Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Concert for Walden Woods, Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, MA, 9-6-1993, Part 3: Sting

Here's the third part of the 1993 Concert for Walden Woods. This time, it's a set by Sting. If you want to know more about the concert as a whole, please read my write-up to the first part.

Unfortunately, this is a very short album. There are only four songs by Sting here. According to the database at setlist.fm, Sting actually played a much longer set. This album only contains the first four songs. Here are all the songs he played after that, in order:

Synchronicity II
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Roxanne
King of Pain
Bring on the Night
When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around
Nothing 'bout Me
Every Breath You Take

It was a surprisingly Police heavy set for that stage in Sting's solo career. Note that all but one of them ("Nothing 'bout Me") are Police songs.

I don't know why so much of his set is missing from the bootleg that I found. (According to setlist.fm, the sets from all the other performers are complete.) My guess is the whole thing was broadcast live on local radio, and someone didn't want his entire set broadcast. Let's hope that someday the rest of the recording is made public. 

Anyway, what's here is fine music. It's particularly interesting that included a cover of the Beatles classic "A Day in the Life." Sting never released this on any of his studio albums, but he did include a live version on an obscure 1994 EP called "Demolition Man."

This album is 21 minutes long.

01 If I Ever Lose My Faith in You (Sting)
02 Love Is Stronger than Justice [The Munificent Seven] (Sting)
03 talk (Sting)
04 A Day in the Life (Sting)
05 Fields of Gold (Sting)

https://www.upload.ee/files/16216751/VA1993_CncrtfrWldnWdsFxbroStdmFxbrghMA__9-6-1993_03Stng.zip.html

The cover is just like the cover for Part 1 of this concert, with only some of the text changed. Read my Part 1 write-up for more of an explanation.

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