Dire Straits - Live 1978-1992

Limited edition live compilation 12LP box set!

Features remastered and expanded versions of live recorded albums Alchemy and On The Night

Also features the EP Encores, Live At The BBC and an unreleased concert from The Rainbow Theatre

A 12-LP vinyl box set called Live 1978-1992 focuses on the live recordings of Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame band Dire Straits.

Dire Straits were called "The biggest British rock band of the 80s" by Classic Rock magazine. Their final world tour from 1991 to 1992 sold 7.1 million tickets. Dire Straits won four Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards (Best British Group twice), two MTV Video Music Awards, and various other awards. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018. Their multi-platinum-selling hits include "Sultans of Swing," "Money for Nothing," "Walk of Life" and others.

This 2024 set spotlights four main concerts (or live albums): Alchemy (1983), On The Night (1993), the Live at the BBC compilation from 1995 and Live from the Rainbow Theatre, a 1979 gig which is previously unreleased.

Alchemy and On The Night are both newly remastered, with neither having been available on vinyl for ages. In this 12LP set, Alchemy is expanded to 3LPs and includes "Love Over Gold," and the extended versions of "Telegraph Road," "Solid Rock," and "Going Home," with the addition of the full-length version of "Portobello Belle."

On The Night is also expanded to include tracks performed during the tour that have never been released, taken from multitrack recordings of shows in Nimes, Rotterdam and Paris. The seven extra tracks are "Tunnel Of Love," "Telegraph Road," "Sultans Of Swing," "Two Young Lover," "When It Comes To You," "I Think I Love You Too Much" and "Fade To Black."

The On The Night Encores EP is included as an extra disc in this vinyl compilation. It includes the same four tracks as were issued in 1993, although this box uses the Black Friday 2021 remastering. Despite On The Night and the Encores release being issued in 1993, the performances and recordings were made in 1992, hence the 1978-1992 box set title is accurate, points out Super Deluxe Edition.

The Live at the BBC selection features the same eight tracks on the 1995 release, seven of which are from a July 1978 BBC "In Concert" performance, although Tunnel of Love is taken from a January 1981 Old Grey Whistle Test.

Finally, the Live from the Rainbow Theatre show from 1979 has been newly mixed by Guy Fletcher and features guest performances from Phil Lynott and Tony de Meur on the last four tracks of the set.

The set also comes with a booklet featuring a new essay by Paul Sexton, with the alliterative title: "Making Milestones: The Momentous Road Years Of Dire Straits."

 

ALCHEMY

Side 1

Once Upon a Time in the West (Live)

Industrial Disease (Live)

Side 2

Expresso Love (Live)

Romeo and Juliet (Live)

Love Over Gold (Live)

Side 3

Private Investigations (Live)

Sultans of Swing (Live)

Twisting by the Pool (Live)

Side 4

Two Young Lovers (Live)

Portobello Belle (Live)

Side 5

Tunnel of Love (Live)

Solid Rock (Live)

Side 6

Telegraph Road (Live)

Going Home (Theme from Local Hero) [Live]

ON THE NIGHT

Side 1

Calling Elvis (Live)

Walk of Life (Live)

Side 2

Heavy Fuel (Live)

Romeo and Juliet (Live)

Side 3

Private Investigations (Live)

Sultans of Swing (Live)

Side 4

Fade to Black (Live)

Your Latest Trick (Live)

When It Comes to You (Live)

I Think I Love You Too Much (Live)

Side 5

You and Your Friend (Live)

On Every Street (Live)

Two Young Lovers (Live)

Side 6

Tunnel of Love (Live)

Side 7

Telegraph Road (Live)

Side 8

Money for Nothing (Live)

Brothers in Arms (Live)

ENCORES

Side 1

Your Latest Trick (Live)

The Bug (Live)

Side 2

Solid Rock (Live)

Local Hero / Wild Theme (Live)

LIVE AT THE BBC

Side 1

Down to the Waterline (Live 1978)

Six Blade Knife (Live 1978)

Water of Love (Live 1978)

Wild West End (Live 1978)

Sultans of Swing (Live 1978)

Side 2

Lions (Live 1978)

What's the Matter Baby (Live 1978)

Tunnel of Love (Intro: The Carousel Waltz) [Live 1981]

LIVE AT THE RAINBOW

Side 1

Down to the Waterline (Live)

Six Blade Knife (Live)

Once Upon a Time in the West (Live)

Lady Writer (Live)

Side 2

Lions (Live)

Sultans of Swing (Live)

Les Boys (Live)

Portobello Belle (Live)

Side 3

News (Live)

What's the Matter Baby (Live)

Setting Me Up (Live)

In the Gallery (Live)

Side 4

Solid Rock (Live)

Southbound Again (Live)

Where Do You Think You're Going? (Live)

Side 5

Wild West End (Live)

Twisting by the Pool (Live)

Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (feat. Phil Lynott) [Live]

Side 6

That's Alright Mama (feat. Phil Lynott) [Live]

Nadine (with Phil Lynott) [Live]

Keep On Knocking (with Phil Lynott) [Live]

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