1. Drop-kick me, Jesus
2. Tomorrow night
3. Your cheating heart
4. Tear it down
5. That's alright mama
6. Drinking wine
7. Morning train
8. Mabelene
9. Down on my knees
10. Bewildered
11. I believe
12. Love me tender
13. Move it on over
14. Ragged and dirty
15. Wedding bells
16. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
17. Boogie Woogie dance

The roots of The Notting Hillbillies lie in The Grove pub in Leeds, May 1986. In front of a packed house three old friends - Steve Phillips, Brendan Croker and Mark Knopfler - ran through some blues classics and had a few drinks. At the end of the evening, they split the £1-per-head ticket money three ways - just £22 each. It was the first time the three had played together, but it wasn't to be the last. A couple of years on, and with Dire Straits on ice, Phillips asked Knopfler to produce an album he was making with Croker. Knopfler drafted in Dire Straits' Guy Fletcher to help with the production, and the four-way collaboration slowly blossomed into a full-term project. Taking their name from the location of Knopfler's home studio, The Notting Hillbillies were born. The record deal, album, promotional video and 1990 tour followed quickly after. Anyway, back to the beginning; this is the recording of that legendary night when it all began, just one month after the final concert of the Brothers in Arms world tour 1985-1986. Just three man; Brendan Croker, Steve Phillips and Mark Knopfler. It's an audience recording, pretty good sound quality. Total playing time is about 65 minutes.
 

The birth of the Notting Hillbillies - Brendan Croker, Mark Knopfler and Steve Phillips, The Grove, Leeds, 31st May 1986.