A Dire Straits LIVE recording is a phenomenal piece of work. Dire Straits in the early days were a two guitar band but LIVE they transformed their material with a bigger band, two keyboardists, two guitarists, a steel guitar player, drums, percussion and a sax. The whole sound just gets bigger and the songs feature extended solos, parts and pieces that so take you to a higher place… Alchemy featured songs from their first four albums, the classic Dire Straits catalogue but the treatment especially in the opener Once Upon a Time in the West with the groove they set and extended guitar solo , or the beautiful sax piece in Romeo and Juliet, the extended Telegraph Road, Tunnel of Love and need I mention Sultans of Swing. The album has fewer songs but still spills over to two CD’s and is an absolute must have for any music lover. Oh yes it classifies as a ‘trip’ as well…
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