dIRE sTRAITS - Last Concert - Live at Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia, 26th April, 86
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The Last show of 'Brothers in Arms Tour 1985-1986', 26th April, 1986
I wish i could back on time, and see them in concert😢
This night certainly changed my life, as an 11 year old, falling in love with music through dIRE sTRAITs.
I remember recording this show off the ‘tele’ using my father's Beta machine and using my twin deck cassette recorder tuned to ‘Triple M’ FM Sydney to record the audio.
40 years ago today. I came to that thinking not because I looked at the calendar, but because I remember where I was this day 40 years ago, watching this live in Southland, New Zealand, as a 16-year-old on a stormy night and that it was the same night, 12 hours apart, when Chernobyl blew.
The picture quality is not that great from the digital transfer from the Beta cassette, but the audio is quite good.
I do not own the copyright but wanted to share this experience that I've had tucked away for many years.
Great Concert…❤
Setlist
00:00 Ride Across the River
God. Soundtrack of my life Knopfler is. Oddly sad watching this now. What the world and music has become. What an incredibly distant - and better - time that was. Time machine please
10:50 Expresso Love
17:37 Industrial Disease
[ 00:00 ] Ride Across the River
[ 10:50 ] Expresso Love
[ 17:37 ] Industrial Disease
[ 23:27 ] So Far Away
[ 30:43 ] Romeo and Juliet
[ 42:01 ] Private Investigations
[ 50:27 ] Sultans of Swing
[ 1:02:10 ] Why Worry
[ 1:09:42 ] Your Latest Trick
[ 1:14:43 ] Walk of Life
[ 1:22:50 ] Two Young Lovers
[ 1:30:31 ] Money for Nothing
[ 1:38:33 ] Tunnel of Love
[ 1:49:58 ] Brothers in Arms
[ 1:58:00 ] Solid Rock
[ 2:02:45 ] Waltzing Matilda (Banjo Paterson cover)
[ 2:06:49 ] Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero
Dire Straits - Live at Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia, 26th April 1986
DIRE STRAITS
MARK KNOPFLER - GUITAR / VOCALS
JOHN ILLSLEY - BASS / VOCALS
JACK SONNI - GUITAR / VOCALS
ALAN CLARK - KEYBOARDS
GUY FLETCHER - KEYBOARDS / VOCALS
CHRIS WHITE - SAX / FLUTE / DRUMS
TERRY WILLIAMS - DRUMS
23:27 So Far Away
30:43 Romeo and Juliet
Sped off from the front of my house and the other one was in a truck with a bunch of people and they were trying to figure out what it was so they could take the truck back and take a monkey out
42:01 Private Investigations
50:27 Sultans of Swing
I was definitely there . Several times actually
01:02:10 Why Worry
01:09:42 Your Latest Trick
Magical night. I wasn’t there (from Holland) but this band was my first CD. 45 Now and they never bore me. Magical all the time. Eyes closed and listen.
PS. Seems like he is using another Les Paul on BIA.
01:14:43 Walk of Life
01:22:50 Two Young Lovers
Damn, I love the Alchemy version of Sultans best but Mark's playing on Sultans at this show was absolutely notnod thia earth! And he seems so casual about it!! The only reason I wouldn't rank this performance higher is I wish I could throw that saxophone into the ocean. I don't know why they added a saxophone. It absolutely ruins the song, anything that plays over a Mark Knopfler solo should be illegal.
01:30:31 Money for Nothing
01:38:33 Tunnel of Love
The only other band that sort of reminds me of Dire Straits, or vice versa, is Jethro Tull. Both bands are kind of underrated, but both are really better than just about anybody you'll ever see. The flute really adds a lot to music. It's unfortunate that a lot of people don't really seem to get that. But then after you see them live, that's when you get it. Those are my two favorite bands.
01:49:58 Brothers in Arms
01:58:00 Solid Rock
I’ll never forget watching them and Steve Miller at the Forum in Los Angeles. I had experienced David Gilmore, Eddie Van Halen, Slash and several other inspiring guitarists but when I heard Mark Knopfler’s 🎸 in person it left an enormous impact on my ear for greatness!! Truly one of a kind pure talent and originality that I love to this day!!!! Thank you to all these YouTube channels that helping keep this wonderful music live on through the generations.
