Introduction

This article summarizes promotional items which were used to promote The Police's releases - these can be press kits, other giveaways or posters / displays used in record shops or other places.

Summary of Promotional Items

Fall Out

Description	Production year	Additional info
Illegal Records promotional poster	1977	---
Illegal Records sales poster	1977	---
The Police promo photo from New Orders	1977	---
Illegal Records button	1977	---

Eberhard Schoener

Image	Description	Production year	Additional info
	Eberhard Schoener press kit	1978	for the May 1978 tour
	Eberhard Schoener press kit	1979	for the January 1979 tour

Outlandos d'Amour

Description	Production year	Additional info
Roxanne press sheet from the UK	April 1978	1 page
Outlandos d'Amour press sheets from the UK	November 1978	3 pages
Outlandos d'Amour press kit from the USA	1978	2 pages
Outlandos d'Amour press kit from the USA	1979	2 info sheets, 1 photo, 2 press clippings
Outlandos d'Amour promotional poster	1979	from the USA
Outlandos d'Amour promotional banner / poster	1979	from Ireland - ca. 90 cm long
press kit from the USA	1979	2 pages about the March 1979 US concerts
promotional poster	1979 (?)	---
A&M promotional whistle from 1979	1979	whistles like this black one were given away at The Police's concert on 1979-03-01
A&M promotional whistle from 1979	1979	whistles like this red one were a giveaway at Inner Sanctum Records on 1979-03-07
A&M promo card for Outlandos d'Amour's cassette release	1979 (?)	---
A&M promo card for Roxanne's 1979 re-release	1979	---
Music Week charts poster incl. Roxanne	1979	from April 28, 1979
A&M promo card for Can't Stand Losing You's 1979 re-release	1979	---

Propaganda

Image	Description	Production year	Additional info
	Propaganda press kit from the USA	1979	info sheet and photo

Reggatta de Blanc

Description	Production year	Additional info
A&M promo card for Message In A Bottle's release	1979	---
A&M promo card for Reggatta de Blanc's release	1979	---
Reggatta de Blanc promotional poster	1979	from the UK
Reggatta de Blanc promotional cardboard display	1979	from the UK
Reggatta de Blanc promotional poster	1979	from The Netherlands (?)
Reggatta de Blanc press kit from the USA	October 1979	with one photo including the "Stuart" misspelling
Reggatta de Blanc press kit from the USA	October 1979	with two photos and a special letter regarding the "Stewart" spelling correction
Sting interview promoting Reggatta de Blanc from the USA	October 18, 1979	this was probably sent with a tape recording - and maybe within one of the "usual" Reggatta folders (last image)
Reggatta de Blanc promotional poster	1979	from the USA
Reggatta de Blanc promotional poster	1979	from the USA
Reggatta de Blanc press sheets	November 1979	from The Netherlands (although written in English)
Reggatta de Blanc promotional poster	1979	from Australia
Reggatta de Blanc promotional poster	1979	from France
Reggatta de Blanc promotional poster	1979	from France
aluminum Reggatta de Blanc display with strange catalogue number	1979	from France
Reggatta de Blanc promotional poster	1979	from Belgium
Reggatta de Blanc cardboard display	1979	19x26 cm, from the USA
A&M promo card for Walking On The Moon's release	1979	---
Music Week charts poster incl. Walking On The Moon	1979	from November 24, 1979
Music Week charts poster incl. Walking On The Moon	1979	from December 8, 1979
Stewart Copeland TAMA promotion poster	1979 / 1980	from the USA
press kit from the USA	1980	an updated version of the 1979 Reggatta de Blanc press kit

Six Pack

Image	Description	Production year	Additional info
	A&M announcement for the Six Pack	1980	from the UK

Zenyatta Mondatta

Description	Production year	Additional info
Zenyatta Mondatta press kit from the USA	1980	3 info sheets and 1 photo
Zenyatta Mondatta A&M promotional poster	1980	from the UK
Zenyatta Mondatta A&M promotional poster	1980	from the UK
Zenyatta Mondatta A&M promotional poster	1980	from the UK
Zenyatta Mondatta A&M promotional poster	1980	92x61 cm, from the USA
Zenyatta Mondatta A&M promotional poster	1980	from Spain
Zenyatta Mondatta A&M promotional poster	1980	from The Netherlands (?)
Zenyatta Mondatta A&M poster	1980	from the USA - maybe intended as a concert poster
Zenyatta Mondatta A&M promotional poster	1980	---
Zenyatta Mondatta A&M promotional display	1980	probably from the UK (67cm)
Zenyatta Mondatta A&M promotional poster	1980	origins unknown - 76 x 25 cm
Zenyatta Mondatta A&M press kit	1980	from Brazil
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da A&M promotional poster	1980	from the UK - without release date / catalogue number and white frame
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da A&M promotional poster	1980	from the UK - with release date / catalogue number and white frame

URGH!

