Where can I get/buy an instrumental version of the song "Russians" by
Sting & The Police.

I know about Sting: The Ultimate Tribute. But it's a orchestra version
of the song. I'm really looking for the actual song, just without the
lyrics.

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 20 Dec 2002 10:27 PST

I have found one instrumental version of "Russians."

http://mfile.akamai.com/3171/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/812/338812_1_07.asx

Please listen to the audio clip linked above and let me know whether
or not this is the version you want. If it is, I'll be glad to post
the name of the CD and information on where it may be purchased.

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Clarification of Question by lxluthr-ga on 20 Dec 2002 15:13 PST

I'm looking for the original song without the lyrics (kinda like
karaoke)

The link you provided sounds like another orchestra version of the
song. It's very nice, but not quite what I'm looking for.

(I was looking for a sample of the original, and I found this:
http://shopping.yahoo.com/shop?d=product&id=1921198196  which is
another great orchestra version)

I guess I should probably rephrase my question. It should be "Is there
a version of the song "Russians" by Sting that is the original music
without the lyrics (ala Karaoke).

Because I don't know if this actually exist, I've raised the price.
Sorry, I realize you guys don't like "Does this exist" type questions.

I have found several karaoke versions of "Russians," but (as is
typical of karaoke) none of them that I've located have the actual
instrumentals from the original Police recording. Perhaps this is due
to copyright concerns.

Have you considered using your computer to remove the vocals from
"Russians," using phase-cancellation software? Here's some useful
information about this technique, with links to two products:

http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/howto/story/0,24330,3402280,00.html

what a great utility!!! I've been having fun with it on other songs.
But unfortunatly, it didn't work with "Russians" (it made everything
distorted and out of synch).

I will accept that what I'm looking for may not exist. But I'll leave
the question open should anyone happen to know about a version. Sorry
for taking up your time pinkfreud. (and thanks for the
phase-cancellation software!!)

Kids, you too can have fun with phase cancellation on your very own
home stereo using this simple technique:

Take one of your speakers and, instead of plugging both of its leads
into (say) the left-speaker sockets, plug one of the leads into the
red left-speaker socket and the other lead into the red right-speaker
socket. What happens is you get the left channel and the right channel
heading in opposite directions across the speaker (basically) and
cancelling any sounds out that are common to both speakers. This is
usually mostly the voice and some main instrumental tracks. The
background instrumentals will often be much more noticeable, and
sometimes it makes it easier to pick out that guitar part you've been
trying to figure out for ages. Also, for some songs, it sounds really
weird and cool.

Warning: may not be too healthy for your speakers or amp, but really I
don't know why it would harm anything. Anyone with a degree in audio
technology care to comment?

Karaoke Search System 
See Disk!  Artist Name  Song Title  Label & Disk Number  
View Buy It!  STING  RUSSIANS  SOUND CHOICE    8725  
View Buy It!  STING  RUSSIANS  CHARTBUSTER POP6    CB40241  

These are karaoke disks that it is on . I got this from www.doowop.com
search engine but have not yet purchased from them. They are disks
that you have to buy and not free downloads.