THE POLICE Date: 2008-02-01 Location: Perth, Western Australia Venue: MEMBERS EQUITY STADIUM (OUTDOOR) Source: AUD Quality: 7/10 to my ears Recorded By: pyometronguts (petersell) Recorded with: SP-SMC-8 SOUND PROFESSIONALS PREMIUM AUDIO TECHNICA SLIMLINE STEREO MICROPHONES Cardiod (with low sensitivity modification) plus SP-SPSB-8 and bass roll-off 16 Hz)-> Edirol R09-> wav -> Sony SoundForge 9.0a (volume boost, mild compression)-> CD Wave (track splitting) and to .flac using FLAC(level 8) -> You Position: Standing right at back of venue in front of right speaker stack 60 metres from stage central Notes - A great show, great sound (but wind noise artifact on some tracks - outdoor venue) some persistent crowd noise/chatter. Some errors and channel dropouts - repaired in Soundforge. Not my best recording. Had to move during the first song. But all things considered I think its an OK outcome. Enjoy 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 ------- ENCORE ------ 15. King Of Pain 16. So Lonely 17. Every Breath You Take 18. Next To You 2f1de58cb2ec90191c2f5a74df37553d *01. Message In A Bottle.flac fb5b26af21b5923991e1102cdd669249 *02. Synchronicity II.flac 93a09f9a0b929669b2a5cd3f3ce089be *03. Walking on the Moon.flac 6ed67700fa4b8ad8e26aa7b54d88ebce *04. Voices Inside My Head - When The World Is Running Down.flac 1b2ad30cd54214d245c179f9f7bc5184 *05. Dont Stand So Close To Me (with Fergie).flac 69ba2670a6853a438e7b099ee6332970 *06. Driven To Tears.flac b0b5a029f7c4319b56e2b7af88412dea *07. Hole In My Life.flac 9e7d7873c068590cfa40dde8a43e1098 *08. Every Little Things She Does Is Magic.flac d2a26bdc09940f91a073b37c4eb4d276 *09. Wrapped Around Your Finger.flac 1b316281e070a1b8d3f8461c60019a4f *10. De Do Do Do De Da Da Da.flac bcfb103131a27826d18206b187f0e1af *11. Invisible Sun.flac cc65fce8c596b6561627bea810ce6f8f *12. Walking In Your Footsteps.flac 5827b2baff86e7ddcd75e51b8a5c5596 *13. Cant Stand Losing You.flac 1c4762024912ed6b859a5fb85cfee419 *14. Roxanne.flac faf85077f2b0465ee34fef759ef6b2a3 *15. King Of Pain.flac 41b50209a8d60e9c4a08747bcb9fb5ce *16. So Lonely.flac 8812e0e354853b4adec32f6ff5d99de3 *17. Every Breath You Take.flac dfed356208ef20c2ca7819b15efb5387 *18. Next To You.flac Review Review: Perth Now by Jay Hanna Police work their magic "Sometimes I wonder what the f**k happened," Sting lamented to the 25,000-strong crowd at The Police reunion concert at Members Equity Stadium. The peroxide blonde singer and bassist wasn't referring to the untimely demise of his band back in 1984, but he might as well have been. After all, who could help but wonder what might have been if Sting, guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland had not imploded after releasing only five albums? The flipside of the coin is that with no new album to promote, the band didn't play any obscure or unknown new songs, instead they delivered exactly what their audience wanted, their greatest hits. Only one song was "missing" as such, 81's hit 'Spirits in a Material World'. With a crystal dangling around his neck and his azure blue eyes flashing, Sting looked yoga-fit and sounded incredible. Andy Summers looked a tad glum, but perhaps the heat was just getting to the slightly portly guitarist. A South Park guitar strap held his hopes to his chest as he worked his magic. Behind the drums Stewart Copeland in a black sweatband and white gloves had a slightly manic cartoonish quality about him. His huge kit got a massive workout and every now and then he would get up to tinker with a free-standing percussion set or beat a huge gong. Support act Fergie joined the band for 'Don't Stand So Close To Me'. Thankfully she had changed out of the shiny black leggings she wore during her own set - there was only room for one pair of dodgy black pants on this stage and Sting had them covered. Instead Fergie was content to shimmy and shake her booty in a tiny black skirt, evidently enjoying the role of the schoolgirl vixen. 'Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic' and 'De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da' inspired crowd singalongs, but it was the sparse and beautiful 'Wrapped Around Your Finger' that proved to be the first real standout of the night. 'Can't Stand Losing You' and the 30-year-old 'Roxanne' rounded out the first set. To much cheering, the band returned to perform 'King of Pain' and the brilliant 'So Lonely'. By this stage the extended improvisations that adorned almost every song were wearing a little thin, but all was forgiven when the familiar intro to 'Every Breath You Take' resounded around the stadium. Needless to say this was the song most had been waiting for. Sting and Copeland exited the stage for the second time, but Summers seemed reluctant to budge. Wandering around he waved his arms in the air to conjure applause and tapped his watch to hurry the band back on stage. His little comedy skit went down a treat. When Copeland and Sting returned they performed "Next To You" from arguably their best album 'Outlandos D'Amour'. The song rounded out an arresting night of reggae-infused, jazz-tinged punk and it went down a treat. Cop that indeed. - petersell Wed 27th Feb, 2008 10:18 GMT length expanded size cdr WAVE probs filename 4:16.45 45264284 --- -- -xx 01. Message In A Bottle.flac 5:45.00 60858044 --- -- -xx 02. Synchronicity II.flac 6:26.58 68226860 --- -- -xx 03. Walking on the Moon.flac 7:02.33 74518460 --- -- -xx 04. Voices Inside My Head - When The World Is Running Down.flac 5:14.09 55410812 --- -- -xx 05. Dont Stand So Close To Me (with Fergie).flac 5:47.15 61246124 --- -- -xx 06. Driven To Tears.flac 4:54.41 51958076 --- -- -xx 07. Hole In My Life.flac 4:42.46 49853036 --- -- -xx 08. Every Little Things She Does Is Magic.flac 5:55.09 62643212 --- -- -xx 09. Wrapped Around Your Finger.flac 4:29.18 47493980 --- -- -xx 10. De Do Do Do De Da Da Da.flac 5:12.40 55130924 --- -- -xx 11. Invisible Sun.flac 4:37.50 48980444 --- -- -xx 12. Walking In Your Footsteps.flac 6:42.17 70952828 --- -- -xx 13. Cant Stand Losing You.flac 5:53.68 62429180 --- -- -xx 14. Roxanne.flac 5:21.18 56666780 --- -- -xx 15. King Of Pain.flac 6:44.22 71317388 --- -- -xx 16. So Lonely.flac 5:29.22 58087388 --- -- -xx 17. Every Breath You Take.flac 3:59.14 42193324 -b- -- -xx 18. Next To You.flac 98:34.00 1043231144 B (totals for 18 files, 0.5969 overall compression ratio)