Synchronicity

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Album Info

Release Date: 2024-07-26

Labels: A&M Records, Polydor, Universal Music Recordings

Circular silver hype sticker with black text:
"6 Disc Super-Deluxe Limited Edition
• Disc 1 – The original album
• Disc 2 – B-sides & bonus tracks
• Disc 3 / Disc 4 – Unreleased alternate takes, out-takes, instrumentals and demos
• Disc 5 / Disc 6 – 19-track live 1983 concert recording
• 55 Previously Unreleased Tracks!
• Remastered From Original Sources
• 60-Page Lavish Colour Hardback Book Featuring:
• New liner notes & interviews
• Unseen visual material & archive memorabilia
• Rare & unseen photos
• Four Art Print Photographs
5541921".

There's a "Made in Germany" sticker on shrink wrap rear.
Super-Deluxe rear cover: "Universal International Music B.V. s-Gravelandseweg 80,1217 Hilversum Netherlands. Made in the EU".

Track 2-2 was recorded live at The Variety Arts Theatre in Los Angeles, California, USA on January 16th 1981.
Track 2-4 was recorded live at The Gusman Cultural Center in Miami, Florida, USA on October 26th 1979.
Tracks 2-7, 2-10, 2-12 to 2-14 were recorded live at The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on 3rd November 3rd 1983.
Track 2-15 & 2-16 were recorded live at The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on 2nd November 2nd 1983.

Track 4-16, 'Goodbye Tomorrow' is instrumentally the same as track 2-3 'Someone To Talk To', but these two songs have different lyrics.
Track 4-18 is a cover of the Eddie Cochran song 'Three Steps To Heaven'.
Track 4-19 is a cover of the Chuck Berry song 'Rock And Roll Music'.

Discs 5 & 6 were recorded live at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California, USA on September 10th 1983.

CD1 disc artwork and card sleeve rear: "℗ 2003 A&M Records Ltd. © 2024 Polydor Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited."
Super-Deluxe rear cover, CD2 to CD6 disc artwork and rear card sleeves: This Compilation ℗ / © 2024 2024 Polydor Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited.

The catalogue number '554 192-1' is printed on the super deluxe cover, while the cat# variation '5541921' (no spaces) is printed on the hype sticker.

Orders from Burning Shed U.K. included a 12 x 12-inch cover art print while supplies lasted.

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The album 'Synchronicity' was originally released by A&M Records on June 17th 1983. Disc one was remastered at Abbey Road Studios in 2023. Track 1-11 'Murder By Numbers' was issued as a bonus track on the compact disc and cassette editions of the album 'Synchronicity'.

Tracks 2-1 & 2-2 are from the 'Every Breath You Take' double 7-inch single, which was released in the U.K. by A&M during May 1983.
Track 2-3 is from the 'Wrapped Around Your Finger' single, which was released by A&M in July 1983.
Track 2-4 was first issued on the special limited edition 'Message In A Bottle' star-shaped 7-inch picture disc, which was released by A&M in May 1980.
Track 2-5 was first issued on 'Brimstone & Treacle (Original Soundtrack Album)', which was released by A&M in October 1982.
(Tracks 2-4 & 2-5 were reissued on the 'Wrapped Around Your Finger' 12-inch single, which was released by A&M in August 1983.)

Track 2-6 is from the 'Synchronicity II' single, which was released by A&M in October 1983.
Track 2-7 is from the 'King Of Pain' single, which was released by A&M in January 1984.
Tracks 2-8 & 2-9 are from the Japanese 'Every Breath You Take / Roxanne' 7-inch single, which was released by A&M on September 28th 1983.
Track 2-10 is from the U.S. 'Wrapped Around Your Finger' 12-inch promo single, which was released by A&M in 1984.
Track 2-11 was first issued on the Record Store Day, Limited Edition 'Every Breath You Take' double 7-inch single, which was released by A&M / Universal Music Recordings on April 22nd 2023.

Tracks 2-12 to 2-14 were first issued on the 'Synchronicity Concert' VHS and Laserdisc — released by A&M Video / I.R.S. Video / Pioneer Artists in September 1984.
Track 2-15 was made available as a bonus track on the 'Synchronicity Concert' DVD reissue, which was released by Universal Music DVD Video on September 12th 2005.
Track 2-16 is a previously unreleased live recording from the November 2nd 1983 performance at The Omni in Atlanta, GA, USA.
From these live performances at The Omni, tracks 2-7 & 2-10 were also previously issued on disc two of 'Live!', which was released by A&M on May 29th 1995.

Tracks 2-17 & 2-18 are remixes that were included in the DVD menus of the rockumentary 'Everyone Stares (The Police Inside Out)', which was released by Hip-O Records / A&M on October 2nd 2006.