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Dire Straits Storms Rockpalast - Live 1979 

The German public television station Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) is quite a bit hipper than US PBS, and has produced some cutting edge broadcasting, most notably in the pop culture arena. Rockpalast ("Rock Palace") is a show that has featured many huge acts since 1974, many of them before they became famous. This concert, filmed in the tiny Rockpalast venue in Cologne on February 16, 1979, is a prime example of that. Dire Straits was just starting to be successful and "Sultans of Swing" was their big new hit when this performance occurred.