Around The World
Around The World follows The Police on their 1980 tour of the Far East (as broadcast on the BBC as Police In The East) with added material of the 1980-1981 Zenyatta Mondatta Tour.
| "Around The World" | |
|---|---|
| Artist: | The Police |
| Directed by: | Kate Burbidge, Derek Burbidge |
| Produced by: | Kate Burbidge, Derek Burbidge |
| Edited by: | Jim Elderton, Paul Edmunds |
| Filming location(s): | LOCATION(S) |
| Initial release date: | 1983-08-17 (USA) |
| Running time: | 75:00 |
| Label: | Thorn EMI |
Contents
Video summary
A selection of live performances, behind the scenes material, The Police filming promotional videos - filmed between February 1980 and January 1981.
- Next To You (Kyoto - 1980-02-20)
- Light Changes
- Bring On The Night (soundcheck)
- Walking On The Moon (Kyoto - 1980-02-20)
- Guitar Man (dressing room)
- early Canary In A Coalmine jam (soundcheck)
- Born In The 50's (Hongkong - 1980-02-27)
- So Lonely (studio version)
- Man In A Suitcase (Los Angeles - 1981-01-16)
- sitar jam
- Can't Stand Losing You (Bombay - 1980-03-26)
- Sting on piano
- Bring On The Night (studio version)
- Canary In A Coalmine (studio version)
- Voices Inside My Head (studio version)
- When The World Is Running Down (studio version / Los Angeles - 1981-01-16 / studio version)
- Shadows In The Rain (Los Angeles - 1981-01-16)
- De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (Frejus - 1980-08-28)
- Don't Stand So Close To Me (Frejus - 1980-08-28)
- Truth Hits Everybody (Frejus - 1980-08-28)
- Roxanne (Los Angeles - 1981-01-16)
- Message In A Bottle (studio version)
On 2022-05-20 this movie was released on Bluray and DVD for the first time - as Around The World Restored & Expanded. Picture and sound quality were better than ever, but for various reasons several scenes were cut or altered.
Production
In its first half this video uses material which was originally filmed for Anne Nightingale's BBC movie Police In The East - live tracks for this TV broadcast had been overdubbed and remixed at Keystone Studios in Dublin, Ireland. The second half consists of material filmed during the 1980-1981 Zenyatta Mondatta Tour - the newer material was overdubbed at Super Bear Studio in Nice, France between 1981-06-05 and 1981-06-15.
Release history
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| Cover art | Release date | Label | Country | Format | Language | Special features |
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1983-MM-DD | Thorn EMI | UK | VHS (PAL) | English | none |
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1983-MM-DD | I.R.S. Video | Canada | Betamax | English | none |
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1983-MM-DD | Tohkushinsha Home Video | Japan | VHD (Video High Density - a video disc) | English | none |
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1983-08-17 | I.R.S. Video Corporation | USA | CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc - a video disc) | English | none |
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1983-MM-DD | Japan Polygram Video | Japan | Laserdisc | English | none |
Quotations and trivia
Japanese ads from 1983 and 1985:
See also
External links and reviews
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