PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS - THE BEST OF DIRE STRAITS AND MARK KNOPFLER
 
Artist Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler
Release date 2005
Recording Basing Street Studios, London UK, 13th February 1978 - 5th March 1978 [A1]
Power Station, New York USA / Record Plant, New York, USA, 20th June 1980 - 25th August 1980 [A3, B1]
Power Station, New York, USA, 8th March 1982 - 11th June 1982 [A2, B2]
Air Studios, Montserrat, West Indies, 2nd November 1984 - 21st December 1984 and 3rd January 1985 - 6th February 1985 [B3, C1, C2]
Air Studios, London UK, November 1990 - May 1991 [C3]
Shangri-La studios, Malibu, California, USA, 3rd February 2004 - 16th February 2004 & 23rd February 2004 - 12th March 2004 [C4]
Power Station, New York, USA, 3rd January 1983 - 23rd January 1983 [D1]
Emerald Sound Studios, Nashville, USA, 20th January 2002 - 2nd February 2002 & 15th April 2002 - 20th April 2002 [D2]
Recording studio, Nashville, USA, April 1999 and November 1999 [D3]
Recording studio, unknown location, various years [D4]
Format 2LP
Label Mercury
Cat.no. 987576-7
Tracks side A
  1. Sultans of swing
  2. Love over gold
  3. Romeo and Juliet
Tracks side B
  1. Tunnel of love
  2. Private investigations
  3. Money for nothing
Tracks side C
  1. Brothers in arms
  2. Walk of life
  3. On every street
  4. Boom, like that
Tracks side D
  1. Going home
  2. Why aye man
  3. What it is
  4. All the roadrunning
Front & back cover
                   
 
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Additional comments Compilation album featuring various hits of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler. Exclusive vinyl 2LP set pressed on high performance 180gram vinyl for true audiophile quality. Very good looking gatefold cover. International edition.