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Dire Straits - Alchemy

There is an interesting contrast on this 94-minute double-disc live album (recorded at London's Hammersmith Odeon in July 1983) between the music, much of which is slow and moody, with Mark Knopfler's muttered vocals and large helpings of his fingerpicking on what sounds like an amplified Spanish guitar, and the audience response. The arena-size crowd cheers wildly, and claps and sings along when given half a chance, as though each song were an up-tempo rocker. When they do have a song of even m

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There is an interesting contrast on this 94-minute double-disc live album (recorded at London's Hammersmith Odeon in July 1983) between the music, much of which is slow & moody, with Mark Knopfler's muttered vocals & large helpings of his fingerpicking on what sounds like an amplified Spanish guitar, & the audience response. The arena-size crowd cheers wildly, & claps & sings along when given half a chance, as though each song were an up-tempo rocker. When they do have a song of even m

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Minute - A measurement of time, 60 seconds is equal to one minute

Spanish - The main language spoken in Spain and Latin America.

Sounds - Audible notes that can be heard using ears

disc - A round flat object often used in reference to a computer storage media

Size - is the measurement of how big an object is in space.

Large - something that takes up more space than normal.

Rocker - Someone who enjoys rock music, also a form of chair that rocks backwards and forwards.

Vocals - The part of a song that is sung.

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