27:45 - 47:50 I heard this demo while traveling through Lima, Peru in 2018, initially I thought it was a Sting song, but then I realized that they were the demos that were recorded at the AIR recording studios in Monserrat de the Ghost era in the Machine......
I'm reading Andy Summers' book "One Train Later" (pg 295) and he goes into detail about these tracks, which are Sting's demos. I am glad that these exist to reference exactly what Andy is explaining.
I'm reading it. I like the book so far, but he hasn't gone into depth about the interrelationships within the band. That's what I really want to learn more about.
It amazes me how overlooked Secret Journey is. Even Summers said he thought it should have been have a single. I honestly like both of these versions just as much as the official album’s version.
It was released as a single and got an amazing amount of airplay for being such a quasi mystical sounding song. The 45 picture sleeve was really cool too!
"Don't Think We Could Ever be Friends" would have likely been a hit. Actually, I think Sting used the blueprint of the song for "We'll be Together" which became a hit later in 1987,
Man this is so cool, very interesting to hear these demos Sting brought into the studio for GITM. I could just imagine Stewart & Andy looking at each other while listening to a couple that didn't make the cut though lol! Much thanx for this.
These demos would have sounded amazing g had Andy and Stewart played on them . We know how vital Andy and Stewart were to the police sound. It's why I think many people wondered why stings solo music was so different . He never could have duplicated the sound without Andy and Stewart. That shows u how amazing their chemistry was despite their frustrations over musical creativity
These demos give us a really cool glimpse into Sting's song production process. For instance, if you recall the style of the fade out vocal on the final studio recording of "J'Aurais Toujours Faim De Toi (Hungry For You)," you can hear the same fade out vocal on "It's Never Too Late."
This sounds like when i was high as hell back in the late 80's and i was listening through my huge Radio Shack headphones played from an RCA tape deck !!!
So cool to hear these demos. As a lifelong fan of The Police it's interesting to hear where Sting was at at this stage of his career. The tunes that didn't make the album definitely foreshadow his solo career sound. If I had to pick, I wish "Don't Think We Could Ever Be Friends" made the cut over "Rehumanize Yourself" on the actual album....And as much as I love Ghost In The Machine, respectfully I'd love to hear the tunes with no saxophone.
This is an incredible document. You can see what a genius songwriter Sting is. But, in the final product, Andy and Stewart give his songs life. As contentious as it was, this artistic collaboration was next level shit.
This is awesome! I was always a huge Police fan and there are a few songs on this demo I've never heard before. Amazing to hear a new Police song after 40 or so years. I gotta say they cut the right songs off this album. Thanks for posting this!!
0:01 spirits in the material world 3:13 invisible sun 6:18 hungry for you 10:09 too much information 13:42 one world (not three) 16:41 secret journey 20:33 invisible sun alternate 24:00 secret journey alternate 27:43 don’t you believe me baby (the best) 31:53 don’t think we could ever be friends 35:30 didn’t think we could ever be friends take 1 39:10 don’t you look at me 44:02 it’s never too late 47:49 don’t give up your daytime job 52:34 every little thing she does is Magic Thank me later ;)
Yes. all of The Police's material written by Sting has needed the energy and technical proficiency of Messrs Summers & Copeland to elevate it above lounge music.
Interesting demo material. Very keyboard and drum machine driven. As far as I know, Ghost In The Machine is the only Police album that had demo material recorded, before the polished studio recordings were actually made. I`ve never heard any other demos from previous Police album. So, if you're looking for some interesting rare demo material by The Police, this is the stuff to get.
'Every Little Thing she does Is Magic' : At its original speed before Hugh Padgham 'tweaked' it a smidgen resulting in the slight odd key and Sting's voice sounding a fraction higher pitched than normal.
Impressive how nearly-complete these songs were of the ones that made the record. One can understand now why Stu and Andy felt they were relegated to a backup band. Yet, this was still a great record that I consider their peak effort. Sting's solo career was very successful but nothing he did was anything close to what this trio put out in their short time together. It's a shame they didn't just take a few years off to do some solo works and then continue their journey in the late 80's. On the other hand, it's clear from this demo it wasn't really a band anymore. It was Sting and the 'other guys'. I never got to see them in their full glory in the early 80's. I did see them twice on the reunion tour however and enjoyed it, even though it wasn't the same band who took the world by storm, it was a just shadow.
