MARK KNOPFLER THE STUDIO ALBUMS 2009-2018

9 LP VINYL/6 CD BOX SET & DIGITAL HD/SD TO BE RELEASED ON OCTOBER 7, 2022

LOS ANGELES, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mark Knopfler - The Studio Albums 2009-2018, a 9 LP vinyl/6 CD boxset & digital SD/HD, will be released on October 7 by UMe/EMI, gathering together the second half of his solo songbook with his more recent studio albums, to add to last year's '96 – 2007 collection. The box will include Get Lucky (2009), Privateering (2012), Tracker (2015), and his latest release Down The Road Wherever (2018) plus a collection of studio b-sides and bonus tracks and two previously unreleased songs – "Back In The Day" and "Precious Voice From Heaven."  The audio quality has been overseen by the original mastering engineer Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering, while vinyl was cut by Bernie Grundman. You can pre-order/pre-save the album HERE.

"The Mark Knopfler songbook, since the Dire Straits years, is literally and pleasingly all over the map, and yet without any sense of an album being a miscellany – being merely the next thing Mark Knopfler comes up with.  Cohesion seems instinctual to him, both as a writer and a guitar player.  He has his subjects, as any writer luckily will – youth and aging (often his own), the working grind, the demi-monde, the louche, wandering life of the road, women and love, history, literature, The North of England, Geordie issues.  All of these preoccupations get fused into songs – melodies, stories (always stories), settings, characters, dictions, breathtaking guitar virtuosity burning hot from within – which seem always to come round to being about seeking grace; a real-time, minor key, on-the-ground grace.  And also frequently about not finding it."
Richard Ford

Mark Knopfler, singer-songwriter, record producer, and composer, is one of the most successful musicians the UK has ever produced and is often cited as one of the greatest guitarists of all time. He first came to prominence in the 80s as the leader of Dire Straits, who created many of the signature songs of the era including "Sultans Of Swing," "Money For Nothing," "Romeo And Juliet," and "Walk Of Life." Dire Straits last toured in 1992 and Mark set off on a new path as a solo artist. In the ensuing years, Knopfler has released nine solo albums of sophisticated rootsy rock and has continued to sell out tours across the globe with his band, delighting audiences wherever he goes. Over the years, Mark has written the music for several films, including Local Hero, Cal, The Princess Bride, Last Exit To Brooklyn, and Wag The Dog, and has played and recorded with many artists, including Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Tina Turner, Randy Newman, and the late Chet Atkins.

The new live musical version of Local Hero, with new music and lyrics by Mark, will be staged at Chichester Festival Theatre from October 8 – November 19, 2022.

Mark Knopfler – The Studio Albums 2009-2018 will be available in two physical formats – 9LP and 6CD – and a digital equivalent in both SD and HD. 

Format:                                 9LP Boxset

9LP collection pressed on 180g black vinyl and housed in a rigid outer slipcase.
Includes 5 embossed art prints of each of the original covers.

LP 1 & 2: Get Lucky
LP 3 & 4: Privateering
LP 5 & 6: Tracker
LP 7 & 8: Down The Road Wherever
LP 9: Back In The Day: The Bonus Tracks 2009-2018

LP Track List

Get Lucky – LP 1 &2:

Side One

1. Border Reiver
2. Hard Shoulder
3. You Can't Beat The House
4. Before Gas And TV

Side Two

1. Monteleone
2. Cleaning My Gun
3. The Car Was The One
4. Remembrance Day

Side Three

1. Get Lucky
2. So Far From The Clyde
3. Piper To The End

Side Four: Even Luckier – Extra Tracks

1. Early Bird
2. Time In The Sun
3. Pulling Down The Ride     
4. Home Boy     
5. Good As Gold 

Privateering  – LP 3 & 4:

Side One

1. Redbud Tree
2. Haul Away
3. Don't Forget Your Hat
4. Privateering
5. Miss You Blues

Side Two:

