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DIRE STRAITS: aLCHEMY (1984) & Love Over Gold (1982). 2 Album (Vinyl) Combo
Sold Date:
December 10, 2020
Start Date:
November 30, 2020
Final Price:
£27.00
(GBP)
Bid Count:
3
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Alchemy: Dire Straits Live is a double album (VERTIGO 6359109) and the first live album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on 16 March 1984 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in London on 22–23 July 1983, the album features well-known songs from the band's first four albums, the ExtendedancEPlay EP and Knopfler's Local Hero soundtrack. Many of the songs have reworked arrangements and extended improvisational segments. The album cover is taken from a painting by Brett Whiteley. Alchemy: Dire Straits Live was remastered and re-released on 8 May 2001.
Love over Gold is the fourth studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 20 September 1982 by Vertigo Records (8182451) internationally and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The album featured two singles: "Private Investigations," which reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart, and "Industrial Disease," which reached No. 9 on Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Trackschart in the United States.
