Alchemy: Dire Straits Live and the track order is slightly different: "Romeo and Juliet" and "Expresso Love" are in reversed order. Three more songs were recorded live but not included on the official album release: "Industrial Disease," "Twisting by the Pool" and "Portobello Belle" (an edited version of which was included on the CD version of the compilation "Money for Nothing", released in 1988). The CD also contains a remixed version of "Telegraph Road" that appears on Alchemy. "Money for Nothing" was re-mastered in 1996 as part of the "Dire Straits Re-Mastered" series. This album was then deleted to make way for the "Sultans
Dire Straits (album) Phonogram Inc. "Dire Straits" was recorded at Basing Street Studios in London from 13 February to 5 March 1978. Knopfler used a few guitars for the recording, including a pair of red Fender Stratocasters—one from 1961 (serial number 68354) and one from 1962 (serial number 80470). He played his 1938 National Style O 14 fret guitar (serial number B1844) on "Water of Love" and "Wild West End." He also used a black Telecaster Thinline (serial number 226254) on "Setting Me Up". David played a black Fender Stratocaster and a Harmony Sovereign acoustic guitar. The album was produced by Muff Winwood,