Alchemy: Dire Straits Live is the first live album by British rock band Dire Straits, released in 1984 (see 1984 in music). It features their best-known tracks up to that point, often featuring reworked arrangements and extended improvisational segments.
The album sold, in Europe, 3 million copies.
The cover image is taken from a painting by Brett Whiteley.
Alchemy was remastered and re-released (in the UK only) on May 8, 2001.
All songs written ...
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Alchemy: Dire Straits Live is the first live album by British rock band Dire Straits, released in 1984 (see 1984 in music). It features their best-known tracks up to that point, often featuring reworked arrangements and extended improvisational segments.
The album sold, in Europe, 3 million copies.
The cover image is taken from a painting by Brett Whiteley.
Alchemy was remastered and re-released (in the UK only) on May 8, 2001.
All songs written by Mark Knopfler except as indicated.
Side one
Side two
Side three
Side four
"Love Over Gold", which had been released as a separate single in 1984, was added into the track list for the CD release, and the fade outs between sides 1 and 2 and sides 3 and 4 have been removed. A number of tracks had their length increased for the CD releases.
The concert film was originally released in Beta, VHS video cassette and Laserdisc formats, and digitally remastered in 1995.
A DVD and Blue-ray version with newly remixed 5.1-surround mixes are due in 2010...
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