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Title: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Marnix on March 23, 2021, 05:37:32 PM
Friday March 26 the 25th anniversary of Golden Heart special of Later with exclusively on YouTube

https://twitter.com/markknopfler/status/1374391753009025026?s=21
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: localhero1986 on March 23, 2021, 06:47:45 PM
Does that include SOS? :hmm ;D

I’d have expected a fully remastered GH album + vinyl. But they released the 37472847th version of BIA instead. ???
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Marnix on March 23, 2021, 06:59:36 PM
Does that include SOS? :hmm ;D

I’d have expected a fully remastered GH album + vinyl. But they released the 37472847th version of BIA instead. ???
I was also wondering if the include SOS and MFN which are on the official video but not on the dvd.
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Jules on March 23, 2021, 07:45:29 PM
No, it's not going to have sultans nor money.

In the details of the YouTube link there is the track list.
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: quizzaciously on March 23, 2021, 08:29:41 PM
Does that include SOS? :hmm ;D

I’d have expected a fully remastered GH album + vinyl. But they released the 37472847th version of BIA instead. ???

The first rule of MK Club is — you don't expect too much from MK :lol
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Jules on March 24, 2021, 08:09:40 AM
Does that include SOS? :hmm ;D

I’d have expected a fully remastered GH album + vinyl. But they released the 37472847th version of BIA instead. ???

The first rule of MK Club is — you don't expect too much from MK :lol

Second rule - Don't expect certain things because they are offering just the contrary
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Pottel on March 24, 2021, 09:31:55 AM
third rule, even if they say "full concert" it is NEVER the full concert
really sad how they keep squandering these opportunities...
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: KnopfleRick on March 24, 2021, 11:05:52 AM
Forth rule - NEVER GIVE UP HOPE!  :wave
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Robson on March 24, 2021, 01:25:38 PM
This concert should be released on CD.
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: PensaGhost on March 24, 2021, 08:18:40 PM
third rule, even if they say "full concert" it is NEVER the full concert
really sad how they keep squandering these opportunities...

I am very surprised they didn't cut out another 2 songs and didn't fade out other 3
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: dmg on March 24, 2021, 09:54:26 PM
The show just lacks something for me...apart from a proper audience!  Dynamics perhaps, and TR.  :P

It does state "in its entirety" so surely Sultans and MFN should be there.
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Robson on March 24, 2021, 11:47:11 PM
Sultans Of Swing and Money For Nothing probably only on the early Mexican DVD edition.

Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: quizzaciously on March 25, 2021, 08:57:39 AM
The show just lacks something for me...apart from a proper audience!  Dynamics perhaps, and TR.  :P

It does state "in its entirety" so surely Sultans and MFN should be there.

This is certainly a bizarre show, but still great. And the story of its recording is also hilarious, from what I've heard it was recorded right after a party or the next day after a party and Mark is practically drunk there, which shows. He looks stoned and like he had not enough sleep the night before. And who on Earth records the very first show of the tour anyway? That's the way you deal with your music :lol
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Kris-b on March 25, 2021, 09:37:10 AM
Is it really believable that they had this big party leading to be drunk at the recording?
I mean, it was Mark’s first show of his solo career and after not playing in the public for a long time. So would he really risk his comeback by being drunk? I can’t really imagine that.
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: quizzaciously on March 25, 2021, 09:51:52 AM
Is it really believable that they had this big party leading to be drunk at the recording?
I mean, it was Mark’s first show of his solo career and after not playing in the public for a long time. So would he really risk his comeback by being drunk? I can’t really imagine that.

I don't think it's full-on "drunk", just a bit tired and it really shows in Mark's face and slowness. Maybe he never really thought this would end up being released at all? Somebody has to know more about this. Or, the craziest theory is that Mark actually wanted to capture his first solo show no matter what. And the party seems like a good idea to celebrate the comeback, but it depends on the amount of booze they consumed that night.
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Kris-b on March 25, 2021, 09:57:15 AM
We might need to ask somebody who witnessed the party or show. Have somebody ever asked Guy about this?
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: superval99 on March 25, 2021, 10:36:14 AM
I think he looked a lot more tired on the AVO Session 2007 from Basel.   His eyes looked as though he had been up all night.
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Pottel on March 25, 2021, 10:51:26 AM
Is it really believable that they had this big party leading to be drunk at the recording?
I mean, it was Mark’s first show of his solo career and after not playing in the public for a long time. So would he really risk his comeback by being drunk? I can’t really imagine that.
remember that story too. i believe one of our members (at least 1) was there, Marijn,..
tell us Marijn, how was it?
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: NicoMK on March 25, 2021, 01:00:29 PM
I saw the announcement on YouTube too. At first I thought that it was a great idea. Full concert? Mmm it may even include one or two songs played that night but previously unreleased. And then I thought that at least we would get Sultans and Money for nothing. But, in the end, no.