Description	Production year	Additional info
URGH! press folder from the USA	1981	---
URGH! press sheet from Denmark	1981	---
URGH! press folder from Germany	1982	---
URGH! cinema poster from Germany	1982	---
URGH! cinema poster from the USA	1981	---
URGH! press photo	1981	---

Ghost In The Machine

Image	Description	Production year	Additional info
	Ghost In The Machine press folder from the USA	August 1981	includes a band photo from 1980 and promo sheets, a promotional 7", ...
	Ghost In The Machine press folder from the USA	September 1981	includes a band photo from 1980 and information sheets
	Ghost In The Machine press folder from the USA	October 1981	includes 2 photos - including a promotional photo from 1981-09-24, information sheets and a promotional 7" single Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
	Ghost In The Machine press folder from Germany	1981	2 information sheets
100px 100px 100px 100px 100px 100px 100px 100px	Ghost In The Machine press folder from Spain	1981	6 pages in Spanish inside a UK folder
	Ghost In The Machine lighted cardboard display	1981	Black cardboard with symbols cut out & covered with clear red plastic. Includes a bulbholder. 125 V. Roxanne Music LTD. USA
	Ghost In The Machine promotional poster from the USA	1981	91 x 20 cm - printed on both sides
	promotional Ghost In The Machine postcard	1981	from the USA - A&M / Roxanne Music Overseas Ltd.
	Ghost In The Machine Dutch (?) promotional banner	1981	came in at least two different sizes
	Ghost In The Machine promotional poster	1981	probably from the UK
	Ghost In The Machine promotional cardboard display	1981	from the UK
	Spirits In The Material World promotional poster from Spain	1981	58 x 40 cm
	Ghost In The Machine promotional poster	1981	from the USA
	Ghost In The Machine promotional poster	1981	from the USA
	press sheet promoting the 1982-01-09 Leiden concert	December 1981	from The Netherlands
	Ghost In The Machine concert info from Canada	1982	2 pages from July 20, 1982
	Ghost In The Machine concert info from Canada	1982	1 page from August 2, 1982

Brimstone & Treacle

Image	Description	Production year	Additional info
	Brimstone & Treacle press kit from the USA	1982	LOTS of information and photos

Synchronicity

Description	Production year	Additional info
Synchronicity promo posters from the UK	1983	51x34 cm
Synchronicity promotional cardboard display	1983	from the UK
Synchronicity press folder from the USA	1983	2 info pages and 1 photo --- an additional page about UK promotional activities might have been a late addition
Synchronicity - Dutch (?) promotional poster	1983	60 x 35 cm
Synchronicity - Spanish promotional poster	1983	61 x 35 cm
small Synchronicity banner from Spain	1983	60 x 20cm --- also came as a double-sided cardboard item with strings
Synchronicity - Spanish promotional poster	1983	60 x 45 cm
Every Breath You Take UK promotional flyer	1983	for UK record shops
Every Breath You Take UK promotional poster	1983	as displayed in UK record shops
Every Breath You Take Spanish promotional poster	1983	as displayed in UK record shops
Synchronicity Andy poster	1983	91x23cm, Roxanne Music Ltd.
Synchronicity Sting poster	1983	91x23cm, Roxanne Music Ltd.
Synchronicity Stewart poster	1983	91x23cm, Roxanne Music Ltd.
Synchronicity promo sticker from the UK	1983	from A&M Records
Synchronicity promotional poster	1983	from the USA
Synchronicity II promotional poster	1983	from the USA
a Guinness poster promoting the December 1983 UK tour	1983	from the UK
press folder from Australia	1984	---
Synchronicity poster from Australia	1984	promoting The Police's tour and the release of Synchronicity in coloured vinyls
TAMA banner	1984	from US drum store
Paiste / Rude cardboard display	1984 (?)	from US NAMM show

Around The World

Description	Production year	Additional info
Around The World promo poster probably from the UK	1983	---
Around The World promo poster from Canada	1983	---
Around The World promo poster from the USA	1983	---

