Singer: The Police
Title: Six Pack (Limited Edition)
Label: A&M Records ‎– AMPP 6001
Type: 6 x Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Compilation, Limited Edition, Blue
Country: UK
Date of released: 09 Jun 1980
Category: Rock
Style: New Wave, Pop Rock
Size MP3 zip: 1799 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1717 mb
Rating: 3.5✭
Format: MP3 AHX DTS VQF WAV XM DMF MOD FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

Roxanne [AMPP 6001/P]
A	Roxanne Producer – The PoliceWords By, Music By – Sting	3:00
B	Peanuts Producer – The PoliceWords By, Music By – Stuart Copeland*, Sting	3:54
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So Lonely [AMPP 6001/O]
C	So Lonely Producer, Arranged By – The PoliceWords By, Music By – Sting	3:10
D	No Time This Time Producer, Arranged By – The PoliceWords By, Music By – Sting	3:20
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Can't Stand Losing You [AMPP 6001/L]
E	Can't Stand Losing You Producer – The PoliceWords By, Music By – Sting	2:58
F	Dead End Job Producer – The PoliceWords By, Music By – Summers*, Copeland*, Sting	3:30
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Message In A Bottle [AMPP 6001/I]
G	Message In A Bottle Producer – Nigel Gray, The PoliceWords By, Music By – Sting	3:50
H	Landlord Producer – Nigel Gray, The PoliceWords By, Music By – Stuart Copeland*, Sting	3:09
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Walking On The Moon [AMPP 6001/C]
I	Walking On The Moon Producer – Nigel Gray, The PoliceWords By, Music By – Sting	3:59
J	Visions Of The Night Producer – The PoliceWords By, Music By – Sting	3:05
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The Bed's Too Big Without You [AMPP 6001/E]
K	The Bed's Too Big Without You Producer – The PoliceWords By, Music By – Sting	3:30
L	Truth Hits Everybody Producer – The PoliceWords By, Music By – Sting	2:26

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – A&M Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – A&M Records Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – National Broadcasting Company, Inc.
• Published By – Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
• Published By – Island Music Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Island Music Ltd.
• Published By – Police Songs
• Copyright (c) – Police Songs
• Published By – Virgin Publishing
• Copyright (c) – Virgin Publishing
• Recorded At – Surrey Sound Studios
• Printed By – CMCS Print & Colour Ltd.

Credits

• Bass, Vocals – Sting
• Drums – Stewart Copeland
• Guitar – Andy Summers
• Mastered By – Tone*
• Sleeve, Design [Sleeve 1] – Michael Ross
• Sleeve, Design [Sleeve5] – X3
• Sleeve, Illustration [Sleeve 1] – Paul Allen
• Sleeve, Photography By [Sleeve 1] – Caroline Coon
• Sleeve, Photography By [Sleeve 2] – Janette Beckman
• Sleeve, Photography By [Sleeve 3] – Peter Gravelle
• Sleeve, Photography By [Sleeve 4] – James Wedge, Rod Shone
• Sleeve, Photography By [Sleeve 5] – Fin Costello

Notes

A limited edition six pack of 6x7" blue vinyls, each picture-sleeved with a title and with individual Category alpha suffix to each sleeve and disc (sequentially spelling "P O L I C E") as follows:

Disc 1: Category "AMPP 6001 P" on sleeve back, "AMPP 6001/P" on labels.
℗ 1978 A & M Records Ltd.
A-side: © 1978 Virgin Music (Pub.) Ltd.
B-side: © 1978 Virgin Music (Pub.) Ltd./Island Music Ltd.
From the A & M album Outlandos D'Amour - AMLH 68502
An Illegal Production
Duration for track B listed as 2:52 (which is the length for the original B-side version).
This single actually contains the full album version of the track, which is 3:54.

Disc 2: Category "AMPP 6001 O" on sleeve back, "AMPP 6001/O" on labels.
℗ 1978 A & M Records Ltd.
© 1978 A & M Records Ltd.
C-side: © 1978 Virgin Music (Pub.) Ltd.
D-side: © 1979 Virgin Music (Pub.) Ltd.
C-side: From the A & M album Outlandos D'Amour - AMLH 68502
Printed in England by CMCS Print & Colour Ltd.

