PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS - THE BEST OF DIRE STRAITS & MARK KNOPFLER
 
Artist Dire Straits
Release date 7th November 2005
Recording Basing Street Studios, London UK, 13th February 1978 - 5th March 1978 [1]
Power Station, New York USA / Record Plant, New York, USA, 20th June 1980 - 25th August 1980 [3, 4]
Power Station, New York, USA, 8th March 1982 - 11th June 1982 [2, 5]
Power Station, New York, USA, 3rd January 1983 - 23rd January 1983 [10]
 Air Studios, Montserrat, West Indies, 2nd November 1984 - 21st December 1984 and 3rd January 1985 - 6th February 1985 [6, 7, 8]
Air Studios, London UK, November 1990 - May 1991 [9]
Recording studio, Nashville, USA, April 1999 and November 1999 [13]
Emerald Sound Studios, Nashville, USA, 20th January 2002 - 2nd February 2002 & 15th April 2002 - 20th April 2002 [11]
 Shangri-La studios, Malibu, California, USA, 3rd February 2004 - 16th February 2004 & 23rd February 2004 - 12th March 2004 [12]
Recording studio, unknown location, various years (All the roadrunning album) [14]
Format 1CD
Label Mercury
Cat.no. 9874050
Tracks
  1. Sultans of swing
  2. Love over gold
  3. Romeo and Juliet
  4. Tunnel of love
  5. Private investigations
  6. Money for nothing
  7. Brothers in arms
  8. Walk of life
  9. On every street
  10. Going home
  11. Why aye man
  12. Boom, like that
  13. What it is
  14. All the roadrunning
Front & back cover                         
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Additional comments This best of compilation CD was issued in three formats. This is the standard single CD version, jewel case.