alchemy is the best live performance recorded ever, in my opinion. they topped themselves with that one.

Mark Knopfler understands, what so many guitarist don't. There are times,when playing softly and using silence actually accentuate,what you're trying to convey.

I really think those who have been to this concert are the luckiest among the people who have ever existed

O my god! My dad used to listen this live Alchemy song. So much better than studio version. RIP. Thanks dad.

I have never heard ANYONE play like Knopfler. He's in a class by himself.

Thumbs up if you Like John Illsley 's Base in this version.

Am I the only one who thinks that this is the best version of the bass in once upon a time in the west?

2024. Still sounds like invented this year.

This is how good they had become in 4 short years

My god John Illsleys bassline is rock solid and grooves like nothing else….carry’s the song imo

I drive home to this version every Friday!

It's hypnotic from 5.10 to 8.40, One of the best songs on Alchemy.

In 2016 I took a week to myself by hiring a cottage in the peak district during springtime, I walked for 6-8 hours a day through fields and country lanes listening to this live album on repeat with cans of beer in my backpack everyday and a pouch of golden virgina baccy and would be in my own heaven out in the countryside especially when this song played .

Knoppler is a true master of the guitar perhaps the best of all time

Alchemy Live is simply, one of the greatest rock and roll albums ever - I doubt there's a band that's ever sounded better than this in concert - this version of this particularly song frankly changed my life when i heard it the first time, probably 25 years ago - stunning.

The best once upon a time in the west performance ever.... Thank you

So tight, Mark is a true legend and the way he’s leading the band while performing vocals and lead guitar is phenomenal.

I mean what the fuck bro! How is it even possible to make this out of the studio version of this song? OMFG! Literally blown away!

Bass line in song is fantastic. Me. Isley is one of the best !

Alchemy Live. The Best Live Album Ever. No doubt.

john Illsley bass line is amazing, drives the song well1

The way they put the magic wand to the studio tracks,and give them their life fully fulfilled live

The Dire Straits happy years. Alchemy was the best live recording of all times in the 80's. The John Illsley unique bass sound is amazing as a backgroung Knopfler personal guitar sound. The best.

Bassist is a legend❤

this must be one of the finest songs ever written. simply sublime.

never gets old. must have listened to this 10 thousand times.

LOVE this because Mark doesn't even use his signature 'Strat' tone. Just the neck pickup, clean and glassy. A jazzy urban reggae song with Sergio Leone spaghetti western title!

The Odeon's walls and stage had the privilege to showcase this Magnificent Concert,, Mark and his guys just outdid themselves.

Wonderful song and great guitarist knoppler one of the best of all time

I remember buying Alchamey on VHS back in the day and my brother and I never realised at the time that we were witnessing greatness. Never to be replicated never to repeated a moment in time that will be remembered for generations “Ladies & Gentlemen can you please welcome to the stage dIRE sTRAITS”!! 🎸

The drummer is just perfect i love him so much!

Uno dei migliori live della storia. La canzone poi è un capolavoro

Two minutes intro that worth everything... and that "Ahhg" is so classic, phenomenal...

I used to listen to this over and over as a teenager and still think its one of the best songs to make you forget all your problems and go somewhere "else" for a while. All of them are amazing but I always think about the discipline of the drummer and rhythm guitarist throughout the song. Bl**dy amazing!

As a kid I played Alchemy endlessly. Love how different and extended these live tracks are vs the studio albums, absolutely sublime. The live version of Wild West End in 85 is right up there with this classic. Pure gold.

❤Perhaps the best concert opening of all times!❤ from Portugal.

So much light, shade and subtlety with this guitar playing, it doesn't get the recognition it deserves, this song part one and two, the whole concert set the bench MARK for live performances, a great nuch of musicians, Terry White on drums matches every MK note on guitar

Et bien, en 1985, j'avais 30 ans. Et j'ai pas fini d'ecouter Alchemy. Toujours. Comme un fil de vie qui accompagne les décennies, comme une evidente presence, toujours.

This is one of the best live albums ever

Tinha 15 anos quando ouvi este álbum, hoje tenho 53!! Sensacional!!

Every note is a symphony

We like to highlight the performances of these Alchemy recordings (Terry Williams' drums for instance), but the bass groove throughout this particular track is superb. Just listen, but maybe 4:30 and onwards

I am playing and replaying this for weeks now. And much more from Dire Straits. I can’t stop listening to them especially live. Greets from a born 1969 belgian music lover.

The interplay between the drums and the lead in the middle part of this is eerie and moody ... my favorite Knopfler work, even though solos on tracks like Tunnel of Love and Telegraph Road show more virtuosity.

Wow, this concert is over 30 years old and still sounds just as great today as way back then. Timeless. Knopfler is just outstanding on the guitar, its live, he is making that Strat sing and taking you on a journey with his playing. And not just a small repetitive riff, a real lead guitar player, and one of the very best with out doubt. Just don't hear this anymore these days, such a pity. This whole concert is amazing.

Mark in a wonderful shape! Young but not too much young, he played his guitar like never before. Great songs and solos construction for all concert. Amazing inspiration. The best i’ve ever heard

I loved this album so much that I had the cassette, the VHS tape, then years later bought the DVD which I still own today. That Sultans of Swing and this song is by far the best live version of any songs I ever heard.

