Police SINGLES

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ILLEGAL	IL001	Fall out / Nothing achieving, (5/77, UK).
[Black & White cover. It was pressed in 10000 copies in two 5000 batches. It exists w/ three different labels both for the first issue and for the reissue. Some singles from the original issue came w/ a picture sleeve w/ a glossy finish paper rather than the normal flat finish paper. Copeland also added some guitar].
ILLEGAL	IL001	Fallout / Nothing achieving, (12/79, UK).
[Reissue, different sleeve in 3 diff. color pairs: green & black, purple & blue and another one I can't remember (green and blue ?)].
A&M	8622	Roxanne / Dead end job, (2/78, US).
A&M	8622	Roxanne / Dead end job, (4/79, US).
[Reissue].
A&M	AMS 7348	Roxanne / Peanuts, (4/78, UK).
[Red phone sleeve. The 7" and 12" have the same cat. #. The Italian issue of the 12" contains a two minutes only of the title track. It is not clear, anyway, if the IT issue has the phone sleeve or the reissue one].
A&M	AMS 7381	Can't stand losing you / Dead end job, (6/79, UK).
A&M	AMS 7348	Roxanne / Peanuts, (4/78, FR).
[Blue phone sleeve].
A&M	AMS 6603	Roxanne 3:12 / Peanuts 2:55, (4/78, DE, NL).
[Blue phone sleeve].
A&M	AMS 7348	Roxanne / Peanuts, (4/79, UK).
[Reissue, different cover from original. Also 12"].
A&M	AMS 7348	Roxanne / Peanuts, (4/79, UK).
[Reissue, as above, on both dark and light blue vinyl. Not 12"].
A&M	AM 2096	Roxanne / Roxanne, (US Promo).
A&M	AM 2096	Roxanne / Can't stand losing you, (6/79, US).
[US Police badge shaped picture disc, promo].
A&M	AMS 7381	Can't stand losing you / Dead end job, (8/78, UK).
[Blue vinyl].
A&M	AMS 7381	Can't stand losing you / Dead end job, (8/78, UK).
[Reissue. Black vinyl].
A&M	AMS 7381	Can't stand losing you / Dead end job, (6/79, UK).
[Reissue, in 6 different coloured vinyl: dark blue, light blue, yellow, green, red and white].
A&M	AMS 6642	Can't stand losing you / Dead end job, (6/79, FR, NL, DE).
[Reissue, different cover].
A&M	AM 2147	Can't stand losing you / No time this time, (4/79, US).
A&M	AMS 7402	So lonely / No time this time, (10/78, UK).
[With this same catalog # exists an acetate with 'Hole in my life'].
A&M	AMS 7402	So lonely / No time this time, (2/80, UK).
[Reissue].
A&M	AMS 6890	So lonely / No time this time, (4/79, FR, NL).
[Different cover from UK issue].
A&M	AMS 7668	So lonely / The bed's too big without you, (1978, DE).
A&M	AMS 7474	Message in a bottle / Landlord, (9/79, UK).
[Green vinyl].
A&M	AMS 7474	Message in a bottle / Landlord, (9/79, UK).
A&M	AMS 7632	Message in a bottle / Landlord, (9/79, FR, IT, NL, DE).
A&M	AMS 7642	Message in a bottle / Landlord, (1980, SP).
[Reggatta de blanc picture sleeve].
A&M	JC 15016	Message in a bottle, (IT, Juke-box 7").
A&M	AM 2190	Message in a bottle / Landlord (Live), (9/79, US).
[Poster sleeve].
A&M	AM 2190	Message in a bottle / Message in a bottle, (1979, US Promo).
A&M	SP-17122	Message in a bottle 4:49 / Message in a bottle (live) 4:54 / Landlord (live) 2:36 (12" radio promo, 1980, US)
[Courtesy of Brian Baker].
A&M	SP 17122	Message in a bottle (Live) / Landlord // Message in a bottle (Studio), (9/79, US, 12").
A&M	SP 3713	Message in a bottle / Reggatta de blanc / It's alright for you / Bring on the night / Deathwish, (9/79, US, 12").
[Black vinyl with colors spotted onto. PROMO].
