The Police Synchronicity LP Variations: ALL DOCUMENTED HERE

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Ever wonder how many varieties of the Synchronicity album cover exist? Wonder no more! This video outlines all U.S. versions, as well as several unusual foreign ones "and more..."

WARNING: If you're not an earnest The Police record collector, this is going to be boring AF. But to fellow collectors, it should be very cool. If you have any of my wants indicated at the end of the video, please give a shout! Thanks and enjoy!

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[russelljdj]

Cool Video! Who doesn't like to see weird cover variants & or pressings. I have a couple of Stones Bootlegs from the 75 tour that are on Red & Blue speckled vinyl. Color vinyl was the best I think.

[opsynths]

The Smirnoff copy has Murder by Numbers crammed onto it. Love that you've done this- I managed to find 3 variations back in the 80s but had no idea there were this many.

[BruceColon-BSides]

Stunning collection. Thank you so much for making this video for us fans.

[tranzanalog]

Interesting to note of course, that there are only TWO graphical paint stripes. One is reversed and flipped to make the third. I always wondered why they didn't just do three stripes... It's so amazing to see all the variations, many thanks for taking the time Jay.

[diegofuentes]

Amazing cover artwork and music in this album, A masterpiece

[st.armanini]

Awesome collection! As a fan of Duane Michals, the genius photographer of this artwork, I cherish the black and white versions.

[turnstile]

Wow Jay! That is an impressive collection. Thanks for sharing this. I've got seven variations of Synchronicity covers...only 29 more to go! LOL

[brettengland]

This is an invaluable video to any vinyl freak like myself. I was aware of the cover variations back when the album was first released, but I didn't think much of it. Had I cared at the time, I would've bought every version I could find. Interestingly enough, I bought my original copy in Overland Park, KS at Peaches Records. That copy was a yellow stripe on top with Stewart on the goat in the middle. I first watched this video about a year ago. Since then I've revisited it several times and about three months ago I decided to go down the rabbit hole and attempt to acquire as may variations as possible. I know I'll most likely never find the black and white copies, but I've managed to find all but three of the colored versions in three months.

[jaymatsueda]

Thanks for all the support for this video! I'm still trying to score an RIAA award to add to the bunch... Please let me know if you're willing to part with one! ~ Jay

[Mark-twws]

Well, I totally nerded out on that! Great vid, thanks. Have a couple copies and just found out that the standard black vinyl, when held up to light, is actually a dark purple...I'm also into variations of Some Girls and In Through The Out Door. Happy collecting to you sir.

[高見哲也-ps]

So wonderful! You are the king of collector about that!

[ceejaydeesoozaa]

Hi again Jay. thanks for all your replies thus far. totally appreciate it very much. i went on ebay earlier to browse the synchro LP copies for sale and realized that the nude lady cover (front or back version) is not as rare as i had thought spotted quite a few copies with prices starting from 10usd. did not see any gold or b&w covers with the buy now option. also read a discogs commenter who mentioned that the b&w covers are due to a jacket printing error (due to no color ink in the printer?) but i doubt so. also found out through forums browsing that the brown vinyl version (when seen under bright light) is rarer than the purplish one. right now i just have 1 copy with the common cover and purplish vinyl. decided earlier that i will be going for 2 more copies with nude back and front and if im lucky to spot at nice prices the gold and b&w ones as well. lets see.

[jimverdi]

Jay, I've owned a copy of this album since it came out, and I only just heard about this last night from an acquaintance of mine who runs a local record shop. One detail you left out, (which goes into a whole different area) is the focus on the vinyl itself of each record. I held my record (what appears to the naked eye black vinyl), up to the light and BOOM! It's actually translucent purple! I NEVER knew it before he mentioned it to me, which drew me to watching your video, in hopes that you'd have touched base on it. Now, I'm very curious as to how many different colored translucent vinyl copies exist! Maybe you mention this in your part 2 video, which I haven't watched yet. I must say, I found your video quite enjoyable and it's nice to find someone else (like myself), who has such a high span of attentiveness to detail to be able to differentiate to the "average Joe". I hope somehow I can meet you some day. Thanks so much for the "variant" education and time you've spent on this album!

[amusement]

One of the best album cover concepts of all-time. Great work on the vid. The printers must've been like wtf crazy rock band lol

Is there a way to know the rarity of each of the 38 US set variations there are?

Great find on the A&M execs to get the band to sign it. Especially Sting. A Sci-Fi collector in the UK I knew rode a train in France sitting across (somehow) from Sting and his wife. He pulled out a Sci-Fi mag he just purchased with Sting in the movie Dune on the cover. He asked him to sign it. Sting said "That's not me". He replied something to the effect "Well whomever it is you resemble the bloke. Could you be so kind as to sign it." Sting and Trudy laughed so he signed it.

28:00 '4 Colour ' is also referred to in graphic design and printing as '4-Color process' or sometimes 'Full color process' meaning the 'CMYK' printing process. Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black. 'K' also meaning Keyline or Key Plate (less common) which is always the black plate. Most often used for type. Black also being used for 'Registration marks' that look like a crosshairs in a circle that appear off of the image area to align the CMYK plates. which are later cropped off. Ah it's all coming back to me. I don't want to tell you about Rapidograph pens, gauche, rubylith, rub down trnsfers and photostats lol Then came computers.

[enriccoll]

I have one of these US pressings that are actually purple when holding it into a light, a 1985 Spanish release which has fuchsia rather than red stripes and a 1983 Spanish copy for music critics that has a black sleeve with the blue, yellow and red stripes plus yellow The Police lettering without the album title.

[pb_zep]

Truly an outstanding collection, I'm jealous

[ceejaydeesoozaa]

I SUSPECT YOU HAVE THE MOST NUMBER OF VARIANTS OF THIS POLICE ALBUM IN THE WHOLE WORLD. SUPERB EFFORT IN COLLECTING ALL THESE

[isiso.speenie]

Human brain is keyed to find patterns in nature or events

[JayMatsuedaOfficial]

2020 UPDATE ::: I condensed this info into a 1-page PDF checklist. If you'd like a copy, send me a DM via my Instagram @JayConcertPix

[amateurmusicresearch]

I just got a BRY "nude" blender, I could be wrong, but doesn't that one have some photos that don't appear on the others? like Andy with the nude girl, Sting profile with a human skeleton, and the weird Andy butterfly photo....Am I right? Congratulations on the awesome collection!