Per celebrare il 25° anniversario del debutto solista del 1996, il 1° ottobre sarà pubblicato ‘Mark Knopfler – The Studio Albums 1996-2007’. Il cofanetto, disponibile sia in versione da 11 LP sia in versione da 6 CD, contiene i primi cinque album in studio di Mark Knopfler come artista solista: ‘Golden Heart’ (1996), ‘Sailing To Philadelphia’ (2000), ‘The Ragpicker’s Dream’ (2002), ‘Shangri-La’ (2004) e ‘Kill To Get Crimson’ (2007), oltre ad un bonus disc esclusivo di B-side in studio di quel periodo, dal titolo ‘Gravy Train: The B-Sides 1996-2007′. Per la prima volta ‘Golden Heart’, ‘Sailing To Philadelphia’ e ‘Gravy Train: The B-Sides 1996-2007′ saranno pubblicati su vinile.

L’audio di ciascun album è stato rimasterizzato da Miles Showell agli Abbey Road Studios di Londra e gli LP sono stampati su vinile nero 180g. Il cofanetto include inoltre una download card e 6 stampe artistiche in rilievo con le copertine degli album.

Mark Knopfler, cantautore, produttore discografico e compositore, è uno dei musicisti inglesi di maggior successo ed è considerato uno dei più grandi chitarristi di tutti i tempi. È diventato famoso negli anni ’80 come leader dei Dire Straits, con cui ha composto diverse hit tra cui ‘Sultans Of Swing’, ‘Money For Nothing’, ‘Romeo And Juliet’ e ‘Walk Of Life’. La band si è sciolta nel 1995 e Mark ha iniziato un nuovo percorso come artista solista. Negli anni successivi Knopfler ha pubblicato nove album da solista e ha continuato ad esibirsi in tour mondiali molto apprezzati insieme alla sua band. Mark ha inoltre scritto nel corso degli anni la musica per diversi film, tra cui ‘Local Hero’, ‘Cal’, ‘The Princess Bride’, ‘Last Exit To Brooklyn’ e ‘Wag The Dog’ e ha suonato e registrato con molti importanti artisti, fra cui Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Tina Turner, Randy Newman e il compianto Chet Atkins. Nel 1999 Knopfler è stato nominato The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (tra le più importanti onorificenze del Regno Unito) e nel 2012 ha ricevuto il Lifetime Achievement Award all’Ivor Novellos.

 

BOX 11 LP

LP 1 & 2: Golden Heart – Remastered

LP 3 & 4: Sailing To Philadelphia – Remastered

LP 5 & 6: The Ragpicker’s Dream – Remastered

LP 7 & 8: Shangri-La – Remastered

LP 9 & 10: Kill To Get Crimson – Remastered

LP 11: Gravy Train: The B-Sides 1996-2007 – Remastered

 

LP Track listing

Golden Heart

LP1

Side A:

  1. Darling Pretty
  2. Imelda
  3. Golden Heart

Side B:

  1. No Can Do
  2. Vic And Ray
  3. Don’t You Get It
  4. A Night In Summer Long Ago

LP2:

Side C:

  1. Cannibals
  2. I’m The Fool
  3. Je Suis Désolé
  4. Rüdiger

Side D:

  1. Nobody’s Got The Gun
  2. Done With Bonaparte
  3. Are We In Trouble Now

Sailing To Philadelphia

LP3:

Side A:

  1. What It Is
  2. Sailing To Philadelphia
  3. Who’s Your Baby Now

Side B:

  1. Baloney Again
  2. The Last Laugh
  3. Do America
  4. Silvertown Blues

LP4:

Side C:

  1. El Macho
  2. Prairie Wedding
  3. Wanderlust

Side D:

  1. Speedway At Nazareth
  2. Junkie Doll
  3. Sands Of Nevada
  4. One More Matinee

The Ragpicker’s Dream

LP5:

Side A:

  1. Why Aye Man
  2. Devil Baby
  3. Hill Farmer’s Blues

Side B:

  1. A Place Where We Used To Live
  2. Quality Shoe
  3. Fare Thee Well Northumberland

LP6:

Side C:

  1. Marbletown
  2. You Don’t Know You’re Born
  3. Coyote

Side D:

