Dire Straits 01/01/1977
Set I
Wild West End
Sultans Of Swing
Down To The Waterline
Water Of Love
Southbound Again
In The Gallery
Six Blade Knife
Setting Me Up
Eastbound Train
Real Girl
Sultans Of Swing
Down To The Waterline
Water Of Love
Southbound Again
In The Gallery
Six Blade Knife
Setting Me Up
Eastbound Train
Real Girl
Set II
Set III
Comment
Contains demos for their first album.
Available sources:
-"Early Demos" (Indian Records)
-"The Demos"
Available sources:
-"Early Demos" (Indian Records)
-"The Demos"
Collectors With This Show
| User (active/rating) | Media / # | Show | Sound | Details | DB Source | User Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wes meyette | / | View | ||||
| Shearing | FLAC / 1 | A | View | |||
| OldNeumanntapr | / | A- | View | Studio Soundboard | ||
| Notes: | On the 27th of July 1977 Dire Straits recorded the now famous demo tapes of five songs: Wild West End Sultans of Swing Down To The Waterline Sacred Loving Water of Love. In what was probably October they recorded: Southbound Again In The Gallery Six Blade Knife (for BBC Radio London) and, finally, on the 9th of November demo tapes were made of: Setting Me Up Eastbound Train and Real Girl. | |||||
| Marc Dreilinger | FLAC / 1 | View | First generation cassette tape ( | |||
| Notes: | Archived Box 1 Disc 159, Disc 165 | |||||
| Gary | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| Jason | CDR / 1 | A | A- | View | Studio | |
| Andrew Davies | CDR / 1 | A | A | View | ||
| woodenalligator | CDR / 1 | A | B+ | View | SB | |
| Notes: | First album demos | |||||
| Gerard Wind | CDR / 1 | C | View | |||
| Notes: | Sound quality from bad to OK+ | |||||
| TTDaddy | FLAC / 1 | View | Studio | |||
| Notes: | Lineage: First generation cassette tape-->?-->Wav-->dBpowerAMP-->FLAC (TRT 50:20) | |||||
| Musicjunkie's Tunes | CD / 1 | A- | View | |||
| Notes: | STUDIO | |||||
| rideinthel | FLAC / | View | ||||
| Shawnee | FLAC / 1 | A | A- | View | Studio | |
| Notes: | Missing Real Girl | |||||
| Thiago | CDR / 1 | View | SBD ANA(1) > ? > CDR | |||
| Notes: | 07/27/1977: Wild West End, Sultans of Swing, Down To The Waterline,Sacred Loving and Water of Love. 10/xx/1977: Southbound Again, In The Gallery & Six Blade Knife for BBC Radio London. 11/09/1977: Setting Me Up, Eastbound Train & Real Girl | |||||
| Heather | CDR/FLAC / 1 | A | View | SBD | ||
| Notes: | Minus "Sultans of Swing" (officially released) | |||||
| Private Stock | / 1 | Vg | View | |||
| Notes: | Definitely early demos. Very cool and sound quality is good. | |||||
| AAA Audio | flac / 1 | View | ||||
| Kaz | flac / 0 | View | ||||
| CDJones | FLAC/CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | Demos - Original Tape | |||||
| Warren | flac / 1 | A | View | |||
| geoff | FLAC / 1 | B+ | View | |||
| Notes: | Sound quality varies, but tinny overall. DVD#8 | |||||
| bluibootleg | FLAC / 0 | View | Studio | |||
| BluesFan | CD / 1 | A- | A- | View | SBD | |
| Notes: | Early Demos bootleg on Indian records. | |||||
| BluesFan | FLAC / 0 | View | ||||
| Tom Bashara/Eric Linstrom | FLAC / 1 | View | Studio Recording | |||
| Notes: | Studio Recording | |||||
| fleaibe | FLAC / 1 | A | View | ? > cdr > ? > flac | ||
| Notes: | Location: Path? Marconi Studios, Paris, France Bootleg: Early Demos Time: 42:23 Source: ? > cdr > ? > flac Setlist: 1. Wild West End (4:41) 2. Sultans of Swing (5:21) 3. Down to the Waterline (3:49) 4. Water of Love (4:31) 5. Southbound Again (5:02) 6. In the Gallery (5:39) 7. Six Blade Knife (4:52) 8. Setting Me Up (5:19) 9. Eastbound Train (3:09) Comments: Catalog-No.: Indian Records IN-03 The sound is tinny and subdued, but it has a few different arrangements. | |||||
| Ringo | CDR / 1 | B+ | View | Studio Outtakes | ||
| Notes: | "Early Demos" [42'27"] | |||||
| Pete Morin-Smith | CDr / 1 | View | Catalog-No.: Indian Records IN-03 > ??? | |||
| Glen Fiertl | CD-R / 1 | A | A/B | View | Studio | |
| Notes: | Some of the songs are pristine and others are muted. overall very good. | |||||
| Calvin | / 0 | View | ||||
| zingapoor | / 0 | View | STU | |||
| Jono | / 0 | View | ||||
| BeppeD. | cdr / 1 | A | View | |||
| Notes: | sbd (various sources) | |||||
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