The Police - Around The World

Limited edition silver vinyl LP + DVD

Restored picture and remastered audio of the The Police's documentary of their first world tour!

Includes nine live tracks previously unavailable on LP

The Police: Around the World Restored & Expanded captures the future multi-platinum, megastar act right as the band was turning the corner from playing to slightly-interested dozens during its earliest days to rapturous responses by thousands at each tour stop.

The documentary about the first world tour of The Police was originally released in 1982 on VHS format and never rereleased in 40 years!

The documentary follows Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland on an international tour of six continents in 1979 and 1980, appearing at venues that weren't regular stops for Western rock acts. With a setlist that focuses heavily on the trio's first two albums - and brief tastes of its third, Zenyatta Mondatta — the material relies on the band members' striking mix of melody, sonic textures, punk energy and willingness to stretch out a tune in a skillful use of tension-and-release.

Interspersed with the concert segments are the members' offstage travels that vary from taking a bullet train and challenging a sumo wrestler in Japan, walking through the markets in Hong Kong and meeting the female promoters in India as well as stops in Australia, Egypt, Greece, France, South America and the United States.

A bonus to the Restored & Expanded edition comes in the form of four full performances from that tour — "Walking on the Moon," "Next to You," "Message in a Bottle" and "Born in the 50's" — that were featured in edited versions in the documentary. A bigger thrill comes in the accompanying LP pressed on silver vinyl that features nine tracks — nearly one hour of performances — from the tour that display The Police in all its reggae-rock-improv-hybrid glory.

 

Side A:

1. Walking On The Moon - Live from Kyoto

2. Deathwish - Live from Kyoto

3. So Lonely - Live from Kyoto

4. Can't Stand Losing You - Live from Kyoto

Side B:

1. Truth Hits Everybody - Live from Kyoto

2. Roxanne - Live from Hammersmith

3. Born In The 50's - Live from Hong Kong

4. Message In A Bottle - Live from Hong Kong

5. Bring On The Night - Live from Hong Kong

Documentary features performances of:

1. Next To You

2. Walking On The Moon

3. Born In The 50's

4. So Lonely

5. Man In A Suitcase

6. Can't Stand Losing You

7. Bring On The Night

8. Canary In A Coalmine

9. Voices Inside My Head

10. When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around

11. Shadows In The Rain

12. Don't Stand So Close To Me

13. Truth Hits Everybody

14. Roxanne

Bonus features complete performances of:

1. Walking On The Moon (Live from Kyoto)

2. Next To You (Live from Kyoto)

3. Message In A Bottle (Live from Hong Kong)

4. Born In The 50's (Live from Hong Kong)

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