Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Mark Knopfler - BBC Sessions, Volume 4: 2004-2018

This is the next volume of Mark Knopfler performing for the BBC. This time, it consists of studio sessions.

Everything on this album is unreleased. But it's all top notch in terms of sound quality. Only one song, "Haul Away," was played in front of an audience. 

The first three songs are from a 2004 radio session. The next two are from a 2007 session, and then one song is from a 2009 session. The song after that, "Haul Away," is the one live one I just mentioned, from a BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards ceremony in 2016. The remaining songs are from three different sessions in 2018.

This album deals with a pretty large period in time - fourteen years. I must say I'm surprised Knopfler didn't do more BBC performances in those years, since it seems like an ideal way for him to promote his music. However, he did do one much longer session in 2007. That's not here because it's enough for an album of its own, which will be Volume 5. If anyone knows of anything I missed, please let me know.

This album is 52 minutes long.

01 Everybody Pays (Mark Knopfler)
02 Boom like That (Mark Knopfler)
03 Song for Sonny Liston (Mark Knopfler)
04 Let It All Go [Acoustic Version] (Mark Knopfler)
05 Secondary Waltz (Mark Knopfler)
06 Get Lucky (Mark Knopfler)
07 Haul Away (Mark Knopfler)
08 Waterbound (Mark Knopfler)
09 Romeo and Juliet (Mark Knopfler)
10 Good on You Son (Mark Knopfler)
11 The Boxer (Mark Knopfler)
12 Going Home [Theme From 'Local Hero'] [Instrumental] (Mark Knopfler)

https://www.upload.ee/files/16116458/MRKKNPF2004-2018_BBSessonsVlum4_atse.zip.html

The cover photo is a promo photo taken at Knopfler's house in London in January 2004.

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