This is disappointing but unfortunately we've come to get used to this with MK's team.

There are so many great things that have not seen the light of the day. Will they ever? I don't know but it doesn't sound like it. At least I feel lucky to have that great Road Running DVD released.

Anyway it's been discussed so many times before that it's kinda useless to say it again but that Golden Heart "full concert" was a good idea in the first place. I'll play my old VHS instead.

Never heard of that "drunk" thing before. I'd like to know a bit more about it too.

Golden Heart was such a great record…
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: quizzaciously on March 25, 2021, 01:16:43 PM
I saw the announcement on YouTube too. At first I thought that it was a great idea. Full concert? Mmm it may even include one or two songs played that night but previously unreleased. And then I thought that at least we would get Sultans and Money for nothing. But, in the end, no.

This is disappointing but unfortunately we've come to get used to this with MK's team.

There are so many great things that have not seen the light of the day. Will they ever? I don't know but it doesn't sound like it. At least I feel lucky to have that great Road Running DVD released.

Anyway it's been discussed so many times before that it's kinda useless to say it again but that Golden Heart "full concert" was a good idea in the first place. I'll play my old VHS instead.

Never heard of that "drunk" thing before. I'd like to know a bit more about it too.

Golden Heart was such a great record…

But keep in mind that labels, marketing teams, and parties like this may not have everything in their archives. Mark's archive seems to be very small anyway and he's never been known as a guy who keeps everything. This man doesn't even bother to keep technical aspects of amps and settings, other people do it for him. Thanks to Guy Fletcher we know at least something about recordings at all. And I bet things like master recordings and tracks for older albums are completely gone now.

That means that Mark's team, a brilliant team, I must say, just make do with what they have. So I suspect that the really full concert is only on VHS now, so that means you can either upload the whole concert transferred from VHS or interrupt the official one with some VHS footage. I don't think that's a very good idea.

By the way, the collectors could help with the research of these things, but you know the collectors, they don't want to cooperate that much. So all in all, Mark's official channel is probably the single greatest evidence of the man's character. Because the same team runs, for instance, James Taylor's channel and he's there talking about guitars, music, and such, and Mark never really "appeared" on his channel. It's only official interviews and music, and he doesn't care about everything else. Including, it seems, "the forgotten stuff".
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: NicoMK on March 25, 2021, 01:50:30 PM

But keep in mind that labels, marketing teams, and parties like this may not have everything in their archives. Mark's archive seems to be very small anyway and he's never been known as a guy who keeps everything. This man doesn't even bother to keep technical aspects of amps and settings, other people do it for him. Thanks to Guy Fletcher we know at least something about recordings at all. And I bet things like master recordings and tracks for older albums are completely gone now.

That means that Mark's team, a brilliant team, I must say, just make do with what they have. So I suspect that the really full concert is only on VHS now, so that means you can either upload the whole concert transferred from VHS or interrupt the official one with some VHS footage. I don't think that's a very good idea.

By the way, the collectors could help with the research of these things, but you know the collectors, they don't want to cooperate that much. So all in all, Mark's official channel is probably the single greatest evidence of the man's character. Because the same team runs, for instance, James Taylor's channel and he's there talking about guitars, music, and such, and Mark never really "appeared" on his channel. It's only official interviews and music, and he doesn't care about everything else. Including, it seems, "the forgotten stuff".

Well, I don't know how it works in the inside so I couldn't really tell but, for what it's worth, I don't agree. I think that the Management -- whoever they are -- have everything in their possession. It's just about what they want to do with it even if Mark, as ever, has the last word in all I guess.

But at least they should ask him if they don't. My impression is that they don't really give a sh** as long as they "use"  (understand market or promote) Mark's name. And Mark himself doesn't seem to be very interested in releasing what he has in his pipeline.

With the internet, you can offer A LOT of things to fans, whether charged or for free, that's not my point.

