A Mark In Time
Mark Knopfler Discussion => Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum => Topic started by: Billy’s Tune on September 02, 2017, 11:23:59 AM
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BBC news has an article referencing its 250 years since the Mason Dixon line was drawn.
On bbc1 on 4th September, there is a programme called Inside Out which includes. Section on "mark knopfler's fascination with Mason & Dixon". Probably just old interview snippets but worth a watch.
Video here (thanks to Jeroen van Gils and Henk Pestman)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaQS45-YFdE
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Wasn't this mentioned at Guy's forum a while ago? It seems there might be new (interview) footage?
LE
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Found it!
Julio (who else) asked on July, 1st:
I saw your picture in instagram with that clapperboard. Is “Mason Dixon” what it’s written on it? A clue about the secret project?
Guy answered:
Could be, but it isn't. We just took part in a performance for a short documentary about the Mason Dixon line and the story of the song Sailing to Philadelphia.
LE
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It's actually labelled at the bottom of this BBC Page:
Find out about musician Mark Knopfler's fascination with Mason and Dixon on Inside Out on BBC1 at 1930 BST on 4 September.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40638673
Record set!!
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I wouldn't expect something terribly new to pop up. Probably something about reading a phonebook-sized book, etc. :lol
But it's interesting anyway. I was shocked when "new" documentary "Mark Knopfler on Guitars" got almost 2 million views.
Also, it's great to know that Jeremiah Dixon was born in a town called Cockfield... :lol
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I wouldn't expect something terribly new to pop up. Probably something about reading a phonebook-sized book, etc. :lol
But it's interesting anyway. I was shocked when "new" documentary "Mark Knopfler on Guitars" got almost 2 million views.
Also, it's great to know that Jeremiah Dixon was born in a town called Cockfield... :lol
I'd have loved to see him get that one into the lyrics!
I am sailing to Philadelphia
A world away from Cockfield
:lol
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Found it!
Julio (who else) asked on July, 1st:
I saw your picture in instagram with that clapperboard. Is “Mason Dixon” what it’s written on it? A clue about the secret project?
Guy answered:
Could be, but it isn't. We just took part in a performance for a short documentary about the Mason Dixon line and the story of the song Sailing to Philadelphia.
LE
I don't know how to take that who else...
Anyone can ask Guy, anyway.
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On the programme credits it lists MK as a "reporter".
He's gone full circle and right back to his journalist roots. So next teacher and lecturer, then cafe racers then DS reunion in say 10 years.....?!
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Doesn't seem to on on BBC Scotland. :(
Edit: It's on Sky channel 955 if anyone else has a regional variation.
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:think
(http://i4.chroniclelive.co.uk/incoming/article13566926.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/Mark-5JPG.jpg)
Mark Knopfler studying a journal left by astronomer Charles Mason
Via: http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/dire-straits-legend-mark-knopfler-13565951
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He looks more a librarian rat than a rock star, lol
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Recorder set :)
Nevermind, it's the Inside out London what i'm recording. MK is on the Inside out North East and Cumbria. Can't recieve that one :smack
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Hope someone from that region manages to capture it.
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Pretty cool to see Mark the TV reporter. Also interesting to hear STP performed on the LP, albeit interspersed with chat.
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Pretty cool to see Mark the TV reporter. Also interesting to hear STP performed on the LP, albeit interspersed with chat.
Still waiting for the miracle technology of YouTube to give us this documentary. STP on a Les Paul is something exceptional!
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More Info please. How long was it? Any new insights? Was he in good mood? (Boy how I wish he would get rid of that glasses...)
LE
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Is it already in the BBC iplayer at least for UK residents?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b093pkyf/inside-out-north-east-and-cumbria-04092017
I hope if it is someone can capture and upload it.
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Is it already in the BBC iplayer at least for UK residents?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b093pkyf/inside-out-north-east-and-cumbria-04092017
I hope if it is someone can capture and upload it.
I can't believe it's 2017 and they still can't get rid of this rights situation, like in the stone age. Soundbreaking documentary did the same thing being available in US and Canada only and Mark's bit ended up on youtube. And rightfully so! And I know they already monetised it. So that's the point? Upload it all on YouTube, monetise it and take your money back! It's that simple, but nobody cares.
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Right now I only have my smartphone and I tried to use a proxy to acces to the video but none of the UK proxys apps works with my iOS version... At least I tried, sorry guys.
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More Info please. How long was it? Any new insights? Was he in good mood? (Boy how I wish he would get rid of that glasses...)
LE
Half hour show, Mark came on for the last 10 minutes maximum. Nothing about him personally (hence none of the usual uncomfortable jokes), all about the Mason/Dixon story. It went to get statements from experts and Mark went to visit someone to look at some old documents. Song performance only heard in fragments of 5-10s played at BG with Guy, and I think I saw Luke Brighty there too in the background. Glasses worn throughout!