When the sustained chord hits at :59, you know you're in for a ride. Strap on the headphones and just shoot this straight into my veins

Amazing!! Awesome!! Incredible!! Astonishing!! Dire Straits forever!!

il était une fois a l'ouest ce monsieur est excellent exceptionnel mon Dieu ♥️♥️♥️

i heard this song when i was 11 or 12. after i want to became drummer in a rock n rolle music !! 20 years later, this song is so good...

The best live in the history !

BEST SONG EVER.........

I'm glad this album was recorded before Brothers in Arms was released. Whilst a good album, it doesn't beat their earlier material which is performed here so brilliantly.

Drummer is soooooooooo fekin’ good….. John’s bass is the best ever too.

My favourite of the album

Been listening to him since way way back. Still love to hear them. Love how Mark checks his band while doing his thing up there. That smile says...good going guys

Dire straits always be looking like they’re not sure if they’re musicians or tennis players

Man they are so polished... flawless brilliance. These guys earned their place at the top.. so much respect. :)

Alchemy : live music does not get better than this

I had a belter getto blaster back then the bass one it was amazing 1983 fantastic day's 👏 I'm 58 now and still enjoying the master of guitar 🎸 something else 😀.

How many ways can I say I love it??

Dire Straits at their best ! Terry and Bill are the saints,and Mark is God...

I thank my dad for bringing me up listening time these legends 🙌

i much prefer this up tempo live version to the studio version

For me always the one.

I listen to this song all day and just can't stop

Just heavenly! Tears in my eyes and goosebumps, such sweet melody. One of the best songs ever performed live by Dire Straits.

Musical talent at its best......its fuckin beautiful. Gotta love that groove

This music would be good in a film/tv show. It’s very atmospheric.

This is certainly the song I listen the most in my life... one of the best song I know...

Melhor e maior guitarrista de todos os tempos!!!

all day working,told everyone to go to bed coz I need to relax,hope one day we can relax and enjoy this together.

I keep repeating this rock band till now, I'm already 48. just don't know what the hell!!!

Terry Williams!!! WOW

In late 80s during my uni days, my Friday movie night was to play ' Alchemy ' VHS. Still love Dire Straits and their music.

One of my all time fave 'live' songs and I love MK's fingerpicking style. :^)

Like a powerful version of a top song. Such a well-designed shift of relaxation and top-notch charge .. after this song I am completely exhausted ....

Love the groovy bass line...

L un des plus grands de tous les temps

A band of virtuosi, and they all love what they're doing. But, Mark, you were one of those in the '70s who turned me on to becoming a competent rhythm and lead guitarist, I worked at my legato, my portamento. my vibrato, and my scales (though I found modes more useful (tone, semitone, tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone tone will be the Aeolian Mode, no matter in which key you play it) but I was never able to rid myself of a plectrum. In all my jeans (except when washing), in the little right pocket) is a small case of plectra. I was good enough to spend 16 years as a popular heavy metal lead singer, lead guitarist and songwriter, and at the age of 61, I can still hack it. But I will never, ever be able to sound like you, Mark. You are an inspiration. I did take away the extended "orgasm song" thing (David Gilmour does it too), but always acknowledge my betters and superiors. _Salue,_ Mark Knopfler. You are inspiring.

When Mark's guitar kicks in! BRILLIANT 👍😊🎸🎶🎶

J'adore! Même après toutes ces années.... Le son, le jeu, l'échange avec le batteur, c'est pour moi les meilleurs moments dire straits dommage que j'étais trop jeune pour voir ça en concert !!! Après pink Floyd, c'est mon meilleur groupe !

I still have the album that i bought in 84. It is still in excellent condition.

Who’s protecting the innocenti? Fell in love to this tune…..

00:43 these fingers💕

The album was released in 1984 and stated on the sleeve that it was a live performance with no overdubs or reworking of any kind. Something of a rarity in the live album genre. So, what you're hearing here is what was played on the nigh and it is most certainly 'live.'

Merci M.K d avoir produit ce chef d œuvre

Masterpiece

Alchemy Live KILLS!!!

The sound track of my youth....

Mark's dynamics are amazing. I wore this tape out 35 years ago.

fantastic album...i love it

It's so beateafull! May be the woman says that she like it too, will be the the second half of my soul!

Бас класс !!!Терри-чудо!!!Марк-гений!!! Ну а все вместе-просто какое-то музыкальное великолепие !!!👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏❤❤❤❤❤

And this ladies and gentlemen, is how it is done… 5:10

For me, it’s right up there with Machine Gun, Baila Mí Hermana, and No Quarter for greatest ever guitar solos. Just mind blowingly beautiful. I have specifically listened to this song in the most beautiful places I’ve been - places where time seemed to stand still and I was alone - because I knew listening to this gorgeous piece of music would take me back there in some way.

38 years ago heard and watched this awesome concert video back then chur like many other great artists from that Era such a pleasure to have discovered them back then lovely to walk down memory lane

Saudades desse passado imortal... as música de hoje não tem o mesmo brilho... Maravilhoso Dire Straits

First 3 Albums... What a Start!