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Dire Straits 01/01/1977

SHOWID 178863

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

Set II

 

Set III

 

Comment

Contains demos for their first album.

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 (5/0) / View  
Shearing (5/5) FLAC / 1 A View  
OldNeumanntapr (5/5) / 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 (5/2.3) FLAC / 1 View   First generation cassette tape (
Notes: Archived Box 1 Disc 159, Disc 165
Gary (5/4.3) CDR / 1 View  
Jason (5/4.8) CDR / 1 A A- View   Studio
Andrew Davies (4/4.4) CDR / 1 A A View  
woodenalligator (4/5) CDR / 1 A B+ View   SB
Notes: First album demos
Gerard Wind (4/4.9) CDR / 1 C View  
Notes: Sound quality from bad to OK+
TTDaddy (3/5) FLAC / 1 View   Studio
Notes: Lineage: First generation cassette tape-->?-->Wav-->dBpowerAMP-->FLAC (TRT 50:20)
Musicjunkie's Tunes (3/4.9) CD / 1 A- View  
Notes: STUDIO
rideinthel (2/5) FLAC / View  
Shawnee (2/5) FLAC / 1 A A- View   Studio
Notes: Missing Real Girl
Thiago (2/3) 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 (2/0) CDR/FLAC / 1 A View   SBD
Notes: Minus "Sultans of Swing" (officially released)
Private Stock (2/5) / 1 Vg View  
Notes: Definitely early demos. Very cool and sound quality is good.
AAA Audio (2/4.7) flac / 1 View  
Kaz (1/5) flac / 0 View  
CDJones (1/5) FLAC/CDR / 1 View  
Notes: Demos - Original Tape
Warren (1/5) flac / 1 A View  
geoff (1/4) FLAC / 1 B+ View  
Notes: Sound quality varies, but tinny overall. DVD#8
bluibootleg (1/0) FLAC / 0 View   Studio
BluesFan (1/5) CD / 1 A- A- View   SBD
Notes: Early Demos bootleg on Indian records.
BluesFan (1/5) FLAC / 0 View  
Tom Bashara/Eric Linstrom (1/5) FLAC / 1 View   Studio Recording
Notes: Studio Recording
fleaibe (1/5) 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 (1/4.8) CDR / 1 B+ View   Studio Outtakes
Notes: "Early Demos" [42'27"]
Pete Morin-Smith (1/5) CDr / 1 View   Catalog-No.: Indian Records IN-03 > ???
Glen Fiertl (1/5) CD-R / 1 A A/B View   Studio
Notes: Some of the songs are pristine and others are muted. overall very good.
Calvin (0/0) / 0 View  
zingapoor (0/0) / 0 View   STU
Jono (0/0) / 0 View  
BeppeD. (0/5) cdr / 1 A View  
Notes: sbd (various sources)