23.05.1996
Hungary, Budapest, Kisstadion
Budapest '96
PAL
PRO-SHOT
menu, chaptered

A - Interview (Magyarian TV) TV report by Bochtor Gabor [23:33]
Englishman in New York, Interview with Sting

B - Concert: Sting 1996. Budapest [32:51]
01. The hounds of winter
02. I hung my head
03. I was brought to my senses 
04. Let your soul be your pilot
05. If you love somebody (set them free)
06. Every little thing she does is magic

Total Running Time: [56:24]

Video: proshot from TV broadcast by Magyar Televízió (MTV1)
Audio: broadcast soundboard
SOMA Film (P.R. Reklamügynökseg, Szorakoztato Müsorok, Studioja 1996)

Notes: its a bit pixelatd though!

COMMENTS: 
This DVD contains some of the few proshot footage from the 'Mercury falling' tour. The video and audio quality is awesome. The interview has no subtitles and the Sting voice is almost unperceptible because of the hungarian translation which is a pity. We can see the famous 'birth scene' from the 'Bring on the night' film and the 'Englishman in New York' videoclip.

The TV was allowed to film only the first six songs of the show. Four of them are from the 'Mercury falling' album. Nowadays, Budapest is included in most of the recent tours from famous artists (Mark Knopfler, Phil Collins, Rod Stewart, etc.) But in the 80's and the 90's, a concert from a music world star was a great event. The Kisstadion (which is not an stadium but an ice arena at the back of the Heroes Square) was completely sold out with people coming from all parts of Hungary and from some of the near countries. In 'If you love somebody...' you can hear the female backing vocals on the chorus which is quite a surprising thing as there were no women in the band on that tour.

Video Attributes:
  Video compression mode: MPEG-2 (DvXA on)
  TV system: 625/50 (PAL)
  Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  Display Mode: reserved
  Source picture resolution: 352x288 (625/50)
  Frame Rate: 25.00
  Source picture letterboxed: Not letterboxed

Audio Attributes: 
  Audio Coding mode: Dolby Digital
  Sampling Rate: 48kHz
  Audio application mode: Surround
  Number of Audio channels: 2.0
  Bitrate: 192 Kbps
  Number of Audio streams: 1