Sting - Westwood One Superstar Concert Series #SS97-30 ~ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, Texas September 8, 1996 (Pre-FM)

Sting
Westwood One Superstar Concert Series #SS97-30
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, Texas September 8, 1996
for broadcast the week of July 21, 1997
Pre-FM Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cue Sheet Scans Included

Rosebud's Pick

Original CDs Lineage: Silver CD > EAC > Flac
Lineage For Retracking: FLAC > Audacity > FLAC > TLH > FLAC Level 8

00 J.J. Jackson Broadcast Introduction
01 The Hounds Of Winter
02 I Hung My Head
03 If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
04 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
05 Fields Of Gold
06 You Still Touch Me
07 Synchronicity II
08 Roxanne
09 Bring On The Night / When The World Is Running Down You Make The Best Of What's Still Around
10 Demolition Man
11 Englishman In New York
12 If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
13 Every Breath You take
14 Lithium Sunset
15 End Credits

Running Time: 74:56

Sing - bass guitar, vocals
Dominic Miller - guitar
Kenny Kirkland - keyboards
Vinnie Colaiuta - drums
Clark Gayton - trombone
Conrad "Butch" Thomas - saxophone

JustDave's Notes:
Not Sure If This One Originally Was Done By Draftervoi But I Think It May Be.

Original Notes:
Sourced from pre-FM double compact disc of Westwood One Superstar Concert Series SS # 97-30. Also included is a short broadcast promo.

This is the sourced from the 97-30 broadcast Pre-FM, but is not the complete show. It is missing several songs including "I Was Brought To My Senses", "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot", "Seven Days", "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying", and "Fragile". The 96-37 Pre-FM is the complete show but the only version I've seen of that seems to be lossy. Could be that 96-37 was actually broadcast from a lossy source. The bootleg "Perfect Night In Houston" may be sourced from 96-37, and - no surprise - is lossy too. This 97-30 Pre-FM is actually lossless. I imported the original tracks from drccds into Audacity and removed the commercials, and tracked everything to split up the songs. I kept the J.J. Jackson speaking parts.

Filefactory Flac

Filefactory MP3

Turbobit Flac

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The Police - 23rd Festival Internacional de la Canción ~ Quinta Vergara Anfiteatro, Viña De Mar, Chile February 20, 1982 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

The Police
23rd Festival Internacional de la Canción
Quinta Vergara Anfiteatro
Viña De Mar, Chile
February 20, 1982 - Second Night
Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover & Screen Shots Included

Lineage: DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Wave 16bit > Goldwave v6.60 (editing) > Trader's Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps

01 Message In A Bottle
02 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
03 Spirits In The Material World
04 De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
05 Demolition Man
06 Shadows In The Rain
07 Bring On The Night
08 One World (Not Three)
09 Roxanne
10 Don't Stand So Close To Me
11 Can't Stand Losing You
12 So Lonely

Sting – bass, doublebass, synthesizer, lead vocals
Andy Summers – guitar, backing vocals
Stewart Copeland – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Touring Members:
Darryl Dixon – baritone sax
David Watson – alto sax
Marvin Daniels – trumpet

justdave's notes:
I ripped the waves with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used Goldwave to re-edit a couple track marks and raise the volume a little. No noise reduction or EQ was used and no re-mixing was done. The DVD had lossy audio so using Trader's Little Helper the waves were encoded to MP3 320kbps while aligning al sector boundaries.

A nice recording from The Police on their Ghost in the Machine Tour which ran from October 1, 1981 to September 6, 1982. The Police played 4 dates in South America between the 1st and 2nd legs of The North America Tour. These dates were February 16 & 17 1982 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil at the Ginásio do Maracanãzinho & February 19 & 20, 1982 in Viña Del Mar, Chile.

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The Police - Rock Goes To College ~ Hatfield Polytechnic, Hatfield, England 02-21-1979 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

The Police
Rock Goes To College
Hatfield Polytechnic
Hatfield, England
February 21, 1979
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Art & Screen Shots Included

Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Goldwave v 6.31 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps

01 Can’t Stand Losing You
02 Introduction
03 So Lonely
04 Fall Out
05 Hole In My Life
06 Truth Hits Everyone
07 Message In A Bottle
08 Peanuts
09 Roxanne
10 Next To You

total playing time:  39mn 59sc

Sting – lead vocals, bass guitar
Andy Summers – guitars, backing vocals
Stewart Copeland – drums, percussion, backing vocals

First live performance of "Message In A Bottle"

justdave's notes:
I ripped the waves with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used goldwave to re-edit a couple track marks and double the volume. No EQ or noise reduction was used. The waves were encoded to MP3 320kbps with Traders Little Helper because the DVD had lossy audio.

