultans of Swing” first broke because DJ Charlie Gillett spun the demo after MCA had passed on them.

5/11/23 sc 4/7/2026 CC