Around The World

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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"
cover of the UK VHS
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

Video summary

A selection of live performances, behind the scenes material, The Police filming promotional videos - filmed between February 1980 and January 1981.

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
Aroundtheworld vhs cover.jpg 1983-MM-DD Thorn EMI UK VHS (PAL) English none
Aroundtheworld betamaxcanada cover.jpg 1983-MM-DD I.R.S. Video Canada Betamax English none
Stub.gif 1983-MM-DD Tohkushinsha Home Video Japan VHD (Video High Density - a video disc) English none
Stub.gif 1983-08-17 I.R.S. Video Corporation USA CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc - a video disc) English none
Aroundtheworld laserdiscjapan cover.jpg 1983-MM-DD Japan Polygram Video Japan Laserdisc English none

Quotations and trivia

Japanese ads from 1983 and 1985:

1983 12 rockin on ad.jpg 1985 04 Music Life ad.jpg

See also

External links and reviews

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References

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