  1. The Ragpicker’s Dream
  2. Daddy’s Gone To Knoxville
  3. Old Pigweed

Shangri-La

LP7:

Side A:

  1. 5.15 a.m.
  2. Boom, Like That
  3. Sucker Row

Side B:

  1. The Trawlerman’s Song
  2. Back To Tupelo
  3. Our Shangri-La

LP8:

Side C:

  1. Everybody Pays
  2. Song For Sonny Liston
  3. Whoop De Doo
  4. Postcards From Paraguay

Side D:

  1. All That Matters
  2. Stand Up Guy
  3. Donegan’s Gone
  4. Don’t Crash The Ambulance

Kill To Get Crimson

LP9:

Side A:

  1. True Love Will Never Fade
  2. The Scaffolder’s Wife
  3. The Fizzy And The Still

Side B:

  1. Heart Full Of Holes
  2. We Can Get Wild
  3. Secondary Waltz

LP10:

Side C:

  1. Punish The Monkey
  2. Let It All Go
  3. Behind With The Rent

Side D:

  1. The Fish And The Bird
  2. Madame Geneva’s
  3. In The Sky

Gravy Train: The B-Sides 1996-2007

LP11:

Side A:

  1. Small Potatoes [Why Aye Man B-Side]
  2. What Have I Got To Do [Cannibals B-Side]
  3. Gravy Train [Darling Pretty B-Side]
  4. My Claim To Fame [Darling Pretty B-Side]

Side B:

  1. Summer Of Love [Boom, Like That B-Side]
  2. Camerado [What It Is B-Side]
  3. Tall Order Baby [Cannibals B-Side]
  4. Let’s See You [What It Is B-Side]
  5. The Long Highway [What It Is B-Side]

 

BOX 6CD

Golden Heart – CD1:

  1. Darling Pretty
  2. Imelda
  3. Golden Heart
  4. No Can Do
  5. Vic And Ray
  6. Don’t You Get It
  7. A Night In Summer Long Ago
  8. Cannibals
  9. I’m The Fool
  10. Je Suis Désolé
  11. Rüdiger
  12. Nobody’s Got The Gun
  13. Done With Bonaparte
  14. Are We In Trouble Now

Sailing To Philadelphia – CD2:

  1. What It Is
  2. Sailing To Philadelphia
  3. Who’s Your Baby Now
  4. Baloney Again
  5. The Last Laugh
  6. Do America
  7. Silvertown Blues
  8. El Macho
  9. Prairie Wedding
  10. Wanderlust
  11. Speedway At Nazareth
  12. Junkie Doll
  13. Sands Of Nevada
  14. One More Matinee

The Ragpicker’s Dream – CD3:

  1. Why Aye Man
  2. Devil Baby
  3. Hill Farmer’s Blues
  4. A Place Where We Used To Live
  5. Quality Shoe
  6. Fare Thee Well Northumberland
  7. Marbletown
  8. You Don’t Know You’re Born
  9. Coyote
  10. The Ragpicker’s Dream
  11. Daddy’s Gone To Knoxville
  12. Old Pigweed

Shangri-La – CD4:

  1. 5.15 a.m.
  2. Boom, Like That
  3. Sucker Row
  4. The Trawlerman’s Song
  5. Back To Tupelo
  6. Our Shangri-La
  7. Everybody Pays
  8. Song For Sonny Liston
  9. Whoop De Doo
  10. Postcards From Paraguay
  11. All That Matters
  12. Stand Up Guy
  13. Donegan’s Gone
  14. Don’t Crash The Ambulance

Kill To Get Crimson – CD5:

  1. True Love Will Never Fade
  2. The Scaffolder’s Wife
  3. The Fizzy And The Still
  4. Heart Full Of Holes
  5. We Can Get Wild
  6. Secondary Waltz
  7. Punish The Monkey
  8. Let It All Go
  9. Behind With The Rent
  10. The Fish And The Bird
  11. Madame Geneva’s
  12. In The Sky

Gravy Train: The B-Sides 1996-2007 – CD6:

  1. Small Potatoes
  2. What Have I Got To Do
  3. Gravy Train
  4. My Claim To Fame
  5. Summer Of Love
  6. Camerado
  7. Tall Order Baby
  8. Let’s See You
  9. The Long Highway