Dire Straits – Live 1978 – 1992 (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Dire Straits – Live 1978 – 1992 (2023)
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Box set focusing on the live recordings of Dire Straits, released to coincide with the 40th anniversary of their show at Hammersmith in 1983, immortalised in the live album ‘Alchemy’. The set features newly remastered versions of ‘Alchemy’ and ‘On the Night’, an expanded version of ‘Alchemy’ featuring the existing digital/CD tracklist which includes ‘Love Over Gold’ and the extended versions of ‘Telegraph Road’, ‘Solid Rock’ and ‘Going Home’, with the addition of the full-length performance of ‘Portobello Belle’ (an edit of which was released on the ‘Money for Nothing’ compilation in 1998) as well as the unreleased songs from the performance – ‘Industrial Disease’ and ‘Twisting By the Pool’; An expanded version of ‘On the Night’ includes tracks performed during the tour which have never been released, taken from multitrack recordings of shows in Nimes, Rotterdam and Paris: ‘Tunnel Of Love’, ‘Telegraph Road’, ‘Sultans of Swing’, ‘Two Young Lovers’, ‘When It Comes to You’, ‘I Think I Love You Too Much’; The EP ‘Encores’ (remastered for Black Friday 2021); Licenced 1995 collection ‘Live At The BBC’; The unreleased Dire Straits ‘Live from the Rainbow Theatre’ show, 1979 – mixed by Guy Fletcher, and featuring guest performances from Phil Lynott and Tony de Meur on the last four tracks of the set; Brand new booklet featuring a new essay by journalist Paul Sexton – ‘Making Milestones: The Momentous Road Years of Dire Straits’.

The fans must be on cloud nine. Five live albums from Dire Straits have been released as a box set, featuring remasters and previously unreleased recordings. The well-known Alchemy (1984), On the Night (1993), and Live at the BBC, released in 1995 but which is in large part a concert from 1978, have all been remastered for the occasion. Alchemy has been expanded by two previously unreleased tracks from the same concert (“Industrial Disease” and “Twisting by the Pool”), and the other exclusive tracks, which include “Tunnel of Love”, “Telegraph Road”, and “Sultans of Swing”, make their appearance on On the Night, a concert dating back to May 1992 at the Arena of Nîmes for their final On Every Street tour.

The more rare EP Encores, also recorded in Nîmes and released shortly after On the Night, has been released digitally for the first time after being previously remastered for a limited edition release on Black Friday 2021. Lastly, the band concludes with the biggest surprise yet: 21 tracks recorded during concerts on the 20th and 21st of December 1979 at the Rainbow Theatre Show in London, four of them featuring Thin Lizzy bassist Phil Lynott. This gargantuan box set lets the listener enjoy the group’s music in its best light, on the road and on the rise, before virtuoso Mark Knopfler, exhausted, decided otherwise. – Charlotte Saintoin

