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Dire Straits

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Real Name:Mark Knopfler, John Illsley, Pick Withers, David Knopfler
Profile:Dire Straits emerged during the post-punk era of the late '70s, and while their sound was minimalistic and stripped down, they owed little to punk. If anything, the band was a direct outgrowth of the roots revivalism of pub rock, but where pub rock celebrated good times, Dire Straits were melancholy. Led by guitarist/vocalist Mark Knopfler, the group built their sound upon the laid-back blues-rock of J.J. Cale, but they also had jazz and country inflections, occasionally dipping into the epic song structures of progressive rock. The band's music was offset by Knopfler's lyrics, which approximated the winding, stream-of-conscious narratives of Bob Dylan. As their career progressed, Dire Straits became more refined and their new maturity happened to coincide with the rise of MTV and the compact disc. These two musical revolutions from the mid-'80s helped make Dire Straits' sixth album, Brothers in Arms, an international blockbuster. The band — along with Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, and Steve Winwood — become one of the leaders of a group of self-consciously mature veteran rock & rollers in the late '80s that designed their music to appeal to aging baby boomers. Despite the band's international success, they couldn't sustain their stardom, waiting a full six years to deliver a follow-up to Brothers in Arms, by which time their audience had shrunk significantly.
URLs:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits
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Members:Alan Clark, David Knopfler, Guy Fletcher, Hal Lindes, John Illsley, Mark Knopfler, Pick Withers, Terry Williams (3)
Name Variations: All | Dire Straits | Дайер Стрейтс
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Releases:
Communiqué (CD) Phonogram  
Communiqué (CD) Warner Bros. Records  
Dire Straits (LP) AMIGA  
Love Over Gold (LP, Album) Vertigo  
Money For Nothing (LP) Балкантон  
Dire Straits (LP, Album) Vertigo 1978
Dire Straits (LP) Vertigo 1978
Dire Straits (Cass) Vertigo, Bertelsmann Club 1978
Dire Straits (LP) Warner Bros. Records 1978
Dire Straits (LP) Vertigo 1978
Dire Straits (Cass, Album) Vertigo 1978
Dire Straits (LP, Album) Vertigo 1978
Dire Straits (LP) Mercury 1978
Dire Straits (LP, Album) Vertigo 1978
Sultans Of Swing (7") Vertigo 1978
Communiqué (LP) Vertigo 1979
Communiqué (LP) Vertigo 1979
Communiqué (LP) Warner Bros. Records 1979
Communiqué (Cass) Vertigo 1979
Communiqué (LP) Mercury 1979
Communiqué (LP, Album) Vertigo 1979
Communiqué (LP, Album) Vertigo 1979
Lady Writer (7") Vertigo 1979
Making Movies (LP) Vertigo 1980
Making Movies (Cass) Vertigo 1980
Making Movies (LP) Vertigo 1980
Making Movies (LP) Vertigo 1980
Romeo And Juliet (7", Single) Vertigo 1980
Romeo And Juliet (7") Vertigo 1980
Skateaway / Tunnel Of Love (12", Promo) Warner Bros. Records 1980
Tunnel Of Love (7") Vertigo 1980
Tunnel Of Love (7") Vertigo 1980
Dire Straits (Cass) Vertigo 1982
Extended Dance Play EP (12", EP) Phonogram 1982
Love Over Gold (LP, Album) Vertigo 1982
Love Over Gold (Cass, Album) Vertigo 1982
Love Over Gold (LP) Phonogram (France) 1982
Love Over Gold (LP) Vertigo 1982
Love Over Gold (LP, Album) Vertigo 1982
Love Over Gold (CD, Album) Vertigo 1982
Private Investigation (10") Vertigo 1982
Private Investigations (7") Vertigo 1982
Private Investigations (12") Vertigo 1982
Dire Straits (CD, Album) Warner Bros. Records 1983
Extended Dance Play EP (12") Vertigo 1983
Extended Dance Play EP (7", EP) Vertigo 1983
ExtendeDanc"E P"lay (7", EP) Vertigo 1983
ExtendeDanc"E P"lay (7", EP) Vertigo 1983
ExtendeDanc"EP"lay (7", EP) Vertigo 1983
Alchemy - Dire Straits Live (2xLP) Vertigo 1984
Alchemy - Dire Straits Live (2xLP) Vertigo 1984
Alchemy - Dire Straits Live (2xCass) Vertigo 1984
Alchemy - Dire Straits Live (VHS, PAL) PolyGram Music Video 1984
Alchemy - Dire Straits Live (2xLP) Vertigo 1984
Alchemy - Dire Straits Live (2xLP) Vertigo 1984
Alchemy - Dire Straits Live (Cass, Album) Vertigo, Trutone Music 1984
Alchemy - Dire Straits Live - Part Two (Cass) Vertigo 1984
Alchemy - Dire Straits Live Part One (CD) Vertigo 1984
Alchemy - Dire Straits Live Part Two (CD) Vertigo 1984
Love Over Gold (CD, Album) Vertigo 1984
Love Over Gold (CD, Album) Vertigo 1984
Love Over Gold / Solid Rock (Live) (12") Vertigo 1984
Making Movies (CD) Vertigo 1984
Brothers In Arms (LP) Vertigo, Phonogram 1985
Brothers In Arms (LP) Vertigo 1985
Brothers In Arms (Cass) Vertigo 1985
Brothers In Arms (Cass) Vertigo 1985
Brothers In Arms (LP) Simply Vinyl (S12) 1985
Brothers In Arms (LP, Album) Vertigo 1985
Brothers In Arms (LP) Opus 1985
Brothers In Arms (CD, Album) Vertigo 1985
Brothers In Arms (LP) Warner Bros. Records 1985
Brothers In Arms (LP) Vertigo 1985
Brothers In Arms (Cass, Album) Vertigo 1985
Brothers In Arms (12") Vertigo 1985
Brothers In Arms (7", Pic, Shape) Vertigo 1985
Brothers In Arms (LP) Polygram Discos SARL 1985
Brothers In Arms (LP, Album) Vertigo 1985
Brothers In Arms (CD, Album) Warner Bros. Records 1985
Brothers In Arms (Cass, Album) Warner Bros. Records 1985
Brothers In Arms (12", Promo) Vertigo 1985
Brothers In Arms (LP) Vertigo 1985
Brothers In Arms (7") Vertigo 1985
Brothers In Arms (The Videosingles) (VHS, PAL) PolyGram Music Video 1985
Money For Nothing (12") Vertigo 1985
Money For Nothing (7") Vertigo 1985
Money For Nothing (7") Vertigo 1985
Money For Nothing (12") Vertigo 1985
Money For Nothing (7") Phonogram (France) 1985
Money For Nothing (7", Single) Warner Bros. Records 1985
Money For Nothing (Cass, Single, Promo) Vertigo 1985
Money For Nothing (7", Shape, Pic) Vertigo 1985
Money For Nothing (Full Length Version) (12") Vertigo 1985
Money For Nothing / Brothers In Arms (CD, Maxi) Vertigo 1985
So Far Away (7") Vertigo 1985
So Far Away (7") Vertigo 1985
So Far Away (10") Vertigo 1985
So Far Away (2x12", Ltd) Vertigo 1985
So Far Away (12", Promo) Warner Bros. Records 1985
So Far Away (12", EP) Vertigo 1985
So Far Away (7", 45 ) Gong 1985
Walk Of Life (7") Vertigo 1985
Walk Of Life (12") Warner Bros. Records 1985
Walk Of Life (12") Phonogram 1985
Walk Of Life (7") Vertigo 1985
Walk Of Life (Cass, Single, Promo) Vertigo 1985
Walk Of Life (12") Vertigo 1985
Walk Of Life / One World (7") Warner Bros. Records 1985
Love Over Gold (LP, Album) Мелодия 1986
Your Latest Trick (12") Vertigo 1986
Making Movies (CD, Album) Warner Bros. Records 1987
Money For Nothing (CD, Album) Vertigo 1988
Money For Nothing (Cass) Vertigo 1988
Money For Nothing (LP) Vertigo 1988
Money For Nothing (LP) Warner Bros. Records 1988
Money For Nothing (LP) PGP RTB 1988
Money For Nothing (CD, Album) Warner Bros. Records 1988
Money For Nothing (CD) Vertigo 1988
Money For Nothing (LP) Vertigo 1988
Sultans Of Swing (12") Vertigo 1988
Sultans Of Swing (12") Vertigo 1988
Twisting By The Pool (Cass, Single, Promo) Vertigo 1989
Love Over Gold (CD, Album) Warner Bros. Records 1990
Calling Elvis (CD, Maxi) Vertigo, Vertigo 1991
Calling Elvis (12") Vertigo 1991
Calling Elvis (7") Vertigo, Vertigo 1991
Calling Elvis (Cass, Single) Vertigo 1991
Heavy Fuel (CD, Mini, Ltd, Maxi) Vertigo 1991
Heavy Fuel (CD, Single, Car) Vertigo, PolyGram Records (Australia) 1991
Heavy Fuel (7") Vertigo 1991
On Every Street (CD) Vertigo 1991
On Every Street (CD) Vertigo 1991
On Every Street (LP) Vertigo 1991
On Every Street (Cass, Album) Vertigo 1991
On Every Street (LP) Vertigo 1991
On Every Street (CD, Album) Warner Bros. Records 1991
On Every Street (CD, Album) Polygram Iberica 1991
On Every Street (Cass, Album) Polygram Iberica 1991
Houston '85 (CD) Arriba! 1992
On Every Street (CD, Maxi) Vertigo 1992
On Every Street (Radio Edit) (CD, Single, Promo) Phonogram (France), Vertigo 1992
The Bug (CD, Maxi) Vertigo 1992
The Bug (Cass, Single) Vertigo 1992
The Bug (7") Vertigo 1992
Encores (CD, Maxi) Vertigo 1993
On The Night (2xCD) Vertigo 1993
On The Night (CD, Album) Warner Bros. Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. 1993
Brothers In Arms (CD, Album, RM) Vertigo 1995
Live At The BBC (CD) Windsong International 1995
Live At The BBC (CD, Album) Vertigo 1995
Alchemy - Dire Straits Live (2xCD) Vertigo 1996
Brothers In Arms (CD, Album, RM) Vertigo 1996
Communiqué (CD, RM) Vertigo 1996
Dire Straits (CD, Album) Vertigo 1996
Love Over Gold (CD, Album, RM) Vertigo 1996
Love Over Gold (CD, Album, RM) Mercury 1996
Making Movies (CD, RM) Vertigo 1996
Money For Nothing (Remastered) (CD) Vertigo 1996
On The Night (CD) Mercury 1996
Sultans Of Swing - The Very Best Of Dire Straits (2xCD) Vertigo 1998
Sultans Of Swing: The Very Best Of Dire Straits (CD) Warner Bros. Records 1998
Sultans Of Swing: The Very Best Of Dire Straits (CD, HDC) Mercury 1998
Sultans Of Swing: The Very Best Of Dire Straits (Limited Edition Additional CD) (CD, Ltd, Promo) Mercury 1998
Your Latest Trick (CD, Single, HDC) Vertigo 1998
Dire Straits (CD, RM) Warner Bros. Records 2000
On Every Street (CD, Album, RM) Warner Bros. Records 2000
On The Night (DVD, NTSC) Universal Music (Canada) 2004
Sultans Of Swing - The Very Best Of Dire Straits (DVD) Universal Music (Netherlands), Vertigo 2004
Brothers In Arms (DualDisc, Multichannel, 20t) Warner Bros. Records 2005
Brothers In Arms (SACD, 20t) Vertigo 2005
Brothers In Arms (SACD, 20t) Vertigo 2005
Flashing For Money (12") Absolute Sound 2005
Private Investigations - The Best Of (2xCD) Mercury 2005
Private Investigations - The Best Of (CD) Mercury 2005
Private Investigations - The Best Of (2xVinyl, Album) Mercury 2005
Say Hello (12") Happy Music 2005
Appears On:
538 Dance Smash Hits 2005-04 (CD) Flashing For Money Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Netherlands) 2005
Damn! 14 (2xCD) Flashing For Money Digidance 2005
Say Hello (12") Flashing For Money (Su... Vendetta Records 2005
Say Hello (The Single) (2x12") Flashing For Money (Su... Deep Dish Recordings 2005
Tracks Appear On:
Disco Génération (2xLP) Sultans Of Swing Philips  
Earthrise - The Rainforest Album (CD) Walk Of Life Earth Love Fund  
Disco-Life (LP, Comp) Sultans Of Swing Philips 1979
High Speed Disco (LP) Sultans Of Swing Phonogram 1979
Knockout (LP) Water Of Love (Edited ... PolyGram, WEA Records Pty Ltd. 1979
Solid Gold Presents The Album Of The Decade (1970-1980) (LP) Sultans Of Swing Music For Leisure 1980
The Sensational Seventies (LP) Sultans Of Swing Opus 1980
Hit Parade (LP) Tunnel Of Love Polystar Records 1981
Monster Tracks (LP) Romeo And Juliet PolyGram 1981
Riding High - The Original Film Soundtrack (LP, Album) Solid Rock Arrival Records 1981
Riding High - The Original Film Soundtrack (LP, Album) Solid Rock Jambo Records 1981
Alle 13 Goed + 2 Extra! (LP) Twisting By The Pool Philips 1983
Club Special 4 (LP) Twisting By The Pool Philips 1983
Formula 30 (2xLP) Sultans Of Swing Decca, Pro TV London 1983
Go For It 1983 (LP) Twisting By The Pool CBS Records Australia 1983
High Life (Cass) Twisting By The Pool Polystar Records 1983
High Life (LP) Twisting By The Pool Polystar Records 1983
High Life (LP) Tunnel Of Love Polydor 1983
Hot Action Vol. 1 (LP) Twisting By The Pool PolyGram Discos S.A. (Venezuela) 1983
Woman In Love Volume 4 (2xLP) Water Of Love Arcade 1983
Hits On CD (CD) Love Over Gold Mercury 1984
The Private Collection Vol. 2 - The Uncut Long Versions (Cass) Sultans Of Swing K-Tel International (Holland) B.V. 1984
Ørehængere 1 (LP) So Far Away PolyGram Records A.S. (Denmark) 1985
December 85 - The Previews (12") Money For Nothings DMC 1985
High Life (...Nur Das Gelbe Vom Ei !) (LP) Walk Of Life Polystar Records 1985
Just Hits '85-'86 (LP) Money For Nothing CBS 1985
Monstruo 2 (LP) So Far Away Polystar Records 1985
Music Gala Of The Year (2xLP) So Far Away Arcade 1985
Polystar '85 (2xLP) Money For Nothing Polygram Discos SARL 1985
Conspiracy Of Hope (CD) Brothers In Arms Mercury 1986
Formula Thirty 2 (CD) Walk Of Life Mercury 1986
Monstruo "Lo Más Guay De La Radio" (LP) Your Latest Trick PolyGram Iberica 1986
Now, This Is Music Vol. 4 (2xLP) Walk Of Life EVA 1986
Simon Bates - Our Tune (LP) Romeo & Juliet Polydor (UK) 1986
The Anti-Heroin Project - It's A Live-In World (2xLP) The Man's Too Strong EMI Records, EMI Records 1986
The Power Of Love (2xLP) Love Over Gold West Five Records 1986
The Prince's Trust (LP) Money For Nothing Sonografica, A&M Records (UK) 1986
The Ultimate British Collection (CD) Romeo And Juliet Quality Records / Quality Music & Video 1986
Woman In Love Volume 7 (2xLP) So Far Away Arcade 1986
Greenpeace - Breakthrough (2xLP) Зачем Волно... Мелодия 1988
Eighties - Video Stars Of 1983 (VHS) Twisting By The Pool Wienerworld 1989
The Marquee - 30 Legendary Years (CD) Solid Rock Polydor (UK) 1989
Knebworth The Album (2xCass) Think I Love You Too M... Polydor (UK) 1990
Knebworth The Album (2xCass) Think I Love You Too Much Polydor (US) 1990
Eighties - Video Stars Of 1985 (VHS) So Far Away Wienerworld 1991
Earthrise - The Rainforrest Album (Cass) Walk Of Life Edelton 1992
Guitar Rock: 1978-1979 (CD) Sultans Of Swing Time Life Music, Warner Special Products 1993
100% Summer (CD) Twisting By The Pool Telstar 1994
25 Jaar Pinkpop (2xCD) Down To The Waterline Magnum 1994
Mega Popclassics (CDi) Sultans Of Swing Stichting CPG 1994
Pop Life (CD) The Man's Too Strong Multimedia KG Gütersloh 1994
Sounds Of The Eighties - 1986 (CD) So Far Away Time Life Music, Warner Special Products 1994
Sounds Of The Eighties - The Rockin' Eighties (CD) Walk Of Life Time Life Music, Warner Special Products 1994
The Ultimate 80's (2xCD) Money For Nothing PolyGram TV 1994
Desperado The Soundtrack (CD) Six Blade Knife Epic Soundtrax 1995
Fetenhits - The Real Classics (2xCD) Money For Nothing Polystar Records 1995
Best Of Rock (CD) Money For Nothing Polystar Records 1996
The Tarantino Connection (CD) Six Blade Knife MCA Records 1996
Best Popsongs Ever - 35 Most Wanted Popclassics (2xCD) Private Investigations Polygram TV 1997
Fetenhits - The Real Classics (The 3rd) (2xCD) Walk Of Life Polystar Records 1997
Jeroen van Inkel's Formule 1 Box Volume 2 (2xCD) Sultans Of Swing Sony Music Media (Netherlands) 1998
La Mejor Colección Pop De La Historia - Vol. 18 (CD) Money For Nothing Multimagen 1998
La Mejor Colección Pop De La Historia - Vol. 20 (CD) Sultans Of Swing Multimagen 1998
La Mejor Colección Pop De La Historia - Vol. 22 (CD) Callin Elvis (Live) Multimagen 1998
