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	Dire Straits - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dire Straits was a British rock band, formed in 1977 by frontman Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals), his brother David Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass) and Pick Withers (drums), and managed by Ed Bicknell.
		Dire Straits regrouped for the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert in 1988 where they were joined by Eric Clapton, before reconvening in 1990 to record tracks for a new album.
		Dire Straits have for all intent and purposes disbanded.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dire_Straits (1089 words)

	dire straits
		The first album, Dire Straits (1978), sold rapidly with groovy songs like "sultans of swing", "down to waterline" and "six blade knife".A fantastic first effort, it laid to the foundation for what was to come.
		Dire Straits has a unique sound, drawn from a lot of different music source like rock’n’roll, country, and Knopfler’s native Celtic music, combined with his Dylanesque vocal delivery style and his magical bluesy finger-picked guitar riffs woven around Illsely’s steady bass guitar-work.
		For all their popularity and success, Dire straits were rather low profile, preferring to let the quality of the music and its sleek production speak for them rather than too much of publicity.
	www.geocities.com /wildjat/dire_straits.htm (1844 words)

	VH1.com : Dire Straits : Biography
		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.
		Dire Straits established Dire Straits as a major force on album-oriented radio in America, and their second album, Communique (1979), consolidated their audience, selling three million copies worldwide.
		Once the tour was completed, Dire Straits went on hiatus for several years, as Knopfler produced records by Randy Newman and Joan Armatrading, scored films, toured with Eric Clapton, and recorded a duet album with Chet Atkins (Neck and Neck, 1990).
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/dire_straits/bio.jhtml (944 words)

	Amazon.com: Dire Straits: Music: Dire Straits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		By the mid-'80s Dire Straits were a platinum band dismissed in their native England as safe, yuppie rockers, yet the original quartet's lean, guitar-driven music struggled to find a label home when first recorded in 1978.
		Dire Straits however kept pub rock the way it originaly was and added some pop elements to it and hence created one of the most popular Pop/Rock outfits of the 70s and 80s.
		Dire Straits would later go on to make more hardrocker mainstream albums which would be just as good as this one, but none of them would sound as fresh or as original as this one.
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	Dire Straits
		If anything, Dire Straits were one of the few bands of the late Seventies/early Eighties proved that the "old school" of music-making was still vital despite any of the prog or punk or New Wave or synth-pop tendencies of the time.
		Dire Straits' debut album is a total gas, and one of my personal favourites of all time; with distinct and clear melodies, beautiful lyrics, and breathtaking minimalistic guitar lines, it still stands as the band's absolute peak that they hardly ever managed to top.
		The album didn't make the band any new friends, and the old ones sure dug it; but those who'd expected that Mark and his lads were there to save rock'n'roll or anything, with their novel attitude, cynicism and impressive playing, proved themselves mighty wrong.
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	Mustafa Odabasi's Dire Straits Page .. History of Dire Straits
		Dire Straits record their first LP at Basing Street Studios, London, produced by Muff Winwood.
		Dire Straits first North American tour comprises 51 sold-out shows in 38 days, not to mention 300 interviews.
		Mixing the tapes for the live double album "Alchemy" recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, 22/23 July 1983, Dire Straits eschew the usual "fairy dust" of overdubs and re-recordings and decide it should be released au naturel, mistakes and all.
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	Dire Straits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Thanks to the Top 10 hit "Sultans of Swing," Dire Straits was a major success in both Britain and America, with the single and album climbing into the Top 10 on both sides of the Atlantic.
		Apart from releasing the Twisting By the Pool EP early in 1983, Dire Straits was quiet for the majority of 1983 and 1984, as Knopfler produced Bob Dylan's Infidels, as well as Aztec Camera and Willy De Ville; he also wrote "Private Dancer" for Tina Turner's comeback album.
		In the spring of 1984, the band released the double-album Dire Straits Live -- Alchemy and by the end of the year, they had begun recording their fifth studio album with their new keyboardist, Guy Fletcher.
	www.80sretromusic.com /biography/d/direstraits.htm (962 words)

	Mark Knopfler » Dire Straits
		Dire Straits was initially met with little enthusiasm; however five months after they released the single “Sultans of Swing”; Dire Straits became a hit on the charts.
		In 1985 Dire Straits released the Brothers in Arms album; this album was an instant hit and produced several singles.
		Dire Straits broke up in 1995 when all the other band members decided to start solo projects of their own.
	www.knopfler.info /?p=3 (483 words)

