Dire Straits Money For Nothing

DIRE STRAITS Private Investigations - The Best Of (2005 German issue limited edition 2-LP vinyl set featuring a 14-track collection of the biggest & best hits from one of the biggest British bands in music history, compiling hits from the classics 'Communique', 'Making Movies', 'Love Over Gold' as well as the 13 times platinum selling 'Brothers In Arms', plus the exclusive recording 'All The Road Running' with Emmylou Harris).

2000 2-CD set featuring 39 classic timeless hits from the millennium including Queen, The Rolling Stones, Peter Gabriel, John Lennon, Paul McCartney & Wings, David Bowie, The Who, Elton John, The Beach Boys, Simon And Garfunkel, Derek & The Dominoes, Prince, U2, Bon Jovi, Blondie, Oasis, Lenny Kravitz, Simple Minds, Supertramp, Dire Straits, Tina Turner, Bob Marley, UB40, Kate Bush, Phil Collins, Roxy Music, Rod Stewart, Bee Gees, Michael Jackson, Abba, Janet Jackson, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Barry White, Pet Shop Boys, George Michael, Massive Attack, Texas.

‘Brian May, the legendary Queen guitarist, has lovingly compiled an album featuring the finest Rock Guitar Anthems of all time. Across 3CDs, the album includes rock powerhouses Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Dire Straits, Def Leppard and of course, Queen.

Dire Straits emerged during the post-punk era of the late '70s, and while their sound was minimalistic and stripped down, they owed little to punk. If anything, the band was a direct outgrowth of the roots revivalism of pub rock, but where pub rock celebrated good times, Dire Straits were melancholy. Led by guitarist/vocalist Mark Knopfler, the group built their sound upon the laid-back blues-rock of J.J. Cale, but they also had jazz and country inflections, occasionally dipping into the epic song structures of progressive rock. The band's music was offset by Knopfler's lyrics, which approximated the winding, stream-of-conscious narratives of Bob Dylan. As their career progressed, Dire Straits became more refined and their new maturity happened to coincide with the rise of MTV and the compact disc. These two musical revolutions from the mid-'80s helped make Dire Straits' sixth album, Brothers in Arms, an international blockbuster. The band – along with Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, and Steve Winwood – become one of the leaders of a group of self-consciously mature veteran rock & rollers in the late '80s that designed their music to appeal to aging baby boomers. Despite the band's international success, they couldn't sustain their stardom, waiting a full six years to deliver a follow-up to Brothers in Arms, by which time their audience had shrunk significantly.

Secrets In The Closet is a 2CD bootleg released in 2007 by British pop rockers The Dire Straits. Recorded during their Brothers In Arms tour, this was released by the Cellar Dweller folks.