Police OFFICIAL LPs

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[General note for vinyl LPs: the times reported are taken from the cover, when present, otherwise from the label].

* Outlandos d'amour * (10/1978, A&M)
Next to you 2:51 / So lonely 4:48 / Roxanne 3:13 / Hole in my life 4:48 / Peanuts 3:54 // Can't stand losing you 3:02 / Truth hits everybody 2:53 / Born in the 50's 3:42 / Be my girl - Sally 3:24 / Masoko tanga 5:41.
	[UK, FR, IT: AMLH 68502.
	 FR, DE, IT: 394753-1. (Reprints, CASS extension -4).
	 US: SP 4753; CS-4753 (CASS).
	 This version came with two different shades of blue from UK
	 and a blue vinyl from Australia.
	 Published 11/2/80 in Italy].

* Reggatta de blanc * (10/1979, A&M)
Walking on the moon 4:59 / On any other day 2:56 / The bed's too big without you 4:24 / Contact 2:39 / Does everyone stare 3:49 / No time this time 3:18 // Message in a bottle 4:49 / Reggatta de blanc 3:14 / It's alright for you 3:05 / Bring on the night 4:16 / Deathwish 4:13.
	[UK, FR, IT: AMLH 64792. Also 2x10" LPs (UK).
	 FR, DE, IT, SP: 394792-1. (Reprints; CASS extension -4).
	 US: SP 4792, SP 3713 (2x10" LP with poster); CS-4792 (Cassette).
	 This album entered the UK albums chart at # 1, and stayed 5 weeks].

* Zenyatta` Mondatta * (10/1980, A&M)
Don't stand so close to me 4:03 / Driven to tears 3:21 / When the world is running down, you'll make the best of what's still around 3:33 / Canary in a coalmine 2:24 / Voices inside my head 3:51 / Bombs away 3:07 / Dedododo dedadada 4:09 / Behind my camel 2:53 / Man in a suitcase 2:15 / Shadows in the rain 5:09 / The other way of stopping 3:21.
	[UK, NL, IT: AMLH 64831.
	 FR, IT: 393720-1. (Reprints; CASS extension -4).
	 US: SP 4831; CS-3720 (CASS).
	 MX: AMLS 48018.
	 AU: L 37377 (coloured vinyls).
	 This album came also with two different green vinyls
	 from Australia. I can remember two different covers: one is the
	 "usual" one, reported also on the CD, the other does not have
	 the shade under "The Police" writing and is slightly different
	 in colors].

* Ghost in the machine * (9/1981, A&M)
Spirits in the material world 2:58 / Every little thing she does is magic 4:20 / Invisible sun 3:43 / Hungry for you (j'aurais toujours faim de toi) 2:52 / Demolition man 5:54 // Too much information 3:42 / Rehumanize yourself 3:10 / One world (not three) 4:45 / Omegaman 2:47 / Secret journey 3:32 / Darkness 3:11.
	[UK, IT, Yugoslavia: AMLK 63730.
	 FR, IT: 393730-1. (Reprints; CASS extension -4).
	 US: SP 3730; CS-3730 (CASS).
	 JP: AMP-28043.
	 The Yugoslavian issue has a transparent inner sleeve].

* Synchronicity * (6/1983, A&M)
Synchronicity I 3:23 / Walking in your footsteps 3:35 / Oh my God 4:00 / Mother 3:03 / Miss Gradenko 2:00 / Synchronicity II 5:04 // Every breath you take 4:13 / King of pain 4:59 / Wrapped around your finger 5:12 / Tea in the Sahara 4:11.
	[UK, NL, IT, Yugoslavia: AMLX 63735.
	 FR, IT: 393735-1. (Reprints; CASS extension -4).
	 US: C-134070 (CASS).
	 CAN: AMSP 3735.
	 AU: RML 53102 (coloured vinyls).
	 This album was issued in six diff. sleeves in the UK *only*.
	 It seems that exists with about 36 diff sleeves all around
	 the world. Notice that in Australia it was pressed also
	 in light blue, dark blue, red, yellow and aqua blue vinyl].


Police VINYL BOOTLEGS

	** Pre-synchronisms			- Mont de Marsan, 05/08/1977
	ARC SRC 0074
  Fallout (*) / Landlord / Visions of the night / Games to play /
  Clouds in Venice / Three o'clock / Nothing achieving // Nothing
  achieving (*) / To fuck I want / Fall out / How are you ? /
  Dead end job / Visions of the night (enchore).
	[(*) studio versions, from first Police single.
	 "Landlord" and "Dead end job" are wrongly listed as
	 "Next to you" and "No title", respectively.
	 The only known boot with the four Police playing together.