Number 2 in a double shot of The Police from early in there career. This one is kind of special in that is the first live performance of "Walking On The Moon" so downloadable history.

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The Police - Musikladen, Bremen, Germany 01-18-1979 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

The Police
Musikladen
Bremen, Germany
January 18, 1979
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover & Screen Shots Included

Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Goldwave v 6.31 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps 

01 So Lonely
02 Fallout
03 Born In The Fifties
04 Hole In My Life
05 Peanuts
06 Landlord
07 Roxanne
08 Truth Hits Everybody

total playing time: 33mn 39sc

Sting – lead vocals, bass guitar
Andy Summers – guitars, backing vocals
Stewart Copeland – drums, percussion, backing vocals

justdave's notes:
I ripped the waves with DVD Audio Extractor. I then used Goldwave to double the volume and re-edit some track marks. No EQ, or noise reduction was used. The waves wre encded to MP3 320kbps with Traders Little Helper due to the DVD's audio being lossy.

Number 1 of a double shot of The Police from early in their career.

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Sting - Westwood One Superstars Concert Series # CO 92-03 (Pre-FM)

Sting
Westwood One Superstars Concert Series # CO 92-03
The Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA October 2, 1991
For Broadcast The Weekend Of January 18-19, 1992
Pre-FM Recording
Viny Rip
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cue Sheet & Label Scans Included

Rosebud's Pick

Lineage: Original Westwood One pre-FM Vinyl LPs > audio-technica AT-LP60-USB Turntable > Audacity > .wav files > Goldwave >Trader's Little Helper (Level 8)

01 Westwood One Superstars Concert Series # CO 92-03 - Intro Suzy Cruz
02 Commercial Block - AT&T / U.S. Army / Drixoral
03 All This Time (Misidentified as "Time" on Cue Sheet)
04 Jeremiah Blues
05 Band Introductions
06 Mad About You
07 Commercial Block - General Motors / Smithsonian Magazine
08 Westwood One Superstars Concert Series # CO 92-03 - Outro
09 Driven To Tears
10 Aint No Sunshine When She's Gone (Bill Withers)
11 Commercial Block - AT&T / Drixoral / Trident
12 Westwood One Superstars Concert Series # CO 92-03 - Outro
13 Roxanne (The Police)
14 Medley: Bring On The Night / When The World Is Running Down (Misidentified as "When The World Keeps Running Down" on Cue Sheet)
15 Commercial Block - U.S. Army / Trident / General Motors
16 Westwood One Superstars Concert Series # CO 92-03 - Outro
17 Fortress Around Your Heart
18 Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix)
19 Commercial Block - Tennis Magazine / General Motors
20 Westwood One Superstars Concert Series # CO 92-03 - Outro
21 Medley: If You Love Somebody Set Them Free / We'll Be Together  (Misidentified as "Set Them Free" on Cue Sheet)
22 Walking On The Moon (The Police) (w/ Andy Summers)
23 Commercial Block - AT&T / Drixoral / U.S. Army
24 Westwood One Superstars Concert Series # CO 92-03 - Outro
25 Every Breath You Take (The Police) (w/ Andy Summers)
26 Message In A Bottle (The Police) (w/ Andy Summers)
27 Westwood One Superstars Concert Series # CO 92-03 - Finale Suzy Cruz

Total Playing Time: 1hr 22mn 32sc

Digitized from the original radio broadcast vinyl LP's
Special Guest:
Andy Summers guitar "Walking On The Noon", "Every Breath You Take", & Message In A Bottle"
This show was also Sting's 40th Birthday Bash.

Flac CD1

Flac CD2

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A Bootleg Tribute To Jimi Hendrix (SBD)

A Bootleg Tribute To Jimi Hendrix
Various Artists
Recording Sources Vary
Dates & Locations Vary
MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

01 - Roy Buchanan - Hey Joe 8:08
02 - Medeski, Martin, & Wood - Third Stone From The Sun 9:14
03 - The Pretenders - Bold As Love 3:32
04 - Concrete Blonde - Castles Made Of Sand 3:36
05 - Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - Voodoo Chile 19:17
06 - Earth, Wind & Fire - Machine Gun 3:53
07 - Sting - Purple Haze 3:12
08 - Chickenfoot - Foxy Lady 6:22
09 - Eric Clapton - Little Wing 6:52
10 - Jeff Healy Band - All Along The Watchtower 11:18
11 - Santana & Buddy Miles - Them Changes 6:40
12 - King's X - Manic Depression 4:55
13 - Paul Rodgers - Stone Free 5:06
14 - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) 11:31

