Dire Straits Complete
The complete guide of official recordings by Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler
Dire Straits
Sultans Of Swing (Demo)
Album related: Dire Straits
Year: 1979
Originally released on: The Honky Tonk Demos LP (UK, Oval OVLM 5003)
Category: B-Side
Track Length: 5:45
Notes: Finally, we had these demos released on the 7” Single pack released for the 2015 Record Store Day (Europe, Mercury 4721635). But Sultans Of Swing demo was previously released on the above mentioned 1979 various artists compilation. After that, a 1984 UK compilation called Sometimes A Great Notion (Swing The Cat – TOPCAT 1) used that track aswell, slightly “remastered”. The first CD edition of this demo was on The Honky Tonk Demos CD (1990, Germany, Line Records LICD 9.01067 O). A CD version of the original 1979 LP. Sometimes A Great Notion was also re-released on CD in 2009 (UK, Swing The Cat MPVP016CD)