Thursday, April 4, 2024: 5pm ET: Feature LP: Dire Straits – On Every Street (1991)

On Every Street is the sixth and final studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released September 9, 1991 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The follow-up to the band’s massively successful album Brothers in Arms, On Every Street reached the top of the UK Albums Chart and was also certified platinum by the RIAA.

1. “Calling Elvis” 6:26
2. “On Every Street” 5:04
3. “When It Comes to You” 5:02
4. “Fade to Black” 3:49
5. “The Bug” 4:18
6. “You and Your Friend” 5:59
7. “Heavy Fuel” 4:57
8. “Iron Hand” 3:09
9. “Ticket to Heaven” 4:26
10. “My Parties” 5:32
11. “Planet of New Orleans” 7:47
12. “How Long” 3:53

Mark Knopfler – vocals, lead and rhythm guitars
John Illsley – bass, backing vocals
Alan Clark – keyboards, string conductor (9)
Guy Fletcher – keyboards, backing vocals
Chris White – flute, saxophones
Phil Palmer – guitars
Vince Gill – guitar and backing vocals (5)
Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, acoustic lap steel guitar (6)
Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion
Manu Katché – drums and percussion (7, 11)
Danny Cummings – percussion
George Martin – string arranger and conductor (9)

Tuesday, March 5, 2024 10pm ET: Feature LP: Dire Straits – Live 1978 – 1992 (On The Night) – Part 2

Dire Straits – Live 1978-1992, Released November 3, 2023
On The Night

1 Calling Elvis 10:31
2 Walk Of Life 5:05
3 Heavy Fuel 5:19
4 Romeo And Juliet 10:07
5 Private Investigations 9:41
6 Sultans Of Swing 11:51
7 Fade To Black 4:14
8 Your Latest Trick 5:28
9 When It Comes To You 5:52
10 I Think I Love You Too Much 6:49
11 You And Your Friend 6:48
12 On Every Street 6:52
13 Two Young Lovers 5:10
14 Tunnel Of Love 15:39
15 Telegraph Road 12:05
16 Money For Nothing 6:22
17 Brothers In Arms 8:57

Tuesday, March 5, 2024 8pm ET: Feature LP: Dire Straits – Live 1978 – 1992 (Alchemy) – Part 1

Dire Straits – Live 1978-1992, Released November 3, 2023
Alchemy
1 Once Upon A Time In The West 12:48
2 Industrial Disease 5:52
3 Expresso Love 5:12
4 Romeo And Juliet 8:11
5 Love Over Gold 3:27
6 Private Investigations 7:33
7 Sultans Of Swing 10:55
1 Twisting By The Pool 3:42
2 Two Young Lovers 4:43
3 Portobello Belle 7:22
4 Tunnel Of Love 13:55
5 Solid Rock 5:35
6 Telegraph Road 12:56
7 Going Home – Theme From ‘Local Hero’ 5:06

Thursday, January 18, 2024 8pm ET: Radio Special: Shivers In The Dark: On The Road With Dire Straits

On January 19, Rhino will release Dire Straits – Live 1978-1992, an 11 LP/8 CD box set of live performances by Dire Straits, a band that straddled the globe in the eighties and nineties with their sophisticated rootsy guitar rock wedded to literate story-telling lyrics.

Emerging on the club and pub circuit in 1977, Dire Straits were led by charismatic Geordie singer-songwriter, record producer and composer Mark Knopfler, one of the most successful musicians the UK has ever produced, who is often cited as one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Dire Straits’ sound defined the late 70s/early 80s with monster hits such as ‘Sultans Of Swing,’ ‘Romeo And Juliet,’ ‘Money For Nothing’ and ‘Walk Of Life.’ Dire Straits’ 1985 album Brothers In Arms, a global No 1 and double Grammy Award winner, is one of the world’s best-selling albums. After releasing their final album ‘On Every Street’ in ’91 and touring in ‘92, Knopfler called time on Dire Straits in 1995 and set off on a new path as a solo artist.

Dire Straits Live 1978-1992 features newly remastered versions of the classic Dire Straits’ live albums Alchemy (‘84) and On The Night (‘93), ‘93’s Encores EP, ‘95’s Dire Straits Live At The BBC, and the previously unreleased Dire Straits Live From The Rainbow Theatre show from ’79, and captures the band’s thrilling heartland rock played with breathtaking virtuosity from their first live recordings at the BBC in ’78 through to their final shows in ‘92 in On The Night.

The expanded version of the original double album Alchemy will include unreleased songs from the performance – ‘Industrial Disease’ and ‘Twisting By The Pool’ – as well as ‘Love Over Gold’ and the extended versions of ‘Telegraph Road,’ ‘Solid Rock,’ ‘Going Home’ and ‘Portobello Belle.’

