Live at the BBC (Dire Straits album) the booklet, but this version really comes from Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany, recorded on 19 December 1980. The album features one unreleased song, "What's the Matter Baby?", co-written by Mark Knopfler and his brother David. It is the only song to appear on a Dire Straits album not written exclusively by Mark Knopfler; while two other Dire Straits songs list Knopfler sharing writing credits — "Tunnel of Love" from "Making Movies" (with Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II) and "Money for Nothing" from "Brothers in Arms" (with Sting) — but in both cases the song itself was entirely written by Knopfler,
Dire Straits be the world's first CD single, it was issued in the UK as a promotional item distinguished with a logo for the tour, Live in '85, while a second to commemorate the Australian leg of the tour marked Live in '86. Containing just four tracks, it had a very limited run. "Walk of Life" meanwhile was nearly excluded from the album when co-producer Neil Dorfsman voted against its inclusion, but the band members out-voted him. The result was Dire Straits' most commercially successful hit single in the UK, peaking at number two. The album is listed in the "Guinness Book