Brothers in arms 40th anniversary edition

[Fletch]

This clip is worth a rewatch.

You could not even walk into a hifi store in 1990 without this CD being played (at least thats how I remember buying my first hifi stack with a CD player).
The same in 2002 for a Playstation 2, every store had the Ace Combat game playing a Top Gun style landing on an aircraft carrier to sell the console, it was great marketing, and it worked on me!

[Love Expresso]

Long time no see!

LE

[Vesper]

Brothers in Arms entered the German charts again on second place! Not the anniversary album but the original one.

Nr. 2 in the Netherlands
https://dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=a

[Dutchessy]

Brothers in Arms entered the German charts again on second place! Not the anniversary album but the original one.

Nr. 2 in the Netherlands
https://dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=a

The 496th week!

[Markus]

Brothers in Arms 40th Anniversary Edition (Charts)

Deutschland #2
Niederlande #2
Schottland #2
Österreich # 2
Schweiz: 5
Belgien (Wallonisch) #7
Belgien (Flämisch) #8
GB: #8
Italien# 13
Schweden #19
Neuseeland #25
Island #32
Australien #33
Irland #45
Griechenland #62

[dustyvalentino]

Finally had a chance to listen to San Antonio. Just immense. Recency bias of course but probably better than Alchemy. Well done Guy.

[tobi777]

I already knew the bootleg, but this new version is so incredibly good - it blew me away. Everything just fits - sound, track selection and joy of playing - and you wish there was a lot more of it. BIA was never my favourite album and I always kind of neglected the tour, but this live album is perhaps the best official one available from DS. For me, Terry Williams always seemed a rather unsuitable drummer - but here he fits incredibly well. I didn't think I would be so pleasantly surprised!

[herlock]

I just would have preferred Houston which is a better performance. In SA some licks are missing at the end of BIA, the licks are a bit less gorgeous. TOL is also slightly better in Houston. But ok, it is great !

[Robson]

I probably already know this concert by heart and still can't stop listening. An absolute masterpiece of the world!

[Singlehandedsailor93]

This was a perfect way to celebrate the anniversary! Ok! the only thing that would have been better would have been to release a proper live show from sydney or wembley! Tho love that we are getting more and more live releases in recent years! this was truly dire straits at their best! even better than alchemy. Fantastic work by Guy! the saxophone is not as overwhelming as i have heard before on this tour and terry's drumming is absolutely amazing more sober than on alchemy! this version of SOS is special! longest solo i have heard of it i think? Some "new" licks and stuff a real gem! Only thing missing IMO is So far away and Your latest trick! But overall i'm happy and also a little sad that i'm never going to see ds live!🥲

[Pookie]

Miles Showell has confirmed that the 2LP version in the 5LP box is the normal speed remaster, not the half speed remaster. This to reduce costs on the 5LP box.

[Hoops McCann]

My SDE blu-ray arrived today from across the pond.    VLC saved the day since I don't even own a normal blu-ray player. Listening to the instrumental versions totally surprised me. I thought I would be completely bored with them, but it was listening the album for the first time again. Fantastic. Might be my new favorite version of the album! You can say what you want about the ill effects of the 80s on BiA, but it's seriously tight performances and high caliber production are unrivaled in the DS catalog IMO.

[qjamesfloyd]

I think this is a great release, we have all wanted a live Brother in Arms tour release for so long, and now we have it. Guy has done a great job. The guitar licks Mark is playing for Sultans here are really different to the versions I am used to hearing, so that is cool. Private Investigations is amazing too, wonderful acoustic guitar work from Mark. Wild West End really surprised me, great version. I had not heard the bootleg of this show so I didn't realise it was going to be like that. The original album is also improved in my view, weather or not it has been remastered, it just sounds better, more full, and not as quiet as the original version. The only thing missing for me on this tour release is not having the Calypso version of So Far Away which I love from the Australia shows. The fact that this release has done so well in the charts is great too, a 40 year old album getting to 8 in the UK is amazing, especially looking at what it has to compete with, it's not anywhere near new music releases from today. I hope it gives the record company more impetus to release more from Dire Straits and Mark because there is a market for it. Next I would like a 30th Anniversary release of Golden Heart (Mark's best solo album) with a live release.

[localhero1986]

A GH tour release would be great! If we’d have any choice, I’d go for one of the Irish shows. The folky guys were there and nice rarities like PB, NCD V&R, AWITN. So nice! I’d prefer that over the BIA SA live release.

[Jules]

A GH tour release would be great! If we’d have any choice, I’d go for one of the Irish shows. The folky guys were there and nice rarities like PB, NCD V&R, AWITN. So nice! I’d prefer that over the BIA SA live release.

Guy mentioned he's mixing STP in atmos for the 25th anniversary. Hope atmos is not the only special thing they are working on for it.