	 I still haven't understood what kinda source it was recorded from.
	 It seems an audience recording, but it could
	 be also taken from a guitar amp/mixer, with voice far away.
	 Flat finish b/w cover, yellow labels. Nothing on matrix.
	 This bootleg was pressed also in a multicoloured cover
	 reproducing a Rolling Stone magazine cover with Sting].

	** Live at the Paradiso, Amsterdam	- Hatfield, 21/02/1979
	EAGLE's FLIGHT OX556
	[This is NOT live in A'dam, as the cover says, but the same old
	 Hatfield 21/02/1979 show. A 7" 33 RPM bootleg.].

	** I was Born in the 50's		- Hatfield, 21/02/1979
						+ Kansas City, 15/03/1979
	EDINBURGH RECORDS 2R-70 (Double LP)
  Record 1: Can't stand losing you / So lonely / Fallout / Hole in my life /
	Truth hits everybody // Message in a bottle / Peanuts / Roxanne /
	Next to you / Can't stand losing you (cut).
Record 2: Can't stand losing you / Truth hits everybody / So lonely / Fallout / Born in the 50's // Hole in my life / Be my girl - Sally / Peanuts / Roxanne. [Record 1 registered at the Hatfield Polythecnics 21/2/1979; Record 2 registered in Kansas City, 15/3/1979. Multicolored cover (not fold-out). An excellent stereo radio recording. Notice that this boot contains almost all the Hatfield show (Can't stand losing you is cutted)]. ** Vinyl villians - Hatfield, 21/02/1979 IMPOSSIBLE IMP 1-104 (USA) Can't stand losing you / So lonely / Fall out / Hole in my life // Truth hits everybody / Message in a bottle (*) / Peanuts / Roxanne / Next to you. [(*) not reported on the tracks listing. The cover says "L.A. Wiskey au Go-Go, March 1979", but it's WRONG! b/w cover with some minor variations on labels; some have a "Impossible" labels, other white labels. There is also a pressing with a paper insert, no back cover, white labels with a colored stripe. It doesn't contain the complete Hatfield show, but has the best sound quality from all those annoying Hatfield boots. Excellent stereo radio recording]. ** The King Biscuit's Music Show - Hatfield, 21/02/1979 ???? Can't stand losing you / Fall out / Hole in my life / Message in a bottle // Roxanne / Next to you / Can't stand losing you (reprise). [Sigh! Another Hatfield boot. Red, white and black "holed" cover. Black/brown labels. No matrix. Notice that this boot contains the entire Can't stand enchore. This is NOT the official BBC in concert pressing. The date reported is 9/2/1979, but is wrong. Excellent stereo radio recording]. ** Classical songs - Hatfield, 21/02/1979 Memories & AM records AM 610 [Front: "bathroom" cover. Back: Sting playing. Labels: b/w "love situation". Matrix: BH1 / BH 2]. ** Hammersmith Odeon, London - Hatfield, 21/02/1979 CHEALSEA RECORDS Can't stand losing you / Fallout / Hole in my life / Message in a bottle // Roxanne / Next to you / Can't stand losing you. [Sigh! Hatfield ! Picture disc, has the worst sound quality from all the Hatfield boots. Place & date reported on disc are wrong. No matrix]. ** I was born in the 50's - Hatfield 21/02/1979 + Kansas City 15/3/1979 Edinburgh records 2R-70 [Multicolored cover, mainly yellow. Balck/light brown-yellow labels. Matrix: 2R70 TPA / 2R70 TPB / 2R-70 TPC / 2R70 TPD. Both are excellent- stereo radio recording]. ** Live at Zellerbach - Berkeley, 04/03/1979 POLICE RECORDS 03 Can't stand losing you / Truth hits everybody / So lonely / Fall out // Born in the 50's / Hole in my life / Be my girl - Sally / Peanuts / Roxanne. [The first pressings came with a blue & white cover, blue/white "police" labels. Matrix: 1-03-A 19-118m / 1-03 B 19-119m. Different back cover is on Sniff Records 03. Later pressings had a white cover with a paper insert, white labels, matrix: C1009-A / C1009-B. Excellent stereo radio recording]. ** Come Back Boys, All's Forgiven - Berkeley, 04/03/1979 ??? (US, ?) Can't stand losing you / Truth hits everybody / So lonely / Fall out / Born in the 50's / Hole in my life / Be my girl - Sally / Peanuts / Roxanne. [Fall out is mislabeled as Follow All The Leaders. A picture of Bono appears in the bottom right hand corner of the cover, but he does not play on this bootleg. Courtesy of Brian Baker]. [It exists another boot with the same name but recorded at East Rutheford "Giants Stadium" 15/6/86 on Evergreen productions]. ** Message from New York - NY, Bottom Line 3+4/04/1979 FLASHBACK