Alchemy: Dire Straits Live, Part One

~ Release by Dire Straits (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

UK: Label: Vertigo - Catalog #: 818 244-2 - Format: CD (Part 1)
US: Label: Warner Bros. - Catalog #: 25085-2 - UPC: 075992508520 - Format: CD
US: Label: Warner Bros. - Catalog #: 25085-4 - UPC: 075992508544 - Format: CS

UK 2001: Label: Polygram International - Catalog #: 818 243-2 - Format: CD

UK Remastered:
Label: Vertigo Records (LC 1633) - Catalog #: 818 244-2 (818 243-2) - EAN: 042281824326 - Disc ID:scGb3Jwx0itNkKidWOIkvIQcoyI-

Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, July 22 & 23, 1983.

This is actually 818 244-2 and 818 245-2 as it is a 2 CD set; EAN: 042281824326
as printed on each of the CD covers, inner ring, and label:
1: 818 244-2 1984 Vertigo / Phonogram Ltd London / Made in W.Germany by Polygram / EAN: 042281824425 / DID: WHlUcjKD5vrdglIIBYwYzWA_.ZY-
2: 818 245-2 1984 Vertigo / Phonogram Ltd London / Made in W.Germany by Polygram / EAN: 042281824524 / DID: 97qdbkCglcLbi55G0ZW6K6u3G64-

Annotation last modified on 2011-05-21 13:14 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Once Upon a Time in the West
additional keyboard:
Tommy Mandel
bass guitar [bass]:
John Illsley
drums (drum set):
Terry Williams (drummer)
guitar:
Mark Knopfler and Hal Lindes
keyboard [keyboards]:
Alan Clark (keyboardist)
percussion:
Joop de Korte
saxophone:
Mel Collins
lead vocals:
Mark Knopfler
recorded at:
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold (1983-07-22 – 1983-07-23) (Hammersmith Odeon, London, England)
live recording of:
Once Upon a Time in the West (Dire Straits song) (in 1983-07)
lyricist and composer:
Mark Knopfler
publisher:
Rondor Music (London) Ltd. and Straightjacket Songs
513:01
2Expresso Love
additional keyboard:
Tommy Mandel
bass guitar [bass]:
John Illsley
drums (drum set):
Terry Williams (drummer)
guitar:
Mark Knopfler and Hal Lindes
keyboard [keyboards]:
Alan Clark (keyboardist)
percussion:
Joop de Korte
saxophone:
Mel Collins
lead vocals:
Mark Knopfler
recorded at:
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold (1983-07-22 – 1983-07-23) (Hammersmith Odeon, London, England)
live recording of:
Expresso Love (in 1983-07)
lyricist and composer:
Mark Knopfler
publisher:
Straitjacket Songs Ltd. (in 1980)
45:45
3Romeo and Juliet
additional keyboard:
Tommy Mandel
bass guitar [bass]:
John Illsley
drums (drum set):
Terry Williams (drummer)
guitar:
Mark Knopfler and Hal Lindes
keyboard [keyboards]:
Alan Clark (keyboardist)
percussion:
Joop de Korte
saxophone:
Mel Collins
lead vocals:
Mark Knopfler
recorded at:
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold (1983-07-22 – 1983-07-23) (Hammersmith Odeon, London, England)
live recording of:
Romeo and Juliet (in 1983-07)
lyricist and composer:
Mark Knopfler
publisher:
Rondor Music (London) Ltd. and Straitjacket Songs Ltd. (in 1980)
58:18
4Love Over Gold
additional keyboard:
Tommy Mandel
bass guitar [bass]:
John Illsley
drums (drum set):
Terry Williams (drummer)
guitar:
Mark Knopfler and Hal Lindes
keyboard [keyboards]:
Alan Clark (keyboardist)
percussion:
Joop de Korte
saxophone:
Mel Collins
lead vocals:
Mark Knopfler
recorded at:
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold (1983-07-22 – 1983-07-23) (Hammersmith Odeon, London, England)
live recording of:
Love Over Gold (in 1983-07)
lyricist and composer:
Mark Knopfler
publisher:
Rondor Music International Inc. (merged into UMG 2019)
53:28
5Private Investigations
additional keyboard:
Tommy Mandel
bass guitar [bass]:
John Illsley
drums (drum set):
Terry Williams (drummer)
guitar:
Mark Knopfler and Hal Lindes
keyboard [keyboards]:
Alan Clark (keyboardist)
percussion:
Joop de Korte
saxophone:
Mel Collins
lead vocals:
Mark Knopfler
recorded at:
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold (1983-07-22 – 1983-07-23) (Hammersmith Odeon, London, England)
live recording of:
Private Investigations (in 1983-07)
lyricist and composer:
Mark Knopfler
publisher:
Chariscourt Ltd., Rondor Music (London) Ltd. and Rondor Music International Inc. (merged into UMG 2019)
57:35
6Sultans of Swing
additional keyboard:
Tommy Mandel
bass guitar [bass]:
John Illsley
drums (drum set):
Terry Williams (drummer)
guitar:
Mark Knopfler and Hal Lindes
keyboard [keyboards]:
Alan Clark (keyboardist)
percussion:
Joop de Korte
lead vocals:
Mark Knopfler
recorded at:
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold (1983-07-22 – 1983-07-23) (Hammersmith Odeon, London, England)
live recording of:
Sultans of Swing (in 1983-07)
lyricist and composer:
Mark Knopfler
publisher:
Rondor Music and Straitjacket Songs
510:54