The Police should have included all those unrealeased demos and came out with a wonderful double\2LP album!! Something like "The White Album" by the Beatles! )))))
Imagining these guys gearing up in the studio and Stewart, Andy each have a few songs or so for the band to work out and Sting goes "I have here about two dozen.. fully realized DEMOS!"
Sting played for Stew and Andy a new song by Grace Jones. They really liked it. Sting then goes, "I wrote it!" Haha. "Let's do it." They did but with a Chicago blues flavor. Song's called Demolition Man.
I Burn for You was a song Sting wanted to do forever, but Stewart and Andy thought it wrong for The Police as an album track. However when suggested for the film Brimstone and Treacle it fitted. So the did it there, adding in the Bass coda that was originally played to Shadows in the Rain. Low Life dates from 1977 and has the same heritage as Roxanne. It's about the red light district in Paris. You can tell it is not from the ghost sessions, but from earlier studios.
@@hughcdavies I never understood why they didn't put it on an album - their version (it's been recorded by others previously) is so cool and sounds so Police-like.
Sting said the finished version of “Every Little Thing…” on the album IS the demo. They tried re-recording it multiple times but could not get it to sound as good as the original. So, it was just polished up a bit.👍🏻
The bonus track here, Can't stand losing you, was not a track on the original Ghost in the Machine LP, it was a track from their very first LP, Outlandos d'Amour.
Every Little Thing She Does is Magic sounds like the album recording before it was sped up. It sounds out of tune because I’m so used to the pitch on the album. The tape was sped up for the final album so it’s slightly faster and about 50 cents sharper.
Would have preferred some of these unknown tracks to have been on the Ghost album, instead of some of the less interesting ones, that eventually made the cut.
Esatto! È un peccato che molti non siano stati inseriti sull'LP finale, con il tocco di Summers e Copeland sarebbero potuti diventare brani affascinanti.
@@bepivisintainer2975 Erano demo già reperibili su RUclips in realtà. Su internet ho poi trovato un sito dove queste demo venivano ordinate tutte in questa raccolta, perciò ho semplicemente pubblicato la raccolta stessa a scopo prettamente informativo.
I can't tell if Sting was making demoey demos or honestly enjoyed that 80s synthy sound. He could of put these out in there original form and made a techy synth lp to revival any Brit synth duo...the key is they are complete songs not blips and beeps.
Sting was very good without Andy and Stewart, but never truly brilliant again. They should have done a few more albums in the late eighties and mid nineties - there was still plenty of juice in the tank.
It would have been great if they stayed together for another 2 or 3 albums at least, but ego got in the way. Also, there should have been so much more collaboration on this album - with Andy allowed to "guitarify" the songs more and be higher in the mix - like Zenyatta. That would have been so much more edgy and cool.
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I can't believe some of the songs they left off. So good. Sting was on fire. Fucking brilliant.
27:45 - 47:50 I heard this demo while traveling through Lima, Peru in 2018, initially I thought it was a Sting song, but then I realized that they were the demos that were recorded at the AIR recording studios in Monserrat de the Ghost era in the Machine......
it gives me that a.m. radio feel like I am 1000 miles out in the islands...
Agree 100%
I'm reading Andy Summers' book "One Train Later" (pg 295) and he goes into detail about these tracks, which are Sting's demos. I am glad that these exist to reference exactly what Andy is explaining.
I'm reading it. I like the book so far, but he hasn't gone into depth about the interrelationships within the band. That's what I really want to learn more about.
Don't You Believe Me Baby would have been a big hit if released.
It amazes me how overlooked Secret Journey is. Even Summers said he thought it should have been have a single. I honestly like both of these versions just as much as the official album’s version.
It was released as a single and got an amazing amount of airplay for being such a quasi mystical sounding song. The 45 picture sleeve was really cool too!
Actually one of my fav Police songs!!!
It's a beautiful song-one of my favs.
It hit #46 as a single in the US in 1982
@@brettblankenship3872 Not in the UK.
