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Dire Straits’ ‘Brothers in Arms’: Mark Knopfler Completes the Transition to Stadium-Friendly Band

One of the first all-digital albums recorded with the compact disc in mind, it vaulted the British band into the rock stratosphere.

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Dire Straits’ ‘Brothers in Arms’ Gets 40th Anniversary Editions

The expanded collection includes a previously unreleased full-length concert from the band’s San Antonio, Texas, tour stop in 1985.

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Dire Straits’ ‘Sultans of Swing’: An Unlikely Hit

They were playing a kind of old-school Dylanesque rock that radio stations assumed fans no longer cared for. Then the fans told them otherwise.

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