xx.03.1991
USA, New York City, MTV Studios	
Sting: MTV Unplugged Rehearsals  (All Thease Time)	
Soundboard
  
REHEARSALS [72:28]
file size: 731.54 MB
01. Level Check (includes parts of "Little Wing") [1:54]
02. Mad About You [6:47]
03. All This Time [5:46]
04. Level Check (includes parts of "Saint Agnes and the Burning Train") [5:03]
05. How Insensitive [2:01]
06. Why Should I Cry For You? [9:38]
07. Message In A Bottle [9:39]
08. Every Breath You Take (includes "The Banana Boat Song") [6:18]
09. Fragilidad [4:29]
10. Fragile (spontaneous bossa nova version)  [5:22]
11. The Soul Cages (includes "I Heard It Through The Grapevine") [7:02]
12. Level Check (includes parts of "Shadows In The Rain") [4:43]
13. Need Your Love So Bad (partial) [3:42]

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Sting - vocals, upright bass, guitar on "Fragile" Dominic Miller - guitar, upright bass on "Fragile" David Sancious - piano Vinnie Colaiuta - drums Vinx - percussion, backing vocals 

Comment: Unplugged - straight from the soundboard! This is a fascinating glimpse into the process that goes into putting a performance together. Featuring Sting's legendary lineup from "The Soul Cages" and "Ten Summoners' Tales" tours, this 70+ minute recording reveals how Sting breaks down his band's existing "electric" arrangements and rebuilds them to suit the acoustic format (tracks 6 and 7 are particularly interesting in this regard). The band also tries some tunes that don't make it to the final broadcast setlist. Sting is generally pretty serious and focused during the session, but the band also goofs around a bit with occasional improvisation. Arguably his best touring group. As mentioned, directly from the soundboard, so there are a few scattered drops and cut-outs as the engineer is fiddling with the levels (especially during track 3). Still, this is required listening for Sting fans (and music fans in general), since it's the best "behind the scenes" experience you could possibly hope to get.  
As a bonus, the tracks that did not make the final broadcast or video release. While it's true that some of the original MTV Unplugged broadcast songs were released as B-sides, THIS DOES NOT CONTAIN *ANY* OFFICIALLY RELEASED TRACKS.