1. Corned Beef City
2. Go, Love
3. Hot Or What
4. Yon Two Crows
5. Seattle

Side Three:

1. Kingdom Of Gold
2. Got To Have Something
3. Radio City Serenade
4. I Used To Could
5. Gator Blood

Side Four:

1. Bluebird
2. Dream Of The Drowned Submariner
3. Blood And Water
4. Today Is Okay
5. After The Beanstalk

Tracker – LP 5 & 6:

Side One

1. Laughs And Jokes And Drinks And Smokes
2. Basil
3. River Towns
4. Skydiver

Side Two

1. Mighty Man
2. Broken Bones
3. Long Cool Girl

Side Three

1. Lights Of Taormina
2. Silver Eagle
3. Beryl
4. Wherever I Go 

Side Four:

1. .38 Special
2. My Heart Has Never Changed 
3. Terminal Of Tribute To
4. Heart Of Oak 
5. Time Will End All Sorrow
6. Oklahoma Ponies

Down The Road Wherever – LP 7 & 8:

Side One

1. Trapper Man
2. Back On The Dance Floor
3. Nobody's Child
4. Nobody Does That

Side Two

1. Good On You Son
2. Floating Away
3. One Song At A Time
4. Heavy Up

Side Three

1. Slow Learner
2. Just A Boy Away From Home
3. My Bacon Roll
4. When You Leave

Side Four

1. Matchstick Man
2. Drovers' Road
3. Every Heart In The Room
4. Don't Suck Me In
5. Sky And Water

Back In The Day: The Bonus Tracks 2009-2018 – LP 9:

Side One:

1. Occupation Blues
2. River Of Grog        
3. Follow The Ribbon
4. Your Perfect Song

Side Two: 

1. Precious Voice From Heaven – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
2. Back In The Day – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
3. Rear View Mirror
4. Pale Imitation

Format:                                 6CD Boxset

6CD collection in a clamshell-style box.
Original studio albums are housed in gatefold sleeves with lyric sheets.
Bonus disc in single sleeve wallet with lyrics insert.
Plus 5 art cards

CD Tracklist:

Get Lucky - CD1:

1. Border Reiver
2. Hard Shoulder
3. You Can't Beat The House
4. Before Gas And TV
5. Monteleone
6. Cleaning My Gun
7. The Car Was The One
8. Remembrance Day
9. Get Lucky
10. So Far From The Clyde
11. Piper To The End
12. Early Bird – bonus track
13. Time In The Sun – bonus track
14. Pulling Down The Ride – bonus track
15. Home Boy – bonus track
16. Good As Gold – bonus track

Privateering (Part 1) - CD2:

1. Redbud Tree
2. Haul Away
3. Don't Forget Your Hat
4. Privateering
5. Miss You Blues
6. Corned Beef City
7. Go, Love
8. Hot Or What
9. Yon Two Crows
10. Seattle

Privateering (Part 2) - CD3:

1. Kingdom Of Gold
2. Got To Have Something
3. Radio City Serenade
4. I Used To Could
5. Gator Blood
6. Bluebird
7. Dream Of The Drowned Submariner
8. Blood And Water
9. Today Is Okay
10. After The Beanstalk

Tracker - CD4:

1. Laughs And Jokes And Drinks And Smokes
2. Basil
3. River Towns
4. Skydiver
5. Mighty Man
6. Broken Bones
7. Long Cool Girl
8. Lights Of Taormina
9. Silver Eagle
10. Beryl
11. Wherever I Go

Down The Road Wherever - CD5:

1. Trapper Man
2. Back On The Dance Floor
3. Nobody's Child
4. Nobody Does That
5. Good On You Son
6. Floating Away
7. One Song At A Time
8. Heavy Up
9. Slow Learner
10. Just A Boy Away From Home 
11. My Bacon Roll
12. When You Leave  
13. Matchstick Man

Back In The Day: The Bonus Tracks 2009-2018 - CD6:

1. Back In The Day – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
2. Precious Voice From Heaven – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
3. Occupation Blues
4. River Of Grog       
5. Follow The Ribbon
6. Your Perfect Song
7. .38 Special
8. My Heart Has Never Changed
9. Terminal Of Tribute To
10. 10. Heart Of Oak 
11. Time Will End All Sorrow
12. Oklahoma Ponies
13. Rear View Mirror
14. Pale Imitation
15. Drovers' Road
16. Every Heart In The Room
17. Don't Suck Me In
18. Sky And Water

1: GET LUCKY

1. Border Reiver
2. Hard Shoulder
3. You Can't Beat The House
4. Before Gas And TV
5. Monteleone
6. Cleaning My Gun
7. The Car Was The One
8. Remembrance Day
9. Get Lucky
10. So Far From The Clyde
11. Piper To The End

2: PRIVATEERING

1. Redbud Tree
2. Haul Away
3. Don't Forget Your Hat
4. Privateering
5. Miss You Blues
6. Corned Beef City
7. Go, Love
8. Hot Or What
9. Yon Two Crows
10. Seattle
11. Kingdom Of Gold
12. Got To Have Something
13. Radio City Serenade
14. I Used To Could
15. Gator Blood
16. Bluebird
17. Dream Of The Drowned Submariner
18. Blood And Water
19. Today Is Okay
20. After The Beanstalk

3: TRACKER

1. Laughs And Jokes And Drinks And Smokes
2. Basil
3. River Towns
4. Skydiver
5. Mighty Man
6. Broken Bones
7. Long Cool Girl
8. Lights Of Taormina
9. Silver Eagle
10. Beryl
11. Wherever I Go

4: DOWN THE ROAD WHEREVER

1. Trapper Man
2. Back On The Dance Floor
3. Nobody's Child
4. Nobody Does That
5. Good On You Son
6. Floating Away
7. One Song At A Time
8. Heavy Up
9. Slow Learner
10. Just A Boy Away From Home
11. My Bacon Roll
12. When You Leave
13. Matchstick Man

5 - BACK IN THE DAY: THE BONUS TRACKS 2009-2018

1. Early Bird          (on streaming – original Get Lucky digital bonus track)
2. Time In The Sun (single track single on streaming)
3. Pulling Down The Ride   - NEW TO DIGITAL (Get Lucky era)
4. Home Boy - NEW TO DIGITAL   (Get Lucky era)  
5. Good As Gold   - NEW TO DIGITAL    (Get Lucky era)
6. Occupation Blues - NEW TO DIGITAL   (Privateering era)  
7. River Of Grog - NEW TO DIGITAL  (Privateering era)      
8. Follow The Ribbon - NEW TO DIGITAL   (Privateering era)    
9. Your Perfect Song - NEW TO DIGITAL   (Privateering era)    
10. .38 Special (on streaming – original Tracker bonus track)
11. My Heart Has Never Changed (on streaming – original Tracker bonus track)
12. Terminal Of Tribute To (on streaming – original Tracker bonus track)
13. Heart Of Oak    (on streaming – original Tracker bonus track)
14. Time Will End All Sorrow (on streaming – original Tracker bonus track)
15. Oklahoma Ponies - NEW TO DIGITAL   (Tracker era) 
16. Rear View Mirror (on streaming – original Down The Road wherever digital track)
17. Pale Imitation (on streaming – original Down The Road wherever digital track)
18. Drovers' Road (on streaming – original Down The Road wherever digital track)
19. Every Heart In The Room (on streaming – original Down The Road wherever digital track)
20. Don't Suck Me In - NEW TO DIGITAL   (Down The Road Wherever era)  
21. Sky And Water - NEW TO DIGITAL   (Down The Road Wherever era)    
22. Back In The Day – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED (Down The Road Wherever era)
23. Precious Voice From Heaven – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED (Down The Road Wherever era)

Mark Knopfler – The Studio Albums 2009-2018 will be released on October 7, 2022.
You can pre-order/pre-save the album HERE:

www.markknopfler.com

SOURCE UMe/EMI