The Police release Synchronicity box

Four decades after its original release, The Police’s masterpiece album, Synchronicity, is to be reissued as a deluxe boxset, including never-before-heard versions and demos.

Reissued on 26 July by UMR / Polydor across multiple formats, including 6CD, 4LP, 2CD, 2LP Coloured, 1LP Picture Disc and a digital album, the set contains 55 previously unreleased tracks, new liner notes and interviews, rare archive memorabilia and unseen photographs.

Classic Album

Synchronicity made No.1 around the world, selling more than 15 million globally (8.5 million sales of which were from the US alone).

Featuring the hit singles Every Breath You Take, King Of Pain, Wrapped Around Your Finger, and Synchronicity II, the album’s title and much of the material for the songs were inspired by Arthur Koestler’s book The Roots of Coincidence.

Lead single Every Breath You Take, originally released on 20 May 1983, would go on to be the most played song in radio history, with more than 15 million plays.

The album received five Grammy Award nominations in 1984 and won three (Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Song of the Year (Every Breath You Take) and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal).

Making A Masterpiece

This reissue has been three years in the making, created with the band’s involvement and endorsement. The accompanying 62-page boxset booklet contains extensive new liner notes which details the conception and infamous birth of arguably The Police’s masterpiece.

Over 40 years on, all three members of the band continue to mark the legacy of The Police.

Stewart Copeland published his Police Diaries and toured the world with his Police Deranged concerts. In October and November Stewart will perform across the UK with his new spoken-word show Have I Said Too Much? Andy Summers has published several photography books focusing on the Police era. He is currently touring his Cracked Lens + A Missing String show across the US. While Sting continues to tour extensively and  his current US and European Tour runs throughout 2024.

This Synchronicity set promises to be a treasure trove for fans of the band:

The Police release Synchronicity box

CD Formats

6CD Boxset
CD1 is the original album including Murder By Numbers, all remastered directly from the original source tapes.
CD2 features 18 tracks containing all original 7″ / 12″ B-sides plus 11 exclusive non-album bonus tracks, available on CD for the first time.
CD3 and CD4 contains previously unreleased alternate takes of all the Synchronicity songs.
CD4 also features unreleased Police songs including an early version of Andy Summers’ 1982 track Goodbye Tomorrow (later renamed Someone To Talk To); a demo of a Stewart Copeland penned song I’m Blind which later resurfaced as the renamed Brothers on Wheels for Copeland’s acclaimed soundtrack to Francis Ford Coppola’s Rumblefish; an unreleased first take of Truth Hits Everybody (originally from the 1978 debut Outlandos d’Amour); and rare covers of the Eddie Cochran song Three Steps To Heaven and Rock and Roll Music by Chuck Berry.
CD5 and CD6 features 19 live recordings – all previously unreleased – captured on 10 September 1983 at the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum.

Six-Disc Limited Edition Deluxe Boxset Full Tracklisting

CD One

Synchronicity I
Walking In Your Footsteps
O My God
Mother
Miss Gradenko
Synchronicity II
Every Breath You Take
King Of Pain
Wrapped Around Your Finger
Tea In The Sahara
Murder By Numbers

CD Two (Bonus)

Truth Hits Everybody (Remix)
Man In A Suitcase (Live At The Variety Arts Theatre, Los Angeles, USA / 16 January 1981)
Someone To Talk To
Message In A Bottle (Live At The Gusman Cultural Center, Miami, USA / 26 October 1979)
I Burn For You
Once Upon A Daydream
Tea In The Sahara (Live At The Omni, Atlanta, USA / 3 November 1983)
Every Breath You Take (Backing Track)
Roxanne (Backing Track)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (Live At The Omni, Atlanta, USA / 3 November 1983)
Every Bomb You Make
Walking On The Moon (Live At The Omni, Atlanta, USA / 3 November 1983)
Hole In My Life (Live At The Omni, Atlanta, USA / 3 November 1983)
One World (Not Three) (Live At The Omni, Atlanta, USA / 3 November 1983)
Invisible Sun (Live At The Omni, Atlanta, USA / 2 November 1983)
Murder By Numbers (Live At The Omni, Atlanta, USA / 2 November 1983)
Walking In Your Footsteps (Derangement)
Tea In The Sahara (Derangement)

CD Three (Unreleased – Part 1)

Synchronicity I (Demo)
Synchronicity I (Alternate Mix)
Synchronicity I (Instrumental)
Walking In Your Footsteps (Alternate Version)
Walking In Your Footsteps (Alternate Mix)
O My God (Demo)
O My God (Outtake)
O My God (OBX Version)
O My God (Alternate Mix)
Mother (Alternate Version)
Mother (Instrumental)
Miss Gradenko (Alternate Mix)
Synchronicity II (Demo)
Synchronicity II (Outtake)
Synchronicity II (Extended Version)
Synchronicity II (Alternate Mix)
Synchronicity II (Instrumental)

