Alchemy: Dire Straits Live

Occupation

Alchemy: Dire Straits Live (English for " Alchemy: Dire Straits Live" ) is the first live album by British rock band Dire Straits, which was released in March 1984.

  • 4.1 album

Background

After all concert recordings of the great love -over- gold - world tour turned out to be unusable for an album, the Hammersmith Odeon in London was rented for two concerts. From this, the album Alchemy, the first live album of the band was born. Because of its length it was released on two audio CDs or LPs. The album cover is characterized by two arrows, once towards each other, then away from each other. This was also the logo of the concert.

The first CD begins with a short intro, followed by Once Upon a Time in the West, which is characterized by Mark Knopfler's guitar solos. The live version of Sultans of Swing, one of the most famous songs of Dire Straits, is next to Telegraph Road, an epic piece with a length of about a quarter of an hour, the heart of the album dar. With Going Home - Theme from Local Hero, a piece of rows the film music Knopfler, the concert and thus the album with quiet guitar tones is closed.

In May 2010, a revised recording was released on DVD and Blu -ray Disc

Title list

CD

CD 1

  • Intro: Stargazer ( (Mark Knopfler ); Instrumental from Local Hero Soundtrack)

CD 2

  • End of the intro: The Carousel Waltz ( Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 4:10 to 4:30 of Tunnel of Love

Cassette and LP

When the cassette and LP release, the song order is different on the first cassette / LP slightly different:

Page 1 (on cassette 1 / 1 LP )

Page 2 (on cassette 1 / 1 LP )

Reviews

The critics praised the live album, even in direct comparison with the event later on the Night, such as the Audio magazine: " The double CD Alchemy - Live is a more vigorous concert preserve as On the Night - very nice the elegiac Local Hero Theme Going Home. "

Chart success

Album

Other participating musicians

  • Saxophone: Mel Collins
  • Percussion: Joop de Korte
  • Keyboard: Tommy Mandel
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