Hello future 👋🏻,,,, I was born in Southern California in 1974 and let it be known that I had the best parents a kid could ever have and grow up to have a great career as a crane operator that provided for his family and two kids. The 80’s and 90’s were so much fun,,, I don’t think the fun we had could ever be duplicated!! Not to mention the variety of talented musicians and bands throughout all genres!!
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02:02:45 Waltzing Matilda (Banjo Paterson cover)
02:06:49 Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero
Probably The Bests!!❤
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Sem palavras❤
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I was at that concert...23 years old...I saw pink Floyd , queen and James Taylor in those few years... such wonderful musicians.
Freddie Mercury on another level... they were all awesome ❤
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I recorded it from MMM with a stereo decoder onto cassette tape.
The first part had a crackling noise in one channel, eventually it faded into mono and back into stereo with the crackle gone !
(I recorded it in Melbourne)
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Mel Collins on saxophone!
More User Perspectives
This was a great album for me. 18 yrs old , playing this on cassette in my 1970 chevy pickup,single,going camping with buds.. Now 59,where did time go?
@PaulRobinson-p2vI didn't see DS in Stockholm Sweden 🇸🇪 1986 so good still lisning every day 🎸
@JosefGolavskijDire Straits: legends and music milestones.... and how handsome was Mark!!
@abracadabra-he5fnBest live band i ever seen townsville 1986 ❤
@filipekonrotelegends
@tanker14252099 anyone?
@Wayne-Kerr_Rudy-ZarzoffSeen them 5 year after this on their last tour. I was 6 years old. My first gig. Magnificent.
@craiganderson275Fix the thumbnail picture. Dire Staits ?
@meecobPara bailar y tomar algo y verlos, son tan fantásticos y lo continua siendo,! Es, Grande!❤❤❤🎉🎉
@MaríaElisaMartínezEspinosafor me dire straits never get old the music its fantastic the best band for me maybe others became more comercial and consider more . but who cares nobody can sound the guitar like mark knopfler and all the others member are good players too
@pablomazzeo8540My first international artist i went too , $25 tickets, one of the best nights, I was 16 years old , went with sister n friends , freaking awesome .
@ScruffNuffMe contaba mi madre que de pequeño me ponía a bailar delante de la tele
@JoseAntonio-bs8tfAmo la música desde los 13 años
Pero cuando digo música no me refiero al reguetón o al rap
Antes hacía la vida por la mañana pero por la tarde no era persona
Estaba muerto
Qué bonito disfrutar de contenido en Youtube sin estar drogado y quedarme dormido
@JoseAntonio-bs8tfDriving an '86 Corvette with the top down in the summer of 1986 with Dire Straits blasting. Heaven.
@nhdogmomJoseph Lowery put Mark up when he was down & out in Newcastle upon Tyne in the 70's.
@StephenMinnsJust watched this video today. I've been a Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler fan since their early days. I still remember hearing/seeing "Money for Nothing" during the early days of MTV and seeing them on Live Aid. They are in my top 10 of all time! I can listen to them anytime. Anywhere.
@DonaldGorsicaThis was my first ever CD i purchased - should have also brought the Vinyl also.
@gtsscott😮 missing this kind.
@rosssantiago737so let me get this straight... they released one of the greatest albums in the history of music in"Brothers at Arms", toured for it, and blew up the band? These guys were nothing less than AMAZING!
@JaydenMereles3Was it "the last concert" in Australia? There was quite a tour in 1992 no?
@joselacostaWasn't there but I was once in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina at a little beach bar where I had the pleasure of listening and seeing a one man band do a beautiful tribute to dire straits!!!! Peace & Lo💕🪽🪽ve to all good souls
@countryroads1-v1nWent to Pine Knob to see them on this tour, what a great show. Iwas listening to the radio and it played Waterline needed to Dire Straits fix no band better. Thank You for the memories this brings back.
@drewmartin1116Saw them in Melbourne, twice.
Fantastic.