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'.
Track Listing:
1. Alchemy, Once Upon a Time in the West - Dire Straits
2. Alchemy, Industrial Disease - Dire Straits
3. Alchemy, Expresso Love - Dire Straits
4. Alchemy, Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits
5. Alchemy, Love Over Gold - Dire Straits
1. Alchemy, Private Investigations - Dire Straits
2. Alchemy, Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
3. Alchemy, Twisting By the Pool - Dire Straits
4. Alchemy, Two Young Lovers - Dire Straits
5. Alchemy, Portobello Belle - Dire Straits
1. Alchemy, Tunnel of Love - Dire Straits
2. Alchemy, Solid Rock - Dire Straits
3. Alchemy, Telegraph Road - Dire Straits
4. Alchemy, Going Home (Theme from 'Local Hero') - Dire Straits
1. On the night, Calling Elvis - Dire Straits
2. On the night, Walk of Life - Dire Straits
3. On the night, Heavy Fuel - Dire Straits
4. On the night, Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits
1. On the night, Private Investigations - Dire Straits
2. On the night, Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
3. On the night, Fade to Black - Dire Straits
4. On the night, Your Latest Trick - Dire Straits
5. On the night, When It Comes to You - Dire Straits
6. On the night, I Think I Love You Too Much - Dire Straits
1. On the night, You and Your Friend - Dire Straits
2. On the night, On Every Street - Dire Straits
3. On the night, Two Young Lovers - Dire Straits
4. On the night, Tunnel of Love - Dire Straits
1. On the night, Telegraph Road - Dire Straits
2. On the night, Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
3. On the night, Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
1. Encores, Your Latest Trick - Dire Straits
2. Encores, The Bug - Dire Straits
3. Encores, Solid Rock - Dire Straits
4. Encores, Local Hero (Wild Theme) - Dire Straits
1. Live at the BBC, Down to the Waterline - Dire Straits
2. Live at the BBC, Six Blade Knife - Dire Straits
3. Live at the BBC, Water of Love - Dire Straits
4. Live at the BBC, Wild West End - Dire Straits
5. Live at the BBC, Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
6. Live at the BBC, Lions - Dire Straits
7. Live at the BBC, What's the Matter Baby? - Dire Straits
8. Live at the BBC, Tunnel of Love - Dire Straits
1. Live at The Rainbow Theatre, London, Down to the Waterline - Dire Straits
2. Live at The Rainbow Theatre, London, Six Blade Knife - Dire Straits
3. Live at The Rainbow Theatre, London, Once Upon a Time in the West - Dire Straits
4. Live at The Rainbow Theatre, London, Lady Writer - Dire Straits
5. Live at The Rainbow Theatre, London, Lions - Dire Straits
6. Live at The Rainbow Theatre, London, Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
7. Live at The Rainbow Theatre, London, Les Boys - Dire Straits
8. Live at The Rainbow Theatre, London, Portobello Belle - Dire Straits
1. Live at The Rainbow Theatre, London, News - Dire Straits
2. Live at The Rainbow Theatre, London, What's the Matter Baby? - Dire Straits
3. Live at The Rainbow Theatre, London, Setting Me Up - Dire Straits
4. Live at The Rainbow Theatre, London, In the Gallery - Dire Straits
5. Live at The Rainbow Theatre, London, Solid Rock - Dire Straits
6. Live at The Rainbow Theatre, London, Southbound Again - Dire Straits
7. Live at The Rainbow Theatre, London, Where Do You Think You're Going? - Dire Straits
1. Live at The Rainbow Theatre, London, Wild West End - Dire Straits
2. Live at The Rainbow Theatre, London, Twisting By the Pool - Dire Straits
3. Live at The Rainbow Theatre, London, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Dire Straits with Phil Lynott and Tony De Meur
4. Live at The Rainbow Theatre, London, That's Alright Mama - Dire Straits with Phil Lynott and Tony De Meur
5. Live at The Rainbow Theatre, London, Nadine - Dire Straits with Phil Lynott and Tony De Meur
6. Live at The Rainbow Theatre, London, Keep On Knocking - Dire Straits with Phil Lynott and Tony De Meur
Year of Production: 2023