A&M	AMP-1052	Message in a bottle 3:48 / Landlord 3:06, (7", 1979, JP)
[The sleeve to this 45 is a normal A&M sleeve. It comes with a sleeve-size sheet of paper which has the lyrics to Message In A Bottle in Japanese on the back.] [Courtesy of Brian Baker].
A&M	AMS 7494	Walking on the moon / Visions of the night, (10/79, UK).
[This came with two different pic. sheeves].
A&M	AMSP 7494	Walking on the moon 4:59 / Visions of the night 4:05, (10/79, UK, 12").
A&M	AMS 7642	Walking on the moon / Visions of the night, (10/79, FR, I, NL, DE).
[Also in Germany with "Top Hit" sleeve].
A&M	AMS 7669	Walking on the moon / Visions of the night, (1979, SP).
A&M	JC 15028	Walking on the moon, (IT, Juke-box 7").
A&M	AMS 7687	Bring on the night / Roxanne, (11/79, FR).
A&M	2218	Bring on the night / Visions of the night (1/80, US).
A&M	AMS 7689	Bring on the night / Reggatta de blanc, (79, DE).
A&M	AMPP 001	Police Six Pack, (5/80, UK).
[Pack of 6 blue vinyl singles in wallet. 50000 pressed. Each single came with photo and lyrics. Includes: AMS 7348, AMS 7381, AMS 7402, AMS 7474, and AMS 7494, plus extra single 'Truth hits everybody' (Live) / 'The bed's too big without you' (Mono)].
A&M	SAMP 5	Six pack 12" Promo for US radios, (5/80, US).
A&M	AMBS 1002	Message in a bottle / Message in a bottle (Live), (5/80, US).
[Star shaped picture disc].
A&M	AMS 7564	Don't stand so close to me / Friends, (9/80, UK).
[Poster sleeve].
A&M	AMS 7564	Don't stand so close to me / Friends, (10/80, UK).
[This single entered #1 in UK and stayed 4 weeks].
A&M	AMS 7564	Don't stand so close to me / Friends, (9/80, FR).
A&M	AMS 9001	Don't stand so close to me / Friends, (10/80, IT, NL).
A&M	AMS 9001	Don't stand so close to me / Friends, (10/80, NL, poster sl.).
A&M	AM 9001	Don't stand so close to me / Friends, (1980, SP, Promo too).
A&M	AM 2301	Don't stand so close to me / A sermon, (1/81, US).
[Different cover].
A&M	ALAM 103	Don't stand so close to me 3:37 / Friends 3:35, (JP, Promo).
[Considered the rarest Police single. With a special inlay card, big "THE POLICE" red letters and small photo print of the policemen]. [Thanks, Erwin].
A&M	AMP 709	Don't stand so close to me / Friends, (JP, poster sleeve).
A&M	ASS 5380	Don't stand so close to me / Friends, (1980, Arg, Promo too, nps).
[Courtesy of Jose Ramallo Lopez].
A&M	CSR 1144	Don't stand so close to me / Friends, (Peru`).
CBS	JC 15034	Don't stand so close to me 4:03, (1980, IT, Juke-box 7").
[Side 1 by The Police, side 2 by Barbara Streisand's "Woman In Love 3:48"].
A&M	47011	Don't stand so close to me / Voices inside my head (1980, BR).
A&M	PR 4400	Don't stand so close to me / De do do do de da da da.
[Star shaped single. Exists only in a couple of dozens test-pressings].
A&M	PR 4401	Don't stand so close to me / Dedododo dedadada, (1/81, US).
[Star shaped picture disc].
A&M	SP 17137	Voices inside my head / When the world is running down, you'll make the best of what's still around, (10/80, US).
[12" promo without cover for US and Canadian DJs]
A&M	AMS 7578	Dedododo dedadada / A sermon, (12/80, Titles in Red Ink, UK).
A&M	AMS 7578	Dedododo dedadada / A sermon, (12/80, Titles in White Ink, UK).
A&M	AMS 8631	Dedododo dedadada / Don't stand so close to me, (12/80, US).
A&M	AM 2275	Dedododo dedadada / Friends, (12/80, US).
[In different labels (gold/blue, silver/red, yellow zenyatta) in black Police sleeve].
A&M	AM 2275	Dedododo dedadada / Dedododo dedadada, (1980, US Promo).
A&M	AMS 9110	Dedododo dedadada / A sermon, (12/80, FR, IT, NL).