A list (or whatever…) of unreleased material exists, probably from the early days till now. And probably, this catalog is huge. Shows have been recorded, filmed etc. Why doing this if not for 1/ your own recollection as an artist and 2/ for your fans?

So no, really I don't get it. I'm not sure that such a demand will still exist 50 years from now, so why waiting?

I'm not saying that broadcasting that little concert is sh** cause it's a pretty good idea but for God's sake, offer something that hasn't been already seen a million times by your fans!
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Robson on March 25, 2021, 02:40:05 PM
My God. I forgot I have VHS A Night In London :) I have Sultans Of Swing and Money For Nothing :)
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Jules on March 25, 2021, 04:14:48 PM
My God. I forgot I have VHS A Night In London :) I have Sultans Of Swing and Money For Nothing :)

I have a dvdr copy of the Anil Mexican early dvd, so I have both in dvd lol
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Robson on March 25, 2021, 04:55:52 PM
My God. I forgot I have VHS A Night In London :) I have Sultans Of Swing and Money For Nothing :)

I have a dvdr copy of the Anil Mexican early dvd, so I have both in dvd lol

 :thumbsup
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: dmg on March 25, 2021, 05:13:10 PM
My God. I forgot I have VHS A Night In London :) I have Sultans Of Swing and Money For Nothing :)

But do you still have a device to play it on?  ;D ;)

Interestingly the tour schedule I have shows that it was recorded on 6th May, the night after I saw him in Edinburgh so the tour had started.  It started on 24th April in Galway in fact.  The schedule also shows that the band must've recorded the show in the afternoon and flew back up to Glasgow for another show the same evening.

Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: koobaa on March 25, 2021, 05:15:50 PM
I had a good laugh when I first watched this great concert. After all this talking about over-production, blown-up 9-piece OES band, here he is back on stage with his first solo gig and he has no less than 16 other musicians around him!  :o

Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Neville Sherman on March 25, 2021, 05:26:04 PM
Been a MK fan for over 40 years and don't often write here but, good to recall the Golden Heart days. I too think it is a great record and I flick back to it now again and hear some of those songs - they melt me! Also, remember the RAH gig and was blown away and remember Water of Love a song so rarely played and Gillian Welch and David Rawlings were on stage backing that song up. Oh, the guitar on that! Great concert, what -  2.45 hours? I know he can't play for that long anymore but glad that I saw it when he could! Got the bootleg of that concert tucked away safe! Also got the DVD of a Night in London and yes, sad that MFM and SoS not on there but there are many other versions to hand but good to hear tracks like Gravy Train with Jools Holland that are diamonds really. So, things to be thankful for. And, and, and I have my Golden Heart denim shirt bought at the concert that cost me an arm and a leg and I bet there are not many of them around any more! I wear that now and again, sad person that I am, and it still gets noticed and I pump up the fact in answer to people's questions like, 'Is he still going?' that I have had the pleasure of 40 years worth of music that have been the overture to my life really. Long may it go on in whatever shape or form!
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Jules on March 25, 2021, 07:35:31 PM
My God. I forgot I have VHS A Night In London :) I have Sultans Of Swing and Money For Nothing :)

But do you still have a device to play it on?  ;D ;)

Interestingly the tour schedule I have shows that it was recorded on 6th May, the night after I saw him in Edinburgh so the tour had started.  It started on 24th April in Galway in fact.  The schedule also shows that the band must've recorded the show in the afternoon and flew back up to Glasgow for another show the same evening.

That's the date it was broadcasted, not when was recorded.

It was recorded before the tour started. Can't remember which date. I think it was April.
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Robson on March 25, 2021, 07:37:59 PM
"But do you still have a device to play it on?

Yes, my player is still alive :)
Therefore, I am very happy that I can always come back, for example to a concert DS in Basel which was broadcast and of course I recorded with a beating heart:)
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: PensaGhost on March 25, 2021, 07:38:44 PM
My God. I forgot I have VHS A Night In London :) I have Sultans Of Swing and Money For Nothing :)

But do you still have a device to play it on?  ;D ;)

Interestingly the tour schedule I have shows that it was recorded on 6th May, the night after I saw him in Edinburgh so the tour had started.  It started on 24th April in Galway in fact.  The schedule also shows that the band must've recorded the show in the afternoon and flew back up to Glasgow for another show the same evening.

