JUST ANNOUNCED: DIRE STRAITS - LIVE 1978-1992
It's the motherload of live Dire Straits! Due January 19th stateside, the DIRE STRAITS - LIVE 1978-1992 8CD set features remastered, extended, and unreleased recordings from some of their most coveted live albums and performances. The collection includes Live At The Rainbow, Alchemy, On The Night, Encores, Live At The BBC, plus artwork prints and exclusive 16-page booklet.
Newly remastered versions of "Alchemy" and "On the Night". An enhanced edition of "Alchemy" featuring the pre-existing digital/CD tracklist, now including 'Love Over Gold' along with extended editions of 'Telegraph Road', 'Solid Rock', and 'Going Home'. The EP "Encores", remastered for Black Friday 2021. The licensed 1995 collection, "Live at the BBC".
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Moreover, it presents the full performance of 'Portobello Belle', a segment of which appeared on the 1998 'Money for Nothing' compilation, in addition to previously unreleased tracks from the performance - 'Industrial Disease' and 'Twisting by the Pool'. An expanded edition of "On the Night", revealing previously unreleased tracks performed during the tour, sourced from multi-track recordings from shows in Nimes, Rotterdam, and Paris, featuring songs like 'Tunnel of Love', 'Telegraph Road', 'Sultans of Swing', 'Two Young Lovers', 'When It Comes to You', and 'I Think I Love You Too Much'.
The unreleased "Dire Straits Live from the Rainbow Theatre" show from 1979, mixed by Guy Fletcher, highlighting guest performances by Phil Lynott and Tony de Meur in the final four tracks of the set. A brand new booklet with an insightful essay by journalist Paul Sexton, titled 'Making Milestones: The Momentous Road Years of Dire Straits'.