Dire Straights - Alchemy Live - Double LP 1984 WJHU QUIEX II limited Promo copy

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This is a Limited QUIEX 2 promo copy issued to WJHU radio Baltimore MD. QUIEX 2 were mainly promo radio station pressings and considered higher quality. Interestingly enough you can see light through the record itself when you hold it up to the light. WJHU is a radio station based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Johns Hopkins University owns the station, a community radio station with student volunteers, who are mainly on-air deejays and other program hosts. Programming blocks are divided into formats, dealing mostly with music, sports and cultural life: classical, dance, folk, jazz, public affairs, sports, rap, and rock formats — along with a few specialty shows outside any of the formats. Its studios are located on the Homewood campus. Faced with FCC deregulation of low-wattage FM stations in the early 1980s, and in order to protect the frequency, the student managers decided to apply for a 25,000 watt license, which would extend the audience throughout the Baltimore and Washington DC area. This became the largest radio station power increase on record. The application was approved in 1982, however the station went off the air in 1983-4 due to renovation of AMR II in which the studios were located. The station returned to the air in February 1985. This record sleeve and vinyl are written all over with the call letters of the station.

Companies, etc.

• Mastered At – Masterdisk
• Mastered At – Sheffield Lab Matrix

Credits

• Artwork – Brett Whiteley
• Bass – John Illsley
• Drums – Terry Williams (3)
• Engineer – Nigel Walker
• Engineer [Assistant] – Jeremy Allom
• Guitar – Hal Lindes
• Guitar, Vocals – Mark Knopfler
• Keyboards – Alan Clark
• Keyboards [Additional] – Tommy Mandel
• Mastered By [*Runout Etch] – BK* (tracks: Side 4), RL* (tracks: Sides 1, 2 & 3)
• Percussion – Joop De Korte
• Recorded By – Mick McKenna
• Saxophone – Mel Collins
• Vocals – Mark Knopfler
• Written-By, Producer – Mark Knopfler

Notes

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 0 7599-25085-1
• Barcode (Scanned): 075992508513
• Matrix / Runout (Record One | Side One): 1-25085 - A - SH1 #4 MASTERDISK RL SLM ^ 6383 1-1-SM1=6 B-19147-A SH1
• Matrix / Runout (Record One | Side Two): 1-25085 ^ B-SH1 MASTERDISK RL O B--19148-SH1 SLM ^ 6383-X 1-2
• Matrix / Runout (Record Two | Side One): 1-25085-C-SH2 MASTERDISK RL SLM ^ 6384 1-3
• Matrix / Runout (Record Two | Side Two): 1-25085 D SH5 #2 MASTERDISK BK SLM ^ 6384-X 1-5