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0158 Sultans of Swing

In the style originally performed by  Dire Straits

Sultans of Swing lyrics available from Google Lyrics and AZ Lyrics

Original song version from 1977

This short excerpt is in MP3 format running at 128 Kb per second.
The version on the CD album runs at 1,411 Kb per second.
The full CD audio file format size is 60,724 KB and runs for 5 minutes and 53 seconds.

Mark Knofler and the rest at their best. Terrific guitar work and Outro is outstanding. It took a while for me to work this one out. One of the things that I always liked about Dire Straits is that they always looked like they were having a good time on stage - not just going through the motions.

Reeves

Sultans of Swing was created using 8 Acoustic Grand Pianos, 1 Fingered Electric Bass, 1 String Ensemble 1 (Consisting of 2 Violins, 1 Viola, and 1 Cello), 1 String Ensemble 2 (Consisting of 2 Violins, 1 Viola, 1 Cello, and 1 Contrabass), 1 Acoustic Bass Drum, 1 Acoustic Snare Drum, 1 Low Floor Tom, 1 Low Tom, 1 Hi‑Mid Tom, 1 Closed Hi‑Hat Cymbals, 1 Open Hi‑Hat Cymbals, 1 Pedal Hi‑Hat Cymbals, 1 Crash Cymbal 1, 1 Crash Cymbal 2, 1 Ride Cymbal 1, 1 Splash Cymbal, 1 Chinese Cymbal, and 1 Ride Bell.

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Songwriter

Mark Knopfler     Wikipedia

Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits

Song released about July 1977

Included in the album Dire Straits

Recording Producers

Dire Straits     Wikipedia

Muff Winwood     Wikipedia

Recording Performers

Mark Knopfler     Wikipedia

John Illsley     Wikipedia

David Knopfler     Wikipedia

Pick Withers     Wikipedia

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