Description
TRACKLISTING
LP
ALCHEMY
SIDE ONE
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
INDUSTRIAL DISEASE
SIDE TWO
EXPRESSO LOVE
ROMEO AND JULIET
LOVE OVER GOLD
SIDE THREE
PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS
SULTANS OF SWING
TWISTING BY THE POOL
SIDE FOUR
TWO YOUNG LOVERS
PORTOBELLO BELLE
SIDE FIVE
TUNNEL OF LOVE
SOLID ROCK
SIDE SIX
TELEGRAPH ROAD
GOING HOME – THEME FROM ‘LOCAL HERO’
ON THE NIGHT
SIDE ONE
CALLING ELVIS
WALK OF LIFE
SIDE TWO
HEAVY FUEL
ROMEO AND JULIET
SIDE THREE
PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS
SULTANS OF SWING
SIDE FOUR
FADE TO BLACK
YOUR LATEST TRICK
WHEN IT COMES TO YOU
I THINK I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH
SIDE FIVE
YOU AND YOUR FRIEND
ON EVERY STREET
TWO YOUNG LOVERS
SIDE SIX
TUNNEL OF LOVE
SIDE SEVEN
TELEGRAPH ROAD
SIDE EIGHT
MONEY FOR NOTHING
BROTHERS IN ARMS
ENCORES
SIDE ONE
YOUR LATEST TRICK
THE BUG
SIDE TWO
SOLID ROCK
LOCAL HERO – WILD THEME
LIVE AT THE BBC
SIDE ONE
DOWN TO THE WATERLINE
SIX BLADE KNIFE
WATER OF LOVE
WILD WEST END
SULTANS OF SWING
SIDE TWO
LIONS
WHAT’S THE MATTER BABY?
TUNNEL OF LOVE
LIVE AT THE RAINBOW
SIDE ONE
DOWN TO THE WATERLINE
SIX BLADE KNIFE
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
LADY WRITER
SIDE TWO
LIONS
SULTANS OF SWING
LES BOYS
PORTOBELLO BELLE
SIDE THREE
NEWS
WHAT’S THE MATTER BABY?
SETTING ME UP
IN THE GALLERY
SIDE FOUR
SOLID ROCK
SOUTHBOUND AGAIN
WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING?
SIDE FIVE
WILD WEST END
TWISTING BY THE POOL
GOOD MORNING LITTLE SCHOOLGIRL*
SIDE SIX
THAT’S ALRIGHT MAMA*
NADINE*
KEEP ON KNOCKING*
* WITH PHIL LYNOTT AND TONY DE MEUR
Dire Straits Live 1978-1992 is a 12 LP boxset featuring:
-Newly remastered versions of Alchemy and On The Night, both of which are currently unavailable on vinyl (Alchemy was last pressed in the mid-eighties, On The Night was last pressed for the original release in 1993).
-An expanded version of the original 2LP of Alchemy to include 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 ‘Portobello Belle’ (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 the original 2LP of On The Night to include 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’.
-Encores on black vinyl (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
-16 page booklet featuring a new extensive research essay by journalist & broadcaster Paul Sexton – ‘Making Milestones: The Momentous Road Years Of Dire Straits’ – plus, photographs from their many years on the road.
