Mark Knopfler - Local Hero (LP, Album, All) (Very Good (VG))

Media Condition:  Very Good (VG)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Country:    US  
Released:  1983
Genre:       Electronic, Rock, Folk World & Country, Stage & Screen
Style:         Soundtrack, Celtic

Comments:
Vinyl is closer to a VG+.
 

Notes:

Original pressing on 1978-83 style label.  Label variation, dark brown without "WB" watermark.  Similar to [r7192293 but without the Allied Record Company "A" stamp.  At the bottom of the label is text "A Warner Communications Company" and a W logo; label has full rim text. 

1-23827 appears on label; 9 23827-1 is on spine.

Bob Ludwig mastering credit per rear jacket.

"SLM △" in the runout etching indicates that the lacquer disc was processed at, and the metal parts used to manufacture the record were made at, Sheffield Lab Matrix.

Music by Mark Knopfler for the film produced by David Puttnam. Written and Directed by Bill Forsyth.

The Acetones credited on A7,B1,B2 are:
Alan Clark - Piano
Roddy Murray - Guitar
Jimmy Yuill - Whistle
Mark Winchester - Violin
Dale Winchester - Accordion
Brian Rowan - Bass
Ed Bicknell - Percussion

Rear jacket notes "Ceilidh [A7,B2 recorded at Hilton Women's Royal Institute Hall, Banff, Scotland, on 19 June 1982 by Mark Knopfler. Engineered by Louis Kramer on a Nagra 4.2L recorder."

 

A1. The Rocks & The Water 3:30
A2. Wild Theme 3:40
A3. Freeway Flyer 1:50
A4. Boomtown (Variation Louis' Favourite) 4:10
A5. The Way It Always Starts 4:08
A6. The Rocks & The Thunder 0:40
A7. The Ceilidh & The Northern Lights 4:07
B1. The Mist Covered Mountains 5:13
B2. The Ceilidh: Louis' Favourite - Billy's Tune 3:42
B3. Whistle Theme 0:53
B4. Smooching 5:05
B5. Stargazer 1:31
B6. The Rocks & The Thunder 0:40
B7. Going Home: Theme Of The Local Hero 5:01

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode 0 7599-23827-1
Barcode 075992382717
Matrix / Runout 1-23827-A-REI-SH1 Q B-17745-REI-SH1 SLM △ 3725 1-2
Matrix / Runout 1-23827-B-JN1
Matrix / Runout MASTERDISK
Matrix / Runout 1-23827-A-REI-SH1 Q B-17745-REI-SH1 MASTERDISK SLM △3725 1-1
Matrix / Runout 1-23827- A[crossed out]B-SH-1 MASTERDISK RL Q B-17746-SH1 SLM △ 3725-X 1-1
Rights Society ASCAP

 

Mastered At Sheffield Lab Matrix
Mastered At Masterdisk
Copyright (c) Chariscourt Ltd.
Copyright (c) Phonogram Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Phonogram Ltd.

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