that's the broadcast day only, not the recording day
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Robson on March 25, 2021, 07:41:12 PM
15th April.
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: qjamesfloyd on March 26, 2021, 09:11:49 AM
I love this concert, I don't see any evidence of Mark being drunk or tired, as it was the start of a new tour and career for him, he would be fine, he was a lot younger and fitter back then, when he talks during this show, there is no hint of him being anything else than sober. All the performances are great, the beautiful guitar work of Golden Heart, the moody Rudiger, the great Sonny Landreth contributions, the Last Exit To Brooklyn into Romeo & Juliet highlighting The Electra Strings, the wonderful outro to Are We In Trouble Now, and the rarely played Gravy Train. Fantastic stuff from a fantastic album. When I first heard Mark was done with Dire Straits and going solo, I was really intrigued to hear what that would sound like, but when I first heard the first song, Darling Pretty, all my worried went away, I knew Mark would be fine, and 25 years later, he still is.
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Dutchessy on March 26, 2021, 10:53:49 AM
Is it really believable that they had this big party leading to be drunk at the recording?
I mean, it was Mark’s first show of his solo career and after not playing in the public for a long time. So would he really risk his comeback by being drunk? I can’t really imagine that.

I heard a story from Marijn Schoo who attended this show... He told me the same, they had a big party before and some songs were played a couple of times before MK was happy with it...
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: superval99 on March 26, 2021, 10:55:27 AM
I love this concert, I don't see any evidence of Mark being drunk or tired, as it was the start of a new tour and career for him, he would be fine, he was a lot younger and fitter back then, when he talks during this show, there is no hint of him being anything else than sober. All the performances are great, the beautiful guitar work of Golden Heart, the moody Rudiger, the great Sonny Landreth contributions, the Last Exit To Brooklyn into Romeo & Juliet highlighting The Electra Strings, the wonderful outro to Are We In Trouble Now, and the rarely played Gravy Train. Fantastic stuff from a fantastic album. When I first heard Mark was done with Dire Straits and going solo, I was really intrigued to hear what that would sound like, but when I first heard the first song, Darling Pretty, all my worried went away, I knew Mark would be fine, and 25 years later, he still is.

I didn't see a drunk or hungover MK either.   I recorded the version which has SOS and MFN and they were both excellent, especially SOS which is one of my favourite long versions of the song.  I later transferred it from VHS to CD.   I hope this longer version will be the one on YT tonight.

Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Dutchessy on March 26, 2021, 10:55:40 AM
Is it really believable that they had this big party leading to be drunk at the recording?
I mean, it was Mark’s first show of his solo career and after not playing in the public for a long time. So would he really risk his comeback by being drunk? I can’t really imagine that.
remember that story too. i believe one of our members (at least 1) was there, Marijn,..
tell us Marijn, how was it?

Sorry i didn't read all... Marijn told me this indeed.. I've just asked him if he has time to clarify
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Marijn on March 26, 2021, 02:04:12 PM
Yes I was very lucky to be there and love to tell more about this...

In 1993 there was an interview in Record Collector magazine in which Mark told about the process of recording his new album. He explained the four locations with different musicians brought together by friends of him, including Paul Brady.  The interview continued and Mark said something like "It would be great if all musicians could come together when the album is finished to do a show, for TV or something".
So I kept that in mind and by the time the record was announced, I already knew that "Later with Jools Holland" would be the best option for this show. With the help of a friend in the UK, whom I informed about Mark's intentions, we managed to get a reservation for tickets (still free at that time) and made plans to go there.

So on the 15th of April 1996, I arrived well dressed at Victoria station, in need for a hotel. I got a 5* hotel for a 3* price just because I was 'properly dressed', anyway that started off well!
Strait to the venue in White City, where I met the others and off for some food.
Then queuing to get in. They let me in first, since I was the only one listed as coming from abroad. The wait in the lobby, with comfortable seats and drinks, BBC goodies and lots of photos from previous shows was filled with chats about previous tours and what was ahead of us.
Then the doors to the studio opened and I was called in and choose a place in the absolute center, about an inch from the stage.  The whole studio filled up quite fast and in about 20 minutes the show started.  That was pretty awkward, since the stage was very small, Mark stood just about 30 inch away from me. And with a quite low stage, we were exactly the same height. So I did a few steps back, got a thankyou from the camera man and enjoyed the rest of the show from a more comfortable angle.

