Tracklist

1	Telegraph Road	14:15
2	Private Investigations	6:45
3	Industrial Disease	5:49
4	Love Over Gold	6:16
5	It Never Rains	7:54

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Phonogram Ltd. (London)
• Copyright (c) – Phonogram Ltd. (London)
• Mastered At – Masterdisk
• Published By – Rondor Music International
• Published By – Chariscourt Ltd.
• Made By – PMDC, France
• Marketed By – Phonogram

Credits

• Bass – John Illsley
• Composed By, Producer – Mark Knopfler
• Design [Sleeve] – Michael Rowe
• Drums – Pick Withers
• Engineer – Neil Dorfsman
• Engineer [Ass't Engineer] – Barry Bongiovi
• Guitar – Hal Lindes
• Keyboards – Alan Clark
• Mastered By – Robert Ludwig*
• Photography By – Alan Lobel, Peter Cunningham
• Programmed By [Synth Program] – Ed Walsh
• Vibraphone [Vibes], Marimba – Mike Mainieri (tracks: 2, 4)
• Vocals, Guitar – Mark Knopfler

Notes

[Tray:]
Original Sound recording made by Phonogram Ltd. (London)
Original publisher:
All titles: Rondor Music International Inc.
℗ 1982 Chariscourt Ltd.
℗ 1982 Phonogram Ltd., London
© 1982 Phonogram Ltd., London

12 page booklet with credits and lyrics:
Mastered by: Robert Ludwig At: Masterdisk N.Y.

Released approximately between June 1993 and 1996, when PMDC France was operating under this name before the SBM remaster was released.

[This release (r1323839):]
‘MADE IN FRANCE BY PMDC’ on bottom of disc face. Transparent hub area without small orange swirl. No SID Codes.
Price code left of the barcode, Label Code and SPARS below barcode on tray inlay. No text written on bottom right of tray inlay.
No text written at the bottom right on the last page of the booklet.

Differences to similar releases made in France before the 1996 SBM remaster:
Love Over Gold (r4909951): ‘MADE IN FRANCE BY PMDC’ on bottom of disc face. Transparent hub area without swirl.
Price code left of the barcode, Label Code and SPARS below barcode on tray inlay. 'Printed in West Germany' on bottom of tray inlay.
1994 or later repress with Mould SID code.

Love Over Gold (r4748846): ‘MADE IN FRANCE BY PRS’ on bottom of disc face. Hub area with small orange swirl.
Price code left of the barcode, Label Code and SPARS below barcode on tray inlay. No text on bottom of tray inlay.
Released approximately between 1991 and 1993.

Love Over Gold (r9009562): 'Made in France by PDO' on bottom of disc face. Hub area with small orange swirl.
Price Code left of barcode, Label Code and SPARS below barcode on tray inlay. No text on bottom of tray inlay. Released approximately between 1987 and 1991.
Love Over Gold (r11099296): 'Made in France by PDO' on bottom of disc face. Hub area with small orange swirl.
Price code left of barcode, but no Label Code and no SPARS below barcode on tray inlay. 'Printed in West Germany' on bottom of tray inlay. Released approximately between 1987 and 1991.

Differences to German PMDC releases:
Love Over Gold (r11052824): 'MADE IN GERMANY' on bottom of disc face. Rights Society 'BIEM / STEMRA'. No SID codes.
Hub area with small orange swirl. 'MADE IN GERMANY BY PMDC' in CD hub.
Price code, LC and SPARS around barcode on tray inlay. No text on bottom of tray inlay.
Love Over Gold (r11804410): 'MADE IN GERMANY' on bottom of disc face. Rights Society 'BIEM / STEMRA'. No SID codes
Hub area with small orange swirl. 'MADE IN GERMANY BY PMDC' in CD hub.
Price code, LC and SPARS around barcode on tray inlay. 'Printed in West Germany' on bottom of tray inlay.
Love Over Gold (r9696577): 'MADE IN GERMANY' on bottom of disc face. Rights Society 'BIEM / STEMRA'.
Hub area with small orange swirl. 'MADE IN GERMANY BY PMDC' in CD hub.
Price code, LC and SPARS around barcode on tray inlay. 'Printed in West Germany' on bottom of tray inlay.
Later repress of (r11804410) post 1994 with Mould SID Code.

Differences to similar unofficial releases:
Bulgaria: Love Over Gold (r10420599): ‘MADE IN FRANCE BY PMDC’ on bottom of disc face. ‘Matrix has usual font used by some Bulgarian pirates in early to mid 90s‘. Price code, LC and SPARS around barcode on tray inlay.

Russia: Love Over Gold (r10297256): 'MADE IN W.GERMANY' on bottom of disc face. Rights Society 'BIEM / STEMRA'. Transparent hub area without small orange swirl. No text in hub area. Price code, LC and SPARS around barcode on tray inlay. 'Printed in West Germany' on bottom of tray inlay. Almost identical to the official release Dire Straits - Love Over Gold(r6381751) but slightly different look and numbers in the Matrix.

The later 1996 remasters can be identified by the text 'SBM ™ Super Bit Mapping' on the release.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: GEMA
• Price Code: PG 900
• Label Code: LC 1633
• SPARS Code: AAD
• Barcode (Printed): 0 42280 00882 6
• Barcode (Scanned): 042280008826
• Mastering SID Code: none
• Mould SID Code: none
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): 800 088-2 08 ˙/ 1A-O
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): 800 088 2 08 °/ 1A H

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
6359 109	Dire Straits	Love Over Gold ‎(LP, Album)	Vertigo	6359 109	UK	1982
822 579-4	Dire Straits	Love Over Gold ‎(Cass, Album, RE)	Vertigo	822 579-4	France	Unknown
6359 109, none	Dire Straits	Love Over Gold ‎(LP, Album)	Vertigo, Fálkinn	6359 109, none	Iceland	1982
800 088-2	Dire Straits	Love Over Gold ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	Vertigo	800 088-2	Unknown
800 088-2	Dire Straits	Love Over Gold ‎(CD, Album, RM)	Vertigo	800 088-2	Europe	1996