Stewart Copeland - Police Deranged For Orchestra

Founder and drummer for The Police, Stewart Copeland, revisits Police hits!

Newly arranged for full orchestra!

Guests include bassist Armand Sabal Lecco (Paul Simon), Guitarist Rusty Anderson (Paul McCartney), and vocalists Amy Keys, Carmel Helene, and Ashley Támar. Percussion and drums arranged, orchestrated and co-produced by Stewart Copeland

Includes such smashes as "Don't Stand So Close To Me," "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic," "King Of Pain" and others

Stewart Copeland, founder of The Police, concentrated on creative pursuits in concert and film music in his post-Police career and in 2021 created a new project, Stewart Copeland: The Police Deranged for Orchestra. This album focuses on the rise of his career featuring The Police's biggest hits arranged for full symphony orchestra along with hand-picked highlights from Copeland's own compositions. The project has toured across Northern America and Europe throughout 2021 — 2022 and will continue in 2023/24 in a new format.Copeland explains the origins of this enterprise: "It began as the score for a movie I made out of Super8 footage of the band that I had shot during our rise to glory. Film puts capricious demands on music, so I had to carve up the songs to serve the scenes in the movie, and once the scalpel was out, a whole new frenzy of inspiration from Police music began. Delving into the multi-tracks of our original recordings and live performances revealed lost guitar solos, bass lines, and vocal improvisations that were just too cool to leave in obscurity."

He continues: "This discovery is what brings us to this performance: Sting's songs, Andy's inventions, and my impunity; all on the page for a wild ride with orchestra and unique musicians from around the world to adapt some of the most loved The Police hits for old and new audiences alike."

This ‘Derangements' are now being released via BMG and are available here on standard black vinyl.