A few brief comments/fact checks lumped together as one.
By the time this gig took place I had been consigned to the same percussive waste bin as Pick,Terry, Omar, Joop, Jeff, Manu and Chris…drummers who made it to the top of the mountain then fell down the other side ….still, good company to be in 🤪 I guess
I know nothing about this show or any recording of it ( or any soundboards of others), or any of M’s solo activities after STP, but I had to laugh at Dusty’s comment ( 9 ) “ once the DS barrel is well and truly scraped…” , at this rate they will be releasing the sound of a chisel scraping away at wood under the title “ Wood from the Wood Wharf ” 1977-2001 ( not to be confused with the porn movie “ Surfing With Wood ” featuring Ronnie Would If He Could and Prick Dagger .)
And yes, I think it’s safe to say that demand for MK solo is stuff is a LOT less than for DS…..I’d guess by a huge margin …..I had to laugh at that observation 😂 ( I’m speculating of course ).
The fact that several tracks appear to have been used as promo items AND bonus tracks on CD singles is simply a continuation of a problem we had almost from day one of DS…...the lack of enough material for the dreaded “B “ sides that were part and parcel of releasing singles back then ie essential.
Which brings me to replies 13/14 ( Cannibals/Rolo) ..I have wracked my brain and I could be wrong ( really? ) but I cannot think of a single song recorded ADDITIONAL to those which made the DS albums I worked on ie ALL of them, which was not used as a B side including live stuff, and where you see “ live stuff ” you can take it we really were desperate and would literally use just about anything that was convenient, “good enough” and instantly available.
So the answer to the “ vault ” question is that if it hasn’t appeared by now then 99.99% it doesn’t exist, actually let’s not piss about…make that 100%.
The notion that there might be enough available for a new album is laughable I’m afraid and I can only repeat, if it wasn’t released back then WHEN we needed to, then it’s either not there or just didn't make the grade, but honestly I don't think M ever finished anything that was literally unreleaseable although as you all know by now many songs did get dumped or develop into something else along the way as happens with most writers/artists.
As a technical point “singles” released to radio didn't have B sides or extra tracks ….a bit obvious but I thought I’d add for the dreamers.
Lastly for someone to describe that 2002 show as being “Dire Straits” is just silly whatever M may or may not have said ( and which doesn’t matter anyway ).