Personally I found this programme to be a little peculiar. It was Mark playing investigative reporter, doing voiceover too and then there was nothing about him, but then it wasn't that sort of programme. It was like he was miscast. Anyone could've presented that segment and done a better job. The whole thing was just a little peculiar. Then to top it off he plays STP with a LP! Not really the sort of thing I'd want to watch again and the performance was spoiled by being fragmented by talk.
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But still..nobody recorded it? Or can record it from the player?
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Thanks a lot dmg. Luke seems to be the man on charge everytime there is something to mime...
LE
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Thanks a lot dmg. Luke seems to be the man on charge everytime there is something to mime...
LE
:lol :lol
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Half hour show, Mark came on for the last 10 minutes maximum. Nothing about him personally (hence none of the usual uncomfortable jokes), all about the Mason/Dixon story. It went to get statements from experts and Mark went to visit someone to look at some old documents. Song performance only heard in fragments of 5-10s played at BG with Guy, and I think I saw Luke Brighty there too in the background. Glasses worn throughout!
Personally I found this programme to be a little peculiar. It was Mark playing investigative reporter, doing voiceover too and then there was nothing about him, but then it wasn't that sort of programme. It was like he was miscast. Anyone could've presented that segment and done a better job. The whole thing was just a little peculiar. Then to top it off he plays STP with a LP! Not really the sort of thing I'd want to watch again and the performance was spoiled by being fragmented by talk.
Reminds me of Mark's "The Everly Brothers" documentary voiceover, although he wasn't playing anybody. Let me say for a record, I hate this segmented talk/music game. Producers might think it's kind of dynamic or something, but completely unwatchable. Again, in the time of HD live shows and 360 degree concerts I want something better than just a miscast documentaries. Where's your Live From British Grove, Mark?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ullaTrrryA
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That will never happen. He needs the safety net. I remember the whole band miming for the Shangri-La Making-of and also at the KTGC bonus... always mimed.. really how cool it would be to have the recording process documented... loved that little piece at the very beginning of the Hansen short film, those (alternative) Basil rehearsal and the playing of Heart of Oak... then, MK sits there totally uncomfortable in his super duper studio
With a Laptop (Imagine! Oh why-oh-why?) and gives weak sing-and-talk-excerpts... totally unprofessional... really...
LE
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Almost got the recording. Just a minute.....
And here it is, sorry for the size but it looks like the forum just takes the video size instead of a small thumbnail :
https://streamable.com/busjn (https://streamable.com/busjn)
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Thanks very much! Great work as usual from you!
Ok then, Luke did not mime, sorry for that.
And the LP thing, well it's the actual endorsed guitar, it's as easy as that. He needs new glasses. Did I mentioned that? ;D
LE
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I think Mark really is a great narrator, honestly.
LE
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I think Mark really is a great narrator, honestly.
LE
Well, if this guitar hero thing goes pear shaped there might be another job going!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaQS45-YFdE
Credit to:
Jeroen van Gils - capturing
Henk Pestman putting it on YouTube
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Amazing! Thanks for uploading.
Things like that makes me think of Mark going down to Earth more and more each year, which is priceless. And of course he is a great narrator, because he's a natural-born storyteller.
I wish Mark would record an audiobook someday. Preferably an autobiography, but any book will do.
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Thanks Jeroen, you are the man of the day!
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I concur with the others. Thanks for the share. :clap
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Thank you so much for your effort. It is greatly appreciated.
So good to have a sign of life again...
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Hopefully the new Les Paul gets more playtime on his new solo album, not to speak about the secret project...
LE
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Hopefully the new Les Paul gets more playtime on his new solo album, not to speak about the secret project...
LE
By the way, the guitar was released a long time ago and still no mention of it in professional use. I thought it was sold to musicians :think
*sarcasm mode on*
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Secert prodject is a back cataloge of all songs ds and solo ,played with different insturments and guitars re-recorded and released .he he , a gibson sailing , acoustic sonny, brothers on a national with mike and john ?? , telegraph on gibson, what it is on gibson, a acoustic sultans like tommy emmenaul one ? .sorry just being silly, but would be cool for allturnative versions , so many options a chicargo blues version of down to the waterline ??, im being silly but my mind is wondering with arangements
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£71 for wine in Mason & Dixon expenses being like an order of magnitude more than for everything else killed me :lol :lol :lol
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£71 for wine in Mason & Dixon expenses being like an order of magnitude more than for everything else killed me :lol :lol :lol
"We haven't changed since ancient times."
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Secert prodject is a back cataloge of all songs ds and solo ,played with different insturments and guitars re-recorded and released .he he , a gibson sailing , acoustic sonny, brothers on a national with mike and john ?? , telegraph on gibson, what it is on gibson, a acoustic sultans like tommy emmenaul one ? .sorry just being silly, but would be cool for allturnative versions , so many options a chicargo blues version of down to the waterline ??, im being silly but my mind is wondering with arangements
Don't you think we think too big too often?
