Category: The Police

Andy Summers – 2010 (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1984

“2010” is a 1984 single released by the guitarist for the band The Police, Andy Summers for the soundtrack of the film 2010: The Year We Make Contact.

“2010” was a modern new-wave pop version of Richard Strauss’s Also Sprach Zarathustra (the main theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey). Though Summers’ recording was included on the soundtrack album and released as a single, it was not used in the film. For the B-side to the single, Summers recorded another 2010-based track entitled “To Hal and Back”, though this appeared in neither the film nor the soundtrack album.

SIDE A:
2010 5:16
Adapted By – Andy Summers
Arranged By – Andy Summers, Tony Humecke
Composed By – Richard Strauss
Producer – Richard Rudolph

SIDE B:
To Hal And Back 3:20
Producer, Written-By – Andy Summers

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: A&M Records – SP-12119
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock

CREDITS:

NOTES:
“2010” is based on “Also Sprach Zarathustra” composed by Richard Strauss.
From the A&M album “2010” SP-5038

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The Police – Message In A Bottle (US 7″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1979

“Message in a Bottle” is a song by English band The Police. It was released as the lead single from their second studio album, Reggatta de Blanc (1979). Written by the band’s lead singer and bassist Sting, the song is ostensibly about a story of a castaway on an island, who sends out a message in a bottle to seek love. A year later, he has not received any sort of response, and despairs, thinking he is destined to be alone. The next day, he sees “a hundred billion bottles” on the shore, finding out that there are more people like him out there.

The song was the first of their five UK number one singles. Rolling Stone ranked it number 65 on its list of the “100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time”. The song also reached #1 in Spain and Ireland and top five in several other European countries and Australia. In the United States “Message In A Bottle” only peaked at #74 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

The “Edit” has yet to appear on CD.

SIDE A:
Message In A Bottle (Edit) 3:48
Producer – Nigel Gray, The Police
Written-By – Sting

SIDE B:
Landlord 3:08
Producer – The Police
Written-By – S. Copeland*, Sting

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1979 Message In A Bottle U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #74

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: A&M Records ‎– 2190-S, A&M Records ‎– AM-2190
Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single, Poster sleeve, Pitman pressing
Country: US
Released: 1979
Genre: Rock
Style: New Wave, Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Illustration [Cover], Design – David Allen Artrouble

NOTES:
Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman pressing, in a fold-out 6 panel poster sleeve. Disk housed in a company sleeve within the poster sleeve.

A: From the A&M album “Reggatta De Blanc” SP-3713
B: From the A&M album “Propaganda” SP-4786

Printed in U.S.A.

The B-side is listed as being the live version from the ‘Propaganda’ album but the version that plays on the record is the studio version, originally released on the UK Message In A Bottle single.

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Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
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Sting – If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

“If You Love Somebody Set Them Free” is the first single released from Sting’s solo debut album The Dream of the Blue Turtles. It is also the opening track of the album and is featured on Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994 as well as The Very Best of Sting & The Police.

Like much of the album, the song has heavy jazz influences, and was a major hit, peaking at number one on the US Album Rock Tracks chart for three weeks. On the US pop chart, it peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 17 on the US R&B chart, number 26 on the UK Singles Chart, and number 18 on the Australian Kent Music Report singles chart.

A portion of the song was later used for Sting’s 1987 hit “We’ll Be Together” from …Nothing Like the Sun.

The single launched a long string of singles(stretching over three albums) where Sting collaborated with New Orleans saxophonist and one-time Tonight Show bandleader Branford Marsalis.

The song was also performed at The Brits in February 1995 with M People. He duetted on the song with the band’s lead singer, Heather Small and this track was given the dance treatment by the band who was also backed by a 100-strong Gospel Choir at the Earls Court Arena during the annual music awards show.

Sting said that he wrote the song as an “antidote” to the Police’s 1983 song, “Every Breath You Take”, which he also wrote. The song was also lampooned by The Dead Milkmen in the song “If You Love Somebody, Set Them on Fire,” from their 1990 album Metaphysical Graffiti.

The single B-side consists of a studio recording of the song “Another Day” which would appear the following year in a live version on Sting’s live album Bring On the Night.

SIDE A:
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (“Jellybean” Dance Mix) 8:00
Percussion – Paulinho da Costa
Engineer [Remix] – Michael Hutchinson
Producer – Pete Smith
Remix – John “Jellybean” Benitez

If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Album Version) 4:13
Producer – Pete Smith

SIDE B
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Torch Song Mix) 4:52
Producer – William Orbit
Remix – Rico Conning

Another Day 3:58
Producer – Pete Smith

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1985 If You Love Somebody Set Them Free U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #3
1985 If You Love Somebody Set Them Free U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks #1
1985 If You Love Somebody Set Them Free U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles #17

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: A&M Records ‎– SP-12132
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, B
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Backing Vocals – Dolette McDonald, Janice Pendarvis
Bass – Darryl Jones
Drums – Omar Hakim
Keyboards – Kenny Kirkland
Photography By – Max Vadukul
Producer – Pete Smith (tracks: A1, A2, B2), Sting (tracks: A1, A2, B2)
Saxophone, Percussion [Miscellaneous] – Branford Marsalis
Written-By, Vocals, Guitar – Sting

NOTES:
“If You Love Somebody Set Them Free” from the LP “The Dream of the Blue Turtles”

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VINYL RESTORATION BY:
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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck 
Phono Pre-amp: Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube: Tung-Sol 12AX7 TubeGold Pins
Soundcard: Novation Audiohub 2×4 Audio Interface
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2, ocenaudio
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi