Live at the BBC

~ Release by Dire Straits (see all versions of this release, 12 available)

Annotation

UK:
Label: Vertigo Records (LC 1633) - Catalog #: 528 323-2 - EAN: 731452832320 - Disc ID: MB TOC 45641
US:
Label: Warner Bros. - Catalog #: 46053 - UPC: 093624605324 - Disc ID: MB TOC 169332

Tracks 1-7 recorded live in concert July 22, 1978, Track 8 recorded January 31, 1981

Annotation last modified on 2007-03-15 21:41 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Down to the Waterline
producer:
Jeff Griffin (UK producer)
bass guitar and background vocals:
John Illsley
drums (drum set):
Pick Withers
guitar and lead vocals:
Mark Knopfler
guitar and keyboard:
David Knopfler
recorded at:
Paris Theatre (former cinema used by BBC Radio from 1946 to 1995) in Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1978-07-22)
live recording of:
Down to the Waterline
lyricist and composer:
Mark Knopfler
publisher:
Rondor Music and Straitjacket Songs
44:10
2Six Blade Knife
producer:
Jeff Griffin (UK producer)
bass guitar and background vocals:
John Illsley
drums (drum set):
Pick Withers
guitar and lead vocals:
Mark Knopfler
guitar and keyboard:
David Knopfler
recorded at:
Paris Theatre (former cinema used by BBC Radio from 1946 to 1995) in Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1978-07-22)
live recording of:
Six Blade Knife
lyricist and composer:
Mark Knopfler
publisher:
Rondor Music and Straitjacket Songs
3.53:47
3Water of Love
producer:
Jeff Griffin (UK producer)
bass guitar and background vocals:
John Illsley
drums (drum set):
Pick Withers
guitar and lead vocals:
Mark Knopfler
guitar and keyboard:
David Knopfler
recorded at:
Paris Theatre (former cinema used by BBC Radio from 1946 to 1995) in Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1978-07-22)
live recording of:
Water of Love
lyricist and composer:
Mark Knopfler
publisher:
Rondor Music and Straitjacket Songs
3.55:29
4Wild West End
producer:
Jeff Griffin (UK producer)
bass guitar and background vocals:
John Illsley
drums (drum set):
Pick Withers
guitar and lead vocals:
Mark Knopfler
guitar and keyboard:
David Knopfler
recorded at:
Paris Theatre (former cinema used by BBC Radio from 1946 to 1995) in Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1978-07-22)
live recording of:
Wild West End
lyricist and composer:
Mark Knopfler
publisher:
Rondor Music and Straitjacket Songs
3.55:12
5Sultans of Swing
producer:
Jeff Griffin (UK producer)
bass guitar and background vocals:
John Illsley
drums (drum set):
Pick Withers
guitar and lead vocals:
Mark Knopfler
guitar and keyboard:
David Knopfler
recorded at:
Paris Theatre (former cinema used by BBC Radio from 1946 to 1995) in Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1978-07-22)
live recording of:
Sultans of Swing
lyricist and composer:
Mark Knopfler
publisher:
Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), Rondor Music and Straitjacket Songs
56:39
6Lions
producer:
Jeff Griffin (UK producer)
bass guitar and background vocals:
John Illsley
drums (drum set):
Pick Withers
guitar and lead vocals:
Mark Knopfler
guitar and keyboard:
David Knopfler
recorded at:
Paris Theatre (former cinema used by BBC Radio from 1946 to 1995) in Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1978-07-22)
live recording of:
Lions
lyricist and composer:
Mark Knopfler
publisher:
Rondor Music and Straitjacket Songs
3.55:27
7What’s the Matter Baby?
producer:
Jeff Griffin (UK producer)
bass guitar and background vocals:
John Illsley
drums (drum set):
Pick Withers
guitar and lead vocals:
Mark Knopfler
guitar and keyboard:
David Knopfler
recorded at:
Paris Theatre (former cinema used by BBC Radio from 1946 to 1995) in Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1978-07-22)
live recording of:
What’s the Matter Baby?
lyricist:
David Knopfler and Mark Knopfler
additional composer:
David Knopfler
composer:
Mark Knopfler
43:21
8Tunnel of Love
producer:
Michael Appleton (producer)
bass guitar:
John Illsley
drums (drum set):
Pick Withers
guitar:
Mark Knopfler and Hal Lindes
keyboard:
Alan Clark (keyboardist)
background vocals:
John Illsley and Hal Lindes
lead vocals:
Mark Knopfler
vocals:
Hal Lindes
recorded at:
BBC Television Theatre in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1981-01-31)
live recording of:
Tunnel of Love
lyricist and composer:
Mark Knopfler
additional composer:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) and Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd. and Straitjacket Songs Ltd. (in 1980)
quotes music from:
The Carousel Waltz (Carousel)
4.511:56