The Live Albums: 1978-1992 (Deluxe Boxset) - Dire Straits [VINYL]

Box set focusing on the live recordings of Dire Straits, released to coincide with the 40th anniversary of their show at Hammersmith in 1983, immortalised in the live album 'Alchemy'. The set features newly remastered versions of 'Alchemy' and 'On the Night', an expanded version of 'Alchemy' featuring 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 the full-length performance of 'Portobello Belle' (an edit of which was 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 'On the Night' includes 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'; The EP 'Encores' (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, and featuring guest performances from Phil Lynott and Tony de Meur on the last four tracks of the set; Brand new booklet featuring a new essay by journalist Paul Sexton - 'Making Milestones: The Momentous Road Years of Dire Straits'.

Disc 1
1. Once Upon a Time in the West - Dire Straits
2. Industrial Disease - Dire Straits
3. Expresso Love - Dire Straits
4. Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits
5. Love Over Gold - Dire Straits

Disc 2
1. Private Investigations - Dire Straits
2. Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
3. Twisting By the Pool - Dire Straits
4. Two Young Lovers - Dire Straits
5. Portobello Belle - Dire Straits

Disc 3
1. Tunnel of Love - Dire Straits
2. Solid Rock - Dire Straits
3. Telegraph Road - Dire Straits
4. Going Home (Theme from 'Local Hero') - Dire Straits

Disc 4
1. Calling Elvis - Dire Straits
2. Walk of Life - Dire Straits
3. Heavy Fuel - Dire Straits
4. Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits

Disc 5
1. Private Investigations - Dire Straits
2. Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
3. Fade to Black - Dire Straits
4. Your Latest Trick - Dire Straits
5. When It Comes to You - Dire Straits
6. I Think I Love You Too Much - Dire Straits

Disc 6
1. You and Your Friend - Dire Straits
2. On Every Street - Dire Straits
3. Two Young Lovers - Dire Straits
4. Tunnel of Love - Dire Straits

Disc 7
1. Telegraph Road - Dire Straits
2. Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
3. Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits

Disc 8
1. Your Latest Trick - Dire Straits
2. The Bug - Dire Straits
3. Solid Rock - Dire Straits
4. Local Hero (Wild Theme) - Dire Straits

Disc 9
1. Down to the Waterline - Dire Straits
2. Six Blade Knife - Dire Straits
3. Water of Love - Dire Straits
4. Wild West End - Dire Straits
5. Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
6. Lions - Dire Straits
7. What's the Matter Baby? - Dire Straits
8. Tunnel of Love - Dire Straits

Disc 10
1. Down to the Waterline - Dire Straits
2. Six Blade Knife - Dire Straits
3. Once Upon a Time in the West - Dire Straits
4. Lady Writer - Dire Straits
5. Lions - Dire Straits
6. Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
7. Les Boys - Dire Straits
8. Portobello Belle - Dire Straits

Disc 11
1. News - Dire Straits
2. What's the Matter Baby? - Dire Straits
3. Setting Me Up - Dire Straits
4. In the Gallery - Dire Straits
5. Solid Rock - Dire Straits
6. Southbound Again - Dire Straits
7. Where Do You Think You're Going? - Dire Straits

Disc 12
1. Wild West End - Dire Straits
2. Twisting By the Pool - Dire Straits
3. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Dire Straits with Phil Lynott and Tony De Meur
4. That's Alright Mama - Dire Straits with Phil Lynott and Tony De Meur
5. Nadine - Dire Straits with Phil Lynott and Tony De Meur
6. Keep On Knocking - Dire Straits with Phil Lynott and Tony De Meur