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A live document of Dire Straits’ 1991-92 world tour supporting the On Every Street album, On the Night works sporadically, offering enough good…
It took Mark Knopfler more than six years to craft a follow-up to Dire Straits’ international chart-topper, Brothers in Arms, but although On Every Street…
Brothers in Arms brought the atmospheric, jazz-rock inclinations of Love Over Gold into a pop setting, resulting in a surprise international best-seller…
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