"Don't Think We Could Ever be Friends" would have likely been a hit. Actually, I think Sting used the blueprint of the song for "We'll be Together" which became a hit later in 1987,
Man this is so cool, very interesting to hear these demos Sting brought into the studio for GITM. I could just imagine Stewart & Andy looking at each other while listening to a couple that didn't make the cut though lol!
Much thanx for this.
These demos would have sounded amazing g had Andy and Stewart played on them . We know how vital Andy and Stewart were to the police sound. It's why I think many people wondered why stings solo music was so different . He never could have duplicated the sound without Andy and Stewart. That shows u how amazing their chemistry was despite their frustrations over musical creativity
@@mariomessina6389 So true. It's something you just can't manufacture on an assembly line. Seeing them live was really incredible man.
These demos give us a really cool glimpse into Sting's song production process.
For instance, if you recall the style of the fade out vocal on the final studio recording of "J'Aurais Toujours Faim De Toi (Hungry For You)," you can hear the same fade out vocal on "It's Never Too Late."
Don’t You Believe Me Baby was a banger.
Don't Give Up Your Daytime Job is gold.
It's an 80s tv sitcom theme!
This sounds like when i was high as hell back in the late 80's and i was listening through my huge Radio Shack headphones played from an RCA tape deck !!!
So cool to hear these demos. As a lifelong fan of The Police it's interesting to hear where Sting was at at this stage of his career. The tunes that didn't make the album definitely foreshadow his solo career sound. If I had to pick, I wish "Don't Think We Could Ever Be Friends" made the cut over "Rehumanize Yourself" on the actual album....And as much as I love Ghost In The Machine, respectfully I'd love to hear the tunes with no saxophone.
This is an incredible document. You can see what a genius songwriter Sting is. But, in the final product, Andy and Stewart give his songs life. As contentious as it was, this artistic collaboration was next level shit.
real talk well said
This is awesome! I was always a huge Police fan and there are a few songs on this demo I've never heard before. Amazing to hear a new Police song after 40 or so years. I gotta say they cut the right songs off this album. Thanks for posting this!!
0:01 spirits in the material world
3:13 invisible sun
6:18 hungry for you
10:09 too much information
13:42 one world (not three)
16:41 secret journey
20:33 invisible sun alternate
24:00 secret journey alternate
27:43 don’t you believe me baby (the best)
31:53 don’t think we could ever be friends
35:30 didn’t think we could ever be friends take 1
39:10 don’t you look at me
44:02 it’s never too late
47:49 don’t give up your daytime job
52:34 every little thing she does is Magic
Thank me later ;)
Can more people like this comment so I don't have to keep coming back for it haha
@@samuelh.invisible6677 I hope
Even better… this comment gets pinned!😲
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@@samuelh.invisible6677guys, the tracklist has always been available in the video description :)
The demo of One World is so relaxing.
Yes. all of The Police's material written by Sting has needed the energy and technical proficiency of Messrs Summers & Copeland to elevate it above lounge music.
"Don't You Believe Me Baby" ROCKS!! Although, "I Can't Stop Thinking About" You sounds very similar...
Interesting demo material. Very keyboard and drum machine driven. As far as I know, Ghost In The Machine is the only Police album that had demo material recorded, before the polished studio recordings were actually made. I`ve never heard any other demos from previous Police album. So, if you're looking for some interesting rare demo material by The Police, this is the stuff to get.
Some of the ideas from early Police songs began in Last Exit. That’s where you find some of the beginnings of early Police material
lots of demos if you know the right people
@@gregb91401 Exactly. Bring On The Night is one of them.
Amazing! Even these demos are superior to the stuff that passes for music these days.
'Every Little Thing she does Is Magic' : At its original speed before Hugh Padgham 'tweaked' it a smidgen resulting in the slight odd key and Sting's voice sounding a fraction higher pitched than normal.
The verse chords in Don't Give Up Your Daytime Job are just like Saturday In The Park by Chicago.
An amazing demo collection of an album that was life changing.
Impressive how nearly-complete these songs were of the ones that made the record. One can understand now why Stu and Andy felt they were relegated to a backup band. Yet, this was still a great record that I consider their peak effort. Sting's solo career was very successful but nothing he did was anything close to what this trio put out in their short time together. It's a shame they didn't just take a few years off to do some solo works and then continue their journey in the late 80's. On the other hand, it's clear from this demo it wasn't really a band anymore. It was Sting and the 'other guys'. I never got to see them in their full glory in the early 80's. I did see them twice on the reunion tour however and enjoyed it, even though it wasn't the same band who took the world by storm, it was a just shadow.