An expanded version of the original On The Night will include tracks performed during the tour which have never been released, taken from multitrack recordings of shows in Nimes, Rotterdam and Paris: ‘Tunnel Of Love, ‘Telegraph Road,’ ‘Sultans Of Swing,’ ‘Two Young Lovers,’ ‘When it Comes To You,’ ‘I Think I Love You Too Much.’

Says Mark Knopfler (when speaking to journalist and broadcaster Paul Sexton, author of the box set sleevenotes): ‘People will always want you to play songs from the songbook; that’s part of what you’re doing playing live. You’ve got to please yourself but at the same time it’s a celebration. You’re all there to have a good time together. I enjoyed writing the songs, I enjoyed recording them, so I’m going to enjoy playing them. I don’t play anything I don’t want to play, so if I get up there and play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ or ‘Brothers In Arms,’ it’s because I want to play them. It’s important to me that it’s important to people, that you’ve created milestones in people’s lives.”

Friday, August 4, 2023 8pm ET: Feature LP: Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms (1985)

Brothers in Arms is the fifth studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on May 13, 1985 through Vertigo Records internationally and through Warner Bros. Records in the US. It spent a total of 14 non-consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Albums Chart (including ten consecutive weeks between January 18 and March 22, 1986), nine weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 in the US and 34 weeks at number one on the Australian Albums Chart. Brothers in Arms was the first album certified ten-times platinum in the UK and is the eighth-best-selling album in UK chart history. It is certified nine-times platinum in the US and is one of the world’s best-selling albums, having sold more than 30 million copies worldwide.

The album won a Grammy Award in 1986 for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical and Best British Album at the 1987 Brit Awards; the 20th Anniversary Edition won another Grammy in 2006 for Best Surround Sound Album. Q magazine placed the album at number 51 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. It was also among ten albums nominated for the best British album of the previous 30 years by the Brit Awards in 2010, ultimately losing to (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis.

1. “So Far Away” 5:12
2. “Money for Nothing” 8:26
3. “Walk of Life” 4:12
4. “Your Latest Trick” 6:33
5. “Why Worry” 8:31
6. “Ride Across the River” 6:58
7. “The Man’s Too Strong” 4:40
8. “One World” 3:40
9. “Brothers in Arms” 6:59

Mark Knopfler – guitars and vocals
John Illsley – bass guitar and vocals
Alan Clark – keyboards
Guy Fletcher – keyboards and vocals
Omar Hakim – drums
Terry Williams – drum intro on “Money for Nothing”
Michael Brecker – saxophone on “Your Latest Trick”
Randy Brecker
Malcolm Duncan
Neil Jason
Tony Levin – bass on “One World”
Jimmy Maelen
Mike Mainieri
Dave Plews
Jack Sonni – guitar synthesizer on “The Man’s Too Strong”
Sting – vocals on “Money for Nothing”

Tuesday 12/27/22 11am ET: Classic Greatest Hits LP: Dire Straits – Money For Nothing (1988)

Money for Nothing is a greatest hits album by British rock band Dire Straits released on October 17, 1988, featuring highlights from the band’s first five albums.

1. “Sultans of Swing” 5:46
2. “Down to the Waterline” 4:01
3. “Portobello Belle 4:33
4. “Twisting by the Pool 3:30
5. “Tunnel of Love” 8:10
6. “Romeo and Juliet” 5:56
7. “Solid Rock” 3:19
8. “Where Do You Think You’re Going? 3:30
9. “Walk of Life” 4:08
10. “Private Investigations” 5:50
11. “Telegraph Road 11:59
12. “Money for Nothing 4:06
13. “Brothers in Arms 4:49

Sunday 7/31/22 1pm ET: Feature LP: Dire Straits (1978)

Dire Straits is the debut studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits released on June 9, 1978 by Vertigo Records internationally, Warner Bros. Records in the United States and Mercury Records in Canada. The album has the hit single “Sultans of Swing”, which reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 8 on the UK Singles Chart. The album reached the top of the album charts in Germany, Australia and France, number 2 in the United States and number 5 in the United Kingdom. Dire Straits was later certified double platinum in both the United States and the United Kingdom.

1. “Down to the Waterline” 3:55
2. “Water of Love” 5:23
3. “Setting Me Up” 3:18
4. “Six Blade Knife” 4:10
5. “Southbound Again” 2:58
6. “Sultans of Swing” 5:47
7. “In the Gallery” 6:16
8. “Wild West End” 4:42
9. “Lions” 5:05

Mark Knopfler – vocals, lead and rhythm guitars
David Knopfler – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
John Illsley – bass guitar, backing vocals
Pick Withers – drums

Sunday 6/26/22 1pm ET: Feature LP: Dire Straits – Communique (1979)

Communiqué is the second studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on June 5, 1979. The album produced the single “Lady Writer”, which reached number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 51 on the UK Singles Chart. The album reached number one on album charts in Germany, New Zealand, and Sweden, number 11 in the United States and number 5 in the United Kingdom. Communiqué was later certified gold in the United States, platinum in the United Kingdom and double-platinum in France.

