| Product Code: | 818 243-1 |
| Artist: | Dire Straits |
| Origin: | New Zealand |
| Label: | Vertigo (1984) |
| Format: | LP |
| Availability: | Enquire Now |
| Condition: |
Cover: VG+
Record: VG+
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| Genre: | Pop , Rock U |
Very good 2LP vinyl with a smart gatefold cover.
Alchemy: Dire Straits Live is a double albumover. and the first live album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on 16 March 1984[2] by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in London on 22–23 July 1983, the album features the band's best-known and fan-favourite songs from their first four albums, the ExtendedancEPlay EP, and the Local Hero soundtrack (composed by Mark Knopfler); many of the songs have reworked arrangements and/or extended improvisational segments. The album cover is taken from a painting by Brett Whiteley. Alchemy: Dire Straits Live was remastered and re-released on 8 May 2001.
