Spirits in the Boston Garden (with)
the Police
Andy Summers- guitar
Sting- bass, lead vocals
Stewart Copeland- drums
Boston Garden
Boston, Mass. U.S.A.
April 12, 1982
filename: p41282flac16
source: audience tape (unknown generation, I think it's 2nd)
performance quality: B+ energetic and inspired show
recording quality: B (some variation, moderate crowd noise and talking)
runtime: 81:22 (no speed adjusting done)
setlist:
1: voices in my head (walk on music) >
2: message in a bottle
3: every little thing she does is magic
4: spirits in the material world
5: hungry for you
6: when the world is running down
7: this bed's too big without you
8: de do do do de da da da
9: demolition man
10: shadows in the rain
11: walking on the moon
12: secret journey
13: one world
14: invisible sun
15: roxanne
16: encores: don't stand so close to me >
be my girl > can't stand losing you medley
lineage: cassette tape (trade, I'm told and suspect, 2nd gen.) >
soundforge 4.5 (to WAV) > FLAC 6 > torrent. No dolby used.
Comments:
Yet another entry into the Boston Police log, I think this is their
third venture into the Boston Garden, and probably my favorite
Police tour, Spirits in the Material World. This one even has a Secret
Journey in it. The 1st 3 songs have alot of shuffling and moving
around people finding their seats (which was not easy at Boston
Garden.) I don't know much about this recording, but it's a decent
audience recording and one of their better Boston performances.
Their Paradise and Orpheum 79 shows were both released in a double
live CD, so this is the only Boston Police concert I have that I can
upload. They really seem to like Boston alot and make reference to
playing the Paradise and now it's alot bigger. This is an energetic
show, I didn't think the Secret Journey is one of the better versions,
but I don't think they play that as much as most of their set. It was
nice to hear that one. Sting is off just a little in part of that, but
his voice and bass are in good form for most of this show, and Andy and
Stewart are in very good form for the whole show. I think it's all here,
except a brief tape flip cut during Walking on the Moon, which I spliced
so it's hard to even notice it's there now. Spirits, Hungry for You,
Demolition Man, One world and this bed's too big... were my favorite
performances in this concert, also a well-played encore medley. I don't
know the tape lineage, think mine's a 2nd generation, and it does not
sound "generated". If it did I'd be upping a Jethro Tull or McLaughlin
torrent instead of this right now (my whole upload schedule is 3 months
behind!), I did this both to contribute to the Police pre-reunion tour
torrent frenzy, and because while not stellar, this is of good enough sound
quality so that most fans of the Police would enjoy hearing it. It's not
from my master, but it's still a glasnostrd19 upload, and that means Glasnost
Radio Productions hovers over me like a god saying Only upload torrents that
are of good (or better) sound quality or alot of dime people will think I'm
just a nimnoid. I cannot have that. Period. Most of my ups sound better than
this does, but it's the Boston Garden, and almost any of my ups from anywhere
else are going to sound better than those. (that's why we now have brand new
TD Banknorth Garden in its place). But despite the garage acoustics, Boston
Garden's live legacy takes second to nobody. The Glasnost Radio show I used
to host in the 1990's on 91.3 FM WCUW Worcester did its own little miniseries
called "Live from the Grand Old Garden". (using archive recordings). This show
just barely missed the cut, but in hindsight, I now realize that near the end
of this tremendous great live tradition of the Boston Garden (it lasted over
60 years, hosting Elvis Presley, James Brown, the Beatles and U-2, maybe the
only place to do that anywhere in the U.S.A.), the Police made themselves a
major part of that legacy too. I just wasn't there to see and hear any of it.
Since their April 79 Paradise radio show, all the Police shows in Boston area
have been to very large, enthusiastic crowds, including this one. The Police
have played in some very historic places, none any more so than this one.
Because it is not real great quality, and I'm not a big fan of Sting's singing,
the tape has barely been played and survived over 25 years like it was just
weeks old. (it's on Maxell XLII. that helps too.) It is better than I thought
when I first got it some 25 years or so ago, and I gave it a little ICPVR help
(individual clap peak volume reduction). The recent Houston and New Haven Police
82 torrents seeded recently here on dime are better recordings, but this is a
hotter concert in my opinion. I think this may even be the last Police concert
ever at the Boston Garden, because the next time the Police toured, they were
literally too big for it! Had to play in the Patriots' stadium for 65,000 people!
(Boston Garden can only hold about a third of that). You wanna hear how that
turned out? that was posted by another uploader. the final answer so
far in the Rat to Foxboro Stadium in 6 years ascent of the world's biggest pop trio.
Do not sell this recording.
Trade freely and losslessly.
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