A Mark In Time
Mark Knopfler Discussion => Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum => Topic started by: TJ on March 17, 2015, 10:34:23 PM
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I notice on the new album, next to the Verve logo, there is a logo for "British Grove Records". I believe I've seen the logo for British Grove STUDIOS on one of the other albums (don't remember which one), but this is the first sign for me that MK has his own record company. I'm just curious as to what this means. It's different from Verve, and from his publisher.
Anybody know how this setup works?
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Well spotted, TJ, And Guy has already confermed your question that Tracker is the first record of BGR
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I haven't looked but I can't recall another of Mk's solo albums ever having BGR on them....
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I haven't looked but I can't recall another of Mk's solo albums ever having BGR on them....
I noticed that too! Should be British Groove Records. ;)
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This is the first release on the imprint. Guy has confirmed
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This is the first release on the imprint. Guy has confirmed
Free advertising. ;)
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I hope someday Mark will open his own guitar making company. That would be nice!
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He just has them made for him!
Fender, Martin & Montelone!!!!
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He just has them made for him!
Fender, Martin & Montelone!!!!
Yes, but isn't he had a record label for all this time, too? ;D
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True, but that is a business and even he has to pay to record there too.....
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True, but that is a business and even he has to pay to record there too.....
Well, technically maybe yes. But if Mark owes the Grove all by himself then it doesn´t matter.
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Labelling this Tracker album the first album on "British Grove Records" for me has the very pleasant message that there are obviously other albums planned to be released. That's not totally a given. He obviously has absolutely no thoughts about ending it all. Great attitude.
When the Privateering interviews came up where he talks about so many songs in his books and therefore a double album and stuff, I had a slightly fearful feeling that he might start "clean house" so to say - and that we might see an end soon. But with planing days off into the tour schedule just to be able to write more let things appear very creative and energized. Wow, Mark!
LE
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Labelling this Tracker album the first album on "British Grove Records" for me has the very pleasant message that there are obviously other albums planned to be released. That's not totally a given. He obviously has absolutely no thoughts about ending it all. Great attitude.
When the Privateering interviews came up where he talks about so many songs in his books and therefore a double album and stuff, I had a slightly fearful feeling that he might start "clean house" so to say - and that we might see an end soon. But with planing days off into the tour schedule just to be able to write more let things appear very creative and energized. Wow, Mark!
LE
Yeah, have the same thoughts that make me a happy microphone, too.
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Judging from the Bridport show Ingridsong and I attended in 2013 and then watching the 24 min long dvd, MK has said he has 'stashes' of tunes/music in his laptop just waiting for the moment!!
I think there is much more to come from the master..........
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I hope so Knopflerfan. Sometimes it crosses my mind that because this is the tracker of his life it could be the last one. But on the other hand, he is writing more and more last years, so I hope his health will be excellent, his mind full of songs and his energy enough to give us more music and tours
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This kind of makes me wonder about how the deal with Universal now looks like.
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I am about to get my hands on both a review from last tour but more relevant a new interview with MK fra by a Danish reporter, who met MK in London because of the new release and new film by a dane. Its in Danish and I will translate it into English if, and when, I get my hands on it. Its available only to paying customers.
The only thing visible now is MK saying that "as long as my accountants tell me that I can run the studio then I will continue to do so". "Its not about making money, its about me having a studio that lives up to my demands and gives me the freedom to do what I want to do."
I can also see something about him using streaming services.
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Permit me some bits of wild speculation.
I am no expert on the workings of the music business but perhaps, after label problems in the past, MK has in mind to move towards having his own label - maybe with one of the majors essentially acting as distributors of physical product. The advantage is that it would give him more control as he would not be so subject to outside pressures.
As I've said before, I don't follow this MK stuff as closely as you lot but does anyone know how long his current record company contracts run?
My thought is that he may be thinking about what arrangements should follow the present ones.
The other possibility is that, when he meets other musicians, they discuss these sorts of things, including problems with their record labels, and he thinks that a musician-led label would, as we say over here, "have legs".
It would also be a way of publicising the British Grove Studios and attracting other musicians to use it. If he says he'll continue the studio as long as his accountants approve (did I get that right?), then perhaps having other musicians use it would be a way of defraying the running costs.
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Yep, thats what he is quoted as saying. As long as they say its OK.
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There WILL be more records in the future. He is doing a 3-4 concert days on the go to letting him write songs while he is touring.