FLASH 04.91.0144-33 (Luxembourg, 1991). Can't stand losing you 6:19 / Truth hits everybody 2:26 / So lonely 7:30 / Fall out 2:39 / Hole in my life 3:50 // Peanuts 3:32 / Roxanne 6:59 / Next to you 3:03 / Roxanne (*) 6:03 / Message in a bottle (**) 4:49. [Totals 22'44"//24'26". Exc stereo radio recording. Taken from Bottom Line, NY, 3+4/4/1979 except (*) NY, Hotel Diplomat 27/03/1979. (**) is the usual b-side from the star shaped single, that appears also on "message in a box". Multicolored cover; light brown/black labels. Matrix: FB-0144 A / FB-0144 B]. ** Live USA - Boston, Paradise 06/04/1979 Imtrat 880.016 (DE, 1988). [Incomplete show. exc stereo radio recording, there is also the CD version. Multicolored cover. Matrix: 1E 880 016+A1 190 I DT / 1D 880 016+B1 190 I DT]. ** The Police - NY, Long Island, 02/10/1979 MM-14 Next to you / So lonely / Truth hits everybody / Walking on the moon / Hole in my life / Fall out / >>PLAY<< Bring on the night // Message in a bottle / The bed's too big without you / Peanuts / Roxanne / Can't stand losing you +Reggatta de blanc (*) / Landlord / Born in the 50's. [(*) cut gently slightly after Reggatta beninng. My favourite boot. Is a picture disc, excellent stereo radio recording. Incomplete show. It was also rereleased in black vinyl, with a dark green cover with green paper insert and different labels on each copy. There are also other pressings, white cover with small or big folded paper insert, white labels, matrix # P-MFP-001-A/B]. ** Sting the girls and make them die - N.Y. Palladium, 04/10/1979 + London, 23/06/1979 RISING SUN 29553 (Double LP, 1980, Japan ?) Record 1: Next to you / So lonely / Truth hits everybody / Walking on the moon // Hole in my life / Deathwish / Fallout (*) / Bring on the night.
[Record 1 recorded at NY Palladium. Record 2 from BBC Radio I "In Concert" b'cast. (*) Has DJ voice (see the following boot). "Bring on the night" gently cutted at the end. Mono ?. Double, multicolored cover. Pressed also on multi-colored vinyl. Rereleased with wrap-around cover and on single album picture disc]. ** Live (Caught in the act) - N. Y. Palladium, 04/10/1979 COPELAND RECORD 48 Walking on the moon / Hole in my life / Deathwish / Fall out (*) / Bring on the night // Visions of the night / The bed's too big without you / Message in a bottle / Peanuts / Roxanne (**). [(*) Wrongly reported as "Peanuts". Also (*) has no DJ voice, as in the previous boot. (**) gently cutted at the end. Blue/White cover, blue/whote labels. Mono ? Matrix: CLE48A / CLE48B]. ** Cop Success - Boston Orpheum, 27/11/1979 A HAPPY PORPAK PRODUCTION Next to you / So lonely / Truth hits everybody / Hole in my life / Walking on the moon / Deathwish / Fallout // The bed's too big without you / Peanuts / Roxanne / Can't stand losing you+Reggatta de blanc / Landlord. [Australian bootleg ? White cover w/ black/blue paper insert. White labels, matrix: T2-A / T2-B. Exc- stereo radio recording]. ** Pioneers d'amour - Bremen Musikladen, 1979 ARC 0079 (Italy, 1984) So lonely / Fall out / Born in the 50's / Hole in my life // Peanuts / Landlord / Roxanne / Truth hits everybody / Visions of the night (*). [Picture disc. It reports a wrong date & place (London Lyceum 5/12/78). vg mono TV recording, from an Italian TV RAI b'cast. No matrix. (*) taken from a regular single flip side]. ** Live in Italy - Milano, 02/04/1980 ADVENTURE AR3401 (Italy, 1980) Walking on the moon / So lonely / Fall out / Next to you / Landlord / Born in the 50's // Message in a bottle / Roxanne / Can't stand losing you. [The very first pressing was in black vinyl, white cover and labels, no matrix. Due to the great success it had, it was then reprinted in various vinyls, blue, yellow, red, green and so on. I do not exactly know how many different colors were used. These reprints came with white cover with paper insert and no matrix. Then it was reprinted in clear, white and black vinyl as "Live in Milano", with different mixtures of paper insert ("Reggatta" cover) and cover. Generally the reprints had white labels, and matrix 1-A / 1-B. A more recent reprint, "Live in Italy" again, has a different black/yellow paper insert, white labels, and matrix 1-A / 1-B but reversed (as in a mirror). An excellent stereo soundboard recording. Incomplete show]. ** Blotter - Milano, Italy 