[2020-10-09] Dire Straits "The Studio Albums 1978-1991" 6CD box set (Warner/Rhino)

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Feb 12, 2018 3:15 pm

Description
On 9th October, Warner/Rhino (in the USA) and Mercury/UMC (in the UK) will release a 6 CD box set of all of the studio albums by Dire Straits, a band that straddled the globe with their sophisticated rootsy guitar rock wedded to literate story-telling lyrics. Emerging on the club and pub circuit in 1977, Dire Straits were led by charismatic Geordie singer-songwriter, record producer and composer Mark Knopfler, one of the most successful musicians the UK has ever produced, who is often cited as one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Dire Straits’ sound defined the late 70s/early 80s with monster hits such as ‘Sultans Of Swing’, ‘Romeo And Juliet’, ‘Money For Nothing’ and ‘Walk Of Life’. Dire Straits’ 1985 album Brothers In Arms, a global No 1 and double Grammy Award winner, is one of the world’s best selling albums. After releasing their final album ‘On Every Street’ in ’91, Knopfler called time on Dire Straits in 1995 and set off on a new path as a solo artist.

Dire Straits – The Studio Albums 1978-1991 features the albums Dire Straits (1978), Communiqué (1979), Making Movies (1980), Love Over Gold (1982), Brothers In Arms (1985) and On Every Street (1991) - all of which are certified multi-platinum. The albums will come in a deluxe clamshell box with the CDs housed in mini-vinyl style cardboard wallets and each album will include a beautiful poster with the original sleeve artwork (including lyrics and credits).

[tracklisting][CD1: Dire Straits]
1. Down To The Waterline
2. Water Of Love
3. Setting Me Up
4. Six Blade Knife
5. Southbound Again
6. Sultans Of Swing
7. In The Gallery
8. Wild West End
9. Lions

[CD2: Communiqué]
1. Once Upon A Time In The West
2. News
3. Where Do You Think You're Going
4. Communiqué
5. Lady Writer
6. Angel Of Mercy
7. Portobello Belle
8. Single Handed Sailor
9. Follow Me Home

[CD3: Making Movies]
1. Tunnel Of Love
2. Romeo And Juliet
3. Skateaway
4. Expresso Love
5. Hand In Hand
6. Solid Rock
7. Les Boys

[CD4: Love Over Gold]
1. Telegraph Road
2. Private Investigations
3. Industrial Disease
4. Love Over Gold
5. It Never Rains

[CD5: Brothers In Arms]
1. So Far Away
2. Money For Nothing
3. Walk Of Life
4. Your Latest Trick
5. Why Worry?
6. Ride Across The River
7. The Man's Too Strong
8. One World
9. Brothers In Arms

[CD6: On Every Street]
1. Calling Elvis
2. On Every Street
3. When It Comes To You
4. Fade To Black
5. The Bug
6. You And Your Friend
7. Heavy Fuel
8. Iron Hand
9. Ticket To Heaven
10. My Parties
11. Planet Of New Orleans
12. How Long[/tracklisting]

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079P95KJY/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon Canada
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B079P95KJY/?tag=imwanca-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B085HLCN96/?tag=imwan-21

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Feb 12, 2018 3:18 pm

This box set was a vinyl-only release back in 2013. It's being issued on vinyl again, but this time there will also be a CD configuration of the box, which is listed above.

RackleNut · **Joined:** 07 Nov 2006 **Posts:** 1356

i hope i'm wrong, but let me guess:
no bonus tracks and no "Twisting By The Pool" EP.

Larry · **Joined:** 10 Feb 2008 **Posts:** 5099

Unless there's something new or rare, I don't need this. I guess that this is a tie-in for the Hall of Fame induction.

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Feb 12, 2018 5:22 pm

If this is a straight CD reissue of the original vinyl set, it will be remastered albums with no bonus material.

ARK · **Joined:** 23 Mar 2013 **Posts:** 1320

I've been wanting to pick up their studio albums as recently as this past weekend. Now's my opportunity!

Mr Fuse · 01 Dec 2006

The whole catalog is going to be released on Hybrid SACD by MoFi over the next year.

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

Mr Fuse wrote:

The whole catalog is going to be released on Hybrid SACD by MoFi over the next year.

I hope you meant to say this year. I have been awaiting as many of us for a long time but MFSL will do a stellar job as we all know.

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

This is good news and long overdue.

The 2000 remasters sounded excellent, so is it those or new ones like the vinyl ones were?

ranasakawa · 26 Jan 2007

Hopefully they will finally put out the unreleased studio stuff
Some of those tracks are incredible!
I have a very rough boot of some of those tracks

alantig · 20 Sep 2006

ranasakawa wrote:

Hopefully they will finally put out the unreleased studio stuff
Some of those tracks are incredible!
I have a very rough boot of some of those tracks

That would be nice, but I'd settle for just the full "Twisting By The Pool" EP (as previously mentioned).

Jim Wilkin · **Joined:** 20 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 454

Rick A wrote:

Mr Fuse wrote:

The whole catalog is going to be released on Hybrid SACD by MoFi over the next year.

I hope you meant to say this year. I have been awaiting as many of us for a long time but MFSL will do a stellar job as we all know.

The Rhino box will likely cause an even longer delay in the release of MoFi's SACD editions. Neither party will want competing product out at the same time. So, since the Rhino release date has been announced, those of us who've been waiting over a year for SACD will now be waiting even longer.

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

ranasakawa wrote:

Hopefully they will finally put out the unreleased studio stuff
Some of those tracks are incredible!
I have a very rough boot of some of those tracks

This will only be the studio albums with no bonus tracks or rarities disc.

No EP either.

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

obviously an attempt to draw some new fans.

you really think they would put the EP on the tail end of one of these.........

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Mar 02, 2018 5:59 am

The release date has been pushed back to May 11th.

phenri · 18 Dec 2007

I just received an email from Amazon with the following update:

Dire Straits "Studio Albums 1978-1991 (6CD)"
Estimated arrival date: January 06, 2020 - January 09, 2020

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2018 6:30 pm

Warner is still saying May 11th of this year. We'll see.

ranasakawa · 26 Jan 2007

phenri wrote:

I just received an email from Amazon with the following update:

Dire Straits "Studio Albums 1978-1991 (6CD)"
Estimated arrival date: January 06, 2020 - January 09, 2020

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Mar 31, 2018 1:29 am

This box is back on the release calendar, now slated for July 27th.

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Apr 07, 2018 1:48 am

Annnnnnd it's vanished again. Sigh.

eelkiller · **Joined:** 10 Dec 2006 **Posts:** 1681

A friend asked if the CD version will be a new remaster (like the vinyl box was)? Can anyone confirm that the CDs will not be the Bob Ludwig remasters that have been out for ages?
The price is very good if these are new versions,

ranasakawa · 26 Jan 2007

If you can get the original CDs from 1985/1986 you will have the best versions on CD. I can't see how these remastered versions be better considering the past remastered versions were brickwalled to the max.

[2020-10-09] Dire Straits "The Studio Albums 1978-1991" 6CD box set (Warner/Rhino)

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