Lista Przebojów Programu III - 1982 (CD) Private Investigations Pomaton EMI 1998
Metroland (CD, Album, HDC) Sultans Of Swing Vertigo 1998
The Tube (2xCD) Romeo And Juliet PolyGram TV 1998
80! (CD) Tunnel Of Love Universal Music (Italy) 1999
Best Album Tracks Classic Rock (2xCD, Comp) Water Of Love Universal Music (Netherlands) 1999
Gerry Anderson - Evocation (CD, Dig) Calling Elvis EMI Records 1999
The Best Of 20 Years Radio 24 (2xCD) Money For Nothing Universal Music (Switzerland) 1999
Donna's Top 2000 Aller Tijden Vol.3 (2xCD) Private Investigations Universal Music (Belgium) 2000
Fetenhits - The Real Classics (The 4th) (2xCD) Sultans Of Swing Polystar Records 2000
Kuschelrock 14 (2xCD) Brothers In Arms Sony Music Media (Germany) 2000
Music Of The Millennium (2xCD) Money For Nothing Polystar Records 2000
De Pre Historie - De Jaren 90 (Box + 10xCD) Calling Elvis EVA Belgium 2001
De Pre Historie 1991 (CD) Calling Elvis EVA Belgium 2001
FM Light Hits (CD) So Far Away Som Livre 2003
Lovers Rock (2xCD) Romeo & Juliet Universal Music (Australia) 2003
Psychedelic MIX Volume 4 (CD, Mixed) Money For Nothing (GMS... Area 51 2003
Live Aid (4xDVD + Box) Money For Nothing, Sul... Warner Music Vision 2004
Live Aid (4xDVD, NTSC) Money For Nothing, Sul... Warner Strategic Marketing (US) 2004
Live Aid (4xDVD + Box) Money For Nothing, Sul... Warner Vision (Australia) 2004
Love Is All Around (DVD, PAL) Romeo & Juliet Uncut DVD 2004
538 Powermix 2005 (2xCD) Flashing For Money (Cl... EMI Catalogue Marketing 2005
Dance Max 2005.03 (2xCD) Flashing For Money Edel Records (Germany) 2005
Dance Power 12 (2xCD) Flashing For Money (Su... Vidisco 2005
Firstclass - The Finest In House - Best Of 2005_Two (2xCD) Flashing For Money Polystar Records 2005
George Is On (CD, Album + CD, Enh) Flashing For Money (Su... Thrive Records 2005
George Is On (CD, Album) Flashing For Money (Su... SPG Music Productions Ltd. 2005
George Is On (Special Asian Edition) (CD + CD, Enh) Flashing For Money (Su... Avex Asia Ltd. 2005
Godskitchen - Global Gathering (3xCD) Flashing For Money (Su... Virgin, Virgin 2005
Le Nightclub 02 (CD) Flashing For Money DKD D-Noy Muzik 2005
Say Hello (2x12") Flashing For Money (Su... Positiva 2005
Say Hello (CD, Single, CD1) Flashing For Money (Su... Positiva 2005
Say Hello (CD, Maxi) Flashing For Money (Su... Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Australia) 2005
Say Hello (CD, Maxi) Flashing For Money (Su... EMI Music (Belgium) 2005
Say Hello (12") Flashing For Money (Su... Badabing Records 2005
Say Hello (CD, Maxi, Enh) Flashing For Money (Su... Ministry Of Sound (Germany) 2005
Say Hello (CD, Maxi) Flashing For Money (Su... Nice And Firm 2005
Say Hello (CD, Single) Flashing For Money (Su... Ministry Of Sound (Germany) 2005
Royale Dance Party 2006 (CD, Comp) Flashing For Money Sony Music Media (France), 3 E Media, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (France) 2006
Mash Up Compilation (CD, Unm + CD) Flashing For Money Time Records 2007
Unofficial Releases:
Making Movies (Cass) Thomsun Original 1980
European Tour 1992 (3xVinyl, Ver) The Swingin' Pig 1992
Les InRockuptibles (CD, Liv) Backstage! 1992
Open Air '92 (2xCD) Magic Mushroom 1992
Live Vol. 1 (CD) Joker 1993
Brothers In Arms (CD, Album) Not On Label 1996
Money For Nothing (Shaka Remix) (12") Not On Label 2001
Money For Nothing (Beat Sleyer Remix) (12", S/Sided) Not On Label 2005
Money For Nothing 2005 / Front 2 Back (12", W/Lbl) Money For Nothing 2005 Not On Label 2005
Deep Dish Remixes Volume 03 (2x12") Money For Nothing (Dee... Cha Cha Records 2006

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