25 May 2008, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Quality: very good Audience
Comment:
Very good sounding recording, recorded from the front row in the arena field,
almost in front of Mark Knopfler.
The good news: great sound pick up from drums and Mark's main amps/speakers
for his electric guitars!
The bad news: since the first row doesn't really get to hear the main PA,
there was a separate monitor for most sound and there was an intermittent
fault whereby this cut-out for 5 to 10 seconds every 20 - 30 seconds (same
thing happened on the first show of this tour during the first few songs).
During the first two songs, there was a photographer who was walking around
the front and would stop in front of this speaker. And during the encores, the
crowd came forward and also blocked sound from the speaker. Of course, both
have effect on the sound and the vocals are really on the background from
Brothers in arms on. But apart from that, a really good sounding recording of
the complete show. Each of the six shows at the Royal Albert Hall were in aid
of a charity and Mark Knopfler made a donation to that specific charity. The
charity of this show was for Kidney Research UK.
CD 1
1. Cannibals
2. Why aye man
3. What it is
4. Sailing to Philadelphia
5. True love will never fade
6. The fish and the bird
7. Hill farmer's blues
8. Romeo and Juliet
9. Sultans of swing
10. Band introduction
11. Marbletown
CD 2
1. Postcards from Paraguay
2. Speedway at Nazareth
3. Telegraph road
4. Brothers in arms
5. Our Shangri-la
6. So far away
7. Going home