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Release Date: 1980-06-09

Label: A&M Records

A limited edition six pack of 6x7" blue vinyl records, each picture sleeved with a title and with individual catalogue number alpha suffix to each sleeve and disc (sequentially spelling "P O L I C E") as follows:

Disc 1: Cat# "AMPP 6001 P" on sleeve back, "AMPP 6001/P" on labels.
℗ 1978 A & M Records Ltd.
A-side: © 1978 Virgin Music (Pub.) Ltd.
B-side: © 1978 Virgin Music (Pub.) Ltd./Island Music Ltd.
From the A & M album Outlandos D'Amour - AMLH 68502
An Illegal Production
Duration for track B listed as 2:52 (which is the length for the original B-side version).
This single actually contains the full album version of the track, which is 3:54.

Disc 2: Cat# "AMPP 6001 O" on sleeve back, "AMPP 6001/O" on labels.
℗ 1978 A & M Records Ltd.
© 1978 A & M Records Ltd.
C-side: © 1978 Virgin Music (Pub.) Ltd.
D-side: © 1979 Virgin Music (Pub.) Ltd.
C-side: From the A & M album Outlandos D'Amour - AMLH 68502
Printed in England by CMCS Print & Colour Ltd.

Disc 3: Cat# "AMPP 6001 L" on sleeve back, "AMPP 6001/L" on labels.
℗ 1978 A & M Records Ltd.
© 1978 A & M Records Ltd.
E-side: © 1978 Virgin Music (Pub.) Ltd.
F-side: © 1978 Virgin Music (Pub.) Ltd./Island Music Ltd.
E-side: From the A & M album Outlandos D'Amour - AMLH 68502
An Illegal Records Production. Recorded at Surrey Sound Studios

Disc 4: Cat# "AMPP 6001 I" on sleeve back, "AMPP 6001/I" on labels.
℗ 1979 A & M Records Ltd.
© 1979 A & M Records Ltd.
G-side: © 1979 Virgin Music (Pub.) Ltd.
H-side: © 1979 Police Songs/Virgin Music (Pub.) Ltd.
G-side: From the A & M album Reggatta De Blanc - AMLH 64792

Disc 5: Cat# "AMPP 6001 C" on sleeve back, "AMPP 6001/C" on labels.
℗ 1979 A & M Records Ltd.
© 1979 A & M Records Ltd.
I & J-side: © 1979 Virgin Music (Pub.) Ltd
I-side: From the A & M album Reggatta De Blanc - AMLH 64792
J-side: Previously unreleased.

Disc 6: Cat# "AMPP 6001/E" on sleeve back & labels.
K-side: ℗ 1980 A & M Records Ltd.
L-side: ℗ 1979 A & M Records Ltd.
© 1980 A & M Records Ltd.
K-side: © 1980 Virgin Publishing (Previously unreleased mono version)
L-side: © 1978 Virgin Publishing (Recorded live in Boston. Courtesy of NBC The Source).
Duration for "Truth Hits Everybody" is not listed on the release.
Sleeve title has "The Beds Too Big Without You", label has the correct "The Bed's Too Big Without You".

The discs are presented in a clear plastic 6-pocket 'roll-fold' wallet, with a flip-over 'hanger' flap containing title card. Each disc comes with a cardboard lyric sheet and photo, contained in it's own individual paper picture-sleeve. The image of the 6th sleeve "The Bed's Too Big Without You" is used as the frontispiece of the package - which is a previously unreleased mono issue. The wallet is stickered with a silver roundel, with dark blue print and six pack cat# "AMPP 6001".

Original sound recording made by A & M Records Ltd.
© 1980 A & M Records Ltd.

Note: None of the singles presented as cataloged for this issue were officially released singularly.
Six Packs were also exported to be released in Japan. Those packs where facilitated with a sticker with cat. nr. AY-101-1006 with Japanese text in purple on yellow print. The content however is the same as the UK release. (see image # 2).

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