THE DYLAN / KNOPFLER STORY (part 2)

some important updates


It's a small world after all.
Things are always different when you look from another perspective.
The first part of this Dylan-Knopfler story was beautiful, but incomplete.

I told you how Bob and Mark met after a Dire Straits concert 29-3-1979,based on information from Clinton Heylin's chronology and my own research. Dire Straits performed songs from the self titled first album and the forthcoming Communiqué.

Recordings for that album took place from 22-12-1978 till 28-12-1978 at Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas. The studios were founded by Chris Blackwell in 1977 and played an important role in reggae and independent music. Last sessions for Communiqué were in Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Sheffield, Alabama. Both sessions were produced by Jerry Wexler and Barry Beckett, both known for producing Dylan albums Slow Train Coming and Saved....

So, it's not that strange that Dylan walked in at a Dire Straits concert before himself going into the studio to record Slow Train Coming. Also it's not that strange that Knopfler returned to Muscle Shoals in April/May after working there before in January under the same producers.


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THE DYLAN / KNOPFLER STORY (part 1)

Dire Straits was formed in 1977, the self-titled debut album was recorded the next year and followed by a successful tour. After among others the big WDR Rockpalast TV-show they toured the US the whole of March. It was at the second day in The Roxy Theatre on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, on 29-3-1979, that Bob Dylan attended the show and met them afterwards. There he asked Mark Knopfler and drummer Pick Withers to join him for the recording of the Slow Train Coming album.

The show that impressed Dylan consisted of seven songs from the debut album, six from the forthcoming Communiqué and one unreleased song. Most of them figuring in exchanging order in the succeeding shows.

            1. Down To The Waterline
            2. Six Blade Knife
            3. Once Upon A Time In The West
            4. Lady Writer
            5. Single Handed Sailor
            6. Water Of Love
            7. In The Gallery
            8. Follow Me Home
            9. News
            10. What's The Matter With You Baby?
            11. Lions
            12. Sultans Of Swing
            13. Wild West End
            14. Where Do You Think You're Going?

An available recording is unfortunately not of the best quality, but Bob liked what he heard.

The Slow Train Coming album took one week to record, from April 30 till May 4 in the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Sheffield, Alabama, produced by Jerry Wexler and Barry Beckett in five sessions. Although there were 12 songs recorded, some in many takes, only two survived beside the official album. Only on single Trouble In Mind had one verse cut, but the complete version was bootlegged. Strange enough the complete text, with all six verses, was the one published. Ye Shall Be Changed was bootlegged too, but then bootlegged back by Bob for The Bootleg Series (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991, Volume 3.

Several singles have the 3:57 radio edit of  Gotta Serve Somebody (5:22 album version). It seems that the Brazilian single Precious Angle/Trouble In Mind has the full version of the last one. Anyway, the recent official Hanns Peter Bushoff compilation Pure Dylan: An Intimate Look At Bob Dylan (Sony Music 88697988082) has the complete track at last.

All the tracks on the album have Knopfler and Withers playing besides Bob Dylan (guitar, vocals), Barry Beckett (Keyboards/percussion), Tim Drummond (bass), Mickey Buckins (percussion)  the Muscle Shoals Horns and the backing vocals of Carolyn Dennis, Helena Springs and Regina Havis.

            1. Gotta Serve Somebody (album, single)
            2. Precious Angel (album, single)
            3. I Believe In You (album)
            4. Slow Train (album, single)
            5. Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking (album)
            6. Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others) (album, single)
            7. When You Gonna Wake Up (album, single)
            8. Man Gave Names To All The Animals (album, single)
            9. When He Returns (album)
           10. Trouble In Mind (single-cut, Pure Dylan-complete)
           11. Ye Shall Be Changed (Bootleg Series Vol. 3)
           12. No Man Righteous, No Not One


At Olof's Chronicles (Still On The Road) is stated that the 3rd take of Gotta Serve Somebody is on the album and that all others (Greatest Hits Vol. 3, The Best Of Bob Dylan, Biograph, The Very Best Of Bob Dylan etc.) have the 1st take. To my ears it's all the same and the covers art says it is. A fault pas in such a extensive archive is easily made. Also the Precious Angel single is not mentioned.



