
Cover
Contrary to what Wikipedia says, the cover of „Communiqué” was designed by Geoff Halpin, the creator of around 60 album covers released in the 1970s.Album Sleeve
As usual with Dire Straits, the album was housed in a cardboard sleeve, in this case featuring large photos of the band. It’s precisely for this kind of beauty that I love vinyl editions.Labels
„Communiqué” is one of two Dire Straits albums whose original releases were issued on so-called space labels, which were soon withdrawn by Vertigo. My copy has a variant of the labels without the „Made in England” marking.Matrix / Runout
My record has the following masters:Side 1: 9102031 1Y//4▽E USA 1 4 16
Side 2: 9102 031 2Y//15▽E 420 124
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