Mark Knopfler - Sultan Of Swing
Best known as the founder and leading guitarist of the Dire Straits rock band, Mark Knopfler has also dedicated himself to an equally successful solo career.
He worked as a journalist and a teacher before the Dire Straits creation. In 1978 the band released their first album Dire Straits and one year later there was the second album Comunique. The band's next albums, Making Movies (1980) and Love Over Gold (1982) featured hits Tunnel Of Love, Romeo And Juliet, Telegraph Road and Private Investigation. In 1985 Dire Straits released Brothers in Arms, one of the best selling albums at all times. The 'Live in 85/6' tour saw Dire Straits play 234 shows in twelve months to combined audiences of about 2.5 million. Full story...
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- Dire Straits (reissue)
Dire Straits’ 1978 breakthrough debut album remastered by Bernie Grundman from the original analogue tapes. Plated and pressed at Pallas in Germany on 180 gram audiophile quality vinyl.
- Get Lucky
The new album, debuts at #17 on the Billboard. The NY Times declares that the album, 'radiates wariness and maturity as well as poise', while the Detroit Free Press heralds it as 'magnificent'.
- Kill To Get Crimson
The successful album, which RS heralded as 'a gem' and USA Today described as, '…yet another unpretentious showcase for his unmistakable gifts as a musician, tunesmith and storyteller'.