Synchronicity Concert

Image	Description	Production year	Additional info
	Synchronicity Concert Showtime folder from the USA	1984	for the pay TV broadcast
	Synchronicity Concert Showtime folder from the USA	1984	for the pay TV broadcast
	Synchronicity Concert UK reversed sticker	1984	for UK record shop windows
	Synchronicity Concert poster from the USA	1984	—-
	Synchronicity Concert folder from England, UK	1984	for the UK's VHS release (and advance screening)
100px	Synchronicity Concert poster from the UK	1984	—
100px	Synchronicity Concert promo sleeve from the UK	1984	—-

Every Breath You Take: The Singles

Description	Production year	Additional info
Every Breath You Take: The Singles / Every Breath You Take: The Videos press sheet	1986	from the UK
Roxanne re-release press sheet	1986	from the UK
Don't Stand So Close To Me '86 promotional poster	1986	from the UK
Don't Stand So Close To Me '86 promotional box	1986	with pen, ruler & eraser
Every Breath You Take: The Singles promotional poster	1986	from the USA
Every Breath You Take: The Singles flyer from Spain	1986	with competition rules on the back
Every Breath You Take: The Singles poster from Spain	1986	---
Every Breath You Take: The Singles poster from Spain	1986	---
Every Breath You Take: The Singles poster from Spain	1986	---

Every Breath You Take: The Videos

Image	Description	Production year	Additional info
	Every Breath You Take: The Videos A&M fact sheet	1986	from England, UK - probably came with a black & white 1986 photo

Police Confidential

Image	Description	Production year	Additional info
	Police Confidential UK promo poster	1987	---

The Police Box

Image	Description	Production year	Additional info
	The Police Box promo poster	1987	from Japan - provided by Osamu Mohri

Their Greatest Hits

Image	Description	Production year	Additional info
	Their Greatest Hits promo poster	1990	probably from France
	Their Greatest Hits promo poster	1990	probably from Germany

Greatest Hits

Image	Description	Production year	Additional info
	Greatest Hits promo poster	1992	probably from the UK

Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings

Description	Production year	Additional info
press kit from the USA	1993	info sheet & photo
press sheet from the UK	1993	---
Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings flyer from Japan	1993	with release details on the back
Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings flyer from the Outlandos Fan Club	1993	front only

The Police Live!

Description	Production year	Additional info
Can't Stand Losing You cd-single promotional poster	1995	77x51 cm
The Police Live! promotional poster	1995	68x48 cm - from record shop in Barcelona
The Police Live! promotional cardboard signs	1995	ca. 31x31 cm, from record shop in Germany
The Police Live! promotional paper sign	1995	ca. 31x31 cm, from record shop in Germany
The Police Live! promotional "backstage pass" with release dates	1995	from the UK - came with Outlandos newsletter's mini bulletin in April 1995
The Police Live! promotional items from France	1995	with your receipt and part of the promotional "ticket" you could choose between two gifts: a sweat shirt and a "backstage pass"
The Police Live! press folder from France	1995	with tracklisting and release dates + information about press coverage
The Police Live! press info sheets from Germany	1995	with tracklisting and release dates for CD and VHS + information about press coverage
The Police Live! press info sheet from the USA	1995	---
large The Police Live! cardboard display from the USA	1995	double sided
Japanese poster for The Police Live! and Outlandos To Synchronicities: A History Of The Police Live!	1995	---

The Very Best Of Sting & The Police

Image	Description	Production year	Additional info
	The Very Best Of Sting & The Police cardboard display from Italy	1997	---
	The Very Best Of Sting & The Police cardboard display from Italy	1997	---

Strontium 90: Police Academy / Reggatta Mondatta

Image	Description	Production year	Additional info
	two-sided French marketing plan for Strontium 90: Police Academy and Reggatta Mondatta	1997	---

2003 25th Anniversary Remastered Series

Description	Production year	Additional info
cardboard display	2003	from the USA
US press kit	2003	unfolds to 4 pages
press kit	2003	info sheets & glossy photos

Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out

Image	Description	Production year	Additional info
	Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out poster	2006	50x40 cm, from FNAC store in Barcelona
	Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out poster	2007	---

2007 Best Of

Image	Description	Production year	Additional info
	The Police Best Of cardboard display	2007	from French record shop

2007 / 2008 Reunion Tour

Description	Production year	Additional info
Stewart Copeland TAMA display	2008	from NAMM 2008 convention
huge poster from France	2008	---
cardboard display	2008	from inside Madison Square Garden on 2008-08-07

Certifiable

Image	Description	Production year	Additional info
	Certifiable cardboard display	2008	from French record shop

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