Career-spanning 8LP box set: The Studio Albums 1978-1991!
First four titles mastered by Bernie Grundman from analog masters
Brothers in Arms and On Every Street mastered by Bob Ludwig from digital masters
All six albums pressed on audiophile 180-gram heavyweight vinyl

Emerging on the scene in 1977, Dire Straits became one of the most commercially successful bands of its time. Led with virtuoso skill by vocalist/guitarist, Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits was behind such hits as “Sultans of Swing,” “Brothers In Arms,” “Romeo and Juliet,” and “So Far Away.”

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will induct Dire Straits in April 2018, honoring the legendary band’s incredible musical legacy. Rhino kicks off the celebration early with a career-spanning box set The Studio Albums 1978-1991. Bernie Grundman mastered the first four titles from analogue masters, with lacquers cut by Grundman and Chris Bellman; Brothers in Arms and On Every Street mastered by Bob Ludwig from digital masters, and cut by Chris Bellman. All are pressed on beautiful 180-gram vinyl. The CD running order with full-length versions of the tracks have been restored to Brothers In Arms, now presented as a 2xLP set, as well as a double vinyl of On Every Street.

The Dire Straits Complete Studio Albums 1978-1991 box set collects the band’s six successful studio albums spanning a time-frame of 13 years. The box set begins with the band’s self-titled debut album, followed by Communique and Making Movies released in 1979 and 1980 respectively. Love Over Gold came next, released two years later in 1982, with the band’s most successful effort, Brothers In Arms, arriving in 1985. Dire Straits’ 1991 release, On Every Street, came to be the band’s final studio album before calling it quits.

Propelled by Mark Knopfler’s literate songs, gruff vocals, and spidery guitar work, Dire Straits had overcome initial skepticism for their resistance to ’70s new wave accents in favor of their rootsy traditionalism. The band’s sound was based 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.