STEWART COPELAND

El Gordo has announced a Sting box set coming out in September. 3 CDs and a live DVD.

Mostly hits. I can't tell if the CDs have any otherwise unreleased songs since I don't know my later Sting releases. It seems to indicate some unreleased songs but am not sure.

http://sting.com/news/title/sting-25-ye ... CK+LISTING

Here is press release and track list:

[quote]STING: 25 YEARS The Definitive Box Set Collection

Three CDs Featuring 45 Remastered Tracks Spanning Sting’s Solo Career Plus a DVD Containing Previously Unreleased Live Concert Footage

Accompanied by a Comprehensive Book Featuring Intimate Photos, Complete Lyrics and a Written Introduction by Sting

To Be Released September 27, 2011

Cherrytree/A&M Records/Universal Music Group is pleased to announce 'Sting: 25 Years', the definitive box set collection slated for release on September 27, 2011. Featuring three CDs comprised of 45 remastered tracks personally curated by Sting, a previously unreleased live concert DVD and a comprehensive hardcover book, this retrospective captures for the first time both the highlights and rarities of Sting’s enduring solo career.

This consummate collection contains selections spanning his entire solo catalog, from his 1985 debut album, 'The Dream Of The Blue Turtles', to his latest release, Live in Berlin. Highlights include all of Sting’s top 40 hits as well as Grammy® winners 'Brand New Day', 'The Soul Cages', 'If I Ever Lose My Faith In You', and 'Whenever I Say Your Name' featuring Mary J. Blige (full track listing included below).

Sting: 25 Years was produced by Rob Mathes and Executive Produced by Sting’s longtime manager, Kathryn Schenker. The box set also contains nine songs remixed by Robert Orton and Steve Fitzmaurice exclusively for this collection.

Rough, Raw & Unreleased: Live At Irving Plaza, the previously unreleased live concert DVD, features 10 tracks culled from newly unearthed raw performance footage filmed in New York City on the final night of Sting’s U.S. 'Broken Music' tour in 2005.

The discs are housed in a beautiful, lavish hardcover book containing intimate and rare photos from world renowned photographers, complete lyrics, personal commentary and a newly written introduction by Sting.

Richly diverse in musical content and visually captivating, 'Sting: 25 Years' is a compelling tribute to the restless spirit of an artist who continues to evolve and explore new musical territory.

STING: 25 YEARS

Disc One:
1. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
2. Love Is The Seventh Wave
3. Consider Me Gone
4. Moon Over Bourbon Street
5. Fortress Around Your Heart
6. Bring On The Night (Live)
7. Driven To Tears (Live)
8. I Burn For You (Live)
9. Be Still My Beating Heart
10. They Dance Alone
11. Englishman In New York
12. Fragile
13. We’ll Be Together
14. Sister Moon
15. Secret Marriage

Disc Two:
1. All This Time
2. Mad About You
3. Why Should I Cry For You?
4. The Soul Cages
5. When The Angels Fall
6. If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
7. Fields Of Gold
8. Seven Days
9. It’s Probably Me
10. Shape Of My Heart
11. When We Dance
12. I Hung My Head
13. I Was Brought To My Senses
14. You Still Touch Me
15. I’m So Happy I Can’t Stop Crying

Disc Three:
1. A Thousand Years
2. Desert Rose
3. Ghost Story
4. Brand New Day
5. Send Your Love
6. Whenever I Say Your Name
7. Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing)
8. Soul Cake
9. The Hounds Of Winter
10. Next To You
11. We Work The Black Seam
12. The Pirate’s Bride
13. Never Coming Home
14. Russians (Live)
15. The End Of The Game (Live)

Disc Four: Rough, Raw & Unreleased: Live at Irving Plaza
1. Message In A Bottle
2. Demolition Man
3. Synchronicity II
4. Driven To Tears
5. Heavy Cloud, No Rain
6. A Day In The Life
7. Voices Inside My Head/When The World Is Running Down
8. Roxanne
9. Next To You
10. Lithium Sunset
[/quote]

Oh, my. Decisions, decisions.

Thanks for the info,Nick.

joy.

i might disagree with the quote that gordo does "explore new musical territory"... surely he's spent quite a lot of time exploring past musical territory recently.....

although he told ricky gervais (in whose new series he is in; see rickys blog for piccies) that his favourite years were those from 50 - 60, which ties in with the period that he's written no, or very few, new songs.....

irks me a bit that the opportunity was not seized to do this, or similiar, for The Police 3 or 4 years ago....

Malgordo, how many times can you regurgitate the same material? C'mon man. Everyone knows you have more talent than that. Create something new, please. Thank you. That is all.