The Dylan/Knopfler 2011 Tour List is updated daily
with links to set lists, torrents and other info:
SUNDOWN ON THE EURO TOUR ('til greed got in the way)
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WHEN MARK JOINED BOB ON STAGE

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SUNDOWN ON THE EURO
(what everybody was waiting for)
EUROPEAN FALL TOUR 2011
Bob Dylan & Mark Knopfler


below you find date, city, song number and title
when Mark joined Bob on stage
complete setlists and links to the recordings in the tour list


14/10 Bournemouth
          5. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'

21/10 Esch-sur-Alzette
          1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
          2. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
          3. Things Have Changed

23/10 Oberhausen
          1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
          2. It Ain't Me, Babe
          3. Blind Willie McTell
          4. Things Have Changed

25/10 Mannheim
          1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
          2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
          3. Things Have Changed
          4. Mississippi
          5. John Brown

26/10 Munich
          1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
          2. It Ain't Me, Babe
          3. Things Have Changed

27/10 Leipzig
          1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
          2. Girl Of The North Country
          3. Things have Changed
          4. Tangled Up In Blue
          5. The Levee's Gonna Break

29/10 Berlin
          1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
          2. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
          3. Things Have Changed
          4. Mississippi

31/10 Hamburg
          1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
          2. Boots Of Spanish Leather
          3. Things have Changed
          4. The Man In The Long Black Coat
          5. The Levee's Gonna Break
          Hamburg broadcast

02/11 Herning
          1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
          2. It Ain't Me, Babe
          3. Things Have Changed
          4. Mississippi
          5. The Levee's Gonna Break

03/11 Malmö
          1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
          2. Girl Of The North Country
          3. Things Have Changed
          4. Tangled Up In Blue

04/11 Stockholm
          1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
          2. To Ramona
          3. Things Have Changed
          4. Tangled Up In Blue

06/11 Hannover 
          1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
          2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
          3. Things Have Changed
          4. Tangled Up In Blue

07/11 Nuremberg
          1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
          2. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
          3. Things Have Changed
          4. Mississippi

08/11 Innsbruck
          1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
          2. Shooting Star
          3. Things Have Changed
          4. Mississippi

09/11 Padova
          1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
          2. It Ain't Me, Babe
          3. Things Have Changed
          4. Mississippi

11/11 Florence
          1.Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
          2.Girl Of The North Country
          3.Things Have Changed

12/11 Rome
          1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
          2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
          3. Things Have Changed

14/11 Milan
          1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
          2. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
          3. Things Have Changed
          First 25 minutes, first three songs included 

15/11 Geneva
          1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
          2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
          3. Things Have Changed
          4. Mississippi

16/11 Zürich
          1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
          2. It Ain't Me, Babe
          3. Things Have Changed
          4. Mississippi

19/11 London
          1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
          2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
          3. Things Have Changed
          4. Mississippi

20/11 London
          1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
          2. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
          3. Things Have Changed
          4. Tryin' To Get To Heaven

21/11 London
          1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 
          2. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue 
          3. Things Have Changed 
         15. Forever Young
               2 cam split screen 
               3 cam mix 
               4 cam mix:

                                            
                              An audio compilation of the 'duets' played
                          during the fall 2011 Sundown Of The Euro Tour,
                                        TWO BUDDIES IN EUROPE
                                        by Blindwilly & theTwinWithin
                                                 can be found here:
                                                www.hungercity.org
                                              tracker.knopflertk.net 
                                               www.dimeadozen.org
                                            tangledupintorrents.com
                                                 www.demonoid.me 
                                  www.planetrocklosslessbootlegs.com
                                             www.thetradersden.org
                                          zombtracker.the-zomb.com 
                                            www.expectingrain.com
                                    

                                              artwork by stewART:

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