02/04/1980 Avion (Italy) Walking on the moon / So lonely / Fall out / Next to you / Landlord // Born in the 50's / Message in a bottle / Roxanne / Can't stand losing you. [Very Good recording. Incredible guitar work during Can't Stand Losing You. Courtesy of Brian Baker]. ** Live! - Turin, Italy, 04/04/1980 REDE RECORDS RE.DE. 023 (1980, Italy?) Message in a bottle / Roxanne / Walking on the moon / Driven to tears // So lonely / Bring on the night / Visions of the night / Can't stand losing you+Reggatta de blanc. [Blue/White/Silver cover. Vg stereo audience recording. White labels. Matrix: M A / M B. "Driven to tears" and "Visions of the night" reported as "inedit" on back cover. Notice that "Driven to tears" was really inedit at the time]. ** Support the cops - Essen Rockpalast, 18/10/1980 A&B RECORDS 349737 Don't stand so close to me / Walking on the moon / Deathwish / Born in the 50's / Man in a suitcase / Bring on the night // Dedododo dedadada / Shadows in the rain / When the world is running down, you'll make the best of what's still around / Driven to tears / Message in a bottle / Roxanne. [Black/red/white cover, there is a reprint with fold-out cover. Labels are big "1"/"2" or "A"/"B". Matrix: 349737 A / 349737-B BEC. Exc- mono radio recording, incomplete show.]. ** Rockpalast '81 - Essen, Grugahalle, 18/10/1980 PO 8011 (Double LP). Voices / Don't stand so close to me / Walking on the moon / Deathwish / Fall out / Man in a suitcase // Bring on the night / Dedododo dedadada / Truth hits everybody / Shadows in the rain / When the world.. // Bed's too big without you / Driven to tears / Message in a bottle / Roxanne // Can't stand losing you / Next to you / So lonely. [Why "'81"?. Excellent mono green & white cover Japanese boot]. ** New York 1980 - New York, 1980 (?) ZEBRA RECORDS 5564 (Double LP, US ?) Message in a bottle / Bring on the night / Visions of the night // Walking on the moon / Hole in my life / Deathwish // Hole in my life / Be my girl - Sally / Peanuts / Roxanne / Landlord // Can't stand losing you / Truth hits everybody / So lonely / Fall out / Born in the 50's. [An excellent mono recording. Crackles]. ** In the name of the law! - NY Hotel Diplomat, 27/09/1979 + Other sources WHAT RECORDS 58 (Double LP) [NY and London 1980. It comprehends the NY Hotel Diplomat show dated 27/09/1979 and other shows. Excellent sound. European boot, I've seen also an US pressing of this]. ** Message in a bottle - NY & London, ???? CALICO PRODUCTIONS AST6035 (Double) Fall out / Truth hits everybody / Peanuts / Roxanne / Next to you // Born in the 50's / Be my girl / Next to you / Hole in my life / Deathwish // Bed's too big without you / Roxanne / Can't stand losing you / Landlord // So lonely / Walking on the moon / Bring on the night / Message in a bottle. [Is this the rerelease of the above one? Exc stereo]. ** Modus Operandi - Boston, Orpheum, 27/11/1979 MONOMATAPA RECORDS 34-003 (US, Double) Next to you / So lonely / Truth hits everybody / Walking on the moon // Hole in my life / Deathwish / Fall out / Bring on the night / Visions of the night // Bed's too big without you / Roxanne // Can't stand losing you / Landlord / Born in the 50's / Message in a bottle. [The sound is excellent Stereo]. ** Budokan Radio on - Tokyo, 02/02/1981 THE SPHINX SR 10-14 (Double LP) Intro / Don't stand so close to me / Walking on the moon / Deathwish / Fall out / Man in a suitcase // Bring on the night / Dedododo dedadada / Truth hits everybody / Shadows in the rain // When the world is running down, you'll make the best of what's still around / Bed's too big without you / Driven to tears / Message in a bottle // Roxanne / Can't stand losing you+Reggatta de blanc+Be my girl / So lonely / Finale. [Exc stereo radio recording. Intro and finale are by Jap speaker. Flat finish papaer, color cover, brown/black "sphynx" labels. It exists also under another pressing, with "pure" b/w cover in glossy paper, under label ROAR RECORDS HOLLAND. A quite recent reprint has the title "IN JAPAN", it comes witha multicolored paper insert reproducing the cover of "In Japan" video. Multicolored Vinyl, the first three copies have a colored swoosh. 