Dire Straits - Live 1978-1992 (12LP Box)

Dire Straits Live 1978-1992 is a 12 LP 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

SIDE ONE

ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
INDUSTRIAL DISEASE

SIDE TWO

EXPRESSO LOVE
ROMEO AND JULIET
LOVE OVER GOLD

SIDE THREE

PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS
SULTANS OF SWING
TWISTING BY THE POOL

SIDE FOUR

TWO YOUNG LOVERS
PORTOBELLO BELLE

SIDE FIVE

TUNNEL OF LOVE
SOLID ROCK

SIDE SIX

TELEGRAPH ROAD
GOING HOME – THEME FROM ‘LOCAL HERO’


ON THE NIGHT

SIDE ONE

CALLING ELVIS
WALK OF LIFE

SIDE TWO

HEAVY FUEL
ROMEO AND JULIET

SIDE THREE

PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS
SULTANS OF SWING

SIDE FOUR

FADE TO BLACK
YOUR LATEST TRICK
WHEN IT COMES TO YOU
I THINK I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH

SIDE FIVE

YOU AND YOUR FRIEND
ON EVERY STREET
TWO YOUNG LOVERS

SIDE SIX

TUNNEL OF LOVE

SIDE SEVEN

TELEGRAPH ROAD

SIDE EIGHT

MONEY FOR NOTHING
BROTHERS IN ARMS


ENCORES

SIDE ONE

YOUR LATEST TRICK
THE BUG

SIDE TWO

SOLID ROCK
LOCAL HERO – WILD THEME


LIVE AT THE BBC

SIDE ONE

DOWN TO THE WATERLINE
SIX BLADE KNIFE
WATER OF LOVE
WILD WEST END
SULTANS OF SWING

SIDE TWO

LIONS
WHAT’S THE MATTER BABY?
TUNNEL OF LOVE


LIVE AT THE RAINBOW

SIDE ONE

DOWN TO THE WATERLINE
SIX BLADE KNIFE
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
LADY WRITER

SIDE TWO

LIONS
SULTANS OF SWING
LES BOYS
PORTOBELLO BELLE

SIDE THREE

NEWS
WHAT’S THE MATTER BABY?
SETTING ME UP
IN THE GALLERY

SIDE FOUR

SOLID ROCK
SOUTHBOUND AGAIN
WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING?

SIDE FIVE

WILD WEST END
TWISTING BY THE POOL
GOOD MORNING LITTLE SCHOOLGIRL*

SIDE SIX

THAT’S ALRIGHT MAMA*
NADINE*
KEEP ON KNOCKING*
* WITH PHIL LYNOTT AND TONY DE MEUR