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Stuart Ferguson's Collection

Dire Straits   08/05/1985

Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Source Soundboard
Media CDR   2 discs
Notes DVD 2514; lineage: "Blossom and Relive Cleveland '85" 2011 Speed corrected version.
J-Card Comment Enlight note:



FINALLY...... here it is, the SPEED CORRECTED version from one of Dire Straits best and famous 1985 soundboard USA bootlegconcert.

Although there are some original silvers and other bootleg recordings from this show, none of them are running in the correct speed. They are all running too slow aprox. a semi tone (two half pitch steps). Except for the tracks ìBrothers in Armsî and ì Solid Rockíí( from this date!!) these are running nearly a semi tone (two half pitch steps) too fast.

An excellent soundboard recording like this deserves better.

So I speed up the slow running tracks and speed down the fast running tracks.

For this I used two bootlegs , not counting the bonus tracks, (read further):

(1) mine original silver , Original Artist Recording, live and alive, dire straits live USA, imtrat: 920.013 cover, imt:900.069 cd1, imt:900.070 cd2, made in Germany, LC6711.

(2) Brothers in Cleveland

WHY two different bootlegs?

I used the imtrat original silver because imho itís the best captured recording. The sound of this recording is clearer (you can hear the separate instruments and normal audience enthusiasm much better).
And it has that mysterious bass guitar riff during the ìwalk of lifeî breakdown part (read further).

But the imtrat silver has some minors. ìExpresso loveî was placed on CD 2 (not following the set list) and because of that the transition from ì Ride across the riverî to ì Expresso love" became a difficulty.
Also the imtrat was less complete comparing to the Brothers in Cleveland none original bootleg. And imtrat decided to edit out the band introduction during ìtunnel of loveî , professionally done to be honest and this version is in. (with the sound quality in mind) , but as a bonus I included the full ì Tunnel of loveî version, with the band introduction , as a bonus taken and also speed corrected from mine original The swinging pig TSP-CD-088-2 silver.


So it became a mix from these two bootlegs to provide you the best sounding quality and keep it complete . And less but not least ÖÖ..its sounds the way it should be with the tracks speed corrected Ö.finally.

Notice that ìBrothers in Armsî and ì Solid Rockíí are from this concert date , all other bootlegs from this date included these tracks from the Houston, Texas, USA, 17th August 1985 show. (Which is not allowed to up anyway because itís a King Biscuit Flower Hour radio concert and owned by wolfgangsvault.com), or were left out.



OK what about that mysterious bass-guitar riff during ìWalk of lifeî:

On the Original Artist Recording, live and alive, dire straits live USA, imtrat: 920.013 cover, imt:900.069 cd1, Germany, LC6711. Silver, you can clearly hear John Illsley playing a bass guitar riff during the ì Breakdownî partÖÖÖit would not be that mysterious when I also can hear it on other bootlegs from that concert. And yes Öthey are identicalÖ.except for that bass riff. (Listen sample). A version without the bass riff is included as a bonus, ripped from mine swinging pig TSP-CD-088-2 silver and also speed corrected.
Trades Allowed Yes
Reference / Generation 2514
Owned by Stuart Ferguson · Last Updated May 23, 2023