total playing time: 1hr 43mn 42sc

Track 01 Roy Buchanon, Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, New York USA July 6, 1974 Late Show
Track 02 Medeski Martin & Wood, The Barbican, London, England, UK January 20, 2001
Track 03 The Pretenders, The Academy Of Music, New York City, New York USA May 26, 1994
Track 04 Concrete Blonde, Nachtwerk Club, Munich, Germany, June 1992
Track 05 Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush, Club Infinity, Williamsville, NY, USA, July 25, 2008
Track 06 Earth, Wind & Fire, The Museum Of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, July 4, 2000
Track 07 Sting, Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA November 28, 1989
Track 08 Chickenfoot, Mitsubishi Electric Halle, DŸsseldorf, Germany, January 19, 2012
Track 09 Eric Clapton, HP Pavillion, San Jose, California, USA March 18, 2007
Track 10 Jeff Healey Band, Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, U.K. September 24, 1990
Track 11 Santana & Buddy Miles, Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA, August 17, 1986
Track 12 King's X, North Stage, Winston Farm, Saugerties, New York, USA, August 12, 1994
Track 13 BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, England, U.K. October 9, 1993
Track 14 Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA November 28, 1989

justdave's notes:
I compiled this from different bootlegs in my collection. Quite a few bands have covered Jimi Hendix songs over the years. My choices are not meant to represent the best of these cover versions just ones that I like. The surprises out of the recordings showcased here would have to be Concrete Blonde's version of "Castles Made Of Sand" or Earth, Wind & Fire's cover of "Machine Gun". Some sources were lossy and some were not so I encoded everything to MP3 320kbps. All recordings were of soundboard quality (ie Pre-FM, FM & Soundboard). I tried to adjust the volume of the tracks so they were more uniform using Goldwave.

Hope you enjoy it, I have a couple similar projects in the works.

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The Police - Rockpalast ~ Grugahalle, Essen, Germany 10-18-1980 (FM)

The Police
Rockpalast
Grugahalle
Essen, Germany
October 18, 1980
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 8 (24 bit) & MP3 320kbps
J-Card Scan Included

01 Voices Inside My Head
02 Don't Stand So Close To Me
03 Walking On The Moon
04 Deathwish
05 Fall Out
06 Man In A Suitcase
07 Bring On The Night
08 De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
09 Truth Hits Everybody
10 Shadows In The Rain
11 When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around
12 The Bed's Too Big Without You Part 1 (tape flip)
13 The Bed's Too Big Without You Part 2
14 Driven To Tears >
15 Message In A Bottle
16 Roxanne
17 Can't Stand Losing You
18 Next To You
19 So Lonely

Sting – bass guitar, lead vocals
Andy Summers – guitar, guitar-synths, backing vocals
Stewart Copeland – drums, percussion, backing vocals

This is a Hans De Vente recording as edited by justdave.

justdave's notes:
Han's uploaded this recording as 2 long files, one per tape side. I decoded the files with Traders Little Helper and separated the tracks with Goldwave v6.15. The files were encoded at a 24 bit rate and have been left that way. I did not remix or remaster the recording in any way. The track "The Bed's Too Big Without You" is divided into 2 parts due to a tape flip from side A to side B. The transition between "Roxanne" and "Can't Stand Losing You" was a little rough where Han's paused the tape to save space, I tried to soften that. The transition between "Can't Stand Losing You" and "Next To You" also had a pause that I softened.

This is a rather large file set so I divided the flac into two parts. You need both parts to unzip.

Flac1

Flac2

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Sting - BBC Radio Theatre, London, England, 12-01-2001 (FM)

Sting
BBC Radio Theatre
London, England
December 1, 2001
BBC Radio2 FM Broadcast
MP3 vbr
Front Cover Only

Rosebud's Pick

01 If You Love Somebody
02 The Hounds of Winter
03 Seven Days
04 Don't Stand So Close To Me
05 When We Dance
06 All This Time
07 A Thousand Years
08 Perfect Love, Gone Wrong
09 Brand New Day
10 Fields of Gold
11 If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
12 Every Breath You Take
13 Fragile

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The Concert for Walden Woods, Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro, MA 09-06-1993 (FM)

The Concert for Walden Woods
Foxboro Stadium
Foxboro, MA
September 6, 1993
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Including Performances By:

Elton John
Melissa Etheridge
Sting
Aerosmith
Don Henley
Jimmy Buffett

Elton John

01 Radio Intro / The Bitch Is Back 4:12
02 Philadelphia Freedom 5:55
03 Levon 5:26
04 Simple Life > 5:38
05 The One 6:26
06 The Last Song 3:38
07 Take Me To The Pilot 5:01
08 I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That 5:12
09 Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 5:58 (end applause spliced, tape flip)
10 Pinball Wizard 4:54
11 Radio Outro :40

total time: 53mn 02sc

Elton John vocals, piano
Davey Johnstone guitar
Guy Babylon keyboards
Mark Taylor keyboards
Bob Birch bass
Charlie Morgan drums
Natalia Jackson backing vocals
Mortonette Jenkins backing vocals
Marlena Jeter backing vocals

