by Dire Straits
Release Date: 03 November 2023
Format: Box Set Vinyl
Label: UMR
£179.99
Dire Straits The Live Albums: 1978-1992 Limited Vinyl 12LP Box Set
Overview:
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'.
Featured Tracks:
LP1 - ALCHEMY - Side A
1. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
2. INDUSTRIAL DISEASE
LP1 - ALCHEMY - Side B
1. EXPRESSO LOVE
2. ROMEO AND JULIET
3. LOVE OVER GOLD
LP2 - ALCHEMY - Side C
1. PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS
2. SULTANS OF SWING
3. TWISTING BY THE POOL
LP2 - ALCHEMY - Side D
1. TWO YOUNG LOVERS
2. PORTOBELLO BELLE
LP3 - ALCHEMY - Side E
1. TUNNEL OF LOVE
2. SOLID ROCK
LP3 - ALCHEMY - Side F
1. TELEGRAPH ROAD
2. GOING HOME – THEME FROM ‘LOCAL HERO’
LP4 - ON THE NIGHT - Side A
1. CALLING ELVIS
2. WALK OF LIFE
LP4 - ON THE NIGHT - Side B
1. HEAVY FUEL
2. ROMEO AND JULIET
LP5 - ON THE NIGHT - Side C
1. PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS
2. SULTANS OF SWING
LP5 - ON THE NIGHT - Side D
1. FADE TO BLACK
2. YOUR LATEST TRICK
3. WHEN IT COMES TO YOU
4. I THINK I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH
LP6 - ON THE NIGHT - Side E
1. YOU AND YOUR FRIEND
2. ON EVERY STREET
3. TWO YOUNG LOVERS
LP6 - ON THE NIGHT - Side F
TUNNEL OF LOVE
LP7 - ON THE NIGHT - Side G
TELEGRAPH ROAD
LP7 - ON THE NIGHT - Side H
1. MONEY FOR NOTHING
2. BROTHERS IN ARMS
LP8 - ENCORES - Side A
1. YOUR LATEST TRICK
2. THE BUG
LP8 - ENCORES - Side B
1. SOLID ROCK
2. LOCAL HERO – WILD THEME
LP9 - LIVE AT THE BBC - Side A
1. DOWN TO THE WATERLINE
2. SIX BLADE KNIFE
3. WATER OF LOVE
4. WILD WEST END
5. SULTANS OF SWING
LP9 - LIVE AT THE BBC - Side B
1. LIONS
2. WHAT’S THE MATTER BABY?
3. TUNNEL OF LOVE
LP10 - LIVE AT THE RAINBOW - Side A
1. DOWN TO THE WATERLINE
2. SIX BLADE KNIFE
3. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
4. LADY WRITER
LP10 - LIVE AT THE RAINBOW - Side B
1. LIONS
2. SULTANS OF SWING
3. LES BOYS
4. PORTOBELLO BELLE
LP11 - LIVE AT THE RAINBOW - Side C
1. NEWS
2. WHAT’S THE MATTER BABY?
3. SETTING ME UP
4. IN THE GALLERY
LP11 - LIVE AT THE RAINBOW - Side D
1. SOLID ROCK
2. SOUTHBOUND AGAIN
3. WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING?
LP12 - LIVE AT THE RAINBOW - Side E (* WITH PHIL LYNOTT AND TONY DE MEUR)
1. WILD WEST END
2. TWISTING BY THE POOL
3. GOOD MORNING LITTLE SCHOOLGIRL*
LP12 - LIVE AT THE RAINBOW - Side F (* WITH PHIL LYNOTT AND TONY DE MEUR)
1. THAT’S ALRIGHT MAMA*
2. NADINE*
3. KEEP ON KNOCKING*
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