Opening with "Ride Across The River," and moving quickly into the rockin' "Expresso Love," this Texas audience never let up in its appreciation for the band and the music. At the time, it was a new album, and neither the audience nor the band had any idea how much impact it would have on music fans worldwide. Brothers In Arms, which received rave reviews, a Grammy, and sales of over 10 million copies. Led by guitarist / vocalist / songwriter Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits was probably at its best live configuration ever for this memorable tour. This is an amazing Dire Straits set from its acclaimed 1985, Brothers In Arms tour, and the second of two shows taped that year for the King Biscuit Flower Hour radio concert series. This is so well-written.Mark Knopfler - vocals, guitar Jack Sonni - guitar John Illsey - bass, vocals Guy Fletcher - keyboards, vocals Alan Clark - keyboards, vocals Terry Williams - drums Chris White - saxophone, flute
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I still get chills from the 3:45 mark where the bass guitar takes over and then Knopfler's guitar plays, building up to a full band crash, fade out, come back in, and then fading out again.
At over six and a half minutes, it is another longer song, but almost feels like two pieces – the lyrics version and the instrumental version. When I was involved in a sporting club, we used the outro of this song for a few displays and it worked so wonderfully well. The opening is beautiful, with that clear guitar sound and the lyrics sounding like they have been drenched up from a real man's life. Track two was the first single – ' Private Investigations', another song telling a story, this one about a fed-up private detective. And then, from about 10 minutes on, the final guitar work-out comes and it is just superb. As I said, it does go for a little over 14 minutes, but it does not feel like that at all. This feels like a classical piece with various movements all worked together seamlessly. The music builds up gloriously " …like a rolling river" and then the guitar peels off a solo that is stunning, and then it slows down again. It is another song that tells an amazing story.
It tells the tale of the opening up of a part of America, centred on the Telegraph Road which helped keep people informed and connected. That instantly recognisable Knopfler guitar sound is front and centre, but it shares the stage with the piano. Starting with a synthesiser and thunder sound effects, it soon develops into a slow piano and guitar opening before the rest of the band comes in. The first is the fourteen minute mini-epic ' Telegraph Road'. Side one (come on, yes, sides) has two tracks on it. To the album! All tracks were written by Mark Knopfler, who also produced the album, but it is not a one-man show.
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This was a band that was tight, knew what they were doing, and had a leader in Mark Knopfler who knew what he wanted and how to get the best out of all of them. It is one of the great guitar albums, and, to my mind, still stands up today as a wonderful piece of musicianship. I do find it a shame that when people talk about Dire Straits today, they tend to focus on their first, self-titled album or Brothers In Arms, and this album gets overlooked.
I don't know if there is an updated version available (20 or 30 year collector's tin, you know the deal), but I do know that on the follow-up album – Alchemy, a live album (and one of the best live albums ever produced, in my opinion) – some of the stand-out tracks came from Love Over Gold. I find the music just sets a good mood for a dark fantasy story. This album is exquisite, and what was side one is still something that gets played way too much in my home. This album was a huge seller in Australia, on the back of two singles, and I got it in 1983 on cassette, which later had to be replaced by the CD because I'd worn one particular track out.
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