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England's Dire Strait made the kind of music typically adored by frat boys and adult suburbanites. Their intelligent, folky yet straightforward rock and roll made them into international stars. SULTANS OF SWING pays tribute to the band with a collection of all of their best music videos. The hour and a half long video contains .. Read more

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  Dire Straits, dire videos.
  
  Dire Straits with out doubt made some great records, unfortunately the videos to accompany them were pretty awful.
  
  The videos to Sultans Of Swing, ... read more »
  
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  - Bedfordshire, England
  - 14 May 2005 at 13:13
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  Dire Straits - the Sultans of swing
  
  Actually quite disappointing. I thought wewould see more of the bandplaying but mostly it was their tracks against assorted videos which were nothing to do ... read more »
  
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- - Gipsel
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  Dire straits the sultans of swing the very best of
  
  For fans of Dire straits and Mark, this is as it says the 'the very best of) Unmissable !
  
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  - Weymouth
  - 13 Nov 2008 at 16:27
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  Heard but not seen!
  
  This seemed like a good idea at the time, and as a straight video of the band in action may have been good. But this rather quirky video was a distraction... read more »
  
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- - Brythefly
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  - Wolverhampton
  - 07 Aug 2008 at 16:47
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  dire straits
  
  This is a good DVD, the music is superb but the film quality is a bit poor
  
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- - simes
  - 212 reviews
  - near Gloucester
  - 07 Jun 2008 at 20:32
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  Music excellent; video adds little
  
  Brothers In Arms was excellent, Your Latest Trick was good concert footage and Walk Of Life was fun, but otherwise this video compilation adds little over to ... read more »
  
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- - Martin Reed
  - Amersham, England
  - 13 Aug 2006 at 14:24
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  The Works
  
  There is not a lot of Dire Straits around and this makes up for it, it also has some of those Videos you remember from Top of the Pops.
  
  Some bits ... read more »
  
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- - ru55
  - Hampshire
  - 14 Jan 2006 at 16:32
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  ALL THE HITS SPOT ON!!!!!!
  
  GREAT COLLECTION OF CLASSIC DIRE STRAITS VIDEOS HERE. CHECK IT OUT!!!!
  
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  - 26 Nov 2005 at 21:55
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  Dire Straits, dire videos.
  
  Dire Straits with out doubt made some great records, unfortunately the videos to accompany them were pretty awful.
  
  The videos to Sultans Of Swing, ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 103153
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  - Bedfordshire, England
  - 14 May 2005 at 13:13
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  Some good videos but terrible interview
  
  Some rather dated videos, great to see the band play live and if your into guitars there are a fair selection used by Mark Knofler.
  
  The interview ... read more »
  
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  - Dunfermline, Kindom of Fife
  - 11 Apr 2005 at 10:30
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  blast from the past
  
  I have never seen Dire Straits live, don't know why as have always loved their music and thought it would be good to see one of their videos. songs still ... read more »
  
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  - East Sussex, United Kingdom
  - 23 Feb 2005 at 15:27
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  Dire Straits, dire videos.
  
  Dire Straits with out doubt made some great records, unfortunately the videos to accompany them were pretty awful.
  
  The videos to Sultans Of Swing, ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 103153
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - Bedfordshire, England
  - 14 May 2005 at 13:13
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  Video hits of Dire ...
  
  Video hits of Dire Straits. Video's are very dated now, but interesting to see how 80's video directors worked.
  
  If your a Straits fan then ... read more »
  
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- - Robert#138
  - LEEK
  - 17 Mar 2004 at 12:04
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  Some good videos but terrible interview
  
  Some rather dated videos, great to see the band play live and if your into guitars there are a fair selection used by Mark Knofler.
  
  The interview ... read more »
  
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- 91004
- - a customer
  - Dunfermline, Kindom of Fife
  - 11 Apr 2005 at 10:30
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  liked this one had all...
  
  liked this one had all the old songs i enjoyed on it brought back a lot of memorys good entertainment
  
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- - carl#67
  - WEYMOUTH
  - 27 Aug 2004 at 20:56
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  It doesn't matter ...
  
  It doesn't matter that the style of the videos are dated when the artistes are as brilliant as Dire Straits.Thoruoghly enjoyed it.
  
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- - PATRICIA#15
  - WELLING
  - 14 Sep 2004 at 22:41
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  blast from the past
  
  I have never seen Dire Straits live, don't know why as have always loved their music and thought it would be good to see one of their videos. songs still ... read more »
  
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- 75167
- - a customer
  - East Sussex, United Kingdom
  - 23 Feb 2005 at 15:27
- - 0
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  ALL THE HITS SPOT ON!!!!!!
  
  GREAT COLLECTION OF CLASSIC DIRE STRAITS VIDEOS HERE. CHECK IT OUT!!!!
  
  Report this review
- 178762
- - a customer
  - 26 Nov 2005 at 21:55
- - 0
  - 0
  Music excellent; video adds little
  
  Brothers In Arms was excellent, Your Latest Trick was good concert footage and Walk Of Life was fun, but otherwise this video compilation adds little over to ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 274662
- - Martin Reed
  - Amersham, England
  - 13 Aug 2006 at 14:24
- - 0
  - 0
  The Works
  
  There is not a lot of Dire Straits around and this makes up for it, it also has some of those Videos you remember from Top of the Pops.
  
  Some bits ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 357901
- - ru55
  - Hampshire
  - 14 Jan 2006 at 16:32
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  - 0
  dire straits
  
  This is a good DVD, the music is superb but the film quality is a bit poor
  
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- - simes
  - 212 reviews
  - near Gloucester
  - 07 Jun 2008 at 20:32

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  England's Dire Strait made the kind of music typically adored by frat boys and adult suburbanites. Their intelligent, folky yet straightforward rock and roll made them into international stars. SULTANS OF SWING pays tribute to the band with a collection of all of their best music videos. The hour ...