PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS - THE BEST OF DIRE STRAITS & MARK KNOPFLER
 
Artist Dire Straits
Release date 2005
Recording Basing Street Studios, London UK, 13th February 1978 - 5th March 1978 [A2]
Power Station, New York USA / Record Plant, New York, USA, 20th June 1980 - 25th August 1980 [A4, A5, A6]
Power Station, New York, USA, 8th March 1982 - 11th June 1982 [A1, A3, A7]
Power Station, New York, USA, 3rd January 1983 - 23rd January 1983 [B3]
Air Studios, London, UK, January 1984 - March 1984 [B4]
 Air Studios, Montserrat, West Indies, 2nd November 1984 - 21st December 1984 and 3rd January 1985 - 6th February 1985 [A8, A9, A10, A11, B10]
Air Studios, London UK, November 1990 - May 1991 [B1, B2]
Recording studio, Nashville, USA, April 1999 and November 1999 [B6, B7]
Emerald Sound Studios, Nashville, USA, 20th January 2002 - 2nd February 2002 & 15th April 2002 - 20th April 2002 [B5]
 Shangri-La studios, Malibu, California, USA, 3rd February 2004 - 16th February 2004 & 23rd February 2004 - 12th March 2004 [B8, B9]
Recording studio, unknown location, various years (All the roadrunning album) [B11]
Format 2CD
Label Warner Bros
Cat.no. 49891-2
Tracks CD 1 (A)
  1. Telegraph road
  2. Sultans of swing
  3. Love over gold
  4. Romeo and Juliet
  5. Tunnel of love
  6. Skateaway
  7. Private investigations
  8. So far away
  9. Money for nothing
  10. Walk of life
  11. Your latest trick
Tracks CD 2 (B)
  1. Calling Elvis
  2. On every street
  3. Going home
  4. The long road
  5. Why aye man
  6. Sailing to Philadelphia
  7. What it is
  8. The trawlerman's song
  9. Boom, like that
  10. Brothers in arms
  11. All the roadrunning
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Additional comments Promotional CD, "for promotional use only" is printed in gold on the front cover. In the USA, Warners Bros released this 2CD version with Skateaway replacing Darling pretty in the track list. Jewel case, USA edition.