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Dire Straits Complete
The complete guide of official recordings by Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler
Silvertown Blues (Radio Edit)
Album related: Sailing To Philadelphia
Year: 2000
Originally released on: Silvertown Blues CD Single (Europe, Mercury 5886562)
Category: Edit
Track Length: 3:36
Album Version Track Length: 5:30
Notes: CD Single issued in a cardsleeve format. It was the third and final single from Sailing To Philadelphia. It has Do America as B-Side. A couple of promotional CD Singles were released aswell (Europe, Mercury – STBCJ1). Shortened guitar intro and the second verse “From the poisonous drains a vision appears” is fully omitted. Then verse beginning with “When you're standing on thin and dangerous ice” is omitted aswell. At the end, the few MK guitar licks are discarded to finish like the album version
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