Customer Reviews

Soul Cages Concert [VHS]

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An earlier incarnation of Sting's evolution of bandmates, I found this video excellent for my archives. Sound quality and back lighting were great on my system. For a four piece band, I felt song selection and execution were primo.

I guess I just like Sting.

An earlier incarnation of Sting's evolution of bandmates, I found this video excellent for my archives. Sound quality and back lighting were great on my system. For a four piece band, I felt song selection and execution were primo.

I guess I just like Sting.

Sting and his bandmates are great, the music is great but the picture quality, production and choice of camera angles is not great. As a musician I enjoy watching musicians perform. Unfortunately, each action shot only stays on a given musician for 2 secs or less so you can't really get a feel for what/how they are playing something. I was disappointed and frustrated watching the video.

This is a great video of the Soul Cages tour. The music is great and the audience is one of the most appreciative and involved I have seen in the different concert videos I have seen. I highly recommend it. Sting is great!

This is such a great concert. A wonderful era in Sting's musical history. However it badly needs and richly deserves full DVD restoration with DTS sound. What a criminal waste to let this excellent concert just deteriorate and fade away. I bet Paris Hilton's latest single is available for immediate purchase though.
What a world!!

I enjoyed watching this live concert, what city it was recorded in I am not sure. Most of the material here is taken from the album of the same name recorded in 1991. There is some Police material thrown in for good measure and some of Stings music from his earlier albums. The video is 90 minutes in length. I liked the band that he has together for this concert (David Sancious, Dominic Miller, Vince Calaiuta) although I don't think they can compare with the Police. I don't know if it's the best live concert that Sting has ever recorded but I think it captures the period adequately. The major gripe I have with this video is the picture quality, it was very bright and hard on the eyes. Whether this had something to do with the way it was recorded or the company that edited it, I'm not sure. I think this is a shame but I would still recommend it.

Recorded during a series of concerts at The Hague in early May 1991, this show is from 10 May and served as a benefit gig for Kurd Aid. The video remains (to date) the only official in-concert video that runs close to being a full length solo-era performance. It isn't a full length performance of course, but remains of interest for that reason. Despite majoring on our favourite album, the performance is a little lacklustre although several of the performances were released as live b-sides on Ten Summoner's Tales era singles. Perhaps of most interest is the live version of Hendrix's Purple Haze, a rip-roaring crowd favourite from that tour. END