Comments on: The Police – Sting’s Birthday Party (Mainstream MSBR-073) http://www.collectorsmusicreviews.com/the-police/the-police-stings-birthday-party-mainstream-msbr-073-2/ The Standard In Live Release Analysis Fri, 24 May 2013 07:21:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: strummerville http://www.collectorsmusicreviews.com/the-police/the-police-stings-birthday-party-mainstream-msbr-073-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5746 strummerville Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:59:40 +0000 http://www.collectorsmusicreviews.com/the-police/the-police-stings-birthday-party-mainstream-msbr-073-2/#comment-5746 This is a great CD with very clear sound. There are moments when the clarity really shines through, such as during Sting’s bass-jam in “One World (Not Three)”, and Andy’s gorgeous guitar sound at the start of “Don’t Stand So Close To Me”.

Andy’s deadpan announcement of Sting’s birthday to the audience is hilarious.

My only criticism of this disc is that there is a hint of a shadow on Sting’s voice, possibly a microscopic delay, which sometimes makes him sound like a robot or a “dalek”. This is probably something to do with the original source cassette recording. Perhaps I’m being uber-obssessive.

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