Well the setlist is well know. Will upload a picture + one of the ticket.
Mark had to play a few songs over and over. He forgot the lines to Rudiger and the fourth time it was finally done correct. A Night in Summer had to be done again when the last track from the set was over, because of technical problems in the recording.
After the 3.5 hour show, I waited till most of the audience were gone and Mark was still talking at the back of the stage. I walked up there and Paul Cummings asked where I was from and how I got there, so I told the story. Then Mark excused for his tiredness since he'd gone out the previous night with the US bandmembers. He signed the 'Darling Pretty' single and we were about the last ones to leave the studio.   Somewhere I also heard that Paul Franklin had not rehearsed for this show, so it was literally the first time since the last OES concert that he played the outtro to Walk Of Life.
After the show it was still warm outside and since most public transport had stopped, I decided to walk to the hotel. About a 1.5 hour walk, but accompanied by some persons I met on the street and with this beautiful show in my mind, time flied.

I might have missed out on a few things...  will see if I still have the report that I wrote on the night of
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: superval99 on March 26, 2021, 02:20:14 PM
Many thanks, Marijn.    It must have been wonderful to be there.   I'm pleased you enjoyed the show.    :)
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: NicoMK on March 26, 2021, 03:58:45 PM
Yes I was very lucky to be there and love to tell more about this...

In 1993 there was an interview in Record Collector magazine in which Mark told about the process of recording his new album. He explained the four locations with different musicians brought together by friends of him, including Paul Brady.  The interview continued and Mark said something like "It would be great if all musicians could come together when the album is finished to do a show, for TV or something".
So I kept that in mind and by the time the record was announced, I already knew that "Later with Jools Holland" would be the best option for this show. With the help of a friend in the UK, whom I informed about Mark's intentions, we managed to get a reservation for tickets (still free at that time) and made plans to go there.

So on the 15th of April 1996, I arrived well dressed at Victoria station, in need for a hotel. I got a 5* hotel for a 3* price just because I was 'properly dressed', anyway that started off well!
Strait to the venue in White City, where I met the others and off for some food.
Then queuing to get in. They let me in first, since I was the only one listed as coming from abroad. The wait in the lobby, with comfortable seats and drinks, BBC goodies and lots of photos from previous shows was filled with chats about previous tours and what was ahead of us.
Then the doors to the studio opened and I was called in and choose a place in the absolute center, about an inch from the stage.  The whole studio filled up quite fast and in about 20 minutes the show started.  That was pretty awkward, since the stage was very small, Mark stood just about 30 inch away from me. And with a quite low stage, we were exactly the same height. So I did a few steps back, got a thankyou from the camera man and enjoyed the rest of the show from a more comfortable angle.

Well the setlist is well know. Will upload a picture + one of the ticket.
Mark had to play a few songs over and over. He forgot the lines to Rudiger and the fourth time it was finally done correct. A Night in Summer had to be done again when the last track from the set was over, because of technical problems in the recording.
After the 3.5 hour show, I waited till most of the audience were gone and Mark was still talking at the back of the stage. I walked up there and Paul Cummings asked where I was from and how I got there, so I told the story. Then Mark excused for his tiredness since he'd gone out the previous night with the US bandmembers. He signed the 'Darling Pretty' single and we were about the last ones to leave the studio.   Somewhere I also heard that Paul Franklin had not rehearsed for this show, so it was literally the first time since the last OES concert that he played the outtro to Walk Of Life.
After the show it was still warm outside and since most public transport had stopped, I decided to walk to the hotel. About a 1.5 hour walk, but accompanied by some persons I met on the street and with this beautiful show in my mind, time flied.

I might have missed out on a few things...  will see if I still have the report that I wrote on the night of

Great story and lucky guy :)

Thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: goon525 on March 26, 2021, 06:01:15 PM
I was there, and don't have much to add to the account above. I didn't think MK was drunk, but he is a perfectionist, thus the retakes.
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: quizzaciously on March 26, 2021, 06:06:57 PM
I was there, and don't have much to add to the account above. I didn't think MK was drunk, but he is a perfectionist, thus the retakes.

