The Police Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio USA 2007-07-16 Monday Stewart's 55th Birthday RxR: Recorded by Roche from section 229, Row 15, Seat 6 Giant Squid Cardioid mics > Sony MZ-R700 minidisc Sony MD rack optical out > Marantz CD-R630 burner Ripped to computer with EAC > encoded FLAC 8 with sector align Disc One 01 Message in a Bottle 02 Synchronicity II 03 Walking On the Moon 04 Voices Inside My Head / When the World Is Running Down... 05 Don't Stand So Close to Me 06 Driven to Tears 07 Truth Hits Everybody 08 The Bed's Too Big Without You 09 Every Little Thing She Does 10 Wrapped Around Your Finger 11 Do Do Do Da Da Da Disc Two 01 Invisible Sun 02 Walking In Your Footsteps 03 Can't Stand Losing You 04 Roxanne / Audience Participation 05 King of Pain 06 So Lonely 07 Every Breath You Take 08 Next to You Here's a fair audience recording of the Police in Cleveland on drummer Stewart Copeland's 55th birthday. Being a low-budget recording made from the nosebleed seats, it won't rank with the best recordings from the tour. That said, it's an enjoyable listen, has merit for collectors, and is (thus far) the only capture of this performance. I tried recording the gig with a patch from an ALD (Assisted Listening Device) I obtained from the venue, but sadly (for the second time) the damn thing just wouldn't work. Anyone familiar with these devices knows that they're preset to whatever frequency the house is using--or at least they're supposed to be. In this case, it wasn't, or else reception was just plain impossible in my high-altitude seats. I fussed with the headphones and my line-in, knowing from previous experience that any reception gained at all will be lost if you remove the phones or move them around. But it just wasn't to be, and after toying in vain for the first couple songs, I abandoned the ALD altogether and occupied myself with the cardioid microphone recording I had running on my other Sony MD recorder. At one point early on, you can hear my buddy ask what the hell the problem is with the phones. I've read mixed reviews about the sound for this performance. Some say it was great, others say it was muddy. From where I sat, it was fairly bassy and distorted. Given that these musicians are (arguably) virtuoso instrumentalists, you'd think the sound technicians would go to drastic lengths to ensure that each instrument would be distinct in the mix. But that didn't happen, and I found myself missing out on the intricacies of Stewart's percussion prowess. Telepathically, the guys were tight and Sting's voice was in top form. No complaints there. This was my 8-year old daughter's first true concert experience. She'd been exposed to all the requisite Police tunes at home and in the car, and when a buddy dropped out of coming to the show to attend his son's championship baseball game, I decided my kid should join her dad for the gig. You'll hear her make observations and ask a question or two during the show, but it's not often and it's not obtrusive. About twenty minutes into the set, I had to accompany her for a bathroom break, but I left my recording on and when I re-adjusted upon returning to our seats, the sound quality improves a bit. You probably won't even notice the 'disturbance.' There's a digital hiccup during "Wrapped Around Your Finger" at about 2:06 and a hiccup during "Invisible Sun" at 2:48. No more than 1.5 seconds is lost in either case, so rather than edit the tracks to slur the material together, I opted to leave the skips in for purposes of maintaining "real time" in the recording. 01-Message In a Bottle.flac:4591f4c409bc7e6ba384a834c0259f04 02-Synchronicity II.flac:e5826c4fc79d4c0c174381ed91d1c512 03-Walking On the Moon.flac:d3cdecb915e3ac28191f97ba20db7a72 04-Voices-When the World is Running Down.flac:88a78c2913c0b50f217514e3e230b41d 05-Don't Stand So Close to Me.flac:0e986a58f09eb4c7b16419ccc3c70191 06-Driven to Tears.flac:fe4778f67ab7dea71c427d88b899b01b 07-Truth Hits Everybody.flac:0a811e5f4e364049f8170fdf1191e59d 08-Bed's Too Big Without You.flac:fa6e1847411dba56c09615377f45a6a5 09-Every Little Thing She Does.flac:6fba65583fa0e9805d6f510779bba58c 10-Wrapped Around Your Finger.flac:a4043f988cd2c3134bfcd03e92ee045d 11-Do Do Do Da Da Da.flac:5108dc94645516c91af26ff1b73aa554 01-Invisible Sun.flac:ee62891f2b63f900473ea789d6ea1d5d 02 Walking In Your Footsteps.flac:a28549739254982725721362898f3dbc 03-Can't Stand Losing You.flac:89797b7ed64ce44140d684ee671cdd66 04-Roxanne.flac:92b2326c542d02db6ce2a3be92da37e3 05-King of Pain.flac:5b4e80358ddd6692b47a278f240b293b 06-So Lonely.flac:e927a2e1a3d1f0ba7a93d30233bec1a1 07-Every Breath You Take.flac:a56fe80f66ff899515b99e241d1fed92 08-Next to You.flac:890593acf2f1af4713fb64b8f2f05cc5 Extra Bonus Materials include: Folder with exclusive digital photos from the show (taken from a distance, they suck but what the hell) and about five minutes of MVI video / audio. - ** Wed 18th Jul, 2007 04:38 GMT length expanded size cdr WAVE probs filename 6:24.14 67770572 --- -- -xx Disc 1/01-Message In a Bottle.flac 6:19.30 66926204 --- -- -xx Disc 1/02-Synchronicity II.flac 6:01.24 63736892 --- -- -xx Disc 1/03-Walking On the Moon.flac 7:12.58 76341260 --- -- -xx Disc 1/04-Voices-When the World is Running Down.flac 4:14.17 44845628 --- -- -xx Disc 1/05-Don't Stand So Close to Me.flac 5:58.49 63266492 --- -- -xx Disc 1/06-Driven to Tears.flac 3:43.72 39506588 --- -- -xx Disc 1/07-Truth Hits Everybody.flac 6:09.07 65108108 --- -- -xx Disc 1/08-Bed's Too Big Without You.flac 4:56.55 52343804 --- -- -xx Disc 1/09-Every Little Thing She Does.flac 6:07.19 64783532 --- -- -xx Disc 1/10-Wrapped Around Your Finger.flac 4:21.54 46167452 --- -- -xx Disc 1/11-Do Do Do Da Da Da.flac 5:22.26 56861996 --- -- -xx Disc 2/01-Invisible Sun.flac 4:42.13 49775420 --- -- -xx Disc 2/02 Walking In Your Footsteps.flac 7:37.13 80645420 --- -- -xx Disc 2/03-Can't Stand Losing You.flac 8:50.06 93506156 --- -- -xx Disc 2/04-Roxanne.flac 5:35.52 59216348 --- -- -xx Disc 2/05-King of Pain.flac 6:13.38 65886620 --- -- -xx Disc 2/06-So Lonely.flac 5:58.16 63188876 --- -- -xx Disc 2/07-Every Breath You Take.flac 5:52.45 62198684 --- -- -xx Disc 2/08-Next to You.flac 111:41.08 1182076052 B (totals for 19 files, 0.5124 overall compression ratio)