Tracklist:
1-1. Dire Straits – Once Upon A Time In The West (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London / 1983 / Remastered 2023) (12:47)
1-2. Dire Straits – Industrial Disease (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London / 1983 / Mixed And Remastered 2023) (05:52)
1-3. Dire Straits – Expresso Love (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London / 1983 / Remastered 2023) (05:12)
1-4. Dire Straits – Romeo And Juliet (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London / 1983 / Remastered 2023) (08:11)
1-5. Dire Straits – Love Over Gold (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London / 1983 / Remastered 2023) (03:26)
1-6. Dire Straits – Private Investigations (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London / 1983 / Remastered 2023) (07:33)
1-7. Dire Straits – Sultans Of Swing (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London / 1983 / Remastered 2023) (10:54)
1-8. Dire Straits – Twisting By The Pool (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London / 1983 / Mixed And Remastered 2023) (03:41)
1-9. Dire Straits – Two Young Lovers (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London / 1983 / Remastered 2023) (04:43)
1-10. Dire Straits – Portobello Belle (Extended Intro / Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London / 1983 / Mixed And Remastered 2023) (07:22)
1-11. Dire Straits – Tunnel Of Love / Extract From “The Carousel Waltz” (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London / 1983 / Remastered 2023) (13:55)
1-12. Dire Straits – Solid Rock (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London / 1983 / Remastered 2023) (05:34)
1-13. Dire Straits – Telegraph Road (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London / 1983 / Remastered 2023) (12:56)
1-14. Dire Straits – Going Home – Theme From “Local Hero” (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London / 1983 / Remastered 2023) (05:05)
2-1. Dire Straits – Calling Elvis (Live Version / Remastered 2023) (10:31)
2-2. Dire Straits – Walk Of Life (Live Version / Remastered 2023) (05:05)
2-3. Dire Straits – Heavy Fuel (Live Version / Remastered 2023) (05:18)
2-4. Dire Straits – Romeo And Juliet (Live Version / Remastered 2023) (10:06)
2-5. Dire Straits – Private Investigations (Live Version / Remastered 2023) (09:40)
2-6. Dire Straits – Sultans Of Swing (Live Version / Mixed And Remastered 2023) (11:51)
2-7. Dire Straits – Fade To Black (Live Version / Mixed And Remastered 2023) (04:13)
2-8. Dire Straits – Your Latest Trick (Live Version / Remastered 2023) (05:27)
2-9. Dire Straits – When It Comes To You (Live Version / Mixed And Remastered 2023) (05:52)
2-10. Dire Straits – I Think I Love You Too Much (Live Version / Mixed And Remastered 2023) (06:49)
2-11. Dire Straits – You And Your Friend (Live Version / Remastered 2023) (06:48)
2-12. Dire Straits – On Every Street (Live Version / Remastered 2023) (06:52)
2-13. Dire Straits – Two Young Lovers (Live Version / Mixed And Remastered 2023) (05:09)
2-14. Dire Straits – Tunnel Of Love (Live Version / Mixed And Remastered 2023) (15:38)
2-15. Dire Straits – Telegraph Road (Live Version / Mixed And Remastered 2023) (12:04)
2-16. Dire Straits – Money For Nothing (Live Version / Remastered 2023) (06:22)
2-17. Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms (Live Version / Remastered 2023) (08:57)
3-1. Dire Straits – Your Latest Trick (Live At Les Arenes, Nimes / France / 1992 / Remastered 2021) (05:44)
3-2. Dire Straits – The Bug (Live At Les Arenes, Nimes / France / 1992 / Remastered 2021) (05:24)
3-3. Dire Straits – Solid Rock (Live At Les Arenes, Nimes / France / 1992 / Remastered 2021) (05:22)
3-4. Dire Straits – Local Hero / Wild Theme (Live At Les Arenes, Nimes / France / 1992 / Remastered 2021) (04:22)
4-1. Dire Straits – Down To The Waterline (Live At The BBC / Remastered 2023) (04:10)
4-2. Dire Straits – Six Blade Knife (Live At The BBC / Remastered 2023) (03:47)
4-3. Dire Straits – Water Of Love (Live At The BBC / Remastered 2023) (05:29)
4-4. Dire Straits – Wild West End (Live At The BBC / Remastered 2023) (05:13)
4-5. Dire Straits – Sultans Of Swing (Live At The BBC / Remastered 2023) (06:39)
4-6. Dire Straits – Lions (Live At The BBC / Remastered 2023) (06:17)
4-7. Dire Straits – What’s The Matter Baby? (Live At The BBC / Remastered 2023) (03:27)
4-8. Dire Straits – Tunnel Of Love (Live At The BBC / Remastered 2023) (11:58)
5-1. Dire Straits – Down To The Waterline (Live At The Rainbow / Dec 1979) (06:27)
5-2. Dire Straits – Six Blade Knife (Live At The Rainbow / Dec 1979) (05:41)
5-3. Dire Straits – Once Upon A Time In The West (Live At The Rainbow / Dec 1979) (05:50)
5-4. Dire Straits – Lady Writer (Live At The Rainbow / Dec 1979) (03:45)
5-5. Dire Straits – Lions (Live At The Rainbow / Dec 1979) (05:55)
5-6. Dire Straits – Sultans Of Swing (Live At The Rainbow / Dec 1979) (06:46)
5-7. Dire Straits – Les Boys (Live At The Rainbow / Dec 1979) (06:16)
5-8. Dire Straits – Portobello Belle (Live At The Rainbow / Dec 1979) (04:23)
5-9. Dire Straits – News (Live At The Rainbow / Dec 1979) (03:54)
5-10. Dire Straits – What’s The Matter Baby (Live At The Rainbow / Dec 1979) (03:14)
5-11. Dire Straits – Setting Me Up (Live At The Rainbow / Dec 1979) (03:37)
5-12. Dire Straits – In The Gallery (Live At The Rainbow / Dec 1979) (06:54)
5-13. Dire Straits – Solid Rock (Live At The Rainbow / Dec 1979) (04:14)
5-14. Dire Straits – Southbound Again (Live At The Rainbow / Dec 1979) (04:37)
5-15. Dire Straits – Where Do You Think You’re Going? (Live At The Rainbow / Dec 1979) (04:39)
5-16. Dire Straits – Wild West End (Live At The Rainbow / Dec 1979) (05:27)
5-17. Dire Straits – Twisting By The Pool (Live At The Rainbow / Dec 1979) (03:58)
5-18. Dire Straits – Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (with Phil Lynott) (Live At The Rainbow / Dec 1979) (02:38)
5-19. Dire Straits – That’s Alright Mama (with Phil Lynott) (Live At The Rainbow / Dec 1979) (02:03)
5-20. Dire Straits – Nadine (with Phil Lynott) (Live At The Rainbow / Dec 1979) (03:47)
5-21. Dire Straits – Keep On Knocking (with Phil Lynott) (Live At The Rainbow / Dec 1979) (06:23)

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