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Alchemy - Dire Straits Live / Two CD Set / Vertigo 2x Audio CD 1996 / 9848805
UPC 602498488058
Alchemy: Dire Straits Live is a double album and the first live album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 8 February 1984 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in London on 22–23 July 1983, the album features songs from the band's first four albums, the ExtendedancEPlay EP and Mark Knopfler's Local Hero soundtrack. Many of the songs have reworked arrangements and extended improvisational segments. The album cover is taken from a painting by Brett Whiteley.
Alchemy: Dire Straits Live was remastered and reissued with the rest of the Dire Straits catalogue in 1996 for most of the world outside the United States and was remastered and re-released in the USA on 8 May 2001.
| Label: | Vertigo – 9848805 |
|---|---|
| Format: |
2 x CD, Album
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
1996 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Style: | Classic Rock |
Tracklist:
| 1-1 | Once Upon A Time In The West | 13:01 | |
| 1-2 | Expresso Love | 5:45 | |
| 1-3 | Romeo And Juliet | 8:17 | |
| 1-4 | Love Over Gold | 3:27 | |
| 1-5 | Private Investigations | 7:35 | |
| 1-6 | Sultans Of Swing | 10:54 | |
| 2-1 | Two Young Lovers (Intro: The Carousel Waltz) |
4:49 | |
| 2-2 | Tunnel Of Love | 14:29 | |
| 2-3 | Telegraph Road | 13:37 | |
| 2-4 | Solid Rock | 6:01 | |
| 2-5 | Going Home - Theme From "Local Hero" | 6:05 |
- Producer – Mark Knopfler
- Remastered By – Bob Ludwig
