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 appeared on the 1990 album "Hell To Pay" as a gift to Canadian blues/jazz artist Jeff Healey from Knopfler. This was prior to the time that Knopfler, Illsley and manager Ed Bicknell decided to reform the band the following year. In early 1991, Knopfler and Illsley resurrected Dire Straits, bringing back with them former keyboardists Alan Clark, and Guy Fletcher. Retaining Bicknell as their manager, Dire Straits was trimmed down and comprised only four members once again. The band began recording tracks for a new album, integrating new session players who included steel guitarist Paul Franklin, and percussionist Danny Cummings.