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Dire Straits 1978

Live recordings

If you are looking for live recordings from the Dire Straits Tour (Jul. 1977 - Nov. 1978), this is the page for you.

This is the collection of bootlegs and recordings on CDR currently available for trades.
Download the list: cisko1list.doc. The file includes complete set lists.

Contact us at cisko1@libero.it for further information or to offer us anything related to Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler, The Notting Hillbillies, David Knopfler, John Illsley... And if you don't have anything to trade, don't be afraid to ask!

We propose you our Best Pick    choices; we consider them to be the best concerts available because of both performing and sound quality (the rating is 1-10, wherever available; anyway, never expect perfection...). We enjoy even all the recordings with low sound quality. They let you really taste the feeling of being at a live show!

If you want to find the Newconcerts, just take a look at this picture.

THE DEMOS - 1 CD
Various studios, London UK 1977/1980 (SB)
Sound quality: 8
The demos for the first album and some other rarities: among them the uncompleted "Suicide Towers" and "Making Movies".

LEEDS '78 - 1 CD
Polytechnic, Leeds UK 30.01.78 (SB)
Sound quality: 10
The first complete recording. With "Me and My Friends" and "Real Girl".

EARLY TV SHOWS - 1 CD
A. Rehearsals 1978 (SB); B. Paris 10.04.78 (SB); C. "Old Grey Whistle Test", Manchester UK 15.05.78 (SB); D. "Old Grey Whistle Test", London UK 29.11.80 (SB); E. "Fridays" TV Show, KABC TV, Los Angeles USA 31.10.80 (SB); F. Apollo Theatre, Manchester 12.03.80 (SB); G. Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale USA, 20.07.80 (encores at Jackson Browne's concert) (AU)
Sound quality: 7
Some tracks from TV shows across Europe and the USA and two songs performed as guests at a Jackson Browne's show ("The Road and the Sky" and "Sweet Sixteen").

Best Pick      LIVE IN CHESTER - 1 CD
Quaintway's Club, Chester UK 19.04.78 (SB)
Sound quality: 10
The first time Dire Straits were aired live on the radio, before the release of their first album.

BARBARELLA'S 1978 - 1 CD
Barbarella's, Birmingham UK 04.07.78 (AU)
Sound quality: 7
With the inedit "Me and My Friends", the Chuck Berry cover "Nadine", and a very early performance of "Portobello Belle".

ROCK FILE 78 - APHRODISIAC FEELING - 1 CD
A. Greenwich Rehearsals, London UK 06.09.78 (SB); B. Barbarella's, Birmingham UK 04.07.78 (AU); C. Paris Theatre, London UK 19.07.78 (SB)
Sound quality: 7
A collection of tracks from early shows, with "Move It Away", "Real Girl" and "Nadine".

CHORUS TV OUTTAKES - 1 CD
Chorus TV, Paris FRA 14.10.78 (SB)
Sound quality: Not rated yet
Rehearsals for a French TV show, that's why some songs are not complete.

ROTTERDAM 1978 - 1 CD
Stadtshouwburg, Rotterdam HOL 19.10.78 (SB)
Sound quality: 8
With "What's the Matter Baby?" and an early performance of "Once upon a Time in the West".

A MORE COMPLETE ROTTERDAM 1978 - 1 CD
Stadtshouwburg, Rotterdam HOL 19.10.78 (SB)
Sound quality: 8
More complete than the usual bootleg: there is "Southbound Again" at the end. With "What's the Matter Baby?" and an early performance of "Once upon a Time in the West".

COCAINE - 2 CD
A. Hammersmith Odeon, London UK 19.12.85 (SB) (with Eric Clapton); B. Stadtshouwburg, Rotterdam HOL 19.10.78 (SB)
Sound quality: 8

HAMBURG 1978 - 1 CD
Musikhalle, Hamburg GER 28.10.78 (AU)
Sound quality: 7
With "What's the Matter Baby?" and early performances of many songs from Communiqué.

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