Soundboard

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DVD 2982; lineage: Sbd + Aud > EAC > Sound Forge 6.0 > CD Wave > 2shn/2cdr. Aud Source: akg460+ck8x > pansv255 > pcm > dat > cd > eac > wav > mkw > shnv3. Remastered by ALS, May 2003

Sting opened for The Grateful Dead several times in 1993. On May 15-16, 1993 he opened for the Dead at the Sam Boyd Silver
Bowl in Las Vegas. Audience tapes of these performances have always been available but it was not until Fall 2002 that
soundboards of these shows began to surface. The good news is that both shows sound terrific - there is a wonderful depth
to the music and the vocals and instruments are very well balanced. The bad news is that the soundboards for both shows are
incomplete. The May 15th soundboard does not include the last part of "When the World..." and "Every Breath You Take." The
May 16th soundboard does not include the opening track, "Blackbird." These remastered and complete versions contain an
audience patch for the missing tracks. Also, although I usually don't like to modify the music, I have made one minor
change. The opening of "Purple Haze" is botched in a manner that is both awful-sounding and dangerous to perfectly good
speakers and ear drums. I have taken the liberty of minimizing but not eliminating the offending passage.

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