Sting Alpine Valley Music Theater East Troy, WI August 4, 1991 Lineage: Unknown master audience => cassette (low) => Stand-alone Sony ES DAT => Stand-alone Pioneer CD burner => EAC => Magix Audio Cleaning Lab => WAV => FLAC Front-end (level 8) 8/4/91 Disc one (44:45): (1) All This Time (5:48) (2) Jeremiah Blues (Part 1) (6:26) (3) Band introductions (1:09) (4) Mad About You (5:09) (5) Ain't No Sunshine (4:55) (6) Why Should I Cry For You? (7:31) (7) Roxanne (5:20) (8) When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best of What's Still Around => Bring On The Night (8:25) 8/4/91 Disc two (49:27): (1) King of Pain (6:08) (2) Fortress Around Your Heart (3:07) (3) The Wild, Wild Sea (5:49) => (4) The Soul Cages (6:43) (5) Purple Haze (3:03) (6) Consider Me Gone (4:12) => (7) Walking On The Moon (2:57) (8) Every Breath You Take (5:45) (9) Message in a Bottle (5:36) (10) Encore break (1:35) (11) Fragile (4:27) Fingerprint file is included. Sorry, no artwork - perhaps someone can create some Comments: Sting played two nights at Alpine Valley in 1991 on a double-bill with Don Henley (I believe that they alternated in the headlining slot); Henley's set was a shade under two hours and Sting averaged about 90 minutes. The shows from this tour are consistently good, but too short considering the wealth of Police material he had to draw from. "Purple Haze" was consistently a high point of every show. The original source cassettes (I think mine are 2nd or 3rd gen., but I don't have a record of the lineage anymore) I have of this are not good at all; they took a lot of work to turn them into an enjoyable recording. They were recorded by the same taper in roughly the same spot in the pavilion, and the bass is overwhelming on the raw recording. I used Audio Cleaning Lab to - * Even the levels out (the right channel -- where most of the high end is -- was about 4 db lower than the left) * Reduce the low frequencies (<100 Hz) * Slightly increase the +3 kHz band * Apply light de-hissing and noise elimination * (On the 8/4 show) offset a dramatic spike in the levels during "King of Pain" What remains are not great recordings by any stretch, but are certainly listenable -- perhaps a 6-7 on a scale of 1 to 10. This clearly was recorded on amateur equipment, but during the quieter points of the shows, the sound is pretty good now. Mp3 samples are attached from both nights to give a sense of the final product. -- ademotte Tue 08th Aug, 2006 06:14 GMT - DAD -- This came with the Aug 3rd recording, I split the two. -- Carlo. length expanded size cdr WAVE probs filename 5:48.50 61504844 --- -- -xx Sting19910804d1t01 All This Time.flac 6:26.18 68132780 --- -- -xx Sting19910804d1t02 Jeremiah Blues (Part 1).flac 1:09.26 12232796 --- -- -xx Sting19910804d1t03 Band introductions.flac 5:09.05 54519404 --- -- -xx Sting19910804d1t04 Mad About You.flac 4:55.16 52075676 --- -- -xx Sting19910804d1t05 Ain_t No Sunshine.flac 7:31.49 79671692 --- -- -xx Sting19910804d1t06 Why Should I Cry For You.flac 5:20.00 56448044 --- -- -xx Sting19910804d1t07 Roxanne.flac 8:25.25 89140844 --- -- -xx Sting19910804d1t08 Bring On The Night-When The World Is Running Down.flac 6:08.00 64915244 --- -- -xx Sting19910804d2t01 King of Pain.flac 3:07.61 33130316 --- -- -xx Sting19910804d2t02 Fortress Around Your Heart.flac 5:49.30 61634204 --- -- -xx Sting19910804d2t03 The Wild Wild Sea.flac 6:43.55 71218604 --- -- -xx Sting19910804d2t04 The Soul Cages.flac 3:03.63 32429420 --- -- -xx Sting19910804d2t05 Purple Haze.flac 4:12.60 44593964 --- -- -xx Sting19910804d2t06 Consider Me Gone.flac 2:57.12 31251068 --- -- -xx Sting19910804d2t07 Walking On The Moon.flac 5:45.65 61010924 --- -- -xx Sting19910804d2t08 Every Breath You Take.flac 5:36.03 59277500 --- -- -xx Sting19910804d2t09 Message in a Bottle.flac 1:35.60 16899164 --- -- -xx Sting19910804d2t10 Encore break.flac 4:27.18 47141180 --- -- -xx Sting19910804d2t11 Fragile.flac 94:13.16 997227668 B (totals for 19 files, 0.5653 overall compression ratio)