
DIRE STRAITS SILVER PRESSED
BOOTLEG CD'S
Pre-album 1978
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Title | The Talking Heads tour |
| Source | Roundhouse, London, UK, 29th January 1978 | ||
| Format | 1CD | ||
| Label | Golden Eggs | ||
| Cat. no. | Egg 138 | ||
| Origin | Made in Italy, released in 2020 | ||
| Package | Gatefold card sleeve | ||
| Part of bootleg-menu | Yes: The Talking Heads tour |
| Front cover | Back cover | Artist | Dire Straits |
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Title | Live at Leeds |
| Source | Polytechnic, Leeds, UK, 30th January 1978 | ||
| Format | 1LP + Bonus CD | ||
| Label | Way of Wizard Records | ||
| Cat. no. | WOW LP-072 & WOW-CD 31 | ||
| Origin | Made in Europe, released in 2014 | ||
| Package | Cardsleeve | ||
| Comments | Green vinyl version of Dire Straits Live at Leeds. Also available in red en blue vinyl. The LP comes with a bonus CD featuring the same show. | ||
| Part of bootleg-menu | No, see instead: Leeds 1978 |
| Front cover | Back cover | Artist | Dire Straits |
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Title | Demos & Rarities |
| Source | Pathway Studios, Islington (London), UK, 24th July 1977, October 1977 & 9th November 1977 (demos) plus tracks from the official Video-CD Twisting by the pool, 3 tracks from the official CD-single Encores, 3 live tracks from Knebworth 30th June 1990 and two official studio tracks Millionaire blues and Kingdom come | ||
| Format | 2LP + 2CD | ||
| Label | Way of Wizard Records | ||
| Cat. no. | WOW LP-119/120 & WOW-CD 57-1/2 | ||
| Origin | Made in Europe, released in 2016 | ||
| Package | Two separate white CD-envelopes | ||
| Comments | Red vinyl. Also available in blue and green vinyl. The LP comes with 2CD's featuring the same tracks as the LP's. Unlike the edition of WOW-CD 31 (see above), these 2CD's don't have their own carton sleeve with artwork, but just come in two separate simple CD-envelopes. I read somewhere that this release is limited to 500 copies, but there is no mentioning of that on the LP's or CD's. | ||
| Part of bootleg-menu | No, see instead: More early demos |
| Front cover | Back cover | Artist | Dire Straits |
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Title | Early Demos |
| Source | Pathway Studios, Islington (London), UK, 24th July 1977 | ||
| Format | 1CD | ||
| Label | Indian Records | ||
| Cat. no. | IN-03 | ||
| Origin | Made in Luxembourg, released in 1992 | ||
| Package | Jewel case | ||
| Part of bootleg-menu | Yes: Early demos |
| Front cover | Back cover | Artist | Dire Straits |
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Title | Live in Chester |
| Source | Quaintway's Club, Chester, UK, 19th April 1978 | ||
| Format | 1CD | ||
| Label | Mistral | ||
| Cat. no. | MM 9115 | ||
| Origin | Made in Italy, released in 1991 | ||
| Package | Jewel case | ||
| Part of bootleg-menu | Yes: Live in Chester |
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