50 copies made. All have matrix: SR12 / SR13 / SR14 / SR11]. ** Police - Melbourne, 22/02/1981 ME RECORDS 0100 Voices+Don't stand so close to me / Walking on the moon / Deathwish / Fall out / Man in a suitcase / Bring on the night // Bed's too big without you / Driven to tears / Message in a bottle / Roxanne / Can't stand losing you+Reggatta de blanc+Be my girl (*). [Inclomplete show. Gently cut at the end. vg+ stereo radio recording. Numbered limited edition picture disc. Matrix: ME 0100 A / ME 0100 B]. ** Cops in the machineworld - Melbourne, 22/02/1981 TAKRL 2001 Side A: Don't stand so close to me 3:40 / Walking on the moon 5:13 / Deathwish 3:44 / Fall out 2:15 / Man in a suitcase 2:25 / Bring on the night 6:05 / Dedododo dedadada 6:07. Side B: So long 4:50 / Wax dolls 3:14 / Room service 3:52 / Song and dance brigade 3:10 / Red skies over Paradise 4:39 / Spides 2:13 / Worker 4:07. [The title is "Cops in the machineworld/Red skies over Europa". White cover with a b/w paper inserts, white/blue "Chameleon" labels. Matrix: CR0024A / CR0024B. Side B has a Fisher-Z live show in Geleen (NL), 1981. Both are exc stereo radio recording. Really great sound. Notice that this is NOT a TAKRL release]. ** Australian tour - Melbourne, 22/02/1981 JUKE-BOX records [Still have to write down tracks listings and state quality, sorry]. [White cover w/ b/w paper insert, white labels. Matrix: ME 0100 A / ME 0100 B]. ** Live in Paris - Bezieres, Arenes ???? (Double LP). Don't stand so close to me / Walking on the moon / Deathwish / Fall out // Bring on the night / Dedododo dedadada / Truth hits everybody / Bed's too big without you // Driven to tears / When the world is running down, you'll make the best of what's still around / Message in a bottle / Roxanne // Can't stand losing you+Reggatta de blanc / Next to you / So lonely / Finale. [The very first pressing came with multicolored cover, the front had a Police car, the back had group photos. The back is upside down. White labels, matrix: PP-1-A / PP-1B / PP-2-B / PP-2-A. Later pressings had the same front, but the back isn't upside down, b/w "AVION" labels. Another pressing came in white cover with a paper insert, white labels. It was then recently re-released with a different back cover (Eiffel Tower), on Golden Stars GSLP 2094-BS (see also CD) (the back cover of the vinyl differs From that on CD); brown/black/red printed labels, matrix: GSLP2094 / BS-1 / BS-1 B / BS-2 A / BS-2. Excellent stereo soundboard recording]. ** Bring on the night - Beziers, Arenes THE SWINGIN' PIG TSP 065-2 (Double LP, Lux). [A reprint of the previuos boot in blue vinyl and with two different covers: one has the Eiffel tour, the other a Police photo. Blue vinyl, but some copies were printed one album on blue and one album on white vinyl (maybe there are more colors, I dunno). It exists also in CD format (see). Tracks as the above boot. Black/silver TSP labels; TSP / NoNOISE matrix]. ** Crooked cops - Melbourne, Australia 16/03/81 ??? (Double LP, US, ?) Intro-(Muppet Show) / Voices inside my head / Don't stand so close to me / Walking on the moon / Deathwish // Fallout / Man in a suitcase / Bring on the night / Backstage interview / De do do do de da da da // Truth hits everybody / Shadows in the rain / When the world is running down / Driven to tears / Message in a bottle / Roxanne (partial) / Can't stand losing you / Be my girl / So lonely. [Fair/Poor recording, possibly from radio. Includes bits of conversation with Miles Copeland, Sting, Andy, and Stewart. Roxanne is Courtesy of Brian Baker]. ** Au Bourget - Paris, Bourget, 10/01/1982 Voices+Message in a bottle / Every little thing she does is magic / Spirits in the material world / Hungry for you (j'aurais toujours faim de toi) / Walking on the moon // Bring on the night / One world (not three) / Invisible sun / Don't stand so close to me / Can't stand losing you+Reggatta de blanc+Be my girl. [Grey/white front cover. Blue black labels. Matrix: A/ DAL VIVO - B. vg stereo audience recording]. ** Red Maple - Montreal "Le Spectrum" 2/8/83 Ali Baba's Pyramids YA 127 003 Walking in your footsteps / Message in a bottle / Wrapped around your finger / Tea in the Sahara / Spirits in the material world // Hole in my life / Every breath you take / Roxanne / Can't stand losing you / King of pain [29'00" + 25'00". White, red and black cover, white labels, matrix # UV-1/2. Quality not so good since is from a TV recording. Incomplete