The Notting Hillbillies 1993-07-06 Newcastle, UK

 

The Notting Hillbillies - 1993-07-06, Newcastle - "SWAN HUNTER"- Benefit concert,limited edition - STUNNING SOUNDBOARD!!- with "so far away" calypso version (samples included)
 
City Hall, Newcastle UK 1993-07-06  (Swan Hunter Shipbuilding Benefit Concert)
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Enlight pre-note:

Before i uploaded this show i contacted Terry Kilburn. ( he compiles MKNews, the official Mark Knopfler fan web site with the assistance of Paul Crockford Management and Mercury International.)
I wanted to be sure that this show wasn't owned by anybody, especially Terry himself.
This, because he did the limited edition (750 copies) Swan Hunter, By Fans, For Fans bootleg.
Terry told me he had "unofficial permission" from Ed Bicknell ( Dire Straits manager and drummer during the Notting Hillbillies shows) to do" ,and that this show is "stricktly a bootleg"........so allowed to share (for free ofcourse!!).
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Source :Soundboard
sound Quality : 10

CAT.NO.: By Fans, For Fans (FFBF001)  
ORIGIN : UK 95     
FORMAT : 1 CD  

limited to 750 copies / numbered

Enlight's Original silver No:B196 > wav > Flac(dbpoweramp)> yours

Setlist
01  Intro
02  Calling Elvis  
03  So Far Away (Calypso Version !!)  
04  Your Own Sweet Way  
05  Run Me Down
06  Why Worry (known by the Notting Hillbillies as"why bother")
07  Railroad Worksong
08  Feel Like Going Home
09  Setting Me Up  
10  Outro

(total time: 42 minutes)


The Notting Hilbillies:

Mark Knopfler: guitars and vocals
Brendan Crocker: guitars and vocals
Steve Phillips:  guitars and vocals
Alan Clark : piano and keyboards (ex Dire Straits member )
Marcus Cliffe : bass
Ed Bicknell : drums

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comment J.V. Tol (OEB):

This is the Swan Hunter Benefit concert in Newcastle 1993.

Taken from the original silver pressed bootleg "Swan Hunter".

Excellent calypso version of So far away, very unique!

The sound is perfect and the performance is top quality.

Alan Clark on keyboards instead of Guy Fletcher.

A must for all...........

Highly recommended!  


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Comment Grzegorz Sawa-Boryslawski (knopflerlive):

I think this is the one best show of NHB ever recorded.

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Great versions of So Far Away (Calypso version!), Feel Like Going Home and Setting Me Up.

I recommend it very much.  
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Comment pyroman:

Perfect soundboard recording of the Notting Hillbillies charity gig for the Swan Hunter shipbuilding site.  

Great performances throughout the show.  

Very beautiful Why Worry, Setting Me Up and Feel Like Going Home.  

So Far Away has some jokes in it, nice!

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Enlight note:

Mark Knopfler playing with his alternative band the Notting Hillbillies at the Newcastle City Hall as part of the Sailing Home Swan Hunter Fighting Fund Concert.

Alan Clark rocks during "Run me down" (Nice to hear him play, great musician!!)


Great show , a lot of Dire straits songs nicely "re-arranged"


The boys are having a good time....

Funny to hear Mark and Brendan singing some funny lyrics during "so far away (calypso version)" and fooling arround , very nice(listen sample)

Stunning "why worry" version ,with Brendan introduce it with the words:"we know this song as why bother!" (listen sample)

"Feel like going home" is breathtaking!!(listen sample)



Sorry to say,  but a must have again(imho).


please take a look at Brendan's and Steve's sites (feel free to buy some of their recordings....its stunning stuff.

http://www.brendancroker.com/

http://www.stevephillipsmusic.com/

Thanks to Terry Kilburn.
http://www.mark-knopfler-news.co.uk/

Covers(not mine),Flaclog and MD5 included.

And remember.....

"Why worry, there should be laughter after pain
There should be sunsh ine after rain
These things have always been the same
So why worry now?"

Take care
Enlight (2011-01)

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