LOL
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Have to say I really enjoyed it. MK segment was 10-15 minutes, he made a great narrator.
For someone who doesn't open up about his songs this really was something new!
An hour long programme like that devoted to one album at a time would be amazing.....
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I like to enjoy his glasses : ) Mark looks great
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And what's the difference with his "new" Les Paul from his old Les Paul that he already played almost all the time?
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And what's the difference with his "new" Les Paul from his old Les Paul that he already played almost all the time?
Guitar nerds holy war alert... :lol
The thing is that his "new" Les Paul is very, very close to his old Les Paul, and to do so Gibson must put a huge amount of effort to produce just 1 instrument hence the ridiculous price. Other than that, I highly doubt anybody, including Mark himself, would really hear (and feel) the difference between these two "delightfully vulgar pieces of equipment". Of course, his old guitar being almost 60 years old is different in infinitely many respects, but for a consumer (listener) the difference is next to nothing.
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And what's the difference with his "new" Les Paul from his old Les Paul that he already played almost all the time?
Price :D it'll be so much cheaper to bring the replica or two on tour than the original.
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Blimey, never thought that! So true. It seems that he has changed all his original ones now with "new" ones by and by? Did he use the original National live in 2015 for Romeo and Telegraph?
LE
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Blimey, never thought that! So true. It seems that he has changed all his original ones now with "new" ones by and by? Did he use the original National live in 2015 for Romeo and Telegraph?
LE
Of course it has to be true, because the guitars of this magnitude (vintage Les Pauls, Fenders, Nationals, etc.) usually travel on a plane with his owner. Like, on a seat! It's easier with private jets, but still.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BYo1CUmnIlx/?taken-by=joebonamassa
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That's why Schecter replaced his Fenders at 80's, and now his Fender signature replaced his original and old fenders and now these new lp will replace the vintage ones...
He uses his two nationals, the old for Romeo and the new for the rest.
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And what's the difference with his "new" Les Paul from his old Les Paul that he already played almost all the time?
Price :D it'll be so much cheaper to bring the replica or two on tour than the original.
That was my thinking too. Insurance alone must be astronomical. Damage a modern one and he can always buy a new one, but damage/lose an original...
Does this mean our tickets will be cheaper on the next tour. You know, since we're listening to the music being played on cheap copies instead of the real deal? ;)
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LOL
Dmg, you're the best ;)
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:thumbsup :thumbsup
LOL
Dmg, you're the best ;)
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That's why Schecter replaced his Fenders at 80's, and now his Fender signature replaced his original and old fenders and now these new lp will replace the vintage ones...
Didn't he play the 54 "jurassic strat" during last tour ?
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His VOS signature Les Paul is one of the prettiest guitars out there for sure. And yes, I mean the VOS one, because relicing guitars is stupid.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BYlXIyWDQGt/?taken-by=vintagegitar
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That's why Schecter replaced his Fenders at 80's, and now his Fender signature replaced his original and old fenders and now these new lp will replace the vintage ones...
Didn't he play the 54 "jurassic strat" during last tour ?
Not, that's the sunburst he played in Rope Stretching during Nhb concerts.
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And what's the difference with his "new" Les Paul from his old Les Paul that he already played almost all the time?
Guitar nerds holy war alert... :lol
The thing is that his "new" Les Paul is very, very close to his old Les Paul, and to do so Gibson must put a huge amount of effort to produce just 1 instrument hence the ridiculous price. Other than that, I highly doubt anybody, including Mark himself, would really hear (and feel) the difference between these two "delightfully vulgar pieces of equipment". Of course, his old guitar being almost 60 years old is different in infinitely many respects, but for a consumer (listener) the difference is next to nothing.
It's his main guitar for over 20 years and he has played more than 600 gigs with it in these 20 years. Mark would notice the difference in a few seconds.
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And what's the difference with his "new" Les Paul from his old Les Paul that he already played almost all the time?
Guitar nerds holy war alert... :lol
The thing is that his "new" Les Paul is very, very close to his old Les Paul, and to do so Gibson must put a huge amount of effort to produce just 1 instrument hence the ridiculous price. Other than that, I highly doubt anybody, including Mark himself, would really hear (and feel) the difference between these two "delightfully vulgar pieces of equipment". Of course, his old guitar being almost 60 years old is different in infinitely many respects, but for a consumer (listener) the difference is next to nothing.
It's his main guitar for over 20 years and he has played more than 600 gigs with it in these 20 years. Mark would notice the difference in a few seconds.
I have to agree with TheTimeWasWrong here. He has played that guitar A LOT.
I mean this with all respect. I'm not saying all vintage Gibsons are "magical", and I agree it would be hard for anyone to hear differences between reissue/vintage LP's if you're just listening. BUT, playing 50's Les Pauls is a sort of special experience. I only own one (a "cheap" 57 Jr ;) ), and have only played probably 10, so the sample is small. But I would say that they are different in feel than reissues.
BTW, I love the reissues! :)