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Author Topic: Brothers in Arms - Eric Clapton involvement?  (Read 7376 times)

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Re: Brothers in Arms - Eric Clapton involvement?
« Reply #30 on: April 28, 2025, 12:30:36 AM »
Well, you could list the mistakes here
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Re: Brothers in Arms - Eric Clapton involvement?
« Reply #31 on: April 28, 2025, 12:33:15 AM »
The next post is a further update from Ed, thanks again!
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Re: Brothers in Arms - Eric Clapton involvement?
« Reply #32 on: April 28, 2025, 12:33:51 AM »
A PS to yesterday’s post.

Let me pick up on the comments which appear after my waffle,  treated as one item ie replies 20 - 28

I’m 100% sure  Chris is correct….NO ONE professionally ( or personally I think ) has ever had any input into the DS website ( or associated ) and I've no idea who put ANY of the DS/MK info up there ( I’m not talking about MK News or similar).
So take all of it with a HUGE “pinch of salt” as we say here in the UK.

The “ Robinson Library “ page is a good example of what I mean ..first time I've bothered to look and definitely the last.
Let's play a game …
I will give you the number of mistakes per para, you guess what they are.
PARA 1 ….3.
PARA 2 ….5 ( some huge ones)
PARA 3 ….2 ( plus several non mentions of related subjects)
PARA 4 ….1
PARA 5 ….OK!
PARA 6 ….2
PARA 7 ….Andy Kavanan, apparently copied from similar mis-informed posts.
PARA 8 ….2
PARA 9…..OK!
PARA 10….2 

Now these are not earth shattering mistakes/omissions and nobody will lose sleep but 17 errors…...nearly all of which are easily checkable and in the case of PARA 2 sloppy ( chronology for example ) …...is alot for one pretty short piece which purports to be encyclopedic .
Let’s see if any of you can get, say, ten of them.
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Second prize…the other one.

Picking up on Chris W’s point ( 26) I have played drums with Alexis Korner, Champion Jack Dupree, Jess Conrad , Mogul Thrash/AWB, Eric Clapton ( a rehearsal which I fucked up ), Dire Straits ( many sound-checks ), NHB’S ( obviously), Lonnie Donegan, and I don’t have a credit list AT ALL.

Re Terry…I stand corrected, had forgotten and that was a fun night.

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Re: Brothers in Arms - Eric Clapton involvement?
« Reply #33 on: April 28, 2025, 02:53:07 AM »
This topic reminded me of an excellent interview with Neil Dorfsman, which is an excellent complement that Uncle Ed brought, perhaps some have not seen it yet. It is worth watching!

https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-dire-straits-money-nothing
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Re: Brothers in Arms - Eric Clapton involvement?
« Reply #34 on: April 28, 2025, 07:41:26 AM »
This topic reminded me of an excellent interview with Neil Dorfsman, which is an excellent complement that Uncle Ed brought, perhaps some have not seen it yet. It is worth watching!

https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-dire-straits-money-nothing

Wow!! Thanks, never seen that before! Very informative!

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Re: Brothers in Arms - Eric Clapton involvement?
« Reply #35 on: April 28, 2025, 07:23:39 PM »
This topic reminded me of an excellent interview with Neil Dorfsman, which is an excellent complement that Uncle Ed brought, perhaps some have not seen it yet. It is worth watching!

https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-dire-straits-money-nothing

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