A Mark In Time
Previous Albums => Sailing To Philadelphia (2000) => Topic started by: Jules on September 16, 2019, 09:52:59 AM
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Last weekend I found some stuff in boxes, one of them, a print of the MKNEWS website from March 6th 2000 regarding the record "Sailing to Philadelphia". I took a picture of it.
It says that 29 songs were written and of them, 25 songs were considered for it.
Obviuously we know some of them were released, and we know thanks to ISWN-NET some unreleased titles, so I´m gonna guess:
PROBABLY THE 25 SONGS CONSIDERED
RELEASED SONGS (EUROPEAN VERSION)
01. What ot is
02. Sailing to Philadelphia
03. Who's your baby now
04. Baloney again
05. The last laugh
06. Silvertown blues
07. El macho
08. Prairie wedding
09. Wanderlust
10. Speedway at Nazareth
11. Junkie doll
12. Sands of Nevada
13. One more matinee
US (and UK) RELEASE
14. Do America
BONUS TRACKS (What it is cd single)
15. Long highway
16. Let's see you
17. Camerado
UNRELEASED TRACK PLAYED LIVE ON TOUR
18. Pyroman
SONGS LEFT OUT TO BE PART OF THE DUETS RECORD WITH EMMYLOU HARRIS
19. Red Staggering
20. Donkeytown
KNOWN UNRELEASED TITLE TRACKS
21. Two skinny kids
22. Bonafide
23. You are not even gone
24. Don't mean a thing
25. Cold Turkey
THE REST OF TITLES THAT ARE KNOWN I wonder which are the remaing 4 songs of that 29 between these:
26. It's been a while
27. A cut above the rest
28. House on top of the hill
29. I'm doing better now
30. It's what I want
31. Cross my heart and hope to die
32. Walk on down that road
33. Markin' time
34. Unsent
35. For the want of something better
36. I didn't expect there to be you
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At that time Ed was still manager and I believe usually had a say in what went on the album. You could always rely on a good album with Mark's trademarks stamped all over it when Ed was at the helm. More recent albums haven't utilised his attributes to the full. I would conclude that these songs aren't as good as the ones on the album, unlike the ones cut from DtRW final release.
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At that time Ed was still manager and I believe usually had a say in what went on the album. You could always rely on a good album with Mark's trademarks stamped all over it when Ed was at the helm. More recent albums haven't utilised his attributes to the full. I would conclude that these songs aren't as good as the ones on the album, unlike the ones cut from DtRW final release.
I found some more info using wayback machine and searching the old MKNEWS site, and some of the different reports says that some of that songs were too country and MK had left them out, maybe covered by other artists...
This year marks 20th anniversary of the STP release, a special 20th years edition with some of that unreleased songs would be so great!
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If only...
Let's hope against all hope
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At that time there was already the plan to record with Emmylou and some songs were considered to be put on a possible blues album with, if I recall correctly, Brendan Croker. I have had the privilege to hear the 25 songs in the format as they were recorded for STP, but since I didn't know the titles back then, I can only confirm that Red Staggerwing and Donkeytown were part of the 25. I'm quite sure I heard Bonafide, but nor sure about the rest.
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At that time there was already the plan to record with Emmylou and some songs were considered to be put on a possible blues album with, if I recall correctly, Brendan Croker. I have had the privilege to hear the 25 songs in the format as they were recorded for STP, but since I didn't know the titles back then, I can only confirm that Red Staggerwing and Donkeytown were part of the 25. I'm quite sure I heard Bonafide, but nor sure about the rest.
When did you hear them and in what circumstances. Write something more.
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At that time there was already the plan to record with Emmylou and some songs were considered to be put on a possible blues album with, if I recall correctly, Brendan Croker. I have had the privilege to hear the 25 songs in the format as they were recorded for STP, but since I didn't know the titles back then, I can only confirm that Red Staggerwing and Donkeytown were part of the 25. I'm quite sure I heard Bonafide, but nor sure about the rest.
Very interesting story. I remember listening years ago about that tape with 25 songs being distributed to MK closest friends and colleagues to help him choose which ones were better for the album.
I'm not sure if that's true or not.
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i remember a swiss fan some of us know actually having a tape with those songs...always wanted to reach out and ask, never managed to do so..
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i remember a swiss fan some of us know actually having a tape with those songs...always wanted to reach out and ask, never managed to do so..
So now you have a mission!