[This has a different cover in FR and NL. The Italian issue had an unique cover].
A&M	K 8136	Dedododo dedadada / A sermon, (NZ, AU).
A&M	47006	Dedododo dedadada / Man in a suitcase, (1981, BR).
[Courtesy of Jose Martin Ramallo Lopez].
A&M	AM 25000	Dedododo dedadada In Spanish / In Japanese, (80, US).
A&M	1PAM 25000H	Dedododo dedadada In Spanish / In Japanese, (1980, Portugal).
A&M	ASS 5474	Dedododo dedadada In Spanish / Dedododo dedadada, (1981, Argentina).
[Courtesy of Jose Martin Ramallo Lopez].
A&M	AMP 713	Dedododo dedadada / Behind my camel, (1980, JP).
A&M	JC 15042	Dedododo dedadada, (IT, Juke-box 7").
A&M	ASS 5680	Shadows in the rain / Roxanne, (1981, Arg, Promo, nps).
[Courtesy of Jose Martin Ramallo Lopez].
A&M	SP 17169	Driven to tears (live), (6/81, US).
[12" promo without cover for "Urgh! A music war"].
A&M	AMS 8164	Invisible sun / Shamelle, (9/81, UK, NL, IT).
[Exists w/ the same PS but under two different pressings: one has a clear and crisp sun, while the other has a blurred sun. Also the two sleeves have different sizes of openings. "Shamelle" is a misspell of "Shambelle"].
A&M	AMS 9203	Invisible sun / Flexible strategies, (9/81, NL).
[Cover the same as `Every little..' UK pressing].
A&M	JC 15057	Invisible sun, (IT, Juke-box 7").
A&M	AMS 8174	Every little thing she does is magic / Flexible strategies, (10/81, UK).
A&M	AMS 9170	Every little thing she does is magic / Shambelle, (10/81, FR, NL, IT, SP).
["Heart" cover, different from UK one. There are copies with different times on the NL pressing, as: 4:05/5:10 and 3:49/5:42].
A&M	AM 2371	Every little thing she does is magic / Shambelle, (10/81, US).
["Heart" cover].
A&M	????	Every little thing she does is magic / Every little thing she does is magic, (10/81, US).
[Promo without cover].
A&M	AMP-734	Every little thing she does is magic / Shambelle, (1981, JP).
[Different cover].
A&M	47038	Every little thing she does is magic / Shambelle, (1981, BR).
[Courtesy of Jose Martin Ramallo Lopez]. [This song appears also on a compilation EP with other four different hits, on A&M 22506 from Brasil].
A&M	JC 15053	Every little thing she does is magic, (IT, Juke-box 7").
A&M	AMS 8194	Spirits in the material world / Low life, (11/81, UK).
[Poster sleeve. Some copies of this ltd. ed. were accompanied by a free badge].
A&M	AMS 8194	Spirits in the material world / Low life, (11/81, UK).
A&M	AMS 9186	Spirits in the material world / Low life, (11/81, FR, IT, NL, DE, SP).
A&M	AM 2390	Spirits in the material world / Flexible strategies, (11/81, US).
[Different cover].
A&M	AMP 740	Spirits in the material world / Flexible strategies, (11/81, JP).
A&M	CSR 1192	Spirits in the material world / Too much information, (Peru`).
A&M	SP 17173	One world (not three) / Too much information, (11/81, US, 12").
[Promo].
A&M	SP 182	Secret journey / Spirits in the material world, (11/81, US).
[Promo].
A&M	AM 2408	Secret journey / Darkness, (US).
A&M	????	I burn for you / Only you, (11/82, US).
[12" promo for "Brimsone and treacle". Side B is a Sting solo].
A&M	2SP AM 117	Every breath you take / Murder by numbers // Truth hits everybody (remix) / Man in a suitcase (live).
[6/1983, UK. Double 7" promo with gatefold picture sleeve. Truth hits everybody is a "slow version". w/ free badge].
A&M	AM 117	Every breath you take / Murder by numbers, (6/83, UK).
A&M	AMX 117	Every breath you take / Murder by numbers, (7/83, UK).
[Picture disc. 3000 pressed].
A&M	AMS 9287	Every breath you take / Murder by numbers, (summ./83, FR, IT, NL, DE).
