A rather uncommon, 10" vinyl single. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1984 Blue Swirl CD release of Alchemy - Dire Straits Live Part Two on Discogs. The classic rock radio staple "Sultans of Swing" may be the best example of the band's art, featuring Knopfler's wry lyrics and laid-back, jiggering guitar lines. Since my youth i was in contact with that fine sound. British rock band formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler, David Knopfler, John Illsley and Pick Withers. Dire Straits - Alchemy Live 2cd Set 1996 Fatboy Case Rob Ludwig Near MINT Last 1. Brothers Mark and David Knopfler, from Newcastle in northeast England, and friends John Illsley and Pick Withers, from Leicester in the east midlands, formed Dire Straits in London in 1977. But record labels were at the top of the food chain in the 1980s and true success to a major label was measured … Dire Straits are the vehicle for session guitar whiz Mark Knopfler, who first appeared as a member of Bob Dylan's band in the mid-1970s. He combined various music-styles, like Rock-n-Roll, Folkmusic, Countryflair and a little Jazz. Format: CD, Year: 1983, Label: Vertigo (800 051-2), Barcode: 3259180005122, Length: 41:26 (LP, Transcription + LP, S/Sided, Transcription), (LP, Promo, Transcription + LP, S/Sided, Promo, Tra), The Robert Klein Hour - Show #17 (October 14, 1979), The Robert Klein Radio Show (November 2, 1980), The Robert Klein Radio Show (February 1, 1981), Artists I would love to see / to have seen live, Favorite Artists (Ranking of 765 artists in my library), Band & Artists I have paid to see live (Headliners not festivals). Solid Rock Although it was an EP, it was charted on the singles charts of many countries, including France where it debuted at number one. That’s the way you do it: Dire Straits’ studio discography will be released as a box set this fall. Issuing a single disc of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler would be a silly thing at best and a hopelessly frustrating one at worst. Actually my first 10" vinyl, although I do have some shellac records. The aptly-named The Studio Albums 1978-1991 will be released by Virgin/UMC in Europe and Warner/Rhino in the U.S. on October 9. If you can find this delightful release in good quality it wont dissapoint. Banda: Dire StraitsÁlbum: Making MoviesFaixa: 06. Dire Straits. Format: 12" Vinyl, Year: 1978, Label: Warner Bros. Records (BSK 3266), Length: 41:53 The group first split up in 1988 but reformed in 1991 and then disbanded again in 1995. Exactly ten years after Dire Straits' first compilation, Money for Nothing, appeared in the stores, their second, Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits, was released.A decade is a significant span of time, and the average band would have produced enough material for an entirely different collection, one that shared no similarities with its predecessor. 5 out of 5 stars (1) Total ratings 1, £72.95 New. Dire Straits was an incredibly successful band by any standard in the spring of 1985, but still fell somewhere short of being a household name.. Mark Knopfler and company had released four studio albums, all of which had done well and generated an impressive amount of acclaim. Dire Straits performing "Sultans of Swing" at The Old Grey Whistle Test. English rockers who created some treasured moments of 1980s rock with Mark Knopfler's tightly executed songs and distinctive finger-plucked guitar. There is a Matrix / Runout variant ( side 1 : BSK - 1 - 3266 JW5 ) AND SIDE 2 ( BSK - 2 - 3266 JW5 # 1. Rather quiet pressing and well mastered. Dire Straits were a British rock band that formed in Deptford, London, in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), his younger brother David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals), and Pick Withers (drums and percussion). In 2018, Clark was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a significant member of Dire Straits. I´m a kid of the Eighties, and i have heard a lot of eighties bands, but Dire Straits is special to me. My copy has matrix runout variant on B Side- BSK-1-3266 WW4 -------◁. Dire Straits play well-behaved, rhythm-heavy radio-rock that gets all its personality from Knopfler's J.J. Cale-ish guitars and montone vocals. The group first split up in 1988 but reformed in 1991 and then disbanded again in 1995. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1978 Winchester Pressing Vinyl release of Dire Straits on Discogs. Dire Straits Love Over Gold 2 LP 180 Grams Vinyl 45 RPM MOFI 2019. A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across): Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits (limited edition): 2×CD: 11 + 11