On The Road Again: Dire Straits "On The Night"

martes, 14 de noviembre de 2017

Dire Straits "On The Night"

On the Night is the second live album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on 10 May 1993 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The album features many of the band's later hits, including the singles "Walk of Life" and "Money for Nothing".

On the Night was recorded in May 1992 at Les Arenes in Nîmes, France, and at Feijenoord Stadion in Rotterdam, The Netherlands—concerts that were part of the On Every Street Tour, which included 216 shows in Europe, North America, and Australia, and sold 7.1 million tickets.

On the Night was released on 10 May 1993 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States.

The album was remastered and reissued with the rest of the Dire Straits catalogue in 1996 for most of the world outside the United States.

In 2023, it was expanded for the box set Live 1978-1992. The original songs were remastered by Andrew Walter, while Guy Fletcher newly mixed the songs "Sultans of Swing", "Fade To Black" (inserted between "Private Investigations" and "Your Latest Trick"), "When It Comes To You", "I Think I Love You Too Much" (inserted after "Your Latest Trick"), "Two Young Lovers", "Tunnel of Love" and "Telegraph Road" (inserted before "Money for Nothing"). The new double CD configuration also swaps the order of "On Every Street" and "You and Your Friend". Encores is included as a separate disc in the box set (despite "The Bug" actually not being an encore but usually played before "Private Investigations", as in the DVD tracklist shown below). "Planet of New Orleans", according to Guy Fletcher, "was not performed on the nights that were recorded – as far as I am aware."

The box set marks the first time "I Think I Love You Too Much" was included on a Dire Straits release. The band never put out a studio version; Jeff Healey released it on his album Hell to Pay, while an earlier live performance by Dire Straits (with Eric Clapton) was recorded at the 1990 Knebworth Festival and included on the "various artists" album and video distillation.

Track listing

All songs were written by Mark Knopfler, except where indicated.