1981-05-22

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The Police record at Surrey Sound Studios
Session tape #1: Studio Dialogue / Truth Hits Everybody (Take 1) / Studio Dialogue / Truth Hits Everybody (False Start) / Studio Dialogue / Truth Hits Everybody (Take 2) / Studio Dialogue / Truth Hits Everybody (Take 3) / Studio Dialogue
Session tape #2: Instrumental #1 (Take 1) / Studio Dialogue / Instrumental #1 (Take 2) / Studio Dialogue / Instrumental #2 / Studio Dialogue / Instrumental #3 / Studio Dialogue / Instrumental #4
Date: 1981-05-22
Location: Leatherhead, England, UK - Surrey Sound Studios
Attendees: The Police, Nigel Gray, Jim Ebdon

The Police try to record a new b-side at Surrey Sound Studios in Leatherhead, England, UK.


They originally intended to spend several days in the studio, but today was probably the only day that they recorded something. Two multitrack session tapes feature various songs and studio talk.

  • Truth Hits Everybody - The Police tried to record a slow version in three takes
  • Instrumental #1 - the band did two takes of this instrumental with Sting playing keyboards
  • Instrumental #2 - one take - about 6 minutes long
  • Instrumental #3 - one take
  • Instrumental #4 - one take

The studio talk and additional information by A&M personnel suggest that today was The Police's only session for this weekend - and probably their last ever session at Surrey Sound Studios. The session started in the early afternoon and ended about half past six in the early evening. Sting and Nigel Gray got a phone call from A&M offices in London mentioning that a cutting room at The Town House studio was booked for Monday. According to A&M staff that call could not have come on a Saturday or Sunday.

Several master tapes prove that some effort was put into getting decent mixes out of the various takes of Truth Hits Everybody and the second instrumental. Nothing was ever officially released.

Master tape #1
Master tape #2
Master tape #3

See also

This section needs more information.

External links

bits and pieces from this session (in the wrong order, but anyway)

References

sources: Nigel Gray, Jim Ebdon, Craig Betts


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