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get lucky
mark knopfler
GET LUCKY

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release date

11.09.09

recording British Grove Studios, London (10.08. - 03.09)
mixing n/a
mastering Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland., Maine
production Mark Knopfler Co-produced / engineered by Guy Fletcher and Chuck Ainlay assisted by Rich Cooper an Martin Hollis
credits My thanks go to the band: Richard Bennett, Danny Cummings, Guy Fletcher, John McCusker, Matt Rollings and Glenn Worf.

To Phil Cunningham (accordion) and Michael McGoldrick (flute and whistle) for their instrumental on tracks 1, 4, 10 and 11 and to Rupert Gregson-Williams for conducting strings and French horns.

To my co-producers/engineers Guy Fletcher and Chuck Ainlay, to all full and part-timers at British Grove Studios: David Stewart, David Harries, Graham Meek, Brian Gibson, Joe Kearns, Joe Shaw, Rich Cooper, Martin Hollis and Emmanuel Chukwuma.

To Charlie Boswell from AMD.

To my PA, Robyn Becker and all at PCM Management: Paul Crockford, Lisa Cope and Lauren Sass. To Ronnie Harris and all at Harris and Trotter. To my guitar technician, Glenn Saggers.

Finally, to the choir of children and their mums who gave their time to sing on 'Remembrance Day': Dominic Cummings, William Cummings, Leon Fletcher, Saskia Gregson-Williams, Katy Hanson, Lucy Hanson, Freya Hodgkinson, Lucia Hodgkinson, Isabella Knopfler, Katya Knopfler, Sam Lytton Cobbold, Summer Lytton Cobbold, Amy Saggers, Jacob Stewart, Thomas Stewart, Kitty Aldridge, Robyn Becker, Shelley Cummings, Laurie AnnFletcher, Emma Gregson-Williams, Louise Hanson and Lorraine Saggers.

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bennett, richard guitar
cummings, danny drums
cunningham, phil accordion [1,4,10,11]
fletcher, guy keyboards, strings arranged
gregson-williams, rupert conducting strings and French horns
knopfler, mark vocals and guitars
mccusker, john violin and cittern [1-11,14]
mcgoldrick, mike flute and whistle [1,4,10,11]
rollings, matt keyboards
worf, glenn electric and upright bass

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tracks

  1. border reiver (4:35)
  2. hard shoulder (4:33)
  3. you can’t beat the house (3:26)
  4. before gas and tv (5:50)
  5. Monteleone (3:39)
  6. cleaning my gun (4:43)
  7. the car was the one (3:55)
  8. remembrance day (5:05)*
  9. get lucky (4:33)
  10. so far from the clyde (5:59)
  11. piper to the end (5:47)

bonus tracks

  1. pulling down the ride (2:41)
  2. home boy (3:15)
  3. good as gold (3:27)
  4. early bird [download-file only] (5:36)
  5. time in the sun [download-file only] (2:53)

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* the title "remembrance day" was planned also for the album kill to get crimson for the publication



Mark Knopfler : Get Lucky [DVD]

get lucky : behind the scenes photoshoot / by Tom Bird
cleaning my gun : Band performance at British Grove / by Tom Bird
remembrance day : Mark Knopfler recording acoustic guitar parts / by Tom Bird
Mark & Band members recording backing vocals / by Tom Bird
Studio Tour by Mark Knopfler & Chuck Ainlay / by Tom Bird
In the control room with Mark Knopfler & Chuck Ainlay / by Tom Bird

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