Singer: Sting
Title: The Dream Of The Blue Turtles
Label: A&M Records ‎– SP-3750
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, RCA Pressing, Translucent Purplish Brown
Country: US
Date of released: 01 Jun 1985
Category: Electronic, Jazz, Rock
Style: Jazz-Rock, Pop Rock, Jazzdance
Size MP3 zip: 1420 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1323 mb
Rating: 4.4✭
Format: MP3 MMF VOX AU AIFF FLAC DXD MOD FLAC

Tracklist

A1	If You Love Somebody Set Them Free	4:14
A2	Love Is The Seventh Wave	3:30
A3	Russians	3:57
A4	Children's Crusade	5:00
A5	Shadows In The Rain	4:56
B1	We Work The Black Seam	5:40
B2	Consider Me Gone	4:21
B3	The Dream Of The Blue Turtles	1:15
B4	Moon Over Bourbon Street	3:59
B5	Fortress Around Your Heart	4:48

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – A&M Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – A&M Records, Inc.
• Published By – Magnetic Publishing Ltd.
• Published By – Reggatta Music
• Published By – Illegal Songs, Inc.
• Published By – Atlantic Music Corp.
• Published By – Virgin Music, Inc.
• Mixed At – Blue Wave Recording Studios
• Mixed At – Le Studio
• Mastered At – Masterdisk
• Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis

Credits

• Backing Vocals – Dolette McDonald, Janice Pendarvis
• Backing Vocals [Additional] – Danny Quatrochi, Elliot Jones, Jane Alexander, Michael Sumner, Pete Smith, Rosemary Purt, Stephanie Crewdson, Sting, The Nannies Chorus, Vic Garbarini
• Bass – Darryl Jones
• Congas – Eddy* (tracks: B2)
• Double Bass – Sting (tracks: B4)
• Drums – Omar Hakim
• Engineer – Jim Scott, Pete Smith
• Keyboards – Kenny Kirkland
• Photography By – Max Vadukul
• Producer – Pete Smith, Sting
• Saxophone, Percussion – Branford Marsalis
• Synthesizer [Synclavier] – Danny Quatrochi
• Trombone – Frank Opolko (tracks: A2)
• Written-By – Sting

Notes

RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis pressing.

Translucent Vinyl Pressing : (vinyl appears to be regular black until held to light, when it's a see-through translucent purplish brown in color). SEE PHOTOS!

Also has a Label Variation with STING aligned straight above the album title on the labels (other labels exist with misaligned STING on them) SEE PHOTOS!

"Moon Over Bourbon Street" was inspired by "Interview With A Vampire" by Anne Rice.

Issued with custom printed Inner-Sleeve with Photos, Etc.

Mixed at Blue Wave Recording Studios, St. Philip, Barbados and Le Studio, Morin Heights, Quebec.

Branford Marsalis appears courtesy of CBS Records.
Eddy Grant appears courtesy of Ice Records.

This recording is also available on Compact Disc and BASF Chrome Cassette.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Scanned): 075021375017
• Barcode (Text): 0 7502-13750-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): SP-03750-A
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): SP-03750-A
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Etched / I A3 MASTERDISK stamped): SP0 3750A-RCA6 I A3E MASTERDISK
• Matrix / Runout (Runout B Etched / I A5 MASTERDISK stamped): SP-03750-B-RCA2 I A5A MASTERDISK
• Rights Society: BMI

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SP-3750	Sting	The Dream Of The Blue Turtles ‎(LP, Album)	A&M Records	SP-3750	US	1985
SP-3750	Sting	The Dream Of The Blue Turtles ‎(LP, Album, Ele)	A&M Records	SP-3750	US	1985
SPC-3750	Sting	The Dream Of The Blue Turtles ‎(LP, Album, Club)	A&M Records	SPC-3750	Canada	1985
MFSL C-185	Sting	The Dream Of The Blue Turtles ‎(Cass)	Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab	MFSL C-185	US	Unknown
D25Y3276	Sting	The Dream Of The Blue Turtles ‎(CD, Album, RE)	A&M Records	D25Y3276	Japan	1988

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