I was very disappointed with the audio mix on the DVD. The songs sound remixed rather than remastered. There are drum and guitar parts that weren't there before. Sting's vocals have too much echo. And the worst tragedy of all -- they left out the background vocal "...every breath you take, every move you make..." at the end of EBYT. It's just Sting singing "I'll be watching you..." You just don't need to mess with EBYT. You're not gonna make it better by stripping or adding anything. I don't know if the 5.1 mix is better (I'm assuming it's the same 5.1 mix that was released a couple of years ago) but the stereo mix is bad. It just doesn't sound like the songs we know and love. Most of us know every little nuance of these songs, and now they just don't sound like the originals... The redeeming factor is the Montserrat documentary. I could listen to Sting pick all his songs apart and describe the writing process -- I find it fascinating. And the Old Grey Whistle test is a classic :-) Fred
I don't know if the 5.1 mix is better (I'm assuming it's the same 5.1 mix that was released a couple of years ago) but the stereo mix is bad. The every breath you take backing vocals are on the 5.1 mix, they are just not in the two front speakers as per your stereo comment Jer
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Fred Berthelot