CD Four (Unreleased – Part 2)

Every Breath You Take (Demo)
Every Breath You Take (Outtake)
Every Breath You Take (Alternate Mix)
King Of Pain (Demo)
King Of Pain (Alternate Version)
King Of Pain (Alternate Mix)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (Demo)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (Alternate Mix)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (Instrumental)
Tea In The Sahara (Demo)
Tea In The Sahara (Alternate Mix)
Murder By Numbers (Demo)
I’m Blind (Demo)
Loch
Ragged Man
Goodbye Tomorrow
Truth Hits Everybody (Remix) (Outtake)
Three Steps To Heaven
Rock And Roll Music

CD Five (Live Pt. 1 – Unreleased) Live At The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, California, USA / 10 September 1983

Synchronicity I
Synchronicity II
Walking In Your Footsteps
Message In A Bottle
Walking On The Moon
O My God
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
Wrapped Around Your Finger
Tea In The Sahara
Spirits In the Material World

CD Six (Live Pt. 2 – Unreleased) Live At The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, California, USA / 10 September 1983

Hole In My Life
Invisible Sun
One World (Not Three)
King Of Pain
Don’t Stand So Close To Me
Murder By Numbers
Every Breath You Take
Roxanne
Can’t Stand Losing You

A 2CD Deluxe reissue will also be available, featuring the same track list as detailed on CD1 and CD2 of the boxset.

The reissue will also be available as a Digital Box Set, available on all DSPs and will mirror the 6CD.

 

The Police release Synchronicity box

Vinyl Formats

The reissue will be available in three different vinyl formats: 4LP Super Deluxe Edition (Limited Edition), 2LP Deluxe (Coloured Double Vinyl, D2C Exclusive) and 1LP Picture Disc (Alternate Sequence, Limited Edition).

4LP Super Deluxe Edition (Limited Edition)
LP One Original vinyl track list
LP Two A selection of 7″ / 12″ B-sides and live recordings
LP Three A selection of unreleased alternate takes and demos from the Synchronicity sessions
LP Four (Side A) A selection of unreleased alternate takes and demos from the Synchronicity sessions
LP Four (Side B) Six unreleased songs as detailed in CD4 of the boxset description, with the exception of I’m Blind

4LP Super Deluxe Edition (Limited Edition) Full Tracklisting

LP One

Side A
Synchronicity I
Walking In Your Footsteps
O My God
Mother
Miss Gradenko
Synchronicity II
Side B
Every Breath You Take
King Of Pain
Wrapped Around Your Finger
Tea In The Sahara

LP Two (Bonus)

Side A
Murder By Numbers
Truth Hits Everybody (Remix)
Man In A Suitcase (Live At The Variety Arts Theatre, Los Angeles, USA / 16 January 1981)
Someone To Talk To
Message In A Bottle (Live At The Gusman Cultural Center, Miami, USA / 26 October 1979)
I Burn For You
Side B
Once Upon A Daydream
Tea In The Sahara (Live At The Omni, Atlanta, USA / 3 November 1983)
Every Breath You Take (Backing Track)
Roxanne (Backing Track)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (Live At The Omni, Atlanta, USA / 3 November 1983)
Every Bomb You Make

LP Three (Unreleased)

Side A
Synchronicity I (Alternate Mix)
Synchronicity I (Instrumental)
Walking In Your Footsteps (Alternate Mix)
O My God (Alternate Mix)
Mother (Instrumental)
Miss Gradenko (Alternate Mix)
Side B
Synchronicity II (Outtake)
Synchronicity II (Extended Version)
Synchronicity II (Instrumental)
Every Breath You Take (Alternate Mix)

LP Four (Unreleased)

Side A
King Of Pain (Alternate Version)
King Of Pain (Alternate Mix)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (Alternate Mix)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (Instrumental)
Tea In The Sahara (Alternate Mix)
Side B
Loch
Ragged Man
Goodbye Tomorrow
Truth Hits Everybody (Remix) (Outtake)
Three Steps To Heaven
Rock And Roll Music

2LP Deluxe (Coloured Double Vinyl, D2C Exclusive)
LP One  Original vinyl track list
LP Two A selection of 7″ / 12″ B-sides and live recordings

1LP Picture Disc (Alternate Sequence, Limited Edition)
Original vinyl track list but with a different running order of songs

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