Dire Straits - 1979-02-13 - Dusseldorf, DE (AUD/FLAC) LDB Vintage Series

(Audience FLAC)

Lineage: 
Unknown recording device > n generation tape > TEAC Tape Deck AD-RW900 > Creative Sound Blaster Recon 3D > HD > SoundForge Pro 10.0 > CD Wave > FLAC Frontend (level 6) 

Mark Knopfler (guitar, vocals) 
David Knopfler (guitar) 
John Illsley (bass) 
Pick Withers (drums) 

01.Intro / Down to the Waterline 
02.Six Blade Knife 
03.Once Upon a Time in the West 
04.Lady Writer 
05.Single-Handed Sailor 
06.Water of Love 
07.In the Gallery 
08.Follow Me Home 
09.News 
10.What's the Matter Baby 
11.Lions 
12.Sultans of Swing / Encore Break 
13.Wild West End 
14.Where Do You Think You're Going? 
15.Eastbound Train 
16.Southbound Again 
17.Angel Of Merci 

TT 86:50 

Third show into the Communiqué Tour and a mere three days before their Rockpalast show. I have never seen this one circulating so I thought it would be a good addition to the Vintage Series. How can we possibly talk about the 70's / 80's without mentioning The Dire Straits? The first two tours in the 70's were stunning, pure, raw, classy. That was also the last tour featuring David Knopfler. That was still a time where the band was playing small venues. After that, the band begun to be huge in the 80's and lost a bit of momentum (IMO). When I saw them on the last tour in 1992, the magic seemed to be gone. 

In this show they played 5 (!) encores, included the rarely played Angel of Mercy. 

Soundwise this is ok but not great. Music comes out clear although a bit boomy. I would rate 8 out of 10.