Dire Straits: Cologne 1979

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DIRE STRAITS

Cologne 1979 

WDR Studio L, Cologne, Germany

February 16, 1979

Very Good Audio (ripped from HDTV broadcast)

01. Intro 

02. Down To The Waterline/Six Blade Knife 

03. Once Upon A Time In The West 

04. Lady Writer 

05. Single Handed Sailor 

06. Water Of Love 

07. In The Gallery 

08. Follow Me Home 

09. News/What’s The Matter, Baby 

10. Lions/Sultans Of Swing 

11. Wild West End 

12. Where Do You Think You’re Going/Eastbound Train 

Lineup:

Mark Knopfler - guitar, vocals

David Knopfler - guitar, vocals

John Illsley - bass, vocals

Pick Withers - drums

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Dire Straits: Rarities

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Dire Straits

Rarities
Deleted and out-of-print tracks

Soundboard

01. Sultans Of Swing (Demo) - Omitted*
02. Twisting By The Pool (Original Mix)
03. Badges, Posters, Stickers & T-Shirts
From the Twisting By The Pool 12” EP
04. Two Young Lovers
05. If I Had You
06. Solid Rock
Live at Knebworth 1990 with Eric Clapton
07. I Think I Love You Too Much
Live at Knebworth 1990 with Eric Clapton
08. Money For Nothing
Live at Knebworth 1990 with Eric Clapton
09. Millionaire Blues
From the UK Calling Elvis 5” CD single
10. Kingdom Come
From the UK Heavy Fuel 3” CD single
11. My Claim to Fame
12. Tall Order Baby
13. What Have I Got to Do
14. The Bug (live)
15. Solid Rock (live)
16. Local Hero - Wild Theme (live)

*Track 1 - Official release
Tracks 2, 4 and 5 - only found on the Twisting By The Pool 5″ CD-video. (The release of Twisting By The Pool on compilation CDs is a remixed version.)
Tracks 6, 7 and 8 are extracted from the soundtrack of the Japanese laserdisc, Knebworth Vol. 2.
Tracks 11, 12 and 13 are Mark Knopfler solo and are taken from the UK Rudiger 5” CD single.
Tracks 14, 15 and 16 are from the UK Dire Straits - Encores 5” CD single.

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Dire Straits: Sultans of Swing - Live in Germany

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Live at Studio L, Cologne, Germany

February 16, 1979

Excellent Soundboard

01. Down to the Waterline
02. Six Blade Knife
03. Once Upon a Time in the West
04. Lady Writer
05. Single Handed Sailor
06. Water of Love
07. In the Gallery
08. Follow Me Home
09. News
10. What’s the Matter Baby
11. Lions
12. Sultans of Swing
13. Wild West End
14. Where Do You Think You’re Going
15. Eastbound Train
16. Sultans of Swing

Lineup:
Mark Knopfler - guitar, vocals
David Knopfler - guitar
John Illsley - bass
Pick Withers - drums

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Dire Straits: European Tour 1992

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DIRE STRAITS
European Tour 1992

The Swingin’ Pig [TSP-CD-117-2]

Live at St Jacob Stadium, Basel, Switzerland

June 28, 1992

Excellent FM(?) Broadcast

Disc 1

1. Calling Elvis

2. Walk of life

3. Heavy fuel

4. Romeo and Juliet

5. The bug

6. Private investigations

7. Sultans of swing

Disc 2 

1. Your latest trick

2. On every street

3. Two young lovers

4. Telegraph road

5. Brothers in arms

6. Solid rock

7. Wild theme

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Dire Straits: The Long Strait Walk To Wembley

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Wembley Arena, London, UK

10th July 1985 

Soundboard

01 Expresso love 

02 So far away

03 Private investigations

04 Sultans of swing

05 Why worry

06 Walk of life

07 The man is too strong

08 Money for nothing

09 Tunnel of love

10 Brothers in arms

11 Solid rock (with Nils Lofgren, from Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band)

12 Introduction Hank Marvin

13 Going home (with Hank Marvin)

Mark Knopfler - Vocals, Guitar

John Illsley - Bass

Jack Sonni - Guitar

Alan Clark - Keyboards

Guy Fletcher - Keyboards

Chris White - Saxaphone

Terry Williams - Drums

guests:

with Nils Lofgren

with Hank B. Marvin

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Dire Straits: San Antonio '85

FLAC

Summit Theatre, Houston, Texas, USA

17th August 1985

Soundboard

CD 1

Sultans Of Swing

Why Worry

Walk Of Live

Two Young Lovers

Brothers In Arms

Solid Rock

Going home

CD 2

Ride Across The River

Expresso Love

One World

Romeo & Juliet

Money For Nothing

Tunnel Of Love

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Dire Straits: American Tour 1985

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Blossom Music Center, Cleveland USA

05.08.85

Soundboard

CD1

Ride Across the River

Expresso Love

One World

Romeo and Juliet

Private Investigations

Sultans of Swing

CD2 

Why Worry

Walk of Life

Two Young Lovers

Money for Nothing

Wild West End

Tunnel of Love

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Dire Straits: Lady Love

FLAC

Dire Straits

"Lady Love"

Lobster CD 023

Paris Theatre, London, England

March 18, 1978

Soundboard

Track List:

Down to the Waterline

Water of Love

Wild West End

Sultans of Swing

Lions

Down to the Waterline (*)

Once Upon a Time in the West (*)

Lady Writer (*)

Sultans of Swing (*)

Eastbound Train (*)

(*) Attributed as "San Francisco, 1980" on cover art. This is incorrect, these tracks actually recorded in San Francisco, California on March 31, 1979

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Dire Straits with Eric Clapton: Solid Rock

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The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert 

Wembley Stadium, London, UK
June 11, 1988

Soundboard

01 Walk of Life

02 Sultans of Swing

03 Romeo and Juliet

04 Money for Nothing

05 Brothers in Arms

06 Wonderful Tonight

07 Solid Rock

Lineup

Mark Knopfler - Guitar

Eric Clapton - Guitar

John Illsley - Bass

Terry Williams - Drums

Alan Clark, Guy Fletcher - Keyboards

Chris White - Sax

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Dire Straits: 1977 Alternative Demos

FLAC

Various Studios

July - November 1977

Soundboard

01. Wild West End

02. Sultans of Swing (Alternative version)

03. Down By the Waterline

04. Water of Love

05. Southbound Again

06. In the Gallery

07. Six Blade knife

08. Setting me Up (Very Rare!)

09. Eastbound Train

10. Real Girl

11. Sultans of Swing (not included, officially released)

Notes:

On 7-27-77 Dire Straits recorded the following Demos:

Wild West End, Sultans of Swing, Down To The Waterline,

Sacred Loving and Water of Love.  

In October they recorded: Southbound Again, In The Gallery

& Six Blade Knife for BBC Radio London.

On 11-09-77 they recorded the following Demos:

Setting Me Up, Eastbound Train & Real Girl.

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