Dire Straits - Live 1978-1992 (8CD Box)

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.


Tracklist

ALCHEMY

DISC1

ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
INDUSTRIAL DISEASE
EXPRESSO LOVE
ROMEO AND JULIET
LOVE OVER GOLD
PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS
SULTANS OF SWING

DISC2

TWISTING BY THE POOL
TWO YOUNG LOVERS
PORTOBELLO BELLE
TUNNEL OF LOVE
SOLID ROCK
TELEGRAPH ROAD
GOING HOME – THEME FROM ‘LOCAL HERO’

ON THE NIGHT

DISC1

CALLING ELVIS
WALK OF LIFE
HEAVY FUEL
ROMEO AND JULIET
PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS
SULTANS OF SWING
FADE TO BLACK
YOUR LATEST TRICK
WHEN IT COMES TO YOU
I THINK I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH

DISC2

YOU AND YOUR FRIEND
ON EVERY STREET
TWO YOUNG LOVERS
TUNNEL OF LOVE
TELEGRAPH ROAD
MONEY FOR NOTHING
BROTHERS IN ARMS
ENCORES

YOUR LATEST TRICK
THE BUG
SOLID ROCK
LOCAL HERO – WILD THEME


LIVE AT THE BBC

DOWN TO THE WATERLINE
SIX BLADE KNIFE
WATER OF LOVE
WILD WEST END
SULTANS OF SWING
LIONS
WHAT’S THE MATTER BABY?
TUNNEL OF LOVE

LIVE AT THE RAINBOW

DISC1

DOWN TO THE WATERLINE
SIX BLADE KNIFE
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
LADY WRITER
LIONS
SULTANS OF SWING
LES BOYS
PORTOBELLO BELLE
NEWS
WHAT’S THE MATTER BABY?

DISC2

SETTING ME UP
IN THE GALLERY
SOLID ROCK
SOUTHBOUND AGAIN
WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING?
WILD WEST END
TWISTING BY THE POOL
GOOD MORNING LITTLE SCHOOLGIRL*
THAT’S ALRIGHT MAMA*
NADINE*
KEEP ON KNOCKING*

* WITH PHIL LYNOTT AND TONY DE MEUR