The Vinyl Countdown # 1764

Dire Straits, Dire Straits (1978)

I became obsessed with the early Dire Straits albums when a chance trip to Auckland coincided with the band’s 1991 show. Fantastic. At that point I was a massive Dire Straits fan – in fact a massive Mark Knopfler fan; I collected all of his soundtracks and side-projects and I’ve carried on, always interested in his solo…