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Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum / Re: Brothers in arms 40th anniversary edition

« Last post by Mossguitar on July 12, 2025, 09:15:00 PM »

I listened to the interview with Omar once more, and he says that he played the fills. And since he actually was the there, I take that as a fact.

Logical bias?

I mean of course Omar played but there are two drums multichannel recorded

So the person you can rely on is more Neil Dorfsman who DID the mix and choosed which ones to keep.

Yes, I listened to the song once again, and you could absolutely be right. What has Neil Dorfsman said in interviews? Terry? Others? How about drummers here on the forum? Chris? Others? What ‘s plausible?

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Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum / Re: Brothers in arms 40th anniversary edition

« Last post by ds1984 on July 12, 2025, 06:20:27 PM »

I listened to the interview with Omar once more, and he says that he played the fills. And since he actually was the there, I take that as a fact.

Logical bias?

I mean of course Omar played but there are two drums multichannel recorded

So the person you can rely on is more Neil Dorfsman who DID the mix and choosed which ones to keep.

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Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum / Re: Brothers in arms 40th anniversary edition

« Last post by 2manyguitars on July 12, 2025, 12:34:14 AM »

Are you shure that the fills are Terry’s? Doesn’t Omar say that they were his in the interview?

Pretty sure they are Terry's. I listened to the tom-tom fills in the main song and the sound is identical to the tom-toms you hear in the intro. Plus interviews with Neil and Terry themselves.

DEARY DEARY ME. Many of you hardcore fans have a lot to answer for (see below.)

I'm afraid many of you will be shaking your head at this as it's out of your respective comfort zones...

Firstly regarding drum parts - I'm not sure. Keeping the intro is one thing but then going through the track and taking bits off of the original drum track is another thing altogether, bearing in mind this was back in the 80's. You can easily cut and paste bits and pieces in modern times on DAW. But back in the 80's... come on....

HOWEVER - that interview SOURCE from above i've mentioned before on this forum but no one could answer or bothered answering my post. MY WORD. It is when Terry Williams was just about to reveal the reason why Hal Lindes was axed from the band around 1984-85, but that part/answer was edited out. So Terry said something like:  "poor old Hal, I don't  know if I should say this...." Then BANG the rest of the answer was edited out. I mention this because when I brought this up a few years ago most fans on this forum just ignored the reason why / couldn't be bothered to find out. Maybe they want to cover up certain members of the band?  So what is the answer then? OR are you going to look to Ed Bicknel for answers?

Drums were separated and recorded onto different tracks using careful mic positioning, noise gates, and gated reverb. It wouldn't be hard to keep just the tom fills if that's what they wanted.

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Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum / Re: Brothers in arms 40th anniversary edition

« Last post by Mossguitar on July 12, 2025, 12:26:40 AM »

I listened to the interview with Omar once more, and he says that he played the fills. And since he actually was the there, I take that as a fact.

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Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum / Re: Brothers in arms 40th anniversary edition

« Last post by olazabalrok on July 11, 2025, 10:39:26 PM »

The basic groove is going through the track and the tom fills are on top of that so they are clearly from a different take. Are they by Terry? No idea.

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Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum / Re: Interesting New Interview

« Last post by Rolo on July 11, 2025, 07:19:04 PM »

Interesting (but not surprising) that he likes Blake Mills. He should ask Mills to produce his next album! His production style, not to mention the guitar work, would be a perfect fit for Mark, and challenge him in a good way.

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Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum / Re: Interesting New Interview

« Last post by Rail King on July 11, 2025, 03:45:58 PM »

Interesting (but not surprising) that he likes Blake Mills. He should ask Mills to produce his next album! His production style, not to mention the guitar work, would be a perfect fit for Mark, and challenge him in a good way.

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Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum / Re: That Ain't Workin' - My New Book

« Last post by Chris W on July 11, 2025, 09:29:59 AM »

No because I had no interest in guitar gear, or keyboards.
I only have this one poor quality pic of Mark's guitar rack under the stage. It was so dark under there it was hard to take film photo.

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Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum / Re: That Ain't Workin' - My New Book

« Last post by diremania on July 11, 2025, 01:00:56 AM »

Chris, would you happens to have any pictures of marks/phils backline from the tour or rehearsal?
Must complement your book again, a real gem for all fans! Thanks for making it available for us

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Audio and Video Vines / Re: The Variety Club Silver Heart Award to MK 19th October 2006

« Last post by Simon (formerley known as Simon) on July 11, 2025, 12:46:35 AM »

Yes thank you.