A&M	SDC 11021	Every breath you take / Every breath you take, (summ./83, FR).
[Rare French 12" promo].
A&M	AM 2542	Every breath you take / Murder by numbers, (summer/83, US).
A&M	K 9104	Every breath you take / Murder by numbers, (1983, Australia).
[This single exists also as a one-sided promo from Spain].
A&M	JC 15095	Every breath you take, (IT, Juke-box 7").
A&M	SP 17230	Every breath you take / same, (summer/83, US, 12" 33RPM Promo).
A&M	2542	Every breath you take / Every breath you take, (summer/83, US).
[Promo. In origin it was an EP 12" (A&M AMX117), but this 12" doesnt' exists. (Maybe test pressings?)].
A&M	AMP-763	Every breath you take / Murder by numbers, (1983, JP).
A&M	AMP-782	Every breath you take (Backing Track) 4:05 / Roxanne (Backing Track) 3:11, (7", JAPAN, 1983)
[Very Rare! Picture Sleeve is a single sheet, with photo on the front, and lyrics on the back.] [Courtesy of Brian Baker - sigh!].
A&M	CSR 1255	Every breath you take / Murder by numbers, (Peru`).
A&M	47063	Every breath you take / Murder by numbers, (1983, BR).
[Courtesy of Jose Martin Ramallo Lopez].
A&M	AMP 127	Wrapped around your finger / Someone to talk to, (7/83, UK).
[Picture disc, 12000 total pressed. The picture features Sting on 10000 records, while Andy and Stuart faces are on 2000 singles (1000 each one)].
A&M	AM 127	Wrapped around your finger / Someone to talk to, (7/83, UK).
[Yellow, red or blue swoosh on cover].
A&M	AMS 9299	Wrapped around your finger / Someone to talk to, (7/83, NL, FR, IT).
[Red swoosh on cover (NL, IT). It seems that only in the UK was pressed in the three different color swooshes. This single exists also as a one-sided promo from Spain, same cat #].
A&M	AM 2614	Wrapped around your finger / Tea in the Sahara (Live), (summer/83, US).
[Also as Promo, but with Wrapped again on the flipside].
A&M	JC 15108	Wrapped around your finger, (IT Juke-box 7").
A&M	AMX 127	Wrapped around your finger / Someone to talk to // Message in a bottle (live) / I burn for you, (7/83, UK, 12").
A&M	AMP 18051	Wrapped around your finger / Someone to talk to // Message in a bottle (live) / I burn for you, (7/83, Jap, 12").
A&M	AMS 12.9701	Wrapped around your finger 5:07 / Someone to talk to 3:05 // Message in a bottle (live version) 4:54 / I burn for you 4:45, (NL, 12").
A&M	SP 17264	Wrapped around your finger 5:12 / (Live version) 5:22 // Murder by numbers 4:31 / Someone to talk to 3:05, (12" Promo 33RPM, US).
A&M	AM 153	Synchronicity II / Once upon a daydream, (10/83, UK).
[Promo copies had folder sleeve].
A&M	AM 2571	Synchronicity II / Once upon a daydream, (summer/83, US).
A&M	AMX 153	Synchronicity II / Once upon a daydream, (10/83, UK, 12").
A&M	AMS 12.9748	Synchronicity II / Once upon a daydream, (1983, SP, 12").
[Courtesy of Jose Martin Ramallo Lopez].
A&M	AM 47076	Synchronicity II / Wrapped around your finger, (Brasil).
[Also as promo w/ insert].
A&M	AMS 9747	Synchronicity II / Truth hits everybody (remix), (NL).
A&M	AM 176	King of pain / Tea in the Sahara (Live), (1/84, UK).
[Different cover from the US release].
A&M	AMX 176	King of pain / Tea in the Sahara (Live), (1/84, UK, 12").
A&M	AMS 9671	King of pain / Tea in the Sahara (live), (1/84, SP).
A&M	AMS 9722	King of pain / Once upon a daydream, (1/84, FR, NL).
A&M	AM 2569	King of pain / Someone to talk to, (1983, US).
A&M	AMP 784	Synchronicity I / Someone to talk to, (JP).
A&M	AM 354	Don't stand so close to me '86 / Don't stand so close to me (Live), (1986, UK).
