Dire Straits - 1979-02-16/17 - Cologne, DE (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Lineage:
Trade CD-R > EAC v. 0.99 Prebeta 4 (Secure) > FLAC (8)

"Cologne '79"
CD-R2 - 70:35/66:34 - SB 6

Disc 1:
01. Down to the Waterline
02. Six Blade Knife
03. Once Upon a Time in the West
04. Lady Writer
05. Single Handed Sailor
06. Water of Love
07. In the Gallery
08. Follow Me Home
09. News
10. What's the Matter Baby?
11. Lions
12. Sultans of Swing
13. Wild West End
14. Where Do You Think You're Going?

Disc 2:
01. Eastbound Train
02. Sultans of Swing (redo)
03. Down to the Waterline
04. Six Blade Knife
05. In the Gallery
06. Water of Love
07. Eastbound Train
08. What's the Matter Baby
09. Lions
10. Sultans of Swing
11. Wild West End
12. Southbound Again

Geetarz Comments:
Disc 1 and the first two tracks of disc 2 comprise the the 'Rockpalast' television broadcast recorded 16 February 1979 at Studio-L. This includes the retake of "Sultans of Swing" which was not broadcast originally. Disc 2 tracks 3 - 12 are sourced from the German Radio broadcast of the show the next night in Cologne, Germany, on February 17, 1979. Together, they comprise both nights, and are an essential "Top 10" part of any DS core collection. I have quite deliberatedly named this set as "Cologne '79" to distinguish it from the plethora of earlier versions of just "Rockpalast" that are in circulation.

Please note, the Rockpalast material was recorded and presented in mono. I remain deeply convinced that 99.9% of the problem most people have when they see "mono" is psychological, not aural. This mono DS recording is - to me - better and gets more ear time than 99.9999% of the items in my collection. 'Nuff Said.

The Rockpalast material is from the digital satellite rebroadcast in the late 1990s (1998, I think) and should be a qualitative and quantitative improvement over the copies most people have of this - in fact, it's so much better than what has been commonly available that it may sound completely new to those already familiar with the material.