STEWART COPELAND

Someone on Facebook has posted this information about the Police Around the World release. Is it in fact accurate?

On 20th May 2022 The Police Around The World will be released.
Sofar the formats CD/DVD, CD+Book and 2LP will be released.
Police Around The World
EAN-code 0602445204519
CD+DVD1 / 2:
1. Around The World [115:2]
2. Menu / The Police / Around The World [04:03]
3. Walking On The Moon [04:59]
4. Next To You [02:35]
5. Message In The Bottle [05:07]
6. Born In The 50's [03:44]
CD+DVD2 / 2:
1. Walking On The Moon [05:09]
2. Next To You [02:51]
3. Deathwish / Bo Diddley [05:22]
4. So Lonely [06:50]
5. Can't Stand Losing You / Day-O [07:52]
6. Truth Hits Everybody [02:58]
7. Visions Of The Night [03:19]
8. Roxanne [07:06]
9. Intro [00:25]
10.Born In The 50's [03:44]
11.Message In The Bottle [05:11]
12.Bring On The Night [05:50]

I hope it's accurate and it has some extras.

It has JUST been posted in the news section on this site as well. Excellent!

Wait..."DVD"? Is this 2002?

Also, what kind of messed up track order is that? (perhaps it's not final/completely accurate)

Yeah...these are the covers:
First is cd+dvd set, second is 2lp set (probably on coloured vinyls).
And it seems that it will be released on blu ray + cd set too

I've only seen confirmation of the DVD, no listing for Bluray yet.
https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/ste ... d-reissue/

Format options in Police Store for pre-order. No vinyl option w/ Blu-Ray? The way I read it is you have to go DVD to get vinyl or buy both formats if you want Blu-Ray and vinyl. Am I understanding that correctly?

Update on "Around the world".
For the Japanese market only, Blu ray and DVD will contain CDs on SHM support. Blu ray and DVD are subtitled in Japanese only.
For the moment there is no mention of Japanese releases for Lps.

P-LOVE wrote:Format options in Police Store for pre-order. No vinyl option w/ Blu-Ray? The way I read it is you have to go DVD to get vinyl or buy both formats if you want Blu-Ray and vinyl. Am I understanding that correctly?

That's how it looks. No CD+vinyl+Bluray option. Another chance to finally get a release done proper is thwarted by bad marketing decisions.

Oh, well, I guess I should be happy that they're finally releasing it on Bluray. Now, who wants to take bets on it being stupidly cropped to 16x9 in order to look better on widescreens?

The Police around the world will be released as 2Lp + dvd set, only for north american markets, on SILVER vinyl; blue in the rest of the world.

2002? I personally believe DVD should be the standard for audio releases. DVDs are much better protected against mechanical damage from both sides, and you can put 24bit music on there, which should shut up all the audiophiles. Nothing against CDs, but there is a limitation of how much music you can squeeze on there (75 minutes or so) and the 16bit limitation forces the mixer to do some extra work to make the final result sound good. PLUS, you can just copy+paste older CD releases on DVDs and re-release that. Can you even put 16bit audio on DVDs without being put in jail?

I just wish surround sound will not be forced in such a case, I am a Stereo Man to the end.

This morning, Amazon has updated my delivery date (US) to "Arriving May 27 - May 30".

Hello.
Only for japanese market Bluray and Dvd sets will contain a promo sticker 90mm x 80mm in a very limited edition

I have the original VHS

Jack Pozzi wrote:I have the original VHS

Me, too. AND the frickin' laserdisc, lol.