	Dire Straits Discography
		While Dire Straits was only beginning to make it onto the charts, and although the first album had not been released in the USA, the band traveled to Nassau (Bahamas) and started to record this masterwork.
		Containing all the power and the magic of the Dire Straits concerts, this legendary double album was recorded live in the Hammersmith Odeon (London).
		This album is the recording of a concert broadcasted by the BBC Radio 1 in 1978.
	www.geocities.com /SunsetStrip/1794/dire.html (603 words)

	Dire Straits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Dire Straits has to count as one of the most impressive debut albums of all time.
		Dire Straits have to be admired: at the time of punk, they made no secret of their musicianship, melodic instincts and their desire to combine their own style with blues, country and Dylan etc together to make timeless, distinctive music of their own.
		this album was released in 1978 and came at the height of the punk era, though it defied an age, it is actually quite brilliant.
	www.armchairfans.co.uk /books/B00000INM1 (520 words)

	Dire Straits : Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		Exactly ten years after Dire Straits' first compilation, Money for Nothing, appeared in the stores, their second, Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits, was released.
		Though a decade is a significant span of time, Dire Straits had released just two subsequent albums -- 1991's On Every Street and 1993's On the Night, a live album culled from tapes of the record's supporting tour.
		Not quite enough material for a new greatest-hits album, but it had been years since Dire Straits had released an album of any sort (a compilation of BBC sessions snuck into the stores in 1995) -- hence the birth of Sultans of Swing.
	www.artistdirect.com /store/artist/album/0,,373698,00.html (417 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Dire Straits - the Band
		One a depiction of fleeting love among the touring fairgrounds of Knopfler's native Tyneside, the other a frustrated paean of a returning boyfriend, the two together are touching in their simplicity and their passion.
		Around this time, Dire Straits gained a reputation as exemplary live performers, particularly as Knopfler was keen to tour with an extended band and guest soloists.
		The live album On The Night features some amazing solos from Franklin, as well as superlative performances from the rest of the band, and should be considered a must-have.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A311031 (1325 words)

	Dire Straits FAQ Listing - Version 1.1
		Dire Straits finished their almost 300 show 2 year On Every Street world tour in 1992, and the band is taking a break right now to work on individual projects.
		AUGUST 1983 - OCTOBER 1984 Mixing the tapes for the live double album "Alchemy" recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, 22/23 July 1983, Dire Straits eschew the usual "fairy dust" of overdubs and re-recordings and decide it should be released au naturel, mistakes and all.
		Dire Straits however, does not mind you recording their concerts for your own personal use, as long as you don't sell them for a profit.
	www.superseventies.com /faq_direstraits.html (15141 words)

	Dire Straits - The Profile
		Dire Straits record their first LP at Basing Street Studios in London, with producer Muff Winwood (The project will cost £12,500 including artwork to complete).
		Dire Straits tour the UK supporting Climax Blues Band, and also make their first visit to Europe where they support Styx (Paris, Hamburg and the Hague).
		Dire Straits headline a charity show for the Prince of Wales' Trust, at the Dominion Theatre, London, in the presence of Their Royal Highnesses, the Prince and Princess of Wales.
	www.btinternet.com /~john_bennett/DSbiog.htm (6072 words)

	Dire Straits (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dire Straits is the self-titled debut album by British rock band Dire Straits, released in 1978 (see 1978 in music).
		The album was noted for the single "Sultans of Swing" which was a US hit a full five months after the album was released.
		The Best of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dire_Straits_(album) (116 words)

	Dire Straits
		The Dire Straits first scored in Holland in 1978 with their epynomous first album, and the great hit single
		Leaving the video artistry aside, it should be noted that this song actually is a beautiful dark ballad, and a further highlight in their career.
		It was also their artistic swan song, a later album failing to impress, and finally Mark Knopfler decided to go solo.
	www.lu-art.com /Music/Direstraits.html (389 words)

