The first 5 in a box

25 years have passed since guitar virtuoso and Dire Straits co-founder Mark Knopfler released his first solo album "Golden Heart". The musician is using this anniversary as an opportunity for a special career review in 2021: “The Studio Albums 1996 - 2007”.

The name reveals: The limited box set collects his first five studio albums:

• "Golden Heart" (1996)
• »Sailing To Philadelphia« (2000)
• »The Ragpicker's Dream« (2002)
• “Shangri La” (2004)
• “Kill To Get Crimson” (2007)

All albums were remastered for release by Miles Showell at the famous Abbey Road Studios in London. As a special highlight, the "The Studio Albums 1996 - 2007" box contains an exclusive bonus CD with studio B-sides from this period: "Gravy Train: The B-Sides 1996 - 2007". The entire tracklisting of the collection can be found below.

The 6-CD set comes in a luxurious clamshell box in which the CDs are housed in wallets with folded, double-sided printed inserts. As a little extra, there are six art cards, one from each of the album covers.

Mark Knopfler became known as the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits, which he founded in London in 1977 with his brother David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Pick Withers (drums and percussion). They were active from 1977 to 1988 and again from 1991 to 1995. After Knopfler left the band in 1987, he began his solo career, which has produced nine studio albums to date. All of them reached the top 10 of the charts internationally several times. The first five are now available in the “The Studio Albums 1996 - 2007” box.