This clip was literally pieced together from several different songs. Only half the set was recorded and the effort was undermined by faulty equipment and battery drain. All recorded songs have technical issues. This was in the days before portable cameras (VHS and Betamax) and was recorded with two limping Sony portapaks. Still all in all it is a pretty good look at an amazing evening and the audio is quite good as we had two ambient mics mixed with the board feed. I had a chat with Sting in the afternoon who was fascinated with our video equipment. Grateful to MIT who was always there to support my projects. There are no additional clips from this set.
3 thoughts on “The Police “The Truth Hits Everybody” – The Rat, Boston 1978”
Thank you for recording and posting this. I was at this show and many more through those years.
Any more videos from this set? Thanks for posting.
This clip was literally pieced together from several different songs. Only half the set was recorded and the effort was undermined by faulty equipment and battery drain. All recorded songs have technical issues. This was in the days before portable cameras (VHS and Betamax) and was recorded with two limping Sony portapaks. Still all in all it is a pretty good look at an amazing evening and the audio is quite good as we had two ambient mics mixed with the board feed. I had a chat with Sting in the afternoon who was fascinated with our video equipment. Grateful to MIT who was always there to support my projects. There are no additional clips from this set.