Just as a CD, Alchemy is fantastic. The audio quality is a bit lackluster, be it from the recording or the production of the CD, I don’t know, but the performance is top notch. The extended performances of Tunnel of Love and Sultans of Swing (6:15 and 5:07 longer than their album versions, respectively) are still amazing after listening to them countless times throughout my life, and the opening on Once Upon a Time in the West just sucks you in.

So, today, I ordered the Blu-Ray. A little word of warning for those in the U.S. of A.: don’t buy it from a mainstream U.S. store. There are sellers on the Amazon Marketplace that have it for roughly $20 instead of the $30 everyone else is asking, which, from what I hear, is because Warner Bros. is simply importing the regionless UK version into the United States instead of pressing their own, which jacks the price up for some reason.

I’m hoping to have my copy in-hand before I head out for Las Vegas and the west coast on July 4 so I can report back on it.

However, my heart lifted when I saw comments like these:

Its on their album ‘Dire Straits’. You can get it off Amazon. This is one album I’ve bought from cassette, vinyl, CD then DVD-A. It’s a brilliant album.

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This album in my opinion has been the best rock album ever produced. It was also the first album i bought on cd to replace my worn out vinyl.

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One of the coolest songs on one of the coolest albums of all time. For my money, the original line-up was the best.

It makes me happy whenever I see anybody showing appreciation for my favorite band of all time. Everybody knows Money for Nothing or Sultans of Swing, but it seems rare to see an actual Dire Straits fan.

It’s obvious those who posted the comments are old fogeys judging by their mention of vinyl, but hey… fans are fans.

Here’s the video: an early career performance of “Lions”.