show]. ** I'd like to thank the Beatles for lending us their Stadium ???? (Double LP) - NY, Shea Stadium 18/08/1983 Voices / Synchronicity I / Synchronicity II / Walking in your footsteps / Message in a bottle / Walking on the moon // Oh my God / Dedododo dedadada / Wrapped around your finger / Tea in the Sahara / Spirits in the material world // Hole in my life / King of pain / Every breath you take / Murder by numbers // Roxanne / Can't stand losing you+Reggatta de blanc / So lonely. [Fold-out cover, exc stereo audience recording. On the inside cover are reported all the words said by Sting in the show, not only the lyrics. It was pressed also in blue, red, yellow and clear vinyl, in limited editions. Labels are different color for each side (Red/green/yellow/blue). Matrix: / / / B]. ** Police - Frejus, Les Arenes 24/09/1983 ???? Synchronicity I / Synchronicity II / Oh my God / Wrapped around your finger / Tea in the Sahara // Don't stand so close to me / Every breath you take / Murder by numbers / Invisible sun / One world (not three). [Blue vinyl, white cover with b/w paper insert. White labels, no matrix. Vg stereo audience recording. Incomplete show]. ** Live in Barcelona ! - Barcellona, 01/10/1983 ALL DAY MUSIC RECORDS 21184 (Spain ?) Synchronicity I / Synchronicity II / Walking in your footsteps // Oh my God / Dedododo dedadada / Wrapped around your finger / Tea in the Sahara. [Red/Black/white cover. it was also printed with white cover with paper insert. b/w labels ("Day side" / "Night side"). Matrix: BAR-21184/A et / BAR-21184/B et. Vg stereo audience recording]. ** Every breech you take - Lyon, 03/10/1983 PISI RECORDS MC2632G2 (Italy) Voices+Synchronicity I / Synchronicity II / Walking in your footsteps / Oh my God / Dedododo dedadada // One world (not three) / Wrapped around your finger / Every breath you take / Can't stand losing you+Reggatta de blanc. [Multicolored cover. Light brown/black labels. No matrix Exc stereo audience recording]. ** Many miles away - Dortmund, 10/10/1983 SYNCHRONICITY RECORDS Voices+Synchronicity I / Synchronicity II / Walking in your footsteps / Walking on the moon / Wrapped around your finger // Spirits in the material world / Invisible sun / King of pain / Don't stand so close to me / Every breath you take. [Silver/Purple cover. Red labels, matrix: M91-A / M91-B. Exc stereo audience recording]. [Under the same name it has been issued also a boot recorded in Montrel "Le Spectrum" 2/8/83 on Swingin' Pig TSP-116, also on CD (see)]. ** De Do Do Dortmund - Dortmund, 10/10/1983 XY 4500-007 Intro; Voices 0:50 / Synchronicity I + Synchronicity II 7:24 / Walking in your footsteps 4:44 / Oh my God 3:31 / Dedododo dedadada 4:59 // Wrapped around your finger 5:12 / One world (not three) 4:44 / Every breath you take 4:14 / Can't stand losing you 6:10. [Exc stereo audience recording]. ** Synchronicity '83 - Atlanta, 3/11/1983 AMI RECORDS 374836 (Double LP, 1984) Voices / Synchronicity I / Synchronicity II (*) / Walking in your footsteps / Message in a bottle // Walking on the moon / Oh my God (*) / Dedododo dedadada (*) / Wrapped around your finger / Hole in my life / Tea in the Sahara (*) // King of pain / Spirits in the material world (*) / Invisible sun (*) / One world (not three) / Don't stand so close to me (*) // Every breath you take / Murder by numbers (*) / Roxanne (**) / Can't stand losing you+Reggatta de blanc / So lonely. [The cover is a reprint of a Synchronicity '83 tour programme. Labels: black/white (disc 1), black/light green (disc 2). Matrix: 497090A / 497090B / 497090C / 497090D. Exc- mono TV recording, except for (*), Cedar Falls, IA, and (**) Cincinnati, OH, that are vg+ stereo audience recordings. Murder by numbers not reported on listing. So lonely gently cutted in the middle]. ** The last farewell - Atlanta 1983 SYNCHRONICITY RECORDS PLF83 (Double LP, US?) Voices / Synchronicity I / Walking in your footsteps / Message in a bottle / Walking on the moon // Wrapped around your finger / Hole in my life / King of pain / One world (not three) // tea in the Sahara / Oh my God / Dedododo dedadada / Every breath you take // Can't stand losing you / Spirits in the material world / So lonely. [There are extra tracks other than those reported on the cover, and the order is incorrect. An US boot.] ** Stingin' in the