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Title: A revealing interview with Knoplfer in 1983
Post by: Brunno Nunes- (Universo Dire Straits) on September 30, 2017, 01:57:41 AM
A revealing interview with Knoplfer in 1983,

Among several subjects, highlight the shows in Palais des Sports Paris France in June 1983, which according to Mark, were recorded with studio mobile, this opens the hope that this record will be published someday, would be audio or video? In any case, it would be amazing to contemplate! :lol

  19.06.1983 Palais des Sports Paris France
    20.06.1983 Palais des Sports Paris France
    21.06.1983 Palais des Sports Paris France
    22.06.1983 Palais des Sports Paris France
    23.06.1983 Palais des Sports Paris France


What do you think about it?  :think

https://gonzomusic.fr/la-guitare-de-mark-knopfler-en-couve-de-best-pour-la-tournee-love-over-gold.html
Title: Re: A revealing interview with Knoplfer in 1983
Post by: Brunno Nunes- (Universo Dire Straits) on September 30, 2017, 01:59:00 AM
Second part of this exclusive interview of 1983
https://gonzomusic.fr/la-guitare-de-mark-knopfler-en-couve-de-best-pour-la-tournee-love-over-gold-2eme-partie.html
Title: Re: A revealing interview with Knoplfer in 1983
Post by: quizzaciously on September 30, 2017, 12:18:05 PM
Thanks for the interview! Some things just beats me:

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I gave half of my producer rights to "Love Over Gold" to Neil Dorfsman, the sound engineer, because he had been able to help us in a very constructive way. Me, anyway, I have enough money and you know I do not have luxury tastes.

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What is the origin of your name?

Knopfler is a German-born name, but my father is an immigrated Hungarian Jew. Knopfier, in German it is the manufacturer of buttons, much like a tailor.

 :lol

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You want to become the masked guitarist?

Not especially. Do not forget that I have a very identifiable style: when I play, most people can recognize me.

 :o

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You're still playing for hours and hours alone in your room?

What do you think, I'm still the same Knopfler.

 :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: A revealing interview with Knoplfer in 1983
Post by: jbaent on September 30, 2017, 12:29:08 PM
We already knew Paris shows were recorded as Portobello belle live from MFN compilation comes from one of the Paris 83 concerts.

I read somewhere that many of the European shows from 1983 were recorded with the mobile and when the moment to choose arrived MK was so tired that said "just use the last one from London"
Title: Re: A revealing interview with Knoplfer in 1983
Post by: Eddie Fox on September 30, 2017, 04:14:12 PM
For as long as the rights still belong to Mark we will never touch it. Maybe when the rights revert to Universal. Anything other than that? The odds are zero.
Title: Re: A revealing interview with Knoplfer in 1983
Post by: jbaent on September 30, 2017, 06:55:17 PM
The "revealing" interview is from 1983, so yes, zero possibilities
Title: Re: A revealing interview with Knoplfer in 1983
Post by: ds1984 on October 06, 2017, 11:38:21 PM
For as long as the rights still belong to Mark we will never touch it. Maybe when the rights revert to Universal. Anything other than that? The odds are zero.

Not sure. I can't say exatly when Mark took over the DS tape owning. But at the time of OES, the recording sessions were financed (ie produced) by Mark and John (and much probably Ed), not the record company. That mean that "they" owns the unreleased master tape and much probably the record company has no copy of them.

So the question is, in 82/83 who financed the live recordings?

I am not aware of the contend of the contracts but it seems that Ed secured quite early artistic control of the band over the released work.
Title: Re: A revealing interview with Knoplfer in 1983
Post by: the visitor on October 07, 2017, 11:51:58 AM
According to the Mike Oldfield book, after the Communique album recording at least in the studio was paid for by the band. Presumably then some kind of license was issued to the record company to sell on but it is probably not that straightforward.
Title: Re: A revealing interview with Knoplfer in 1983
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 07, 2017, 04:30:00 PM
For as long as the rights still belong to Mark we will never touch it. Maybe when the rights revert to Universal. Anything other than that? The odds are zero.

Not sure. I can't say exatly when Mark took over the DS tape owning. But at the time of OES, the recording sessions were financed (ie produced) by Mark and John (and much probably Ed), not the record company. That mean that "they" owns the unreleased master tape and much probably the record company has no copy of them.

So the question is, in 82/83 who financed the live recordings?

I am not aware of the contend of the contracts but it seems that Ed secured quite early artistic control of the band over the released work.

I didn't know it depended on who financed the recording, it's different in my country. So that means it will never be released unless whoever inherits Mark's copyrights decides to do so, which is rather unlikely.
Title: Re: A revealing interview with Knoplfer in 1983
Post by: Eddie Fox on October 07, 2017, 04:35:52 PM
We already knew Paris shows were recorded as Portobello belle live from MFN compilation comes from one of the Paris 83 concerts.

I read somewhere that many of the European shows from 1983 were recorded with the mobile and when the moment to choose arrived MK was so tired that said "just use the last one from London"

I didn't know that! Wow, thank god he did it, that atmosphere is unreplicable (don't even know if the word exists lol)!