first Dire Straits Demo recorded 45 years ago today

[wayaman]

It is a DS song that they played on their early concerts as a band and they recorded in the first demo tape of the band.

[hunter v2.0]

I didn't pay attention to the lyrics, but the song is average at best. David's singing is pretty bad, but since then he just got worse. Which says quite a lot ... And as I much as I love Mark's playing in that era, he's totally overplaying here. Like's he had twelve cups of espresso.

[olazabalrok]

Was already on Youtube since March 2023  Song is nice to have, we are always curious about unreleased stuff..

As I said sharing is caring, could’ve shared it back then if you knew about it.

[Robson]

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[localhero1986]

I'm sorry, but when I listen to stuff like this the only thing that crosses my mind is "Thank heavens it wasn't released officially". I forgot the song the moment I stopped listening to it. Nothing special and even Mark's guitar isn't saving it for me.

I don't think it's that bad of a song, it would have fitted OK in Communique. But I also understand why it was left out.

Ah no indeed, it’s not too bad. Not as bad as Badges, Posters Stickers and T-shirts. Still don’t know what they were smoking while writing and recording that one…

The very first seconds of SL sound like JJ Cale’s Artificial Paradise (or actually the other way round).

[Pottel]

I'm sorry, but when I listen to stuff like this the only thing that crosses my mind is "Thank heavens it wasn't released officially". I forgot the song the moment I stopped listening to it. Nothing special and even Mark's guitar isn't saving it for me.

I don't think it's that bad of a song, it would have fitted OK in Communique. But I also understand why it was left out.

Ah no indeed, it’s not too bad. Not as bad as Badges, Posters Stickers and T-shirts. Still don’t know what they were smoking while writing and recording that one…

The very first seconds of SL sound like JJ Cale’s Artificial Paradise (or actually the other way round).

artificial paradise happens to be one of my favourite JJ songs.that simple sounding solo never misses to hit me like a freight train

[superval99]

I'm sorry, but when I listen to stuff like this the only thing that crosses my mind is "Thank heavens it wasn't released officially". I forgot the song the moment I stopped listening to it. Nothing special and even Mark's guitar isn't saving it for me.

I don't think it's that bad of a song, it would have fitted OK in Communique. But I also understand why it was left out.

Ah no indeed, it’s not too bad. Not as bad as Badges, Posters Stickers and T-shirts. Still don’t know what they were smoking while writing and recording that one…

The very first seconds of SL sound like JJ Cale’s Artificial Paradise (or actually the other way round).

artificial paradise happens to be one of my favourite JJ songs.that simple sounding solo never misses to hit me like a freight train

Love Artificial Paradise! 

[Robson]

For me in Arificial Paradise, J.J is vocally similar to Paul Simon.

[Brunno Nunes]

The question is, can Sacred Loving be classed as an official Dire Straits song? We know it is not on any officially released album, but, as it is on this demo release, and it is under the Dire Straits banner, is it classed as a Dire Straits song? or just a solo David Knopfler song

Which musicians recorded this demo?

Are Real Girl, Me and My Friend, In My Car Mark Knopfler's solo songs?

In my opinion, all of this is Dire Straits, including Whats The Matter Baby and Bernadette. For me, Dire Straits is the sum of its parts and not a one-man band, so much so that as soon as one member leaves, everything changes, like when David left, then Pick.

[Robson]

The question is, can Sacred Loving be classed as an official Dire Straits song? We know it is not on any officially released album, but, as it is on this demo release, and it is under the Dire Straits banner, is it classed as a Dire Straits song? or just a solo David Knopfler song

Which musicians recorded this demo?

Are Real Girl, Me and My Friend, In My Car Mark Knopfler's solo songs?

In my opinion, all of this is Dire Straits, including Whats The Matter Baby and Bernadette. For me, Dire Straits is the sum of its parts and not a one-man band, so much so that as soon as one member leaves, everything changes, like when David left, then Pick.

Exactly so.