Dire Straits — Money For Nothing [2× Vinyl LP · Gatefold · 180g]

Dire Straits — Money For Nothing [2× Vinyl LP · Gatefold · 180g]

Details

• Format: Vinyl 2xLP, Gatefold, 180g
• Catalogue Number: 0602438631940
• Barcode: 602438631940
• Genre: Rock
• Label: UMC / Mercury / Vertigo
• Originally Released: 1988 (original compilation)
• This Edition Released: 17 June 2022
• Pressing: 2×LP compilation reissue on 180g heavyweight vinyl, remastered and expanded from the 1988 original, housed in a gatefold sleeve, pressed in the Czech Republic
• Condition: New & Sealed

Description

Money For Nothing is Dire Straits' definitive career-spanning compilation, first assembled by Mark Knopfler in 1988 and comprehensively reworked for this 2022 edition. Stretched across four sides of 180g vinyl in a gatefold sleeve, the updated running order draws on all six studio albums and opens the vault for an alternate live version of Portobello Belle newly mixed by Guy Fletcher — a treatment that gives long-time collectors a reason to revisit a record they thought they knew.

The set pulls together the tracks that built the band: Sultans Of Swing, Down To The Waterline, Romeo And Juliet, Private Investigations, Tunnel Of Love, Telegraph Road, So Far Away, Walk Of Life, Brothers In Arms and the title track. It remains one of the most approachable ways into Dire Straits' catalogue — from the pub-rock economy of the debut through the widescreen synthesised rock of Brothers In Arms.

Issued by UMC / Mercury / Vertigo in 2022, this 2×LP reissue pressed in the Czech Republic represents the current standard edition on vinyl.

Tracklist

Side A

1. Sultans Of Swing
2. Down To The Waterline
3. Portobello Belle – Live (Alternate Version)
4. Twisting By The Pool (Remix)

Side B

1. Tunnel Of Love
2. Romeo And Juliet
3. Where Do You Think You're Going?
4. Walk Of Life

Side C

1. Private Investigations
2. Telegraph Road – Live
3. Money For Nothing (Single Remix)

Side D

1. So Far Away
2. Brothers In Arms
3. Calling Elvis
4. Your Latest Trick

Credits

• Mark Knopfler — Lead Vocals, Guitars, Compilation Producer
• John Illsley — Bass Guitar
• David Knopfler — Rhythm Guitar (early tracks)
• Pick Withers — Drums (early tracks)
• Alan Clark, Guy Fletcher — Keyboards
• Guy Fletcher — Alternate Mix of "Portobello Belle – Live"
• Muff Winwood — Original Producer ("Sultans Of Swing")
• Released on UMC / Mercury / Vertigo (a Universal Music Company)
• Made in the Czech Republic