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The discography of English rock band Dire Straits consists of six studio albums, three live albums, three compilation albums, two extended plays and 31 singles.Dire Straits also have sold over 100 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music artists in the world.
"Telegraph Road" became a staple of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler solo tours. A slightly shorter live version of the song is included in the 1984 live album Alchemy: Dire Straits Live , [ 3 ] and a remixed edit of that performance is included in their 1988 greatest hits album Money for Nothing . [ 4 ]
The eight CD or 12 album box set is a showcase for a wide range of Dire Straits songs: the storytelling of “Romeo and Juliet,” the so Music Review: Tour through Dire Straits' live output with ...
He has declined numerous reunion offers, [10] and confirmed in April 2024 that he would never play as part of the group again. [11] Dire Straits were called "the biggest British rock band of the 80s" by Classic Rock magazine; [12] their 1985–1986 world tour, which included a performance at Live Aid in July 1985, set a record in Australasia. [13]
In rare cases, box sets contain all original material, such as the 11-disc set Blue Guitars by Chris Rea, In Search of The, a 13-disc set by Buckethead, or Klaus Schulze's 10-disc set Contemporary Works I. Some box sets become best sellers, such as Led Zeppelin's Led Zeppelin (1990), George Strait's Strait Out of the Box (1995), Nirvana's With ...
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 .
A Christmas Carol is a British-American animated adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella. [2] The film was broadcast on U.S. television by ABC on December 21, 1971, and released theatrically soon after. [ 3 ]
According to Knopfler, the album was released because Dire Straits still owed one album to Phonogram Records (now Mercury Records). The album was a means to end the contract before Knopfler began his solo career (still signed to Mercury). Live at the BBC was re-released in November 2023 for the box set Live 1978-1992.