Dire Straits - Tunnel Of Love

RARE/2HAND 7" VINYL SINGLE ON VERTIGO 1980.

Vertigo 6059 350 made in Germany.

Vinyl VG++. Cover VG+.

Dire Straits emerged during the post-punk era of the late '70s, and while their sound was minimalistic and stripped down, they owed little to punk. If anything, the band was a direct outgrowth of the roots revivalism of pub rock, but where pub rock celebrated good times, Dire Straits were melancholy. Led by guitarist/vocalist Mark Knopfler, the group built their sound upon the laid-back blues-rock of J.J. Cale, but they also had jazz and country inflections, occasionally dipping into the epic song structures of progressive rock.