Melissa Etheridge

01 Radio Intro :23
02 Ain't It Heavy 5:49
03 Must Be Crazy For Me 5:22
04 Talk 1:28
05 I'm The Only One 5:24
06 Chrome Plated Heart 6:20
07 Band Intros :47
08 Bring Me Some Water > 4:44
09 Let's Get It On > 4:04
10 Like The Way I Do 8:34

total time: 42mn 52sc

Melissa Etheridge guitar and vocals
Rob Allen guitar
Kevin McCormick bass
Mauricio Fritz Lewak drums

Sting

01 Radio Intro :31
02 If I Ever Lose My Faith In You 5:28
03 Love Is Stronger Than Justice 6:43
04 Band Intros :25
05 A Day In The Life / Fields Of Gold 7:56

Sting bass, vocals
Dominic Miller guitar
David Sancious keyboards
Vinnie Colaiuta drums

total time: 21mn 04sc

Aerosmith

01 Radio Chatter 2:08
02 Toys In The Attic 4:32
03 Sweet Emotion 6:27
04 Cryin' 5:32
05 Dude (Looks Like A Lady) 5:12
06 Livin' On The Edge 6:44 (short silent gap near beginning from broadcast)
07 Walk This Way 4:47
08 Radio Outro :18

Steven Tyler lead vocals
Joe Perry lead guitar
Brad Whitford rhythm guitar
Tom Hamilton bass
Joey Kramer drums

total time: 35mn 41sc

Don Henley with Jimmy Buffett 

01 Boys Of Summer 5:37
02 The End Of The Innocence 5:49
03 One Of These Nights 5:20
04 The Last Resort 8:38
05 Well 5:19
06 Margaritaville 4:54
07 Volcano 4:12
08 Don Talks 3:35
09 Hotel California 6:42
10 Life In The Fast Lane 6:00
11 The Heart Of The Matter 6:01
12 Sunset Grille 6:32
13 Dirty Laundry 5:48
14 All She Wants To Do Is Dance 5:48
15 Desperado 5:53

total time: 1 hr 26mn 09
Don Henley vocals
Mike Campbell drums, keyboards
Danny Kortchmar guitar, backing vocals
Larry Klein bass
Stan Lynch drums and percussion
Jimmy Buffett vocals on tracks 6 & 7

total run time: 3 hr 58mn 49sc

This is a large file set so the flac has been divided into 4 parts the mp3 has been divided into 2 parts all parts will unzip separately.

Flac part1

Flac part2

Flac part3

Flac part4

MP3 part1
MP3 part2 

Westwood One Best Of Vol.2 (Pre-FM)

Westwood One Best Of Vol.2
Various Dates & Locations
Pre-FM Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
No Cue Sheet

Thanks to Randy for this one!

Pre-FM CD > (?) > CR-r(x) > EAC (secure) > wave > Traders Little Helper (align on sector bpooundries) > Flac Level 8

01 The Rolling Stones - Monkey Man
02 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Mary Jane's Last Dance
03 Aerosmith - Crying
04 Sting - If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
05 Van Halen - Right Now
06 Neil Young - Keep On Rockin' In The Free World (acoustic)
07 Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do
08 Alice In Chains - Man In The Box
09 Melissa Etheridge - I'm The Only One
10 Stone Temple Pilots - Big Empty
11 Green Day - When I Come Around
12 10,000 Maniacs - Few And Far Between
13 R.E.M. - Orange Crush
14 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
15 Rob Zombie - Thunderkiss 1965
16 Pantera - Stronger Than All

Flac

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The Police - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, Los Angeles, CA 02-06-1980 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

The Police

Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
Los Angeles, CA
February 6, 1980
Broadcast May 17, 1980
Soundboard/TV Broadcast Audio
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Included

01 - Don Kirshner Intro
02 - Roxanne
03 - Message In A Bottle
04 - Can't Stand Losing You
05 - Next To You
06 - Walking On The Moon
07 - The Bed's Too Big Without You
08 - Deathwish

total time: 34mn 01sc

Sting – lead vocals, bass
Andy Summers – guitar, backing vocals
Stewart Copeland – drums, percussion, backing vocals

justdave's notes:
This is the latest addition to my Don Kirshner's Rock Concert DVD collection. The DVD is made from a pre-broadcast source. The audio was pretty good but I brought the high end up a little, as it was hard to hear Stewart Copeland's high hat, which is an essential part of the bands sound. As to the performance, the band plays around with some of the arrangements to great effect. Sting's soaring vocals are a little road weary but still sound good. I must admit I missed this performance when it originally aired so to have it now is pretty freakin' cool!

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