rain - Roma, 30/01/1984 PCF 184/1 (Act one) Voices / Synchronicity I / Synchronicity II / Walking in your footsteps / Message in a bottle / Walking on the moon / Oh my God (*) // Dedododo dedadada / Wrapped around your finger Tea in the Sahara / Hole in my life (**). PCF 184/2 (Act two) Spirits in the material world (**) / Invisible sun (**) / One world (not three) / King of pain / Don't stand so close to me // Every breath you take (%) / Murder by numbers (%) / Roxanne / Can't stand losing you + Reggatta de blanc / So lonely. [Actually not a 2 record set, but 2 different records (*) listed on side B. (**) not reported on tracks listing. (%) listed on side A. Vg+ stereo audience recording]. ** Act Responsible - Meadowsland, 15/06/1986 EASY FLYTE FLIGHT 401 (Italy) Message in a bottle / King of pain / Driven to tears / Every breath you take // Roxanne / Invisible sun (*) / I shall be released (**). [(*) featuring Bono on vocals. (**) performed by the "Amnesty Allstars": U2, Police, Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Steven, Nona Hendryx. Exc- stereo TV recording, features also Kenny Kirkland on piano. There's also a pressing with black/brown label, matrix # RICCI A/B.] ** Reunion concert 1986 - Meadowsland, 15/06/1986 THE SWINGIN' PIG TSP 097 (Luxembourg) Message in a bottle / King of pain / Driven to tears / Every breath you take // Roxanne / Invisible sun (*) / I shall be released (**). [Contents as for the above boot. Pressed in clear, brown and green vinyl. It exists also on CD format (see)]. ** Come back boys, all's forgiven - Meadowsland, 15/06/1986 Evergreen productions STING 33 [Contents as the above two boots. Multicolored cover, it probably has the best quality from all those Meadowsland bootlegs. Black labels with big white 1/2 numbers. Matrix # RICCI A/B. It was also pressed with different back cover, white labels, matrix # C1009 A/B. Notice that the recording begin again at the end of the show, some sort of "looping". The second recording has worst quality than the first, it seems from another tape]. ** From Tokyo to Chile with excitements - Various sources ???? (Italy) Whispering voices (Last Exit single A-side) / Truth hits everybody (Cleveland Agora` Ballroom 21/1/1980; slow verson) / Dedododo dedadada (Tokyio, Budokan Hall 2/2/1981) / Too much information+When the world... (Boeblingen, Sporthalle 1/10/1981) / No time this time (Miami Fat Cats Club 4/4/1979, 1st show) // Spirits in the material world (Chile, Vina del Mar Feb 1982) / Bed's too big without you (BBC JPS 30/7/1979) / Secret journey (Hartford, Civic Center 10/4/1982) / 3 o'clock shit (Mont de Marsan 6/8/1977) / Message in a bottle (S. Bernardino, US Festival, 3/9/1982) / Every little thing she does is magic (Milano, Parco Lago Redecesio 4/7/1982). [Black/beige cover. Exc recordings, except for "Spirits" and "Secret Journey"]. ** Live - NY City, ???? CLE 48 Walking on the moon / Hole in my life / Deathwish / Peanuts / Bring on the night // Visions of the night / Bed's too big without you / Message in a bottle / Peanuts / Roxanne. [Live NY City. French bootleg]. ** Under the blue sky - Assorted live recordings 1979-1981 S&M 10-81 Voices / Main in a suitcase / Can't stand losing you+Reggatta de blanc / When the world.. / Shadows in the rain // Dedododo dedadada / Don't stand so close to me / Roxanne / Walking on the moon / Born in the 50's. [Blue/black cover, exc stereo Japanese boot]. ** Wrapped around the cops - Various sources PQR 221191 (1991, Luxembourg, Picture). Intro 0:23 / Message in a bottle 4:02 / Peanuts 3:40 / Roxanne 7:10 / Wrapped around your fingers 5:22 / Man in a suitcase 2:13 // Deathwish 5:18 / The bed's too big without you 8:05 / Walking in your footsteps 5:04 / Spirits in the material world 3:08 / Truth hits everybody 2:29. [Exists with different B-sides: yellow, blue, grey, red, black, green, orange and purple. Matrix: PQR-221191-A / PQR-221191-B. The record insists that is a limited edition 200 copies (for each color), but I do not believe that]. ** The Final Solution - Assorted live recordings 1979-1983 X-Mas special 1991 [Reissue od "Wrapped around the Cops" as a bootleg dealer X-mas special 1991 in box with booklet] ** Live in Canada - Montreal 1983 (?) COLLECTOR ITEMS 8921 113 [A 7" 45 rpm bootleg. Features "Tea in the Sahara" and "Roxanne". B/W cover. Taken from the Montreal '83 broadcast ?]