I agree with the Wookie. And not just some winter songs crap or symphony crap. Real music, dude.

Unfortunately, the only Police/$#!@&-related items that I would purchase with my hard-earned cash (Craig Bett's book, Police Around the World with Police in the East, Gert's documentary, the US festival, Stewart's derangements, and countless other cool stuff) have been cockblocked by a certain anthropomorphic insect and the hive surrounding him. In fact, I don't know if I'll buy any merchandise when they will be practically giving them away for free during the Border's fire sale like they were doing the first go around back in the spring when they couldn't even give away all the copies they had of the Winter and the Nymphonicites CDs. I wonder if he's perform at the Jiffy Lube Live Amphitheater again to support this.

conroy wrote: cockblocked by a certain anthropomorphic insect

Without a doubt, quote of the year. Hands down.

When I read this quote I sprayed my drink through my nose and all over my monitor. Thanks alot, conroy.

Wooooooookie

conroy wrote:Unfortunately, the only Police/$#!@&-related items that I would purchase with my hard-earned cash (Craig Bett's book, Police Around the World with Police in the East, Gert's documentary, the US festival, Stewart's derangements, and countless other cool stuff) have been cockblocked by a certain anthropomorphic insect and the hive surrounding him. In fact, I don't know if I'll buy any merchandise when they will be practically giving them away for free during the Border's fire sale like they were doing the first go around back in the spring when they couldn't even give away all the copies they had of the Winter and the Nymphonicites CDs. I wonder if he's perform at the Jiffy Lube Live Amphitheater again to support this.

This gets my vote for Post of the Year Award, even if it's only July.

sockii wrote:

conroy wrote:Unfortunately, the only Police/$#!@&-related items that I would purchase with my hard-earned cash (Craig Bett's book, Police Around the World with Police in the East, Gert's documentary, the US festival, Stewart's derangements, and countless other cool stuff) have been cockblocked by a certain anthropomorphic insect and the hive surrounding him. In fact, I don't know if I'll buy any merchandise when they will be practically giving them away for free during the Border's fire sale like they were doing the first go around back in the spring when they couldn't even give away all the copies they had of the Winter and the Nymphonicites CDs. I wonder if he's perform at the Jiffy Lube Live Amphitheater again to support this.

This gets my vote for Post of the Year Award, even if it's only July.

I second this. Conroy, well done! Do we have an award for this, Gio? A new honor perhaps on the SC.Net! A gold walnut (or acorn, for Conroy) mounted on a nice wooden base?

hm...let me see, an award like the Sting cd that will be released after the box set within the end of the year??? There is one coming out after the release of the box set...

or at least, it is scheduled at Universal, you never know it may be cancelled or not...

If I am Sting, perhaps I could waiting 2012 for launching something more esssential... thinking on Sting's phylosophy of life and his beliefs... next year is the moment for making a new "change" in his career... in spite of the fact, when Sting was here in Peru, he said he will return to Peru in 2012 for making something special at Incas Citadelle "Machu Picchu" and that it will taking a year for produced it... ("Machu Picchu" is for thousand of people around the globe the perfect representation of civilization building in harmony with nature and a symbol of balance in environment) ... perhaps Sting is thinking in something more essential and deep on lyrics and music... Alone or with Stewart & Andy without the label of THE POLICE? Let's wait that time could bring a surprise

http://elcomercio.pe/peru/778580/notici ... -oscuridad
http://peru21.pe/noticia/717591/sting-q ... icchu-2012
http://www.larepublica.pe/22-02-2011/st ... chu-picchu
http://elcomercio.pe/espectaculos/71757 ... chu-picchu
http://correoperu.pe/correo/i/nota.php? ... 240x320%29
http://www.netjoven.pe/noticias/57011/S ... icchu.html
http://www.buhoc.com.pe/musica/sting-qu ... n-el-2012/
http://www.diariolaprimeraperu.com/onli ... 80482.html

Here Sting talks about the future of his music after his "Symphonicity Tour":
http://entretenimiento.terra.com.pe/sti ... 0RCRD.html

I was wondering when this would happen. I don't think I can bring myself to buy it. Maybe Santa will bring it for me.

BUMP (b/c Conroy's "post of the year" deserves more views. "...cockblocked by a certain anthropomorphic insect and the hive surrounding him" )

conroy wrote: have been cockblocked by a certain anthropomorphic insect and the hive surrounding him.

must agree best quote!!!!!

I've heard of the "hive" but don't know who exactly is in it.

giovanni wrote:hm...let me see, an award like the Sting cd that will be released after the box set within the end of the year??? There is one coming out after the release of the box set...

Are you shitting me