THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The Police’s landmark 1983 album Synchronicity celebrates its 40th anniversary by returning in a six-disc Limited Edition Deluxe Boxset containing 55 previously unreleased tracks, new liner notes and interviews, rare archive memorabilia and unseen photographs. It’s a treasure trove for Police fans.
Synchronicity hit No. 1 around the world, selling over 15 million copies globally (8.5 million in the U.S. alone). The No. 1 single Every Breath You Take would go on to be the most played song in radio history, with more than 15 million plays. The critical reception for Synchronicity was no less impressive: The album received five Grammy nominations in 1984 and won three (Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Song of the Year for Every Breath You Take and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The LP also received press acclaim and has since appeared in many all-time best-album lists.
This reissue has been three years in the making, created with the band’s involvement and endorsement. The accompanying 62-page booklet contains liner notes detailing the conception and infamous birth of arguably The Police’s masterpiece. Four decades on, all three members of the band remain busy: Stewart Copeland published his Police Diaries, toured the world with his Police Deranged concerts, and will perform across the U.K. with his spoken-word show Have I said Too Much? Andy Summers has published several photography books focusing on the Police era and is touring his Cracked Lens + A Missing String show across the U.S. And Sting’s current U.S. and European tour features many Police songs among his solo work.
The Synchronicity 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition includes:
CD1 | The original album, including Murder By Numbers, all remastered directly from the original source tapes.
CD2 | 18 tracks containing all original 7” and 12” B-sides plus 11 exclusive non-album bonus tracks, available on CD for the first time.
CD3 and CD4 | Previously unreleased alternate takes of all Synchronicity songs; an early version of Summers’ Goodbye Tomorrow (later renamed Someone To Talk To); the demo of Copeland’s I’m Blind, which resurfaced as Brothers on Wheels on his soundtrack to Francis Ford Coppola’s Rumblefish; an unreleased first take of Truth Hits Everybody (originally from the 1978 debut Outlandos d’Amour); and covers of the Eddie Cochran song Three Steps To Heaven and Rock and Roll Music by Chuck Berry.
CD5 and CD6 | 19 live recordings — all previously unreleased — captured on Sept. 10 1983 at the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum.”
