Various Artists (Dire Straits Included) - Prince's Trust 1988

Various artists (including Dire Straits)
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
5th and 6th June 1988
Soundboard

Disc 1

1. Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
2. Sweet Little Mystery - Wet, Wet, Wet
3. Twist and shout - Wet, Wet, Wet
4. Tower of song - Leonard Cohen
5. Heart and soul - T`PAU
6. Never gonna give you up - Rick Astley
7. You can`t hurry love - Phil Collins and Midge Ure
8. The Letter - Joe Cocker & Midge Ure
9. You win again - Bee Gees

Disc 2

1. Money for Nothing - Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton and Elton John
2. I don`t wanna go on with you like that - Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton and Elton John
3. Behind the Mask - Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton and Elton John
4. Layla - Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton and Elton John
5. With a little help from my friends - all stars

One of the Best versions of layla, Some say that this is the best ever, I don't know, i like very much the version of the Rainbow Concert with Pete Townshend on second guitar too, i'ts up to you to decide if this is the best ever. Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, it's a perfect soundboard, originally taken from Japanese laser discs! Mark plays Money for nothing, Layla and the other songs of the "Eric Clapton all stars band". Enjoy.

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Dire Straits - Rockfile '81

A. Vigorelli, Milan, June 29th 1981
B. Carrara Stadio Comunale, July 1st 1981
C. Torino Stadio Comunale, June 30th 1981
D. Bologna Antistadio, June 30th 1981
E. Sanremo Stadio Comunale, June 27th 1981


Soundboard

Tracks

1. Intro [A]
2. Once upon a time in the west [A]
3. Expresso love [B]
4. Down to the waterline [B]
5. Lions [B]
6. Skateaway [C]
7. Sultans of swing [D]
8. Telegraph road [E]

A nice compilation of material from the year 1981. Taken from the original silver pressed bootleg "Rockfile '81". Containing one of the earliest versions of Telegraph road.

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Dire Straits - Boston 79

Orpheum, Boston, USA, 8th September 1979

Soundboard

Tracks

1. Down to the waterline
2. Six blade knife
3. Lady writer
4. Once upon a time in the west
5. News
6. Bernadette
7. What's the matter baby
8. In my car
9. Portobello belle
10. In the gallery
11. Lions
12. Sultans of swing
13. Setting me up
14. Southbound again
15. Where do you think you're going?
16. Eastbound train
17. Twisting by the pool

Taken from the original silver pressed bootleg "Boston 1979". Poor sound for a soundboard recording but it has got a lot of rarely perfomed songs! Bernadette (written by and sung by David Knopfler!), In my car (never officially released), Portobello belle, Setting me up (the only soundboard recording available for the public) and last but not least a very early version of Twisting by the pool. A must for all true fans.

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Mark Knopfler - Milan 2005

Fila Forum, Milan, Italy, 10th June 2005

Soundboard

DISC 1

1. Why aye man
2. Walk of life
3. What it is
4. Sailing to Philadelphia
5. Romeo and Juliet
6. Sultans of swing
7. Done with Bonaparte
8. Song for Sonny Liston
9. Donegan's gone

Disc 2

1. Boom, like that
2. Speedway at Nazareth
3. Telegraph road
4. Brothers in arms
5. Money for nothing
6. So far away
7. Our Shangri-La

Soundboard recording from the Shangri-La world tour 2005. Perfect sound quality.

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Mark Knopfler - Live in RTL2 2002

RTL2 Radio, France, 21st November 2002.





1. Intro
2. Interview with Mark Knopfler
3. Devil baby (live)
4. What it is (live)
5. Quality shoe (live)
6. Why aye man (live)

During his Ragpicker's Dream Promo tour Mark visited RTL2 Radio, France. Very good live versions of the songs and nice extra small licks in Why Aye Man! Bobby Valentino, Robbie McIntosh, Danny Cummings, Marcus Cliffe and Guy Fletcher accompanied him for this gig. Also featured on this is the interview that Mark did for this radio broadcast. Great sound quality.

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