Stewart Copeland's Police Diaries
| Stewart Copeland's Police Diaries | |
|---|---|
| Author: | Stewart Copeland |
| Country: | England, UK |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Rocket88 |
| Publication date: | 2023-10-26 |
| ISBN: | ISBN |
Contents
Introduction
This 302 page book based on Stewart Copeland's diaries covers the years 1976 - 1978, with a short outlook of what was to come in 1979. Stewart kept detailed notes of his days with Curved Air and the early years of The Police, but later diary / calendar pages are rather blank. That's why the book concentrates on the early period.
It features lots of handwritten diary pages, present-day notes about the events, rare photos, flyers and posters.
Although it was supposed to be sent later in October the very first books arrived by mail on October 5, 2023 - as a warehouse in The Netherlands didn't quite follow the publisher's orders.
On a personal note: the publisher didn't have the time for proper proofreading of the glossary and the names and credit section. That's why Dietmar's name is mis-spelled every single time. Which is a shame as he worked on that book for about a month - for free... Stewart Copeland did a handwritten correction of that in a video he sent on 2023-10-13.
1st edition
The book was published in three editions.
- Classic Edition - hardcover book
- Signature Edition - hardcover book limited to 500 copies, signed by Stewart Copeland, with clamshell case bound in blue buckram, large folded Outlandos poster and a CD with early Stewart Copeland demos (featuring demos for Klark Kent and The Police songs as well as songs that never made it...)
- Ultimate Edition - vintage recycled leather hardcover book limited to 100 copies, signed by Stewart Copeland, with clamshell case bound in navy buckram, large folded Outlandos poster, CD with early Stewart Copeland demos (featuring demos for Klark Kent and The Police songs as well as songs that never made it...), signed and numbered Giclée print signed by Stewart Copeland and Lawrence Impey
2nd edition
The second edition was published in mid-2024. The differences are:
- a small dedication to Stewart Copeland's family
- expanded and corrected "Who's Who" pages
- numerous small corrections (dates / names / spelling ...)
- no "Roll of honour" pages
- corrected photo credits
1st edition CD content
- Clowns Revenge
- Sleaze Casino
- Mayfair Hustle
- Tarazi Dreams
- Goldhawk Six
- Lena Dreams
- Xmas Rave
- Jam In A
- Where Do I Plug In ?
- Getting Off In Berkeley
See also
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External links and reviews
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1st edition mistakes
- Alex Richmond = Alex Richman
- Derek Dowset = Derek Dowsett
- John Manley = John Manly
- Sean Lyon = Sean Lyons
- Peter Corniche - Cornish
- Pat Nagle = ?
- Jim Toomy = Jim Toomey
- Everyone Stares, The Police Inside Out = Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out
- June 7, 1976 - Cleethorpes etc is not crossed out
- July 1, 1976 - De Montford = De Montfort
- July 10, 1976 : Mungersporfer Stadium = Müngersdorfer Stadion (stadium), but it should be crossed out because the venue changed
- August 30, 1976 : Kurfstendamme = Kurfürstendamm
- January 13, 1977 : Jonathan = Sonja
- March 3, 1977 : "Louie + Zecca said no" ommitted, 340 Att = Max (probably means that it was sold out and us not referring to Macs Rippough?)
- March 27 & 28, 1977 : not "H. Ketols: Mojel" or "Hotel Clujel", but Hotel Ketels in Meijel
- April 24, 1977 - hospotal
- May 3, 1977 - N.O.'s not D's
- August 21, 1977 - Vocals, not Visions
- October 15, 1977: Wayne County in Holland with Henry ? 1977-11-17 (Henry Padovani) was the first (Henry / exclamation mark in SC diary entry)
- October 16, 1977 - should read „Mafcentrum“
- October 17, 1977 - should read „Melkweg“
- p. 177 picture 2 = correct spelling is Marienplatz
- October 30, 1977 - same: Marienplatz
- November 1, 1977 - should be „Stadlberg“ not Stadburg
- November 4, 1977 - „P. Panther St. again“ = The Pink Panther Strikes Again
- November 6, 1977 : Stadlberg !!!
- November 7, 1977 : Electrola - not Electrolla
- November 8, 1977 : same
- November 17, 1977 : compare to Oct 15 entry TODAY was Henry‘s 1st Chairs gig
- March 20 & 24, 1978 : Ignerents (not -rants)
- April 5, 1978 : „I wrote our case (see left)“. ? Left where ? I don‘t see anything corresponding to that …
- page 243 : picture is from Offenbach, not Munich (at least that’s what photographer Detlef Kinsler tolf me)
- May 7, 1978 : 100% Rüdiger and not Rudegar - can‘t find anything about either club or street in Munich (there is s Frnfdstr. though) - can‘t access my own diary photos, as I‘m not home
- May 9, 1978 : Jüdenstr.
- May 12, 1978 : Stern (instead of Sterne)
- May 16, 1978 : Frechen (instead of Freshen)
- May 25, 1978 : no such street, but Amalienstr. is well known
- May 26, 1978 : Philipshalle , not Phillipshalle
- May 27-31, 1978 entries are missing, so the June 2 entry „this time with an audience“ makes zero sense
- August 5, 1978 : Kfalypso ?
- pp. 261 /263 : 7“ photo v. Peter Gravelle (not Gravette) on August 4 !
- October 3, 1978 : „a week later“ ? = February 1979
- October 4, 1978 : Anenome = Anemone ?
- CD booklet: Too Kool To Kalypso instead of On Any Other Day
References
- Copeland, Stewart. Stewart Copeland's Police Diaries. London: Rocket88, 2023.