A&M	AM 2879	Don't stand so close to me '86 / Don't stand so close to me (Live), (1986, US).
[Also as Don't '86 / Don't '86 promo].
A&M	390133-7	Don't stand so close to me '86 / Don't stand so close to me (Live), (11/86, DE, IT).
A&M	AMY 392133-1	Don't stand so close to me '86 (Dance mix) 6:32 / Don't stand so close to me '86 4:47 // Don't stand so close to me (original version) 4:03 / Don't stand so close to me (Live Version) 3:40, (1986, 12", UK, IT, FR).
[Argentina Promo too (same cat #); SP 12207 in US (also promo with same cat #)].
A&M	SP-17432	Don't stand so close to me '86 / Don't stand so close to me '86, (1986, 12", US promo)
[Promo with A&M stock sleeve and labels. Double A side].
A&M	AM 363	Roxanne / Synchronicity II, (1987, UK).
A&M	392161-1	Roxanne / Synchronicity II / Message in a bottle (Live), (1986, 12", UK, IT, DE, SP).
A&M	5000.739	Every breath you take - the singles, (12/86, IT).
[A sampler w/ medley from the LP, free single with "Tutto" magazine. Contains: Roxanne 1:11 / Message in a bottle 0:52 / Don't stand '86 1:09 // Every little thing.. 1:23 / Every breath you take 1:18 / Wrapped around.. 1:11].
A&M	AM 8622	A&M Forget me not: Roxanne / Can't stand losing you, (US).
A&M	AM 8622	A&M Records memories: Roxanne / Can't stand losing you, (US).
A&M	AM 8631	A&M Records memories: Dedododo dedadada / Don't stand so close to me, (US).
A&M	AM 8633	Every little thing she does is magic / Spirits in the material world, (????, US).
A&M	AM 8640	A&M Records memories: Every breath you take / Wrapped around your finger, (US).
A&M	AM 8649	A&M Records memories: Synchronicity II / King of pain, (US).
A&M	AM 8649	"Collectable": Synchronicity II / King of pain, (US, NPS).
A&M	AM 7502187387	Message in a bottle / Canary in a coalmine, (????, US).
A&M	AMP 776	Memories series: Message in a bottle / Landlord, (JP).
A&M	AMP 777	Memories series: Don't stand so close to me / Walking on the moon, (JP).
A&M	3901617	A&M Forget me not: Roxanne / Synchronicity II, (SP).
A&M	118Y3039	The Police Box, (1987, JP).
[A Japanese wooden box with 10 Police singles in gold vinyl with booklet. Expensive].
A&M	580 093-7	So lonely / No time this time, (1992, FR).
A&M	581 036-7	Can't stand losing you (Live in Boston) / Roxanne, (4/1995, UK).
[Us Police badge shaped picture disc, recalling the 1979 issue A&M AM 2096].
A&M	581 037-1	Voices inside my head (E Smoove Pump Mix) / Can't stand losing you (Live in Boston) // Voices inside my head (Classic Mix) / Voices inside my head (S Tribe Mix), (4/1995, UK, 12").
A&M	AMPMDJ 11	Voices inside my head: 4 remixes, (1995, UK).
A&M	AMPMDJ 15	Voices inside my head (E Smoove Pump Mix) / Can't stand losing you (Live In Boston - Edit) // Voices inside my head (Classic Mix) / Voices inside my head (S Tribe Mix), (4/1995, UK, 12", radio promo)
[The most prominent record label insignia on the sleeve is AM:PM, which I believe is a subsidary of A&M. A&M's normal insignia also appears, although much smaller] [Courtesy of Brian Baker].
A&M	75021 8738	Message in a bottle / Canary in a coalmine, (1996, US).
A&M	581 679-1	Voices inside my head: (Ashley's tribal space mix Part One) / (Ashley's Tribal Space Dub Part Two) // (Roger's Underground Voices) / (Roger's Voices Acappella) // (E-Smoove Pump Mix) / (Roger's Classic Mix) // (Superministry 8AM `Rulin' Mix) / (Roger's Loft Mix), (10/1996, UK, 2x12").
[Yet another Voices DJ remix series. Limited edition 33 RPM DJ double pack. There's also a 2x12" version with "made in the EEC cat # 581 061-1" flying around].

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