The Police - Peel Session 1979 

77-99 was

More like 1967-1977

awesome!

Yep, very uncelebrated and very, very good indeed.

Had a drummer that said he was influenced by him. We fired him because of his messy way to play drums, wish he had the half of the talent of this drummer...

Stewart Copeland is one of the most influencial drummers of the 80's. And recognized as such, fortunately.

whan of mine true heros .

Johnny Riggs I was a student at Marshall. I drove to Charleston and was at that show. Great memories.

wow

I envy you :)

Funny, I saw them in Charleston toward the end of the Synchronicity tour. What a difference!

From this to synchronicity was only 4 years........

The Police of the 80s and beyond will never be anything as fresh or exciting as The Police of the 70s!!

I found a great May 1979 version from a gig in Minneapolis recently that must be one of the earliest recordings of them playing it live- it has a slightly different intro

@@charliebath1462 The played it at Hatfield Polytechnic Feb 79, Its on the BBC Rock goes to college concert.

Everybody needs to here it

I want that. It even could includes the pre-FM version of this

Definitely. For me, Stewart *WAS* the show every time I saw them live.

Since Neil Peart passed (rip), Stewart is the greatest living drummer atm

@@brazillionairemma1373 comparing apples to oranges there, but both definitely the best of all time.

Nah Stephen Morris was better.

Not only that they had one of the best guitarists around at that time or any time

Nobody cares fam

Same for me!

Me Two😉

Crap..never noticed that.

I'd say it's definitely in that rough and ready Philo style...Sting voice is raspy when need be

Well I am glad someone noticed what it was - thought it was just me with people on here saying what a shame it was that it wasn't used somewhere LOL

Woww creepy nice catch

Yeah he does. You can see the towel.

Did you see his pratfall into the latrine ditch at Glastonbury, some years ago..?

Did you listen cant stand louisng you with reggata da blanc version, concert of my father palace 1979?

Or listen part of c.s.l you on this concert ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1U-EAFDg4hk.html time

@@right-hand1388 ive got that concert already in my favorites tab,listen to this one tho i like it even more. Its around 1:05:23 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Tak9CesN9tA.html

i dont think i ever listened to a better harmonic part by andy like in this one.Im actually tring to learn that on the guitar failing badly,cant find a tutorial

Channel 4's "Equinox", I believe... unless he showed off his effects rack in another documentary, too.

I think there's one online with Jools.

I was 13...

You win, I was only 11 :-)

Have you heard the Damned's early Peel sessions?

*HUGE* Damned fan here. Have you ever heard the 1980 Brian James solo single that Stewart Copeland played drums on? Great single.

@@Brewzerr Never heard that!

😂

yeah, this is a great jam. don't worry about the lot of derogatorries

Stingo's voice is still great, def has some miles on it now as they say, but he's 60 something. Still has that sexy, raspness to it,

You might find it hard to believe, but if anything Sting was exponentially more arrogant and arseholish then than he is today :-) There are some excerpts of arguments and press interviews from their concert films that should substantiate this claim. He has mellowed with time, thank gawd.

You try hitting those notes every night on the road night after night & get back to me. C above middle C. Father forgive Simeon for he knows not what the F he is saying...

WopHound i agree.,,but he still Is arrogant.A Genius,a Great composer,a Great Singer,a good driving bassist. But...all ruined by his arrogance.,such a pity.

"He had my undying respect when he confessed that he turned down both U2 & The Police for sessions." I didn't dream after all.

24:23

I think so! One degree of separation between Joy Division and The Police.

I remember an article piece about the Specials, from when they were touring the US late seventies, and at one show, where they supported the Police, Mr. Sumner entered their dressing room requesting they'd 'tone it down' a bit, else the Police would have a hard time topping the Specials' set. Musically, the Police is, and probably will always be, my #1 Pop/Rock-band ever (I do apologize, John, Paul, George & Ringo), but the intensity of the Specials' early live shows is of another order of magnitude.

They were obviously able to to post-production preening, you can hear multiple Andies here and there. Sounds awesome that is to say, but not a live to tape onezie take.

As noted, either they had extra musicians, or overdubs. There are also some vocal overdubs that sound like Sting, not Summers' vocals live.

@@HiVizCamo there are live mistakes on some of their early studio recordings.

Overdub by Andy Summers.

J Grove yeah I was thinking the backup vocals sound too good and full.

Hi Mario. Am still looking, but will track both of them down at some point I would hope.

Vibracobra23 because on you tube exist, a split with Come... but is awful for bad quality of the tape

I'll try to track down a better copy if I can

@@Vibracobra23_Original you are a diamond

Hi Mario...I've just uploaded the 1993 Madder Rose session on this channel...will try to do the 94 session also some time soon

Laurent75017 it’s the mono version

The Six Pack version was recorded for the Kenny Everett Video Show in 1980ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BxI2rUJOp_Y.html

yep

The Police never turned to garbage, unlike Sting (in places).