Nobody said he was drunk. Well, I said it, but it was obviously a big exaggeration... I meant that he's noticeably "tired" and it really shows. And retakes are a completely normal thing for TV shows, not about being a perfectionist. I once played on TV and we recorded 2 takes just in case some additional footage will be needed or to mask some kind of a fluke later in production. But Mark seems to forget the lyrics... Well, I'd redo it too!
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: quizzaciously on March 26, 2021, 06:21:18 PM
I especially love how Mark talks in this concert, just judging by his talking voice you can tell something is a bit off. All the chops are in place, hovewer!
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Robson on March 26, 2021, 06:46:14 PM
On the official website of MK Mark is already playing  :)
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: NicoMK on March 26, 2021, 07:01:36 PM
A 3.5 hour show sounds even greater. Then I was wondering : are there any songs played that night that never appeared on any recording? Would be glad to know because the full VHS concert as we know it lasts approximately 1.45 hour if I'm not mistaken... thanks!
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: dmg on March 26, 2021, 07:39:55 PM
Just joined to catch the end of Gravy Train.  Almost missed it! 

Edited show right enough.  ::)
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: dmg on March 26, 2021, 07:43:58 PM
My God. I forgot I have VHS A Night In London :) I have Sultans Of Swing and Money For Nothing :)

But do you still have a device to play it on?  ;D ;)

Interestingly the tour schedule I have shows that it was recorded on 6th May, the night after I saw him in Edinburgh so the tour had started.  It started on 24th April in Galway in fact.  The schedule also shows that the band must've recorded the show in the afternoon and flew back up to Glasgow for another show the same evening.

that's the broadcast day only, not the recording day

Okay folks, it's blatantly obvious to me now!  There's a song on the record that sums me up perfectly at this moment.  :smack
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Robson on March 26, 2021, 07:45:18 PM
The quality of the concert is great. Better than DVD.
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: dmg on March 26, 2021, 07:48:33 PM
The quality of the concert is great. Better than DVD.

The sound certainly seems very good on this, doesn't it.
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Robson on March 26, 2021, 07:55:30 PM
The quality of the concert is great. Better than DVD.

The sound certainly seems very good on this, doesn't it.

 :thumbsup
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Banjo99uk on March 26, 2021, 07:58:13 PM
Whilst watching it with my 8 year old boy he said MK is like an oak tree. I wasn’t sure where he was going, but he said an oak tree has a whole eco system that depends on it and he thought the band was the eco system relying on MK at the centre of the music.
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: quizzaciously on March 26, 2021, 09:05:39 PM
Whilst watching it with my 8 year old boy he said MK is like an oak tree. I wasn’t sure where he was going, but he said an oak tree has a whole eco system that depends on it and he thought the band was the eco system relying on MK at the centre of the music.

Children never lie! That's a 100% correct observation that stands to this day.
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: KnopfleRick on March 26, 2021, 09:37:23 PM
I love this concert, I don't see any evidence of Mark being drunk or tired, as it was the start of a new tour and career for him, he would be fine, he was a lot younger and fitter back then, when he talks during this show, there is no hint of him being anything else than sober. All the performances are great, the beautiful guitar work of Golden Heart, the moody Rudiger, the great Sonny Landreth contributions, the Last Exit To Brooklyn into Romeo & Juliet highlighting The Electra Strings, the wonderful outro to Are We In Trouble Now, and the rarely played Gravy Train. Fantastic stuff from a fantastic album. When I first heard Mark was done with Dire Straits and going solo, I was really intrigued to hear what that would sound like, but when I first heard the first song, Darling Pretty, all my worried went away, I knew Mark would be fine, and 25 years later, he still is.

Very well said. :clap I feel the same!
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: border_reiver on March 26, 2021, 10:14:32 PM
Can't believe my 1996 VHS outshines a 2021 1080p YouTube stream because the latter lacks the complete experience.
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: knopfler1 on March 26, 2021, 11:35:05 PM
The sound improvement here is quite remarkable.
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Marnix on March 27, 2021, 02:21:57 PM
This was for me still his best solo tour.
A lot of songs of GH, even outtakes Long Highway and Gravy Train were played, some film stuff which we have heard live and never been played live anymore afterwards mixed with some DS classics.
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Marijn on March 27, 2021, 08:18:19 PM
I totally agree. The 1996 tour was fresh and powerful.
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: MagicElliott on March 27, 2021, 08:32:51 PM
It’s a weird one this but I think Mark looks fresher and younger with very little hair 25 years later than he does in this show.

