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TRACKLISTING

ALCHEMY

DISC1

1. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
2. INDUSTRIAL DISEASE
3. EXPRESSO LOVE
4. ROMEO AND JULIET
5. LOVE OVER GOLD
6. PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS
7. SULTANS OF SWING

DISC2

1. TWISTING BY THE POOL
2. TWO YOUNG LOVERS
3. PORTOBELLO BELLE
4. TUNNEL OF LOVE
5. SOLID ROCK
6. TELEGRAPH ROAD
7. GOING HOME – THEME FROM ‘LOCAL HERO’

ON THE NIGHT 

DISC1

1. CALLING ELVIS
2. WALK OF LIFE
3. HEAVY FUEL
4. ROMEO AND JULIET
5. PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS
6. SULTANS OF SWING
7. FADE TO BLACK
8. YOUR LATEST TRICK
9. WHEN IT COMES TO YOU
10. I THINK I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH

DISC2

1. YOU AND YOUR FRIEND
2. ON EVERY STREET
3. TWO YOUNG LOVERS
4. TUNNEL OF LOVE
5. TELEGRAPH ROAD
6. MONEY FOR NOTHING
7. BROTHERS IN ARMS

ENCORES 

1. YOUR LATEST TRICK
2. THE BUG
3. SOLID ROCK
4. LOCAL HERO – WILD THEME

 

LIVE AT THE BBC

1. DOWN TO THE WATERLINE
2. SIX BLADE KNIFE
3. WATER OF LOVE
4. WILD WEST END
5. SULTANS OF SWING
6. LIONS
7. WHAT’S THE MATTER BABY?
8. TUNNEL OF LOVE

LIVE AT THE RAINBOW 

DISC1

1. DOWN TO THE WATERLINE
2. SIX BLADE KNIFE
3. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
4. LADY WRITER
5. LIONS
6. SULTANS OF SWING
7. LES BOYS
8. PORTOBELLO BELLE
9. NEWS
10. WHAT’S THE MATTER BABY?

DISC2

1. SETTING ME UP
2. IN THE GALLERY
3. SOLID ROCK
4. SOUTHBOUND AGAIN
5. WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING?
6. WILD WEST END
7. TWISTING BY THE POOL
8. GOOD MORNING LITTLE SCHOOLGIRL*
9. THAT’S ALRIGHT MAMA*
10. NADINE*
11. KEEP ON KNOCKING*

* WITH PHIL LYNOTT AND TONY DE MEUR

Dire Straits Live 1978-1992 is an 8 CD 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.