THE STUDIO ALBUMS 1978-1991
 
Artist Dire Straits
Release date 25th November 2013
Recording Dire Straits: Basing Street Studios, London UK, 13th February 1978 - 5th March 1978
Communiqué: Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas, 28th November 1978 - 22nd December 1978
Making movies: Power Station, New York USA / Record Plant, New York, USA, 20th June 1980 - 25th August 1980
Love over gold: Power Station, New York, USA, 8th March 1982 - 11th June 1982
Brothers in arms: Air Studios, Montserrat, West Indies, 2nd November 1984 - 21st December 1984 and 3rd January 1985 - 6th February 1985
On every street: Air Studios, London UK, November 1990 - May 1991
Format 8LP
Label Mercury
Cat.no. 0602537529193v
Tracks side A
Dire Straits
  1. Down to the waterline
  2. Water of love
  3. Setting me up
  4. Six blade knife
  5. Southbound again
Tracks side B
Dire Straits
  1. Sultans of swing
  2. In the gallery
  3. Wild west end
  4. Lions
Tracks side A
Communiqué
  1. Once upon a time in the west
  2. News
  3. Where do you think you're going?
  4. Communiqué
    5.
Tracks side B
Communiqué
  1. Lady writer
  2. Angel of mercy
  3. Portobello belle
  4. Single handed sailor
  5. Follow me home
Tracks side A
Making movies
  1. Tunnel of love
  2. Romeo and Juliet
  3. Skateaway
Tracks side B
Making movies
  1. Expresso love
  2. Hand in hand
  3. Solid rock
  4. Les boys
    5.
Tracks side A
Love over gold
  1. Telegraph road
  2. Private investigations
Tracks side B
Love over gold
  1. Industrial disease
  2. Love over gold
  3. It never rains
    4.
Tracks side A
Brothers in arms
  1. So far away
  2. Money for nothing
Tracks side B
Brothers in arms
  1. Walk of life
  2. Your latest trick
    3.
Tracks side C
Brothers in arms
  1. Why worry
  2. Ride across the river
Tracks side D
Brothers in arms
  1. The man's too strong
  2. One world
  3. Brothers in arms
    4.
Tracks side A
On every street
  1. Calling Elvis
  2. On every street
  3. When it comes to you
Tracks side B
 On every street
  1. Fade to black
  2. The bug
  3. You and your friend
    4.
Tracks side C
 On every street
  1. Heavy fuel
  2. Iron hand
  3. Ticket to heaven
Tracks side D
 On every street
  1. My parties
  2. Planet of New Orleans
  3. How long
    4.
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Additional comments This Deluxe Vinyl Boxset features all 6 Dire Straits studio albums, which have been re-mastered for vinyl by Bob Ludwig and pressed on beautiful 180gm vinyl. Bernie Grundman mastered the first four titles from analogue masters, with lacquers cut by Grundman and Chris Bellman; Brothers in arms and On every street mastered by Bob Ludwig from digital masters, and cut by Chris Bellman. All are pressed on beautiful 180gm vinyl. The CD running order with full length versions of the tracks have been restored to Brothers in arms, now presented as a 2LP set, as well as a double vinyl of On every street . With all original artwork restored, the six albums are packed in a handsome box set slipcase. The box-set includes a download card to download all albums in digital format aswell.

On 9th October 2020, this box-set was re-released and at the same time, a 6CD box-set was released.