Good show and quite funny how you can see the Irish musicians just waiting around behind the drums when they’re not playing. Clearly no backstage area in the studio!
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Robson on March 27, 2021, 08:42:46 PM
"It’s a weird one this but I think Mark looks fresher and younger with very little hair 25 years later than he does in this show"

I think the same  :D
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: dustyvalentino on March 27, 2021, 09:05:15 PM
He really doesn’t.

I agree that ANIL is a flat performance but there’s no way he looked better in 2019. He’s an old man now and looks it.
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: dustyvalentino on March 27, 2021, 09:07:29 PM
I totally agree. The 1996 tour was fresh and powerful.
I also agree.

The show I saw in Aberdeen had tracks from every DS album and lots of new material.

Pushing three hours as well! Mark was back in love with music after the slog that was the OES tour and it was a joy to witness.
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: quizzaciously on March 27, 2021, 10:39:26 PM
I totally agree. The 1996 tour was fresh and powerful.
I also agree.

The show I saw in Aberdeen had tracks from every DS album and lots of new material.

Pushing three hours as well! Mark was back in love with music after the slog that was the OES tour and it was a joy to witness.

Three hours is a perfect duration for a show. You can do some encores, play a lot of songs and make everyone happy. I think 2 hours, of which 30 minutes is just Telegraph Road and Marbletown, and 2-hour shows, in general, is criminal. Especially considering outrageous prices for shows nowadays! Even standard rehearsal time in studios is usually 3 hours, that's a perfect number. Paul McCartney and John Lennon would write songs in 3-hour sessions every day and finish one song in each.
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: localhero1986 on March 27, 2021, 11:25:41 PM
True indeed, I still have a GH tour ticket somewhere which was around €18-19 for a 2,5+h show. :clap
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: dmg on March 28, 2021, 05:49:37 PM
"It’s a weird one this but I think Mark looks fresher and younger with very little hair 25 years later than he does in this show"

I think the same  :D

Had to read that statement twice!  I think once he shaved off all that long dry hair he had sticking out the sides of his headband on the OES tour he also shaved a decade off his age.  Nowadays he looks probably about decade older than he is imho.

I have always had mixed feelings about the tour.  No doubt his playing was still there but there was too much film stuff slowing the pace down during the shows.  I also felt  his LP was still such a novelty at that time he was using it on songs where another guitar would be more appropriate.

I'm really nitpicking because a 2.5 - 3 hour show in an intimate venue is just the ticket.  It's what we've been dreaming about since. 
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Darling Pretty on March 28, 2021, 06:17:15 PM

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  I also felt  his LP was still such a novelty at that time he was using it on songs where another guitar would be more appropriate.




That was clearly the case with the OES Tour, when he used the Pensa at every song. But not with LP on the Golden Heart Tour.
It dominates, OK, but it is a unique Guitar, isn't it?
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: Rolo on March 28, 2021, 10:50:10 PM

That was clearly the case with the OES Tour, when he used the Pensa at every song. But not with LP on the Golden Heart Tour.
It dominates, OK, but it is a unique Guitar, isn't it?

I cannot understand why MK suddenly began to use his LPs in the middle position (Both Pickups). I prefer his setup for use the Neck pickup only.
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: dmg on March 29, 2021, 11:55:04 AM

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  I also felt  his LP was still such a novelty at that time he was using it on songs where another guitar would be more appropriate.




That was clearly the case with the OES Tour, when he used the Pensa at every song. But not with LP on the Golden Heart Tour.
It dominates, OK, but it is a unique Guitar, isn't it?

It's true the Pensa-Suhr was overused on the OES tour, however it was designed from scratch as a Jack-of-all-trades guitar.  It still didn't sound too good on BIA or MFN though.
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: dustyvalentino on March 29, 2021, 04:51:17 PM
Yes, LP was overused (slightly) on GH tour, on The Bug for example, crazy.

Cannibals as well, although it was great on the cool intro.
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: wakeywakey on April 02, 2021, 07:30:21 PM
I finally got around to watching this and really enjoyed it.
Much better than most of the subsequent tours in almost all aspects,apart from chatty MK in 19.
Just MK and Jim would do me for the next tour.
Title: Re: Friday March 26 Later with Mark Knopfler on YouTube
Post by: ds1984 on April 02, 2021, 10:39:34 PM
There are up and downs on ANIL but the tour was on a general level very great. I hope they will release the full RAH show one day.