Disc 3: Category "AMPP 6001 L" on sleeve back, "AMPP 6001/L" on labels.
℗ 1978 A & M Records Ltd.
© 1978 A & M Records Ltd.
E-side: © 1978 Virgin Music (Pub.) Ltd.
F-side: © 1978 Virgin Music (Pub.) Ltd./Island Music Ltd.
E-side: From the A & M album Outlandos D'Amour - AMLH 68502
An Illegal Records Production. Recorded at Surrey Sound Studios

Disc 4: Category "AMPP 6001 I" on sleeve back, "AMPP 6001/I" on labels.
℗ 1979 A & M Records Ltd.
© 1979 A & M Records Ltd.
G-side: © 1979 Virgin Music (Pub.) Ltd.
H-side: © 1979 Police Songs/Virgin Music (Pub.) Ltd.
G-side: From the A & M album Reggatta De Blanc - AMLH 64792

Disc 5: Category "AMPP 6001 C" on sleeve back, "AMPP 6001/C" on labels.
℗ 1979 A & M Records Ltd.
© 1979 A & M Records Ltd.
I & J-side: © 1979 Virgin Music (Pub.) Ltd
I-side: From the A & M album Reggatta De Blanc - AMLH 64792
J-side: Previously unreleased.

Disc 6: Category "AMPP 6001/E" on sleeve back & labels.
K-side: ℗ 1980 A & M Records Ltd.
L-side: ℗ 1979 A & M Records Ltd.
© 1980 A & M Records Ltd.
K-side: © 1980 Virgin Publishing (Previously unreleased mono version)
L-side: © 1978 Virgin Publishing (Recorded live in Boston. Courtesy of NBC The Source).
Duration for "Truth Hits Everybody" is not listed on the release.
Sleeve title has "The Beds Too Big Without You", label has the correct "The Bed's Too Big Without You".

The discs are presented in a clear plastic 6-pocket 'roll-fold' wallet, with a flip-over 'hanger' flap containing title card. Each disc comes with a cardboard lyric sheet and photo, contained in it's own individual paper picture-sleeve. The image of the 6th sleeve "The Bed's Too Big Without You" is used as the frontispiece of the package - which is a previously unreleased mono issue. The wallet is stickered with a silver roundel, with dark blue print and six pack Category "AMPP 6001".

Original sound recording made by A & M Records Ltd.
© 1980 A & M Records Ltd.

Note: None of the singles presented as cataloged for this issue were officially released singularly.
Six Packs were also exported to be released in Japan. Those packs where facilitated with a sticker with cat. nr. AY-101-1006 with Japanese text in purple on yellow print. The content however is the same as the UK release. (see image # 2).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: MCPS/BIEM
• Matrix / Runout (A-side label matrix): AMPP 6001/P-A
• Matrix / Runout (B-side label matrix): AMPP 6001/P-B
• Matrix / Runout (C-side label matrix): AMPP 6001/O-A
• Matrix / Runout (D-side label matrix): AMPP 6001/O-B
• Matrix / Runout (E-side label matrix): AMPP 6001/L-A
• Matrix / Runout (F-side label matrix): AMPP 6001/L-B
• Matrix / Runout (G-side label matrix): AMPP 6001/I-A
• Matrix / Runout (H-side label matrix): AMPP 6001/I-B
• Matrix / Runout (I-side label matrix): AMPP 6001/C-A
• Matrix / Runout (J-side label matrix): AMPP 6001/C-B
• Matrix / Runout (K-side label matrix): AMPP 6001/E-A
• Matrix / Runout (L-side label matrix): AMPP 6001/E-B
• Matrix / Runout (Runout area A-side): AMPP-6001/P-A-1 B Tone
• Matrix / Runout (Runout area B-side): AMPP-6001/P-B-1 C 1
• Matrix / Runout (Runout area C-side): AMPP-6001/O-A-1 Tone B C
• Matrix / Runout (Runout area D-side): AMPP-6001/O-B-1 A C
• Matrix / Runout (Runout area E-side): AMPP-6001/O̶ L A 1 Tone A 01
• Matrix / Runout (Runout area F-side): AMPP-6001/O̶ L-B-1 2 0 B
• Matrix / Runout (Runout area G-side): AMPP-6001/I-A-3 A Tone
• Matrix / Runout (Runout area H-side): AMPP-6001/I-B-1 B 0 1
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Area I-side): AMPP-6001/C-A-1 Tone A 0
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Area J-side): AMPP-6001/C-B-1 B 4
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Area K-side): AMPP-6001-E-A-2 ✳ Tone
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Area L-side): AMPP-6001/E-✳ B- 2

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
AMPP 6001/I	The Police	Message In A Bottle ‎(7", Single, bla)	A&M Records	AMPP 6001/I	UK	1980
AMPP 6001 P	The Police	Roxanne ‎(7", Single, bla)	A&M Records	AMPP 6001 P	UK	1980
AMPP 6001/L	The Police	Can't Stand Losing You ‎(7", Single, bla)	A&M Records	AMPP 6001/L	UK	1980

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