I should add one more thing which I found quite amusing.

Dire Straits have been featured in many versions of Sultans in live performance over the years. Quite a number of these can be found on Youtube.

None of them however capture the original sound from their original studio recording of the tune. Not even close.

Now I know that Mark's voice has changed dramatically over the years and that different drummers have been used too, but the *sound* of the drums and bass just aren't even close to that original recording.

Reasons?
Firstly, there are so many things you can do in a studio that you can't do in a 'live performance' situation and secondly,
whoever produced that original session had way cool ears! smile
It was done before digital recording had arrived too.

BIABguy