1. “Once Upon a Time in the West” 5:14
2. “News” 4:11
3. “Where Do You Think You’re Going?” 3:43
4. “Communiqué” 5:42
5. “Lady Writer” 3:38
6. “Angel of Mercy” 4:29
7. “Portobello Belle” 4:21
8. “Single-Handed Sailor” 4:42
9. “Follow Me Home” 5:42

Mark Knopfler – vocals, lead and rhythm guitars
David Knopfler – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
John Illsley – bass guitar, backing vocals
Pick Withers – drums
Barry Beckett (credited as B. Bear) – keyboards and producer

Saturday 3/5/22 9m ET: Feature LP: Dire Straits – Making Movies (1980)

Making Movies is the third studio album by British rock band Dire Straits released on October 17, 1980 by Vertigo Records internationally, Warner Bros. Records in the United States and Mercury Records in Canada. The album featured the single “Romeo and Juliet,” which reached #8 on the UK Singles Chart. The album reached #1 on album charts in Italy and Norway, #19 in the United States and #4 in the United Kingdom. Making Movies was later certified platinum in the United States and double-platinum in the United Kingdom.

1. “Tunnel of Love” 8:11
2. “Romeo and Juliet” 6:00
3. “Skateaway” 6:40

1. “Expresso Love” 5:12
2. “Hand in Hand” 4:48
3. “Solid Rock” 3:19
4. “Les Boys” 4:07

Mark Knopfler – vocals, guitar
John Illsley – bass guitar, vocals
Pick Withers – drums, vocals

Roy Bittan – keyboards
Sid McGinnis – guitar (uncredited)

Tuesday 5/18/21 2pm ET: Sounds of The 80’s

2 – 6pm ET

Featuring tunes from Pablo Cruise, Def Leppard, Dire Straits, Little Richard, Madonna, Stevie Nicks, KT Oslin, Neil Diamond, Janet Jackson, Was (Not) Was, Fleetwood Mac, Lou Gramm, Irene Cara, Genesis, and more . . .

Friday 12am ET: Feature LP: Dire Straits – Private Investigations (2005)

Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler is the third compilation album by Dire Straits and British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released in 2005 by Mercury and Vertigo internationally, and Warner Bros. in the United States. Named after their 1982 hit single, the album consists of material by Dire Straits, with songs selected from the group’s six studio albums (excluding the 1979 album Communiqué) from 1978 up through the group’s dissolution in 1995. It also features work from the solo career of the group’s singer, songwriter, and guitarist Mark Knopfler, including some of his soundtrack material.

1. “Telegraph Road” 14:20
2. “Sultans of Swing” 5:48
3. “Love Over Gold” 6:18
4. “Romeo and Juliet” 6:00
5. “Tunnel of Love” 8:10
6. “Skateaway” 6:35
7. “Private Investigations” 5:59
8. “So Far Away” 5:07
9. “Money for Nothing” 8:24
10. “Walk of Life” 4:08
11. “Your Latest Trick” 6:29

1. “Calling Elvis” 6:24
2. “On Every Street” 5:03
3. “Going Home” 5:00
4. “The Long Road” 7:21
5. “Why Aye Man” 4:09
6. “Sailing to Philadelphia” 5:53
7. “What It Is” 4:56
8. “The Trawlerman’s Song” 5:02
9. “Boom, Like That” 5:49
10. “Brothers in Arms” 6:57
11. “All the Roadrunning” (featuring Emmylou Harris) 4:49

Tuesday 2pm: Sounds of The 80’s

This week on Sounds of The 80’s:  Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Murphy, Kenny Rogers, Dire Straits, Robert John, Prince, Ramones, Air Supply, Steely Dan, America, Boston, Elton John, Poison, Stevie Nicks, Queen, Men At Work and many many more .. . 

Saturday 12pm ET: Brit Rock with Dominic Forbes

On Brit Rock this week music from Gary Moore, AC/DC, Jeff Lynne, Extreme, Billy Idol, Faith No More, Fish, Aerosmith,Quireboys, Black Crowes, Stranglers, Boston, Deep Purple, Killers, The Eagles, Chris Cornell, The Fray, Kings Of Leon, U2, The Scorpions, Genesis, Dire Straits, Whitesnake, Sammy Hagar, Frijid Pink, Queen, Cinderella, Foreigner, Russ Ballard, Peter Gabriel, Gun, The Hooters, ZZ Top, Richard Marx, Ozzy Osbourne, Genesis, Rainbow.  Join Dominic Forbes 12pm ET on RadioMaxMusic.  Encore at 12am Sunday morning.