The Police Adelaide Entertainment Centre Mon, Jan 28, 2008 101'35 8000 in attendance (full venue) Taper stood in Section A, Row G (front / centre section, 'Sting' Side) Lineage: Church Audio STC-11 cardoid mics into Church Audio STC-9100 pre-amp > Sony MD Recorder > HiMD Discs (PCM Audio) > conversion to .wav via PC > conversion to AIFF via Mac (ProTools / MBox 2) > FLAC (Level 8. verify and SBE Fix). Recorded and archived by tj7 in February, 2008. Thanks to Mr. X for loaning me the recording equipment! Setlist: 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 (with Fergie) 06. Driven To Tears 07. Hole In My Life 08. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 09. Wrapped Around Your Finger 10. De Do Do Do De Da Da Da 11. Invisible Sun 12. Walking In Your Footsteps 13. Can't Stand Losing You 14. Roxanne 15. Encore Call 16. King Of Pain 17. So Lonely 18. Every Breath You Take 19. Next To You Notes by tj7 Most of my Police audio recordings are the product of that rare breed of person known as THE TAPER. Over the last few years I have come to really appreciate the worth of a good, solid 'audience' recording, not only because of the effort required to make the recording itself, but because they often sound just as good as or better than FM / SBD recordings. A good quality AUD recording captures the ambience of the space in which the band performed, and can reflect more accurately how the band sounded on the night than the standard desk recordings - they also don't suffer the compression which FM recordings are known for. I had just one shot at producing my own recording of my favourite band, and the fact that the performance was to be in the smallest venue of the tour only made the opportunity more significant. The space would sound different than the usual arenas / stadiums. I also wanted to finally give a recording of my own* to the community which has given so much to me. It is with great disappointment that I discovered that in my determination to not be caught out by security, and through my lack of experience, I did not realise that just because the pre-amp clip light was not blinking did not mean that the MD input level could be presumed to be 'safe'. The outcome was a recording replete with low-end distortion which at best sounds listenable (even insignificant in one or two songs) and at worst sounds like a "dogs breakfast". Any time that Sting used his foot pedals, it's all over - utter bass blow-out. I was devastated to have screwed up my only opportunity, and I am wholly positive that I was the only taper in Adelaide. However - on the positive side, I can at least present the only audio document of the Police in Adelaide (ever), at the smallest venue of the reunion tour (seating only 8000 people). The sound is not all terrible, as the samples will demonstrate. It's marred with crunches but I believe there is still enough evidence here of a more intimate show / sound for this recording to be worth listening to even for "moderate" Police fans. This concert also marked the first (and hopefully last) time that the abominable "Fergie" joined the band for "Don't Stand So Close to Me". Her vocals were not in the mix until the final chorus - but you can clearly hear a very disturbed man (he looked very frightening) - just behind me - screaming expletives during the song. The band had trouble with this number - it almost fell apart several times. Again, serious problems with "King of Pain": Sting accidentally skipped the first verse, and the error was obvious when Copeland had to hastily abandon his introductory percussion passage for the kit. I have included a couple of photographs to show you all the unique stage set-up this concert featured. I believe this was the smallest stage of the tour, hence the single screen. It looked very cool, as it was like a cinema screen and was very cleverly used for montage work by the film crew. Despite the fact that the band were quite loose at times, it