Yes but what do you expect from someone who is not even interested
in releasing his own bluray concerts from so many tours ?
He lives in another dimension
The lattest tours are almost fully available in audio format. This is not an empty glass.
That is true as a fact and on paper, but the sound quality of the last tour recordings was not that good that you could compare them with official releases, wasn't it? Don't know too much about the last tour but 2013 and 2015 needed a very long time till the recordings got at least a decent sound. More than half the tour I would say.
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A short foreword is just pure MK. I think fans need to accept the fact that Mark is just not your typical modern star. He doesn't post on Instagram and TikTok, or Twitter, he rarely gives interviews, he doesn't do Wired Google Autocomplete interviews, Reddit's AMA, he doesn't go to Graham Norton Show, he's out of the spotlight. He doesn't even write books, he only writes obituaries occasionally that are the most boring and plain obituaries in the world, so a foreword a little bit longer that is already a miracle. Expectancies and Mark Knopfler are not the words that go together well.
P.S. Never listened to a single live recording, not even shows I attended. Just not my format at all... I'm more inclined into production, maybe even a couple of fixed mistakes, why not? You make something that will last, that's what Mark said about his own songs. With live recordings, he makes not something that last, he makes live recordings with all the mistakes, weird sounds and oddities, him shouting to the crew, etc.. I'm sure live recordings bring a decent amount of money though! A Live album is something thought through, that will last. I remember all the great live albums, A Black & White Night, Eagles Live, and even Marks live albums, they're all great. I don't care about mixing and even fixing something, as long as it sounds good, I'm in!