45 RPMs 71: Dire Straits ~ Money For Nothing

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Dire Straits ~ Money for Nothing

front cover 

photo of front cover by Styrous®

    
On September 4, 1986, the Dire Straits song, Money for Nothing, won the music television MTV award for Best Video. The 1985 Brothers In Arms album, which features this song, is one of my "Desert Island" (link below) picks.    

Dire Straits ~ Love Over Gold

front cover 

photo of front cover by Styrous®

The song was produced by Mark Knopfler and features a guest appearance by Sting singing background vocals, providing both the signature falsetto introduction and backing chorus of "I want my MTV."         

 

"Weird Al" Yankovic did a pretty good cover of the song that featured Buddy Ebsen and Irene Ryan from the television show The Beverly Hillbillies.             

 

Dire Straits ~ Money for Nothing

Side 1

 

The "B" side has a live version of Love Over Gold, also produced by Mark Knopfler, which was originally on the fourth studio album by the same name released in 1982.         

 

 

 

 Dire Straits ~ Love Over Gold

 Side 2

 

 

             

        

Tracklist:

Side 1:

A - Money For Nothing (Long Edit)
Producer – Mark Knopfler, Neil Dorfsman, written by Mark Knopfler, Sting - 4:38

Side 2:

B - Love Over Gold (Live)
Engineer – Nigel Walker
Producer – Mark Knopfler, written by Mark Knopfler - 3:41

Companies, etc.

    Published By – Chariscourt Ltd.
    Published By – Almo Music Corp.
    Published By – Virgin Music, Inc.
    Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Phonogram Ltd. (London)
    Mastered At – Masterdisk
    Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation

    Mastered By – RL* 
 

Notes:

Specialty pressing packaged in picture sleeve. Company sleeve is Dire Straits - Money For Nothing

A: Full length version available on Warner Bros. album "Brothers In Arms" (1-25264)

A: Chariscourt Ltd. Adm. by Almo Music Corp./Virgin Music, Inc. ASCAP
B: Chariscourt Ltd. Adm. by Almo Music Corp. ASCAP
A: ℗ 1985 Phonogram Ltd. (London)
B: ℗ 1984 Phonogram Ltd. (London)
© 1985 Phonogram Ltd. (London)
By arrangement with Phonogram Ltd.
Made in U.S.A.

Barcode and Other Identifiers        

        

 Rights Society: ASCAP
    Pressing Plant ID (Stamped in runouts): SRC logo
    Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): DAA 2983VIIS
    Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): BAA 3044
    Matrix / Runout (A-Side Runout Etching): SRC 7-28950-D-AA-2983-V2-S-SR1 MASTERDISK RL 1-1
    Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout Etching): SRC 7-28950-B-AA-3044-S-SR1 1-2

 

Dire Straits – Money For Nothing
Label:    Warner Bros. Records – 7-28950, Warner Bros. Records – 9 28950-7
Format:    Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Specialty Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Classic Rock

        

        

        

        

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'desert island' vinyl LP list              

Dire Straits          

Trevor Horn         

Mark Knopfler         
     
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Dire Straits ~  

      Love Over Gold           

      Money For Nothing          

      Money For Nothing (video)         

        

        
        
         

        

        

Styrous® ~ Monday, September 7, 2020

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