Police

The Police were an English new wave band formed in London in 1977. For the majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting (lead vocals, bass), Andy Summers (guitar) and Stewart Copeland (drums). The Police became globally popular in the late 1970s and are generally regarded as one of the first new wave groups to achieve mainstream success, playing a style of rock that was influenced by punk, reggae, and jazz. The group disbanded in 1986, but reunited in early 2007 for a one-off world tour lasting until August 2008. Their 1983 album, Synchronicity, was number one on both the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200, and sold over 8 million copies in the US. The Police have sold more than 75 million records worldwide, and were the world's highest-earning musicians in 2008, thanks to their reunion tour. The band has won a number of music awards throughout their career, including six Grammy Awards, two Brit Awards (winning Best British Group once), an MTV Video Music Award, and in 2003 were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Four of their five studio albums appeared on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The Police were included among both Rolling Stone's and VH1's lists of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Links To Peel
Peel saw the band perform at the Pink Pop Festival in the Netherlands in 1979. So impressed with their performance,that he felt that they should do a session for the show, which they did in July 1979. However Peel in later years seemed to had regrets in inviting the band for a session, as he thought the group's music was too safe and not challenging enough. On Peeling Back The Years 4 (Transcript) in 1987 when talking to John Walters, he mentioned:


 * "... we only barely had the Police – after I’d seen them playing in a concert in Holland and they’d played particularly well, and they I think would still argue that it was perhaps their best ever gig, so I was rather carried away with that."

Session
1. Recorded: 1979-07-23. Broadcast: 30 July 1979. Repeated: 14 August 1979, 01 January 1980
 * This Bed's Too Big Without You / Message In A Bottle / Next To You / Can't Stand Losing You ('the Bit We Left Out')

Other Shows Played
(The following list was compiled only from the database of this site and Lorcan's Tracklistings Archive and is certainly incomplete. Please add further details if known.)

1979 Others
 * 05 June 1979: Born In The 50s (LP- Outlandos d'Amour) A&M
 * 30 July 1979: Can't Stand Losing You (The Bit We Left Out) (session) (JP: "Those were the Police and the bit they left out of Can't Stand Losing You. Perhaps they should have included it in the 12" disco version, if there was such a thing - in red vinyl of course.")
 * 30 July 1979: The Bed's Too Big Without You (session) (tape flip during track)
 * 30 July 1979: Message In A Bottle (session)
 * 27 November 1979: Fall Out (7") Illegal
 * 05 May 1983 (TOTP): Spirits In The Material World (clip)
 * 08 June 1983 (TOTP): Every Breath You Take #01
 * 23 June 1983 (TOTP): Every Breath You Take #01
 * 04 August 1983 (TOTP): Wrapped Around Your Finger #07