That Dire Straits' introspective music loses much of its detail in a live setting matters less than that it gains presence and a sense of anticipation. As a collector of Dire Straits material this is a must. It's a great mix of their radio hits and some of their not so well known tracks, giving Knophler and the band "show off" a little. One of the best Dire Straits live albums out there. Alchemy: Dire Straits Live is a double album and the first live album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on 16 March 1984 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The unmistakable sound of Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits Live! That Dire Straits ' introspective music loses much of its detail in a live setting matters less … The band Dire Straits live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London. A higher pace and Paul Franklin on the steel guitar takes the song to a new dimension. Brothers in Arms: 1:51:10 - 1:59:0015. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1984 Gatefold Vinyl release of Alchemy - Dire Straits Live on Discogs. July 1983. So Far Away 23:16 - 30:515. [The CD version of the album contains one extra track, "Love Over Gold," which adds a needed change of pace to the otherwise slow-moving first disc. In 1996, a remastered CD was released in Europe done by Bob Ludwig and is superior to the US release and features all elements on original vinyl LP. Alchemy: Dire Straits Live is a double album and the first live album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on 16 March 1984 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. This Walk of Life is superb, and so is this Romeo and Juliet--the hurt as palpable as the day it was written. Dire Straits ‎– Alchemy - Dire Straits Live Label: Universal Music DVD Video ‎– 0600753365526 Format: Blu-ray, Enhanced, Remastered Country: Europe Released: 2011 Genre: Rock. Sultans of Swing: 50:02 - 1:01:538. There is an interesting contrast on this 94-minute double-disc live album (recorded at London's Hammersmith Odeon in July 1983) between the music, much of which is slow and moody, with Mark Knopfler's muttered vocals and large helpings of his fingerpicking on what sounds like an amplified Spanish guitar, and the audience response. The quality of this recording is second to none. 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. Alchemy : Dire Straits Live peaked at #46 on the US charts but would go Gold and still best live document of the band (unless a live recording from the Brothers In Arms Tour is released). Walk of Life: 1:14:53 - 1:21:3511. … The arena-size crowd cheers wildly, and claps and sings along when given half a chance, as though each song were an up-tempo rocker. It is well recorded and catches them playing on a very good night. With John Illsley, Mark Knopfler. Why Worry: 1:01:58 - 1:09:449. Style: Classic Rock. Like and subscribe1. The group Dire Straits perform live tracks from their album 'Alchemy', such as 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Tunnel of Love'. The album was recorded on 22 July 1978 at BBC Studios in London, with one track recorded on 31 January 1981. Thank you for watching! That Dire Straits’ introspective music loses much of its detail in a live setting matters less than that it gains presence and a sense of anticipation. Alan Clark's keyboards help to fill out the sound and give Knopfler's spare melodies a certain majesty, but Dire Straits remains an overgrown bar band with a Bob Dylan fixation, and that's exactly how the crowd likes it. Your Latest Trick: 1:09:50 - 1:14:5010. The version of Walk of Life on this album might very well be the best ever recorded. At the time of the band's formation, Mark was working as a teacher at art college, Illsley … Sultans of Swing was an amazing song when first released back in 1978, to hear it on Alchemy Live is a whole new experience. Expresso Love: 10:41 - 17:343. Sometimes the crowd noise pops up in odd places, which makes it sound dubbed in, but it's difficult to say for sure. Most of it was recorded in July 1978, so … Like and subscribe1. When they do have a song of even medium speed, such as "Sultans of Swing" or "Solid Rock," they are in ecstasy. This is a really nice live document of the original Dire Straits line-up. Includes "Walk of Life", "Brothers in Arms", and "Money for Nothing". This album consists of eight songs, the first seven recorded in 1978 and the eighth in 1981. Solid Rock: 1:59:10 - 2:03:3516. Tracklist . Following another hiatus, Dire Straits' final album Live at the BBC (released in 1995) was a contractual release featuring live recordings from 1978 to 1981, with the original line-up of Mark and David Knopfler, Illsley and Pick Withers (Clark and Lindes also featured on one track). Waltzing Matilda 2:04:00 - 2:05:4017. Money for Nothing: 1:30:50 - 1:38:5013: Tunnel of Love: 1:39:00 - 1:50:1514. Dire Straits at its best, in a concert that captures the absolute joy of great rock and roll for both the band and the enormous audience for whose youth they provided part of the sound track. Find Dire Straits discography, albums and singles on AllMusic AllMusic. Expresso Love: 10:41 - 17:343. Same legendary scale as the Alchemy album. Two Young Lovers: 1:21:40 - 1:30:4812. Meanwhile, this documentary effort, the group's third live recording, appeared to chronicle their early days. What can I say. Industrial Disease: 17:35 - 23:084. Ride Across the River: 0:00 - 10:402. Romeo and Juliet: 30:52 - 41:536. Going Home (Local Hero theme): 2:08:30 - 2:12:51All credit and rights go to their respective owners New Releases. Private Investigations: 41:55 - 50:017. "Live at the BBC" was the final album on Mark Knopfler's contract for Dire Straits, and it was the third completely live album to be released by the band (first being Alchemy and second On the Night). Always a quiet act, Dire Straits dissolved quietly in 1995 as Mark Knopfler prepared his first full-fledged solo album. Ride Across the River: 0:00 - 10:402. Mark Knopfler is one of greatest rock guitarists in the world and this live album, which more or less marked the end of Dire Straits as an act, is a great recording of the man at his best. Live at the BBC is a live album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 26 June 1995 on Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. ], Two Young Lovers Intro: The Carousel Waltz. 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. Withers was already a 10-year music business veteran, having been a session drummer for Dave Edmunds, Gerry Rafferty, Magna Cartaand others through the 1970s; he was part of the group Spring, which recorded an album for RCA in 1971. Dire Straits - Money For Nothing (Live At Knebworth) - YouTube Thank you for watching! Find Dire Straits discography, albums and singles on AllMusic. Many of the songs have reworked arrangements and extended improvisational segments. Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in London on 22–23 July 1983, the album features well-known songs from the band's first four albums, the ExtendedancEPlay EP and Knopfler's Local Herosoundtrack. 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. 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