Mark Knopfler / Tracker super deluxe edition box set

Surely the music comes before collectors status ?

why do these mega-box sets still have dvds ? we are well into the hd age, any videos should be in hd !

My Box is 243 of 6200

Titles at the Bonus Disc Cover are in wrong order.
Track 5 on the Cover is Track 6 on CD and
Track 6 on cover ist Track 5 on CD
Paul’s tracklist here on the side is the right one.

Super deluxe arrived yesterday, numbered 3309 of 6200

Big difference from x of 300

Still nice box !

The normal 11 Track CD edition at the German markets Saturn and Mediamarkt have an exclusive Bonustrack called Hot Dog (2:53).

Very disappointed to read the SDL is now NOT limited to 300. I only bought it because of the scarcity factor.

Has there been ANY comment from MK?

Thought it was limited to 300, not now so thinking of cancelling.

Poor form Universal once again

Time to cancel the box set order now, these are very underhanded tactics.

I’ll just wait it out until for the best price on Amazon now.

I disagree. I like the idea of owing something that’s proper limited “while stocks last” could be a huge amount and just think this time uMusic misled buyers. Just my opinion.

Hi – so…the Amazon.de version – is the best/same as the UK version or is Universal version ‘special’-ier ;)

I’ve received an email from Susie at uMusic UK re my query that the deluxe box set release is limited to 300 copies (when I ordered it that was the blurb was on the ad but this has now disappeared).

Due to “unprecedented demand” it is no longer limited to 300 but “until stocks last”.

Duped methinks so one order cancelled.

Why do companies do this sort of thing? So annoying.

The SDL Box on amazon.de comes from Virgin/Universal. Wonder why amazon.uk includes a Verve import.

As for value for money… I think we have seen more costly box sets here with even more dubious content.

Yet, I felt a bit frustrated with the GET LUCKY SDL back then, when the vinyls included there where really horribly. House in these thick cardboard sleeves, scratched from the first time pulled out, sounding mediocre and noisy… only to found out that the US-LP-only version was a rather audiophile treat!

Great! Buy the super deluxe edition and get TWO EXCLUSIVE BONUS TRACKS for the fair price of 70 euro+s/h. Really good value for the money!
Well done, then the analysts wonder why the record industry is in crisis…

Agree with Marko !

1) If anyone’s fanbase could be assumed to be rather more comfortably off than most, it’s MK’s, so the price could well be reflecting that…
2) Mind you, if money is the key driver, surely he knows that releasing it under the name Dire Straits instead of solo would sell 10 times as many copies…?

Charge $154 CDN for the deluxe? Ain’t worth it.

It’s no wonder people would buy the single CD version and just ‘download’ the bonus tracks, I agree it’s exploitation of the fans.
If the box set included a high res BluRay Audio or DVD Audio of the album as well it may be a good investment.

Alan, thanks for the heads up, I had ordered on Amazon UK, now cancelled, and re-ordered via Universal, also a bit cheaper.

Being fond of Brian Transeau CD Somnambulis! I look forward to this LoL

Is “rather good” on “Privateering” – yet another Mark Knopfler somnambulistic outing – sufficient reason to be interested in “Tracker”? And what gives with the orgy of deluxe versions? Pure and simple exploitation of the punter?

Upon closer inspection those Box Sets available at the Amazon regions are the USA Import version on the Verve Label.

The one’s at the UK Universal store are on the Virgin EMI Label, and they have the UK Exclusivity on that version (of which there are only 300 copies)

I’ve no idea how many of the USA Box sets are been produced, can anyone else shed any light on that?

As usual, same old story, same old song. ‘Beryl’ is the first single and sound like some MK song from his first solo album. Always the same song.