Dire Straits - 1978-01-30 "LEEDS 1978" Polytechnic, Leeds, UK. (support act for Talking Heads) SOUNDBOARD, samples incl.

Dire Straits
Polytechnic,
Leeds, UK,
30th January 1978.

>contrast clause:
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=272963
which is an in 2002 remastered version by 3BR.
This is the version of how it was original captured that evening in 1978
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"The bootleg Dire Straits � Leeds � January 30 (31?), 1978 is one of the earliest Dire Straits live recordings (actually the only earlier live recording is only one song � Eastbound Train from the Hope & Anchor pub, London, December 1977).
This bootleg concert was recorded about one week before the recoding sessions for the very first Dire Straits album.
This gig was the last of a short England tour, where Dire Straits played support for the Talking Heads.
For this reason they did not play a full-length concert set.

The bootleg is from a soundboard recording on a tape cassette and contains the following songs: Southbound Again � Eastbound Train � Down to the Waterline � In the Gallery � Water of Love � Setting me up � Me and my friends � Real Girl � Sultans of Swing
Unfortunately the original tape was damaged in the solo of the first song � Southbound Again � the reason why the last part of this song is missing. It continues with Eastbound Train (first seconds also missing), but we don�t know how long it took to fix the tape problem (or even to notice the problem) so we don�t know whether there have been any other songs in between or not....."

quoted from by Ingo Raven's great site:www.mk-guitar.com
read complete story here:
http://www.mk-guitar.com/2008/10/31/amps-and-gear-on-the-dire-straits-bootleg-leeds-1978/source: soundboard
format: 1CDR

source: soundboard

SETLIST:

1. Southbound again (cut)
2. Eastbound train
3. Down to the waterline
4. In the gallery
5. Water of love
6. Setting me up
7. Me and my friends
8. Real girl
9. Sultans of swing





Additional comments (OEB):


Soundboard recording from Leeds, 30th January 1978.
Dire Straits was playing here as support act for Talking Heads, but you can easily hear why they became a main act soon afterwards!

Excellent performance and containing two rare songs:
"Real girl" and "Me and my friends" (on some bootlegs also known as "Move it away").
"My and my friends" is even extremely rare,
so it is beyond any doubt this is the best sounding version ever!

Great recording of Dire Straits at the very beginning.
Very good sound quality.
Available on one CD-R.


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