" So Far Away" (Edited version) (from Brothers in Arms, 1985) – 4:03." Love over Gold" (live, from Alchemy: Dire Straits Live, 1984) – 3:40." Twisting by the Pool" (from ExtendedancEPlay, 1983) – 3:36.
" Private Investigations" (Edited version) (from Love over Gold, 1982) – 5:54. " Tunnel of Love" (from Making Movies, 1980) – 8:14. " Romeo and Juliet" (from Making Movies, 1980) – 6:05. " Sultans of Swing" (from Dire Straits, 1978) – 5:50. The DVD features the music videos of all the songs on the first disc, in addition to short interviews with Mark Knopfler about each song.Īll songs were written by Mark Knopfler, except track 4, containing an extract from Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel Waltz with the rest of the song by Knopfler, and track 9, written by Knopfler and Sting. The compilation was re-released together with a DVD in 2002. The release is named after the band's 1978 hit single of the same name. The second disc contains live performances. The album was originally released, featuring liner notes by Robert Sandall, as both a one-disc edition and two-disc edition. The video has been painstakingly restored from the original film"-Distributor website.Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits is the second greatest hits compilation by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on 19 October 1998 by Mercury Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Demonstrating faultless musicianship, this is a true recording of excerpts of one Dire Straits performance, containing no re-recording or overdubs of any kind. Featuring the seminal hits Sultans Of Swing and Romeo and Juliet plus unique encore performances of the Ivor Novello Award-winning Going Home from the soundtrack to the film Local Hero. This phenomenal sales history and critical acclaim has solidified Alchemy as one of the most revered live recordings of all time. The strong Australian association does not stop there - the cover image is taken from a work by Brett Whiteley. In Australia, the album reached the twenty-second position of the best selling albums of 1984. It debuted in the UK Top 3, and spent all but one week of its first seven months in the top 40 and went on, in the afterglow of Brothers In Arms to spend more than three years in the top 100. 
Alchemy: Live by Dire Straits "Alchemy was a double live album originally released 12th March 1984 with accompanying VHS.
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