Dire Straits Complete
The complete guide of official recordings by Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler
Dire Straits
Money For Nothing (Live 1988)
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Album related: Brothers In Arms
Year: 1988
Originally released on: The Prince's Trust Rock Gala 1988 VHS Video (Spain, MSD Video – V9122)
Category: Live
Track Length: 6:29
Notes: Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 5th-6th June 1988. Mark Knopfler played his song backed by Eric Clapton´s band that included Dire Straits´ keyboard player Alan Clark. Knopfler was a member of Eric´s band by then so he played on EC and Elton John songs aswell. In 1999 it was released on DVD as The Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 3 (Germany, TDK Recording Media Europe S.A. DV-PTRU86). The Japanese DVD featured an extra track from Clapton´s performance that featured Mark on second guitar: Behind the Mask (1999, Japan, The Prince´s Trust Rock Concert, Nippon Columbia Co. LTD COBY 90097). Both DVD releases have lossless soundtrack (Linear PCM Stereo). A radio show from DiR Network includes the whole performance so it has Cocaine aswell