The Police should have included all those unrealeased demos and came out with a wonderful double\2LP album!! Something like "The White Album" by the Beatles! )))))
Yes, I agree!
better then the released versions
Imagining these guys gearing up in the studio and Stewart, Andy each have a few songs or so for the band to work out and Sting goes "I have here about two dozen.. fully realized DEMOS!"
Lmao, I think it happened for real!
Also, imagine the look on Sting's face when Stewart and Andy turn this mediocrity into pure magic
Yeeeaah...but Stew & Andy's contributions are some of the best. Darkness is the best Police song ever, hands down (imho).
Branford Marsalis has commented how impressive it was to see that Sting arrived in the studio with fully produced demos.
Sting played for Stew and Andy a new song by Grace Jones. They really liked it. Sting then goes, "I wrote it!" Haha. "Let's do it." They did but with a Chicago blues flavor. Song's called Demolition Man.
sting should record its never too late...
This is great, and thank you. I always thought "Low Life" and "I Burn for You" were out-takes from Ghost sessions. I guess I was wrong.
"I Burn.... was written back in Newcastle in '76 for Sting's first wife, Frances Tomelty.
@@thewomble1509 Thanks! I mean the recording, not when it was written.
@@peterjonas4971 Sorry , i misunderstood. it's a great song either way!
I Burn for You was a song Sting wanted to do forever, but Stewart and Andy thought it wrong for The Police as an album track. However when suggested for the film Brimstone and Treacle it fitted. So the did it there, adding in the Bass coda that was originally played to Shadows in the Rain.
Low Life dates from 1977 and has the same heritage as Roxanne. It's about the red light district in Paris. You can tell it is not from the ghost sessions, but from earlier studios.
@@hughcdavies I never understood why they didn't put it on an album - their version (it's been recorded by others previously) is so cool and sounds so Police-like.
my favorite police record
everything's sting's~~~~ the right-way-'round, mate~
I wish Never Too Late and Don't You Look At Me made it. I would love to hear Andy and Stewart on those.
yes
The version of Don't You Look at Me from Stings first band Last Exit is fantastic. ruclips.net/video/TOiJo85YIPk/видео.htmlsi=mkq-t-0R__3vuub6
This is phenomenal
Love "It's Never Too Late" Very dark. Should have been on Ghost.
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - pretty much went out as per the demo. SC said they couldn't improve it.
Sting said the finished version of “Every Little Thing…” on the album IS the demo. They tried re-recording it multiple times but could not get it to sound as good as the original. So, it was just polished up a bit.👍🏻
Sure is. CRAZY!! So glad because the energy of that demo is everything with Stewart on top. Sting is something else.
It is my favorite song off that album... And on a great stereo up loud... It truly moves my soul!!!!
Is that lo-fi ? The sound quality has a charm !
Love how the synth sound in the "spirits in material worlds" demo
Amazing isn't it? I've never been the biggest fan of the police but I adore this demo
Brilliant album. I wish it was released in a box set with all the demos. Stings demos go in a more commercial direction.
I’m sad that some of these never made it onto the record to be honest
Having some of that and a Baby Ruth this morning.
Ok, But I am missing drum sound, where Is Stui Copeland 🎶🥁 🎵 My favorite percussionist 👍😝
Dont Think We Could Ever Be Freinds sounds like Level 42.
Never heard this demo . great post . thank you.
The bonus track here, Can't stand losing you, was not a track on the original Ghost in the Machine LP, it was a track from their very first LP, Outlandos d'Amour.
Buenísimo!!! Santiago de Chile.
Every Little Thing She Does is Magic sounds like the album recording before it was sped up. It sounds out of tune because I’m so used to the pitch on the album. The tape was sped up for the final album so it’s slightly faster and about 50 cents sharper.
one track sounds like an outtake from steely dan "don't think we could ever be friends"
Would have preferred some of these unknown tracks to have been on the Ghost album, instead of some of the less interesting ones, that eventually made the cut.
Yes.
