ALCHEMY DVD to be released at last in 2010.!! (Am i dreaming)

[Best Brown Baggies]

Does anyone have any fresh news on this?
Someone asked Guy a question about it. He said he knows some details, but can't say anything.
He also said there may be other moves a foot to re-release some other old DS stuff??? I wonder?

Cheers    BBB

[Simon]

My vinyl album of Alchemy states on the back cover "This is a recording of excerpts from one Dire Straits performance. As it contains no re-recordings or overdubs of any kind there are occasional stage buzzes".

It has been a moot point for many years as to whether it encompassed both nights or just the one. I prefer to live in musical heaven/bliss/ignorance and think of it as the one, with no corrections or external interference - don't i just love those 'occasional stage buzzes' :-)

[Fieneke2]

Nigel I didn't hear or read anything either! I don't have the VHS tape, so be sure as soon when the DVD is available I will buy it! 

Fieneke

[sweetsurrender]

I own the VHS tape.  I had the tape converted into dvd.  The quality is not bad.  But I'd definitely buy "Alchemy" when it comes out.  Is it gonna be in HD ?  It's the best concert ever !!!!!  It's a must have for die hard fans.  Fieneke, if you 're crazy about Mark now, you'd be crazier for him then.     Just absolutely amazing.  It's my most played cd and dvd.

[dustyvalentino]

My vinyl album of Alchemy states on the back cover "This is a recording of excerpts from one Dire Straits performance. As it contains no re-recordings or overdubs of any kind there are occasional stage buzzes".

It has been a moot point for many years as to whether it encompassed both nights or just the one. I prefer to live in musical heaven/bliss/ignorance and think of it as the one, with no corrections or external interference - don't i just love those 'occasional stage buzzes' :-)

Seem to recall that it was all one night except Terry messed up the end of Solid Rock, so they spliced in a bit from the other night.

[Love Expresso]

Oh. Dusty, that is very interesting. Never heard it before... And some kind of very upfront information. Do you know where you got that from? Just curious. It can

[ds1984]

I always though it was the best live album until I heard the same tracks from the BIA shows. Live in 85/86 performances of these sounds definitively much better to me.
1991 does provide even better versions : SOS and during the fall part of this tour, R&J
I do prefer Portobello Belle version from the "On Location Tour".

[dustyvalentino]

Oh. Dusty, that is very interesting. Never heard it before... And some kind of very upfront information. Do you know where you got that from? Just curious. It can

[boboDS]

OK, turns out I read it in this very thread!

http://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=665.msg9839#msg9839

You would need to ask Bobo for his source I guess.

Well, you don't. Just listen to Solid Rock from the 23rd, but to the bootleg, not the official rec. At the end you can hear it.
The cut comes at around 4:32-4:33 on the Alchemy album.

Can't wait till april!!

[Love Expresso]

Thanks, folks, for clearing this up!

LE

[Hoops McCann]

I still recall there being some discrepancy over Love Over Gold though. I believe the issue is that Love Over Gold from the CDs (cut out of original LP release) is not from the same show as the video that ended up on the bonus DVD of "Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits". In fact, I wonder if Love Over Gold will be included on the new DVD and Blu-Ray releases at all.

[Simon]

I own the VHS tape.  I had the tape converted into dvd.  The quality is not bad.  But I'd definitely buy "Alchemy" when it comes out.  Is it gonna be in HD ?  It's the best concert ever !!!!!  It's a must have for die hard fans.  Fieneke, if you 're crazy about Mark now, you'd be crazier for him then.     Just absolutely amazing.  It's my most played cd and dvd.

I concur with everything you say SweetSurrender - I too had the tape transferred
to DVD and it is THE best ever officially released concert recording ever in my opinion. Apart from Hal Lindes prancing about in his 80's haircut and slacks and Alan Clarkes often (and unnecessarily) too high volumes on his synths that is! 

[dustyvalentino]

Oh, and it's a bit strange that on the video we get the speech before ToL but on the CD it's missing.

[Pottel]

and so on, and so on...can we pre orderalready??

[dmg]

Oh, and it's a bit strange that on the video we get the speech before ToL but on the CD it's missing.

Maybe they just cut that part out so that it would fit onto an LP in those days but it's still the same concert.