A Mark In Time
Mark Knopfler Discussion => Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum => Topic started by: Chris W on April 11, 2025, 09:09:35 AM
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Coming soon, more details later...
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Coming soon, more details later...
That's the way you do it!
Looking forward to it Chris! I take it a mix of your photos and stories from the tour?
Good luck with it.
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Coming soon, more details later...
Great news Chris.
Actually I thought you would do a book with photographs of both Macca and DS tour, any chance there is another about Macca after?
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Great cover :)
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Will def. be getting this, thanks Chris!
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What excellent news, I look forward to it, we will certainly have a very welcome angle on this historic moment for DS.👏🏻👏🏻 🙌🏻
Who knows, maybe at some point we will also have the same luck with a book written by the great Ed, that wouldn't be bad either. 🖖🏻👽❤️
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great news.
If you don't mind I am going tp announce it on my blog and social media
If you have a better defined pic, you can send it to me via PM or mail if you prefer : jfconvert@gmail.com
thanks :wave
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Chris, I've got to ask: Why do you choose to publish a book about the tour that for you had almost no highlights and which was so terrible that you retired from drumming for a long, long time? (As a an enthusiast photographer myself, I'm looking forward to seeing the photos, though!)
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I am not sure if Chris is really serious about it?
LE
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I am not sure if Chris is really serious about it?
LE
I thought about that too :think
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It's on his Instagram page, so I guess it is. Plus Chris doesn't quite strike me as a prankster ;D
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great news.
If you don't mind I am going tp announce it on my blog and social media
If you have a better defined pic, you can send it to me via PM or mail if you prefer : jfconvert@gmail.com
thanks :wave
No prob. Tomorrow morning.
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I am not sure if Chris is really serious about it?
LE
Chris said in his Instagram that he was scanning his old pictures in order to do a photo book.
I also thought it would be about his big tours with McCartney and DS, and recording with Paul, but seems it's only about DS.
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I'm doing the book because I'm very proud of the photos. It is all about the pictures. I've just written a short paragraph with a couple of facts and anecdotes for each chapter. The tour was effectively 6 legs, so I've done 6 chapters.
I'm not digging any dirt or spreading any gossip, it's just a description of the leg and a couple of things that happened on that leg.
I will post some more info tomorrow, including the price.
Ed Bicknell has written an amusing foreword for me.
Again, it's all about the pictures. There are over 80, most never seen before, not even by the band. Over the years I've probably shown 10 or 12 via Instagram, but the other 70 odd have never been seen before this book.
They are a mix of soundcheck pictures, things from travel days, photos of the fans, a couple of showtime pictures (although I was usually too busy).
There wasn't a regular photographer documenting the tour, so this is it, my version of the tour in pictures.
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Chris said in his Instagram that he was scanning his old pictures in order to do a photo book.
I also thought it would be about his big tours with McCartney and DS, and recording with Paul, but seems it's only about DS.
The DS book has taken two years, albeit not every day or even every week. But the negatives had scratches and a lot of dust, so it's taken me hours of work to clean them enough to publish a book.
There probably will be a Macca book, but maybe not for at least two years as I haven't even scanned those negatives. I didn't have a camera at the start of the McCartney tour, so I only documented the later two thirds of that tour, and I was learning to use a camera too.
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The cover front and back...
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Sounds great, Chris.
Are you doing a real coffee table book? Or would that be too costly?
Also, how did you scan the negatives? A friend of mine does it with a full-frame DSLR and gets great results. Much faster than a regular scanner too.
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Thank you, Chris. I´ll buy it
I rarely post but i always read and appreciate your posts (despite the fact some people come here to correct the statements of a DS ex member)
I feel glad you take the step and share your memories. I will read it with interest.
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Awesome! This book is a must have!!!
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Wow this is great! Instant buy for me!
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Great news! I'm really looking forward to see all of these great pictures taken by Chris.
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wow, sounds very interesting, such an inside view!
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Here's the important thing, the price.
It is £55 plus (fast) postage.
UK free.
Europe £10
USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Sth America £20.
I've been to three Post Offices and been given three different prices, so I've gone with the lower price estimates.
I'm doing this all myself, no one else involved. Every book will be personally signed. The book is soft cover and about 106 pages, around A4 size, 81 original photographs by me.
I will try and do a short video over the next couple of days for anyone wanting to see inside the book.
