Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms (40th Anniversary Deluxe 5LP Vinyl)

Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms (40th Anniversary Deluxe 5LP Vinyl)

Available to pre-order now, released May 16th. As this is an import we may have stock a week later.

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One of the world’s best-selling albums, Dire Straits’ Brothers In Arms, celebrates its 40th anniversary with an exquisite product suite. Produced by Neil Dorfsman and Mark Knopfler, and recorded between November 1984 – March 1985 at AIR Studios, Montserrat and the Power Station NYC, Dire Straits’ 5th studio album Brothers In Arms was originally released on 17th May 1985. It was the first album to sell over a million copies on CD and went on to become the band’s most commercially successful album.
The album, featuring singles “So Far Away”, “Money For Nothing”, “Walk Of Life”, “Brothers In Arms” and “Your Latest Trick” spent 14 non-consecutive weeks at Number 1 in the UK Albums Chart and is the 8th best-selling album in UK chart history. Its accolades include the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical and the BRIT Award for Best British Album.
The 5LP deluxe version include the full album tracks and a previously unreleased full-length live concert from the band’s Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio tour stop in 1985. The Live In ’85 Tour ran a total of 248 gigs in 117 cities, covering 23 countries, with 11 trucks carrying 52 tonnes of equipment. It was seen by over two and a half million people. The 5LP is housed in a beautiful slip-case featuring art inspired by Mark’s National Style “O” Resonator Guitar, seen on the cover of the main album.
This deluxe versions includes a 16-page booklet featuring new liner notes, written by Journalist Paul Sexton, following new interviews with band members Mark Knopfler, John Ilsley and Guy Fletcher, and come with exclusive art prints.

Tracklisting:

LP1

1. So Far Away
2. Money For Nothing
3. Walk of Life
4. Your Latest Trick

LP2 

1. Why Worry
2. Ride Across The River
3. The Man’s Too Strong
4. One World
5. Brothers in Arms

LP3 

1. Ride Across the River (San Antonio Live In 85)
2. Expresso Love (San Antonio Live In 85)
3. One World (San Antonio Live In 85)
4. Romeo and Juliet (San Antonio Live In 85)
5. Private Investigations (San Antonio Live In 85)

LP4

1. Sultans of Swing (San Antonio Live In 85)
2. Why Worry? (San Antonio Live In 85)
3. Walk of Life (San Antonio Live In 85)
4. Two Young Lovers (San Antonio Live In 85)
5. Money For Nothing (San Antonio Live In 85)
6. Wild West End (San Antonio Live In 85)

LP5

1. Tunnel Of Love (San Antonio Live In 85)
2. Brothers In Arms (San Antonio Live In 85)
3. Solid Rock (San Antonio Live In 85)
4. Going Home (San Antonio Live In 85)