	Dire Straits biography - 8notes.com
		Dire Straits are a British rock band, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals), David Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass) and Pick Withers (drums), and managed by Ed Bicknell.
		Mark Knopfler (the band's frontman) was heard to have asked pub managers to turn down the sound, so people could talk over the music, while they were still in their early days.
		Partly as a result of this (and a successful appearance in Live Aid), Dire Straits were the biggest selling band in the world in the mid 1980s.
	www.8notes.com /biographies/dire_straits.asp (955 words)

	Dire Straits (1st LP) CD
		Led by former music journalist/college professor Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits emerged with their melancholy self-titled debut amidst the clatter of punk and gloss of disco.
		And while the bar-band mentality of pub-rock is at the core of Dire Straits--even the aforementioned breakthrough single offers a lament for a neglected pub-rock band--their music is already beyond the simple boogies and shuffles of their forefathers.
		However, long before that recording hit the streets, Dire Straits were an unknown band with an unknown debut album floating in the new-wave-post-punk sea of 1978.
	cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/1102453/a/Dire+Straits+(1st+LP).htm (352 words)

	Dire Straits News
		About the artist 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.
		U.K. band Dire Straits released the landmark album Brothers in Arms, which ultimately sold the almost unbelievable total of more than 30 million copies.
		Consumers have an expectation, born from experience since Dire Straits 's "Brothers in Arms" marked the breakthrough of the format, that your CDs didn't do anything, other than play music that is.
	www.topix.net /who/dire-straits (620 words)

	Amazon.com: Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits: Music: Dire Straits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		I came to love all their albums as much as "Love Over Gold", and I was pleased when they recently released this anthology of many of their hits, even including a theme from Knopfler's "Local Hero" movie score.
		I count myself among the biggest of fans of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler and consider him to be the greatest guitarist of all time (certainly the greatest non-classical guitarist) so on that alone I gave this CD a 5 star score.
		Not a greatest hits album at all, plus Dire Straits are one of the greatest rock groups in history.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000DGUY?v=glance (1540 words)

	soundgenerator.com \| Dire Straits take classic album to SACD
		Dire Straits' seminal album 'Brothers In Arms' album, originally released 20 years ago, is to become the 3000th release in the groundbreaking SACD surround sound format.
		During the summer of 1995 with the CD format still in its infancy Dire Straits took the music industry by storm.
		Dire Straits' lead vocalist and guitarist Mark Knopfler released his latest solo album, 'Shangri-La', on the Super Audio CD format last September and is now suitably experienced in the format.
	www.soundgenerator.com /news/index.cfm?articleid=5418 (559 words)

	eBay - dire straits record, Records, CDs items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Dire Straits "Brothers in Arms" Record Vinyl LP
		Dire Straits Brothers In Arms Record Album LP
		Dire Straits Brothers in Arms Album Record LP WB 25264
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	Dire Straits / Dire Straits (first album) album review [plus 'Sultans of Swing' song lyrics] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Album Review: When Dire Straits came on the scene in 1978 with their first album, they presented the world with a sound it had never heard before.
		Their first album offers a set of nine songs, including the huge hit, "Sultans of Swing," with its impossibly cool guitar lines.
		This song is a glimpse of the masterful work Dire Straits would do much more of on their third album, Making Movies.
	www.grinningplanet.com /review-lyrics/dire-straits-first-album-review.htm (473 words)

	Dire Straits Brothers in Arms
		Brothers in Arms is not an album I would have thought to include, not even in the Top 30 or 40, perhaps.
		One of the first albums released on compact disc, it supposedly sold more copies than there were CD players in existence.
		In the case of Brothers in Arms, an album I always liked, the revisit was an eye-opener.
	www.avrev.com /music/revs/dire_straights.shtml (1305 words)

	davblog: In Dire Straits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In fact, I think that their albums were released in decreasing order of quality...
		Posted by: Simon Brunning at December 14, 2005 12:23 PM I had a few of them, but the one I mostly listened to was the live one, Alchemy.
		Posted by: Doug Wilson at December 15, 2005 06:04 PM The only Dire Straits album I liked was "Making Movies", which I still have on vinyl.
	blog.dave.org.uk /archives/000872.html (681 words)

	Dire Straits Websites
		Dire Straits - Lyrics - Lyrics to a range of their songs, listed by album.
		Dire Straits - The Ultimate Record Collection - Memorabilia associated with the album Brothers In Arms.
		Dire Straits News: Topix.net - News about Dire Straits continually updated from around the net.
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