ExtendedancEPlay by Dire Straits

ExtendedancEPlay was Dire Straits letting their hair down: a 12-inch EP on Vertigo, produced by Mark Knopfler, that swaps the grand gestures for a quick blast of upbeat rock and roll with a jazzy, swinging kick. It's short, three songs in most of the world and four in the US, where Warner Bros. added "Badges, Posters, Stickers, T-Shirts", a Love over Gold outtake that had turned up elsewhere on the flip of "Private Investigations".

It also marked a changing of the guard behind the kit: Terry Williams made his first appearance, having taken over from Pick Withers, who left in 1982. "Twisting by the Pool" became a hit and later found its way onto Money for Nothing and Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits, while a live "Two Young Lovers" turned up on Alchemy. The EP itself has never had a proper CD release.

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