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Dire Straits: Live at the BBC

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Label: Vertigo Records
Released: 1995.06.26
Time:
 45:02
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.mark-knopfler.com
Appears with: Mark Knopfler
Purchase date: 2008.07.19
Price in €: 6,99



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[1] Down to the Waterline (M.Knopfler) - 4:10
[2] Six Blade Knife (M.Knopfler) - 3:47
[3] Water of Love (M.Knopfler) - 5:29
[4] Wild West End (M.Knopfler) - 5:12
[5] Sultans of Swing (M.Knopfler) - 6:38
[6] Lions (M.Knopfler) - 5:26
[7] What's the Matter Baby? (M.Knopfler/D.Knopfler) - 3:20
[8] Tunnel of Love (M.Knopfler) - 11:56

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Tracks [1]-[7]:
Mark Knopfler - Guitar, Vocals
John Illsley - Bass Guitar, Vocals
David Knopfler - Guitar, Keyboards
Pick Withers - Drums

Tracks [8]:
Mark Knopfler - Guitar, Vocals
Alan Clark - Keyboards
John Illsley - Bass Guitar, Vocals
Hal Lindes - Guitar, Vocals
Pick Withers - Drums

Michael Appleton - Producer on [8]
Jeff Griffin - Producer on [1]-[7]
Tom Corcoran - Director
Charlie Gillett - Liner Notes
Barry Plummer - Photography


 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s

1995 CD Warner Bros. 9460532
1995 CD Windsong 072
1998 CD WEA International 72
1999 CD Polygram International 528323
2003 CD Windsong 072

This is their third live release, mostly recorded in July 1978. It is in effect a concert version of the self-titled debut album. Also included as a bonus is a 12-minute version of 'Tunnel Of Love' from 1981 which is unavailable elsewhere. Windsong. 1995

Recorded live on July 22, 1978 & January 31, 1981. Includes liner notes by Charlie Gillett.



Always a quiet act, Dire Straits dissolved quietly in 1995 as Mark Knopfler prepared his first full-fledged solo album. Meanwhile, this documentary effort, the group's third live recording, appeared to chronicle their early days. Most of it was recorded in July 1978, so it is, in effect, a concert version of the self-titled debut album. Tacked on at the end is a 12-minute version of "Tunnel of Love" from 1981, bringing the total time to 46 minutes. It's a modest effort from a modest band and, in that sense, a better representation of them than Alchemy or On the Night, both of which reflected their worldwide popularity.

William Ruhlmann - All Music Guide



Der "Song über eine Jazz-Band", den Mark Knopfler hier live für die BBC ankündigt, begründete die Legende: Mit Sultans Of Swing traten die Dire Straits in den Club der Großen ein. Diese acht Nummern spielen die Briten noch deutlich urwüchsiger, voller Saft und Kraft. Das Gros der Stücke wurde ein Jahr nach dem zunächst nur auf dem europäischen Kontinent erfolgreichen Debütalbum mitgeschnitten. Die Musik prickelt um einiges mehr als die makellos-sterileren Aufnahmen späterer Jahre - und das im erstaunlich sauberen Sound. Eine Live-Perle.

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