{"product_id":"dire-straits-cologne-german-broadcast-1979-2lp-vinyl","title":"Dire Straits - Cologne - German Broadcast 1979 - 2LP - Vinyl","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"trackListingWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"trackListingWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"summary\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"trackListingWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"trackListingWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"summary\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"trackListingWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"productDescription\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-small\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"summary\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"trackListingWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"trackListingWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"trackListingWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEARLY GERMAN BROADCAST FROM A YOUNG DIRE STRAITS \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFormed in London in 1977, Dire Straits were first championed by UK DJ Charlie Gillett, presenter at the time of Honky Tonk on BBC Radio London. Two months later, Dire Straits signed a recording contract with the Vertigo label. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe group's first album, Dire Straits, was recorded at Basing Street studios in Notting Hill, London, in February 1978, at a cost of £12,500. That same year, Dire Straits began a tour as opening band for Talking Heads, after the re-released ‘Sultans of Swing’ finally started to climb the UK charts. This led to a United States recording contract with Warner Bros. Records. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSessions for the group's second release, Communiqué, took place in December 1978 at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas. Released in June 1979, Communiqué went to No. 1 on the German album charts, with the debut album Dire Straits simultaneously at No. 3. In the United Kingdom, the album peaked at No. 5 in the album charts. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn February 1979, Dire Straits were in Germany performing live, and on 16th of the month they played at WDR Studio-L, in Cologne, where they put on a live radio studio session, which was simultaneously broadcast across the country. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMainly playing cuts from their debut LP, the band still managed to slip in a few choice numbers for their upcoming sophomore record, and the result, in front of an invited only audience, was quite mesmerising. 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