Dire Straits Complete
The complete guide of official recordings by Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler
Dire Straits
Money For Nothing (Live 1986)
Album related: Brothers In Arms
Year: 1987
Originally released on: Recorded Highlights Of The Prince's Trust 10th Anniversary Birthday Party CD (Germany, A&M Records 396925-2)
Category: Live
Track Length: 5:03
Notes: Recorded live at Wembley Arena, London, 20th July 1986. The band was full of rockstars, including Sting, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Midge Ure and Howard Jones. John Illsley played bass. This track was the only Dire Straits song played that night, but Mark Knopfler stayed in the house band for the rest of the night. He can be seen performing on the DVD video, both European (1999, Germany, TDK Recording Media Europe S.A. DV-PTRU86) and Japanese releases (1999, Japan, Nippon Columbia Co. LTD COBY 90097). These DVDs have lossless soundtrack (Linear PCM Stereo)