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Title: first Dire Straits Demo recorded 45 years ago today
Post by: JF on July 27, 2022, 04:10:45 PM
45 years ago today, Dire Straits recorded their first demo tape at Pathways studios

5 songs were recorded : Wild West End", "Down to the Waterline", "Water of Love", "Sacred Loving" (composed by David) and of course "Sultans of Swing".

here's is my chronicle about the song : https://textes-blog-rock-n-roll.fr/une-chanson-a-la-loupe-sultans-of-swing-de-dire-straits/

longwhile avalaible on bootlegs, these demos were reissued few years ago on vinyl but without "Sacred Loving"

Title: Re: first Dire Straits Demo recorded 45 years ago today
Post by: Robson on July 27, 2022, 05:45:20 PM
I have several dates written on my heart and memory. Here is one of them. Thank you JF.
Title: Re: first Dire Straits Demo recorded 45 years ago today
Post by: JF on July 27, 2022, 08:15:34 PM
https://youtu.be/VEaYzvTrDlw
Title: Re: first Dire Straits Demo recorded 45 years ago today
Post by: jbaent on July 27, 2022, 08:40:38 PM
David has a patreon account in which he shares lots of things, between them, a podcast, and he played the whole Sacred Loving in one of them.

That patreon is subscribe only paying a monthly amount, so anything shared there, remain there.
Title: Re: first Dire Straits Demo recorded 45 years ago today
Post by: KnopfleRick on July 27, 2022, 09:17:50 PM
Enjoyed reading your article. Thanks for sharing, JF!  :thumbsup
Title: Re: first Dire Straits Demo recorded 45 years ago today
Post by: Robson on July 28, 2022, 02:29:11 AM
The first demo tape is from July 24th ;)
Title: Re: first Dire Straits Demo recorded 45 years ago today
Post by: JF on July 28, 2022, 10:52:20 AM
The first demo tape is from July 24th ;)

Yes ineed the direstraits.com site says that


BUT, Terry Kilburn wrote on mknews in Mark's bio the 27th...

https://www.mark-knopfler-news.co.uk/biogs/mark-knopfler/

during years that was the reference site, so I trusted it  :) it seems it was wrong indeed...
Title: Re: first Dire Straits Demo recorded 45 years ago today
Post by: JF on July 28, 2022, 10:55:26 AM
and today, the 28th was the first gig with the name dire straits  :)
Title: Re: first Dire Straits Demo recorded 45 years ago today
Post by: Pottel on July 28, 2022, 11:00:29 AM
cool poster!
Title: Re: first Dire Straits Demo recorded 45 years ago today
Post by: Robson on July 28, 2022, 04:25:12 PM
and today, the 28th was the first gig with the name dire straits  :)

 :thumbsup
Title: Re: first Dire Straits Demo recorded 45 years ago today
Post by: qjamesfloyd on July 29, 2022, 08:56:02 AM
The good old days of 70p a ticket :think
Title: Re: first Dire Straits Demo recorded 45 years ago today
Post by: brickbat on July 29, 2022, 03:41:47 PM
I wonder who would have the original tapes of the other demos recorded in 1977, Mark or David?
Title: Re: first Dire Straits Demo recorded 45 years ago today
Post by: jbaent on July 29, 2022, 03:59:21 PM
I wonder who would have the original tapes of the other demos recorded in 1977, Mark or David?

Or John?
Title: Re: first Dire Straits Demo recorded 45 years ago today
Post by: JF on July 29, 2022, 10:08:55 PM
I wonder who would have the original tapes of the other demos recorded in 1977, Mark or David?

Or John?

John wrote in his book that it was his aunt's heritage that paid the record session from july. I wonder if it paid the two other (october and november) too. if it's so, then it would be fair that he got the original tapes
Title: Re: first Dire Straits Demo recorded 45 years ago today
Post by: brickbat on July 30, 2022, 03:36:57 PM
I wonder who would have the original tapes of the other demos recorded in 1977, Mark or David?

Or John?

John wrote in his book that it was his aunt's heritage that paid the record session from july. I wonder if it paid the two other (october and november) too. if it's so, then it would be fair that he got the original tapes
We should ask him then.
Title: Re: first Dire Straits Demo recorded 45 years ago today
Post by: jbaent on July 30, 2022, 04:18:23 PM
I wonder who would have the original tapes of the other demos recorded in 1977, Mark or David?

Or John?

John wrote in his book that it was his aunt's heritage that paid the record session from july. I wonder if it paid the two other (october and november) too. if it's so, then it would be fair that he got the original tapes
We should ask him then.

It is perfectly clear nobody read John's book.

You have the answer there.
Title: Re: first Dire Straits Demo recorded 45 years ago today
Post by: brickbat on July 31, 2022, 07:25:36 PM
I wonder who would have the original tapes of the other demos recorded in 1977, Mark or David?

Or John?

John wrote in his book that it was his aunt's heritage that paid the record session from july. I wonder if it paid the two other (october and november) too. if it's so, then it would be fair that he got the original tapes
We should ask him then.

It is perfectly clear nobody read John's book.

You have the answer there.
All right, I'll get back to the book.