Dire Straits career box set arrives in October

On Oct. 9, Rhino will release DIRE STRAITS: THE STUDIO ALBUMS 1978-1991. The CD and LP sets will come in a deluxe clamshell box, with the CDs housed in mini-LP style cardboard wallets, and each album will include a poster with the original sleeve artwork (including lyrics and credits). The set will also be available on the same day as a newly re-cut eight-LP collection on 180-gram vinyl. Both versions are available for pre-order now.

Dire Straits had a run of album rock and pop singles in the late 70s and early 80s like “Sultans Of Swing,” “Romeo And Juliet,” “Money For Nothing” and “Walk Of Life.” The 1985 album Brothers In Arms, a global Number 1 and double Grammy Award winner, is one of the world’s best selling albums. After releasing their final album “On Every Street” in 1991, Knopfler called time on Dire Straits in 1995 and set off on a new path as a solo artist.

THE STUDIO ALBUMS 1978-1991 features the albums Dire Straits (1978), Communiqué (1979), Making Movies (1980), Love Over Gold (1982), Brothers In Arms (1985) and On Every Street (1991).