Mark Knopfler & George Martin muppet song 1989

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Mark Knopfler & George Martin along with the Chieftans Paddy Moloney play a rather charming little tune (by martin / knoplfer?) on an Childrens musical muppet tv show called "The Ghost Of Faffner Hall" in 1989

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The tune is great, ... ( 1 year ago by szivtos)

The tune is great, so are the performers

que lindo!!! ( 1 year ago by lynx1985)

que lindo!!!

It's so wonderful ... ( 1 year ago by CORNSiLK)

It's so wonderful to see a Ghost of Faffner Hall clip, it was a fantastic show!

Several Frackles ( ... ( 1 year ago by Juliefan21)

Several Frackles (including Boppity) are Mark Knopfler's and George Martin's backup members.

Love the Frackles! ... ( 1 year ago by Medbe8)

Love the Frackles! Especially Boppity!

This is taken from ... ( 1 year ago by Juliefan21)

This is taken from the episode 3 of The Ghost of Faffner Hall.

The following ... ( 1 year ago by Juliefan21)

The following Frackles (and other monsters) could have shown up as Mark's and George's backup members.
Pink Frackle Dark Green Hunchback Frackle Snake Frackle Gloat Beautiful Day Monster Miss Kitty Luncheon Counter Monster Poison Cackler Brool and Murray Minstrels Aretha Wander McMooch Mudwell Mudbunny Droop Shakey Sanchez

Does anybody have ... ( 1 year ago by mrcorbett)

Does anybody have any info of who wrote this tune?, i remember watching all the episodes but this was the only bit i ever taped :-( caused i was a massive mark knopfler / beatles fan. I would love to see this series out on dvd and judging by the positive comments about this vid i would defintely not be the only one:)

Riff was performed ... ( 1 year ago by ruwise2)

Riff was performed by Mike Quinn.

Was this only a ... ( 1 year ago by xquebecker)

Was this only a show that aired in the UK?

I don't think so. ... ( 1 year ago by austinmuppet)

I don't think so. My Mom remembers watching this and as a kiid she lived In the U.S.

que mono ( 1 year ago by ianstronach)

que mono

Nice to see ... ( 1 year ago by B0zz3)

Nice to see Knopfler on acoustic!

It's a Beautiful ... ( 1 year ago by Seymourcrutch)

It's a Beautiful Song...nothing but sex nowadays

Love it. I remember ... ( 1 year ago by Tortugaschlampe)

Love it. I remember that I loved to watch it as a kid (I
´m from Germany). Can´t find it on DVD.

I only had vague ... ( 11 months ago by petitanglais)

I only had vague memories of this show, but that beautiful tune has brought it all back. How unmanly of me to admit I shed a tear and listened to it several times. Does anyone know what it's called or where I could get hold of it?

To me it sounds ... ( 11 months ago by mrcorbett)

To me it sounds like a Knopfler composition, maybe left over film music from "Cal" or "Local hero".
I too would love to have this in proper quality, maybe its floating about on a dire straits or Knopfler bootleg?.

No It came on in ... ( 9 months ago by sorajazjen)

No It came on in the US when I was around ten - late 80's or early nineties ( born in 81) Most Jim Henson anything is released in the US.

petitanglais No, ... ( 7 months ago by ytcarol)

petitanglais No, it's manly to shed tears! Every decent man I know has done or admitted to doing it! Shows your heart, love.

the tune was ... ( 4 months ago by TheHazeyQ)

the tune was especially written by George Martin for the show

I was on set the ... ( 4 months ago by TheHazeyQ)

I was on set the day they shot this. George Martin was a complete gentleman and everyone seemed to love him!

Man, this brings ... ( 1 month ago by rajincajin63)

Man, this brings back memories! I used to watch this show on HBO. I can remember the whistle...I wish I could get this on DVD!!!
Does anyone know if it is out??

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