Please get these cleaned up for a special re relese of Ghost In The Machine. If Synchronicity got the special treatment this certainly deserves it.
Don't Think We Could Ever Be Friends...Did Shalamars label know about this or Imagination?
Don't Think We Could Ever Be Friends must be 'We'll Be Together' younger disco Sister.
excellent thanx
Don't Think We Could Ever Be Friends (Take 1) - Did it come out on a single B-side? Very good!
iis he using the Oberheim OB-XA?
Some of these demos sound like Sting was trying to be a jazzy Depeche Mode
Very funny and on point. :)
What? No Omegaman? My fave.
Because is a song written by Andy Summers, and these demos belongs to Sting...
One of my favorite tracks from this album either.
@@bang_türk_varm Same here, very catchy and good lyrics.
Fantastici police il demo di ghost the machine è ricco di altri pezzi stupendi
Esatto! È un peccato che molti non siano stati inseriti sull'LP finale, con il tocco di Summers e Copeland sarebbero potuti diventare brani affascinanti.
@@bang_türk_varm verissimo. Da dove stalta fuori sta chicca?
@@bepivisintainer2975 Erano demo già reperibili su RUclips in realtà. Su internet ho poi trovato un sito dove queste demo venivano ordinate tutte in questa raccolta, perciò ho semplicemente pubblicato la raccolta stessa a scopo prettamente informativo.
@@bang_türk_varm sei un grande! Grassie fes fes fes
realistically, how do these demos get leaked
new wave
Love it
One world is enough for all of us, but the band couldn't stick together!
wow, it's sting-and-the-boys, minus the boyz~
Spirits has a gospel twist with Stings vocal approach on the demo.
where you find this.. some of these songs NEVER made it onto the albums. some of these songs i never heard before
I can't tell if Sting was making demoey demos or honestly enjoyed that 80s synthy sound. He could of put these out in there original form and made a techy synth lp to revival any Brit synth duo...the key is they are complete songs not blips and beeps.
"It's Never Too Late" could have clearly been on the finished album
how can this version of Every little thing she does if magic be a demo if one can even hear Jean Roussel keyboards on it?
because Sting hired Jean Roussel for the demo …
Where is the "" Omegaman?? ""
🧐😐🧐
That was written by Andy, and these are demos made by Sting.
The best was yet to come after this which i thought was a boreing s-hit album hence Sync 👍
Don't you look at me tho 👌😍
these sound saw raw and true,you hear the vocals much more clearly in these demos better than the album versions?
Police=sting gooood
Police = Stewart Copeland to me, nothing beats his Drumming.
can't stand losing you è la reprise a Berkeley
👁 El ojo
why was don't you believe me never released wtf
Is there any technology to clean up the sound on these?
I love just about every track on this album except for "Hungry For You", which I find repetitive & boring.
What is Sting saying, "Spirits In The Material*ly?
One vocal is singing "world" (the end of the lyric) and the other is singing "we" (the beginning of the lyric).
Where can I buy this album??
It's not an official release.
Damn I came looking for the Darkness demo and it's not here! Still a great find cheers!
But it was written by Stewart, so it’s not on here
@@SeatLeonMK2 why would anything by Copeland not be on this list?
@@fetJackal because it is a collection of the demos Sting brought to the sessions.
sounds like music from an ad
lol!
Yeah. "Every Little Thing She Does" sounds like a Persil advert 😂
Not at all !
Horns ruined songs 4-9 on the album.
Not!
54:44 54:56
Think I prefer Every Little Thing… at this tempo.
don't look at me would have been epic
Sting was very good without Andy and Stewart, but never truly brilliant again. They should have done a few more albums in the late eighties and mid nineties - there was still plenty of juice in the tank.
It would have been great if they stayed together for another 2 or 3 albums at least, but ego got in the way. Also, there should have been so much more collaboration on this album - with Andy allowed to "guitarify" the songs more and be higher in the mix - like Zenyatta. That would have been so much more edgy and cool.
Sting was brilliant after. It's just different music. Incredible writer and composer.
He had more hits after the Police, so what do you mean?
44:02
a bit like a John Carpenter Soundtrack
some of the same synths used in both
Official lp is better
Of course: Andy and Stewart got their hands on it.