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January 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 343

Mark Knopfler, Going Home / Wild Theme [Single] (1983) The theme from Local Hero was a big deal before I ever heard the soundtrack and long before I saw the film. The soundtrack – I love. It got me hooked on Mark Knopfler’s soundtrack work, and film scores in general really. But as a Dire […]
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June 6, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1974

  Mark Knopfler, Local Hero (Soundtrack) (1983) The early 1990s was the peak of my Dire Straits fandom. I had collected all of the band’s music – on cassette tape – and attended the Auckland show of the band’s NZ leg of the tour in support of the On Every Street album. I had also started purchasing […]
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