Dire Straits - Lady Writer

2HAND 7" VINYL SINGLE ON VERTIGO 1979.

Vertigo 6059 230 made in Holland.

Vinyl EX. Cover VG++.

Dire Straits emerged during the post-punk era of the late '70s, and while their sound was minimalistic and stripped down, they owed little to punk. If anything, the band was a direct outgrowth of the roots revivalism of pub rock, but where pub rock celebrated good times, Dire Straits were melancholy. Led by guitarist/vocalist Mark Knopfler, the group built their sound upon the laid-back blues-rock of J.J. Cale, but they also had jazz and country inflections, occasionally dipping into the epic song structures of progressive rock. The band's music was offset by Knopfler's lyrics, which approximated the winding, stream-of-conscious narratives of Bob Dylan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits

Tracklist.

Side A.

Lady Writer

Side B.

Where Do You Think You're Going ?