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Also, how did you scan the negatives? A friend of mine does it with a full-frame DSLR and gets great results. Much faster than a regular scanner too.
I used a 24mb full frame digital camera. I think the photos look amazing. It took many months of dust removal and scratch repair.
They ARE film negatives taken in difficult low light conditions, so there is grain and some blown highlights. I've shown the book to professional photographers and received compliments however.
There are a broad mix of subjects. There aren't a ton of Mark and John as I wasn't hanging with them as much as I was people like Chris White, Paul Franklin and the crew. I have uploaded three of the best Mark images to a printing service, not so much to sell prints (although you can buy), but so you can see what the photographic quality is.
https://chriswhittenmusic.darkroom.com
Message me here or at instagram to buy the book.
Instagram: chriswhittenmusic
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More on the subject matter...
These are some test prints I made while putting the book together:
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More on the subject matter...
These are some test prints I made while putting the book together:
Please send me payment instructors for ordering: rene@matthiassen.com
Thanks and really looking forward to see it.
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More details:
Payments to PayPal:
thataintworkin@icloud.com
£55 plus add your postage. Do message me or email to: thataintworkin@icloud.com
I'm doing this on my own, signing, packing and shipping, so I may miss a payment unless you notify me.
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Already been a busy day of signing and packing sold books. Thanks everyone.
Here is a video:
https://youtube.com/shorts/cR94ZdR-RnI?si=JmcWWQzMLI625b10
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Perhaps a silly question, but would the postage for Europe include any customs or other fees?
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No, because I have no idea what they would be.
I will value the book at £10 most times.
I have priced the packaging at various local post offices and they all came up with a different amount, so I've chosen the lower estimate and will probably end up paying more myself.
Chris
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Hi Chris,
Are you aware of these two methods offered by the Royal Mail to include duty fees when sending your book ?
https://www.royalmail.com/business/international/guide/delivered-duties-paid-ioss
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No, because I have no idea what they would be.
I will value the book at £10 most times.
I have priced the packaging at various local post offices and they all came up with a different amount, so I've chosen the lower estimate and will probably end up paying more myself.
Chris
Thanks Chris
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Hi Chris,
Are you aware of these two methods offered by the Royal Mail to include duty fees when sending your book ?
Like I said, I'm likely eating some of the postage myself to keep the postage fees down.
Several of my books already sent cost £25 and £26 to ship to America, but I'm charging £20.
And does anyone pay import taxes on a £10 book? I don't think so.
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Hi Chris,
Are you aware of these two methods offered by the Royal Mail to include duty fees when sending your book ?
Like I said, I'm likely eating some of the postage myself to keep the postage fees down.
Several of my books already sent cost £25 and £26 to ship to America, but I'm charging £20.
And does anyone pay import taxes on a £10 book? I don't think so.
I would recommend anyone to be gentle and if shipping costs are higher than you pay, when receive the book send an additional payment, I think that's fair. I know Chris is going to say NO to this, but please consider to be gentle.
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More details:
Payments to PayPal:
thataintworkin@icloud.com
£55 plus add your postage. Do message me or email to: thataintworkin@icloud.com
I'm doing this on my own, signing, packing and shipping, so I may miss a payment unless you notify me.
is it time restricted? or do you pla to kkep signing and posting for a while?
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oh and before i forget, MUST HAVE THIS....
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Thanks Jules.
I'm ok with the postage quoted. I was shocked how much it was, although the package with the book inside weighs 700g.
I'll probably be contributing £3 to £6 for each postage, but that's OK.
No need for anyone to offer extra, unless it's for multiple books.
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is it time restricted? or do you pla to kkep signing and posting for a while?
I have a few hundred books printed. I don't think they will all sell in the next few weeks. In any case, it takes me a long time to package them and post, so I can't process dozens of books per day.
If this print run sells out I may print more, but that depends if it takes months to sell what I already have or if demand is higher.
It isn't a limited edition.
I haven't really told everyone about the book yet, AMIT was first.
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is it time restricted? or do you pla to kkep signing and posting for a while?
I have a few hundred books printed. I don't think they will all sell in the next few weeks. In any case, it takes me a long time to package them and post, so I can't process dozens of books per day.
If this print run sells out I may print more, but that depends if it takes months to sell what I already have or if demand is higher.
It isn't a limited edition.
I haven't really told everyone about the book yet, AMIT was first.
Well, we all amiters spread the word around the internet!