. ** Interview picture discs (set of three 7" 33 RPM). POLICE 1/2/3 [Interview with Sting of the Police]. ** De Do Do Do IC 9234 (1983, Italy) Walking in your footsteps / Message in a bottle / Walking on the moon // Dedododo dedadada / Every breath you take / Tea in the Sahara. ** De Da Da Da IC 9235 (1983, Italy) Roxanne / Shadows in the rain // Can't stand losing you / Bring on the night / Fall Out. [A pair of TAPE bootlegs. Multicolored cover. Probably taken from Atlanta or Montreal '83. (I have to listen better to it). An excellent stereo radio recording]. ** A Sting in The Tale - Different B-sides ARC0078 b/w label ARC0078 b/w label Shambelle / Low life / Flexible strategies / Once upon a daydream / Dedododo dedadada (Spanish version) / Truth hits everybody (slow studio version) // Dead end job / Landlord / A sermon / Friends / Murder by numbers / Tea in the Sahara (live). [Also printed with same cover, but labels are with photo of Brooke Shields and the record has two A-sides; pressing known also as "Fame at any price"]. [Tracks listing courtesy of Jose Martin Ramallo Lopez]. [There are also various 7" picture discs I think from Amnesty (something like `Amnesty press conference pic disc'). I have the following pictures: Andy face, Sting face, Stewart drumming, Sting & Andy, So lonely cover, plus I saw also one with Sting and Springsteen (and didn't get it). The back reportes pieces taken from one or more book(s) (one is `A visual documentary). They are *NOT* legitimate issues and there are many different pictures]. [As for the CD bootlegs, here is a list adapted from a listing by Erwin Kempen. If you have more infos on these bootlegs, drop me a note. If you can get any of this, please mail me. I am interested in getting them]. ** Australian tour - Melbourne "Festival Hall" 22/2/81 Juke-box records [Exists on black vinyl/white sleeve, clear vinyl/yellow sleeve or red vinyl/green sleeve]. ** Cop 101 - Remix of Police songs on Red vinyl ** Dortmund 1983 - Dortmund "Westfalenhalle" 10/10/83 XY Records 4500-007 [Pressings on clear and blue vinyl] ** Fall Out - Beziers 1980 [Studio and live versions 7" acetate from France. Only 5 copies made]. ** I'm next to you - Berkeley "Zellerbach" 4/3/79 [Reissue of "Police hit out"]. ** Interrogated - New York and London 1981 Terrific Tunes Records TT 04 ** King of Pain - Montreal "Le Spectrum" 2/8/83 S&M Records 3890 ** Live and in Synch - Atlanta "The Omni" 3/11/1983 Rerelease on AMI Records and Caliban Records (Double) ** Live at Berkeley ???? (Picture) ** Live in U.S.A. 1979 - Boston "Orpheum Theatre" 27/11/79 ???? ** Manhattan - Remix of 3 Police songs Love Joy Music ** May The Force Be With You - Hatfield "Polythecnics" 9/2/79 + Boston 27/4/79 Eva records & tapes Porpak productions (Triple box set). ** Now and alive - Miami "Fat Cats Club" 4/5/79 UFO Records 1016 Acetate ** Old Glory - Assorted B-sides picture disc ???? [The record has two A-sides, picture disc edition of "Fame at any price" / "A Sting in the Tale"]. ** Police Hit Out - Berkeley "Zellerbach" 4/3/79 ???? ** Police in Hawaii - Atlanta "The Omni" 3/11/83 ** Policemen play Europe - Milano "Palalido" 2/4/80 Express Exp-88202 ** Somewhere out there in time - Melbourne "Festival Hall" 2/2/81 Great live concert series / Chameleon records [Bootleg dealer X-mas special 1985]. ** Tea in the Shara - Barcelona 1/10/83 All Day Music [100 copies made. - I do not know if this is the same as "Live in Barcelona!" -- Carlo]. ** The last farewell - Atlanta "The Omni" 3/11/83 (Double) [Pressed on red/multicolored vinyl, or one album black and the other on white vinyl, or one record on rosa and the other on green]. ** The Polic - New York "Palladium" 29/11/79 (Double) [Printed also as 'Zenyatta one night']. ** The Police In Concert - "King of Pain" Atlanta 3/11/83 + Dan Records - "Driven to tears" Frejus 1981 [7" Acetate. Only 5 copies made]. ** Tower Philadelphia '79 - Philadelphia "Tower Theater" 1/12/79 [12" Acetate]. ** Yesterday & Today - East Rutheford 15/6/86 Royal Sound RS 017 [Multi colored vinyl]. [There are a few more boots that even Erwin does not own.. I do not have the listing now, I just remember "Live in Nebraska" picture disc].

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