Sting - Sam Boyd Silver Bowl Las Vegas, Nevada May 16, 1993 FOB Schoeps CMC441, 90 Deg. in a Hat>Panasonic SV255(48k)>>Panasonic3700>CardDeluxe>Cooledit2k>WAV(44.1k)>CD Wave>FLAC Track List: 01 Blackbird 02 Ain't No Sunshine 03 Children's Crusade 04 Seven Days 05 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 06 Fortress Around Your Heart 07 Penny Lane 08 It's Probably Me / Sister Moon 09 Shape Of My Heart 10 Purple Haze 11 Message In A Bottle 12 She's Too Good For Me 13 Nothing 'bout Me 14 Fragile This is one of those situations where if you had the AUD and the SBD of a show you would reach for (click on?) the AUD. Of course, I might be a bit biased, as I stood basically motionless for an hour in the desert sun to make the recording. Trust me I would do it again in a heartbeat. I remember closing my eyes and experiencing that magic when the energy of the music and audiance merge into one. Carlos Santana once said he visualized the energy as a flow of water and playing to an audiance was like watering the garden. We got hosed!! Enjoy!! In a period of six weeks Sting played support to The Grateful Dead at 11 stadium shows in six different cities. The idea for this odd combination of acts came about after Miles Copeland and concert promoter John Scher had dinner together. Scher mentioned that the Dead was looking for an opening act and Sting's name came up. Miles recalled: "It was just something that popped out, and I thought, 'Hey, wait a minute, there's something interesting there.' As strange as it sounded at first, there was something intriguing about it." Scher checked with the Dead, who accepted the idea, and Copeland called Sting. "The first thing he said was, 'What did you say?' Then about five seconds later, he said, 'That sure is a nutty idea, let's do it.'" Ever since it was announced in February that Sting would open for the Dead, music industry observers have been abuzz. Some saw the pairing as a clever move for Sting, an attempt to tap into the fiercely loyal audience that has made the Dead rock's biggest concert draw over the last decade. Others warned of danger in an industry where perception is often everything. The Bowl was almost three-quarters filled as Sting walked on stage with his band at 2.00pm. Wearing black overalls with a Deadhead sticker on one leg, he performed the highlights of his usual set. After opening with "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" he said: "This is my first Dead show. Seems fine to me so far." Until "Heavy Cloud No Rain" the sky was clear and blue and the heat was blistering. Simultaneously with the song, a cloud cover appeared over the stadium and, within minutes, rain and lightning followed, cooling off the crowd. Backstage afterward, Dominic appeared relieved: "My worst scenario was there wouldn't be anyone out there. The next was they would just stare and not react. But we felt at home right from the start." Sting, too, was pleased: "I'm surprised at all the talk about why we agreed to do the shows," he said. "They're a great audience. I'm looking forward to the remaining shows." (Los Angeles Times; 17-05-1993) - ** 2007-05-12 - TC fed6c7f18e78b6899e8cc4b3d6738f6d [shntool] 01 Blackbird.flac 9dec2c866e4d806df11f6304914e6026 [shntool] 02 Ain't No Sunshine.flac a312693a70d9e43f79220aa4f061f356 [shntool] 03 Children's Crusade.flac d1641d4a42bcc9428f445c9227853f19 [shntool] 04 Seven Days.flac 8b904ce50ac5fac241a5e88810be32a7 [shntool] 05 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic.flac aa70341b970c0aba55eb10396754d3f5 [shntool] 06 Fortress Around Your Heart.flac 431bd967a4e14cf9b46a603bc39c137d [shntool] 07 Penny Lane.flac 27fd3653735b4d1248a1506c96001d59 [shntool] 08 It's Probably Me - Sister Moon.flac 46fcf5ef51d25954b3cf1795f6dc2dc6 [shntool] 09 Shape Of My Heart.flac 1e1cb8d2e4ebdc4346f4b3848b221042 [shntool] 10 Purple Haze.flac 33dd126606c51faf615e90d08a8c0aae [shntool] 11 Message In A Bottle.flac 6266ed139189b2e8e02183de5d5617ed [shntool] 12 She's Too Good For Me.flac 9a708a60db07474c8dfc7b0f3c7ee3a9 [shntool] 13 Nothing 'bout Me.flac a6d4ffea8a1a1646024199e8f5af9395 [shntool] 14 Fragile.flac length expanded size cdr WAVE probs filename 2:10.60 23073164 --- -- -xx 01 Blackbird.flac 5:46.46 61142636 --- -- -xx 02 Ain't No Sunshine.flac 6:39.25 70442444 --- -- -xx 03 Children's Crusade.flac 4:44.74 50271692 --- -- -xx 04 Seven Days.flac 4:21.24 46096892 --- -- -xx 05 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic.flac 4:43.38 50010620 --- -- -xx 06 Fortress Around Your Heart.flac 2:49.38 29901020 --- -- -xx 07 Penny Lane.flac 6:21.63 67356620 --- -- -xx 08 It's Probably Me - Sister Moon.flac 4:37.57 48996908 --- -- -xx 09 Shape Of My Heart.flac 3:54.31 41350556 --- -- -xx 10 Purple Haze.flac 5:33.42 58840028 --- -- -xx 11 Message In A Bottle.flac 3:55.22 41505788 --- -- -xx 12 She's Too Good For Me.flac 5:31.48 58501340 --- -- -xx 13 Nothing 'bout Me.flac 5:08.43 54432380 --- -- -xx 14 Fragile.flac 66:19.11 701922088 B (totals for 14 files, 0.5570 overall compression ratio)