Sultans Of Swing

Out of the box of goodies from Brother Craig comes a CD that I already had but, hey, it’s so… Read more Sultans Of Swing

Brothers In Arms

No album today. Instead, this absolute beauty track:

Layla Knopfler

This is fun…

Private Investigations: The Best Of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler

Did I need to buy this? No. Is it ridiculous to think this has covered the best of Dire Straits… Read more Private Investigations: The Best Of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler

How To Make Dire Straits Sound Like The Police

Especially the intro and the outro… Live Aid 1985.

Dire Straits – Live At The BBC

Released in 1995 as a contractual obligation album (the band officially disbanded that year), this captures Dire Straits at the… Read more Dire Straits – Live At The BBC

Dire Straits – Making Movies

Dire Straits in 1980 was high and low… high: riding success from the last two records, and adding E Street… Read more Dire Straits – Making Movies

Dire Straits – Communiqué

I dropped the needle on my LP copy of this 1979 second album from the mighty Dire Straits, and I… Read more Dire Straits – Communiqué

Dire Straits – Dire Straits

Still on a Knopfler kick, here’s Dire Straits’ first album, from 1978 (!), and it’s a thing of absolute beauty.… Read more Dire Straits – Dire Straits

Dire Straits – On The Night

Here we have Dire Straits’ 90s concert CD. Many big tracks here, and all are played well. As you’d guess,… Read more Dire Straits – On The Night