i don't do ebay...LE, can you do me a favor?? or is it second hand? don't want no second hand.....
Pottel you amaze me! No second hand stuff at all, or just books? How have you managed to gather this collection of yours? Some of the records must have come out even before you were born (Pink Floyd and Dylan) Anyway this book is out of print since the 80ies, and for a good reason, not enough mad people (call them fans) to buy a dated book. It just covers the years up to Alchemy. (it has been quite some time since I read it, surely no BiA onwards). I believe I have a second copy somewhere, but of course I bought it used and used it some more.
I really lost any appetite for such readings, trying to focus to actual music. That was the reason I adored Belle and Sebastian the first years. They kept such a low profile, that even the most dedicated fans knew little about the lives of the members.
Anyway back to DS: Amazon, alibris and Abebooks have many copies for sale. Find the best combination of price and condition and buy it. It is the best solution. I took a look for mint condition you might have to pay 100 Euros. Mine is just Very good.
But I would certainly buy an autobiography. If MK was keeping a diary, it would be great to know his side of the story about Bob Dylan, Randy Newman and Aztec Camera, Steely Dan and Eric Clapton and all the rest. I certainly would not care for his personal life. But you can put the pieces back together from the numerous interviews so no need to make a big fuss about it anyway.
Working title for a patential biography: Why Mark Knopfler?
I was reading the book "Written in my soul" with interviews by many artists among them MK and BD, Paul Simon and many others that are just as famous and mentioned in AMIT. Very interesting read, Dylan is asked about a song he played to MK at these hotel sessions (a recording never surfaced) called Prison Guard. Another holy grail for Pottel maybe?
At another Greek magazine, I found an interview containing some working titles for the songs that ended up in LoG. Most of them are really easy to understand which finished song represent, and there are two curios, that lead me to the conclusion that TR originally were two songs, and INR gave some of the lyrics to ID. So here they are and if you know something about them let me know. Maybe they have also surfaced elsewhere.
1.Telegraph road 2. I like to go to work 3. Industrial disease 4. Worth your while 5. It never rains 6. You walk out on a high wire 7. Music
At this very interview he finds Alan Clark's help important since he is the only one that can write the different parts of orchestration. If I find some spare time I will translate this and 3 more interviews from the greek magazines (from 1979-1985)
