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The album was released in the US on 20 October 1978. [6] The first single released was "Sultans of Swing" which first broke into the United States top five early in the spring of 1979, becoming a hit a full five months after the album was released there, and then reached number eight in the UK Singles Chart.
Video Director Album 1978 "Sultans of Swing" unknown Dire Straits "Wild West End" 1979 "Lady Writer" Communiqué: 1981 "Romeo and Juliet" Lester Bookbinder: Making Movies "Skateaway" "Tunnel of Love" 1982 "Private Investigations" unknown Love over Gold: 1983 "Twisting by the Pool" ExtendedancEPlay: 1985 "So Far Away" Brothers in Arms "Money for ...
Dire Straits' final album, Live at the BBC, is a collection of live recordings from 1978 to 1981, which mostly feature the original line-up of the band. [112] Released in June 1995, their third and final live album was a contractual release to Vertigo Records (now a division of Mercury Records ). [ 112 ]
"Down to the Waterline" is a 1978 song written by Mark Knopfler and first released by Dire Straits as the first song on their debut album, Dire Straits.It was also included on the demo tape that the band sent to Charlie Gillett, which led to their first recording contract.
"Sultans of Swing" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits, written by lead vocalist and guitarist Mark Knopfler. The demo of the song was recorded at Pathway Studios, North London, in July 1977 and quickly acquired a following after it was put in rotation on BBC Radio London.
The album was recorded on 22 July 1978 at BBC Studios in London, with one track recorded on 19 December 1980. The studio versions of the first six songs were released on Dire Straits . Live at the BBC was the band's third live album, preceded by Alchemy: Dire Straits Live (1984) and On the Night (1993).
The album was originally released, featuring liner notes by Robert Sandall, as both a single CD and a limited edition double CD, with the second CD containing live recordings from Mark Knopfler's first solo tour in 1996. A DVD of the same name was also released, featuring the music videos of all the songs on the single CD version, in addition ...
1978 – Dire Straits; 1979 – Communiqué; 1980 – Making Movies (Knopfler left the band toward the end of recording sessions in August 1980, and does not appear on the final release as his contribution was re-recorded. There are, however, a number of pieces of video showing him playing tracks from the album, among them "Solid Rock" and "Les ...