was an electrifying concert for me because I was merely 10 metres from the stage (centre) and in a small venue, so it felt very intimate and less "rehearsed" than the usual "Arena Spectaculars" of the tour. The Recording Process I've never done this before, and I was terrified of being caught. I will not go into details as to how I managed to sneak in a digital (still) camera, minidisks, HiMD unit, pre-amp, two cardoid microphones and a ball of leads, as this will only serve to inform the various security personnel and anti-taping-types about how to detect tapers and equipment. I'll only report that the damnable hassle that the process represents has instilled in me a great respect for those of you who do it regularly. I finally have some insight into the process, and I am even more thankful to the tapers who have shared so many great recordings. Thanks must go to "Mr. X" for loaning me his expensive equipment and for not kicking my arse for screwing up what could have been a great recording. * In 2007 I successfully lobbied for a rebroadcast of the Police on Australian radio, and shared a recording of the transmission - but this does not compare with making a recording from inside the venue! __________________________________________________________________________ NOT FOR SALE. TRADE ONLY... and if you know a hoarder, try and change their ways (with love, people) :) Help stop bootleg sellers such as tpconcerts.com by reporting them to your local Recording Industry monitoring body. _________________ tj7.org/police.html myspace.com/thepolicepetition _____________________________ 2008-01-26-tr01-Message.flac:c86a917e577b26df8adf69d832589e19 2008-01-26-tr02-SynchII.flac:63325b4ea76ddddc4b7c0ff46c523102 2008-01-26-tr03-Moon.flac:029427abf145845d30b199e6e7b20c50 2008-01-26-tr04-Voices-World.flac:2795c3a52ac9ee334d4bace6dc15a08a 2008-01-26-tr05-DSSCTM.flac:0c3a3a29c7ac140aa62b45dc1a820433 2008-01-26-tr06-Driven.flac:2ff99b2258489f4669d5d6ec4011db2b 2008-01-26-tr07-Hole.flac:960aea52b5502c56c073ac4b6e5140f9 2008-01-26-tr08-Magic.flac:c18d70b27439ec75cab8ffc73f484040 2008-01-26-tr09-Wrapped.flac:817309d9de3d8d49d290eb9c1e3e1059 2008-01-26-tr10-DeDo.flac:31aba590b18911074f8d0e480559a5b5 2008-01-26-tr11-Sun.flac:c9fbdbac17cac4a676912e93f8626da6 2008-01-26-tr12-Footsteps.flac:d9910fec1dd947d8401c4203502cd7b2 2008-01-26-tr13-CSLY-Reggatta.flac:4a3bcc3b15bb6fef55eae331d9e1f221 2008-01-26-tr14-Roxanne.flac:2a4fab898cd5917bc77db58d723019ac 2008-01-26-tr15-Encore-Call.flac:a59e5da53a7d42274f9be446ed27f7e6 2008-01-26-tr16-King.flac:4bfe14338c6a6fa9bd7ffbfdfbcd9a9c 2008-01-26-tr17-Lonely.flac:67aacddf12651d9fcc6418b68723f343 2008-01-26-tr18-EBYT.flac:b8fc32b33d84abcfd470d69ebb569134 2008-01-26-tr19-NTY.flac:fe285e9cc70e5ee5e9847918a783ec68 length expanded size cdr WAVE probs filename 4:55.72 52207388 --- -- -xx 2008-01-26-tr01-Message.flac 5:50.24 61796492 --- -- -xx 2008-01-26-tr02-SynchII.flac 6:09.28 65157500 --- -- -xx 2008-01-26-tr03-Moon.flac 6:47.22 71846588 --- -- -xx 2008-01-26-tr04-Voices-World.flac 5:27.03 57689900 --- -- -xx 2008-01-26-tr05-DSSCTM.flac 5:55.72 62791388 --- -- -xx 2008-01-26-tr06-Driven.flac 4:51.68 51492380 --- -- -xx 2008-01-26-tr07-Hole.flac 4:45.50 50391644 --- -- -xx 2008-01-26-tr08-Magic.flac 6:09.27 65155148 --- -- -xx 2008-01-26-tr09-Wrapped.flac 4:43.31 49994156 --- -- -xx 2008-01-26-tr10-DeDo.flac 5:03.35 53531564 --- -- -xx 2008-01-26-tr11-Sun.flac 4:41.21 49617836 --- -- -xx 2008-01-26-tr12-Footsteps.flac 6:29.11 68645516 --- -- -xx 2008-01-26-tr13-CSLY-Reggatta.flac 6:08.35 64997564 --- -- -xx 2008-01-26-tr14-Roxanne.flac 0:29.42 5214428 --- -- -xx 2008-01-26-tr15-Encore-Call.flac 5:05.48 53914940 --- -- -xx 2008-01-26-tr16-King.flac 6:54.06 73043756 --- -- -xx 2008-01-26-tr17-Lonely.flac 6:10.59 65406812 --- -- -xx 2008-01-26-tr18-EBYT.flac 4:56.65 52367324 --- -- -xx 2008-01-26-tr19-NTY.flac 101:35.44 1075262324 B (totals for 19 files, 0.7526 overall compression ratio)