Police "Every Little Thing She Does..."

Re: Billy Satellite

Hi, just wanted to also say thanks for the lost hit tip. I always tried to keep up with the up-and-coming stuff back then but i didn't remember this one at all. But i love adding anything i missed to the "library" just for the love of the era.

Re: "Every Little Thing..." I had never known about that single mix till EdisonLite clued me in on it, and I was amazed how much beter that small difference in the vocals sounds, more up front, clearer. Now the frustration is that no one at Universal will ever pick up on that for any re-issues. That's a shame.

Although, i never play the Police at home anymore (only occasional album cuts) because every radio format i ever hear (classic rock/modern rock/hot AC/Independent) still play their hits on a daily basis. (heard this one yesterday, again.)

-MM

I received the "Ones on 1" CD from the UK in the mail a couple days ago. It's great that they used the single mix of "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic". This CD came out in 1988 and is on the BBC label. A lot of people have theorized that Sting is not allowing this single mix (which simply makes his voice much more prominent) to be used for any CDs, but I don't think that's the case (and I don't really think he prefers his voice being buried in the mix for CDs). Anyway, I really don't think the BBC label really asked for Sting's permission to use the single mix master tape for this CD. I think they just used whatever was supplied to them by Universal/A&M. So basically, I think it's just by fluke & chance that the single mix was ever put on CD. Just as the fact that the album mix is always used for everything else - because nobody really is paying attention (or even knew there were 2 mixes of this song.)

That's why I'm so glad to be working on 4 upcoming Sony CD releases. Two will be on Barry Manilow (if he approves) and when I listed "Ready to Take a Chance Again" (stereo version) on the track listing, Sony was very glad to see that this never-before-on-CD stereo version would finally make a Barry CD (although it was one one Japanese CD, and one US CD on a non-Sony label which released the Foul Play soundtrack.) The point being that no one at Sony had realized that the mono tape kept getting used over and over again for the Manilow CDs.

But back to the UK "Ones on 1" double CD - definitely worth the price I paid on ebay. It was one penny. (Plus $3 postage to ship from the UK. This is one of those old double CD sets, which is an inch wide, so the postage itself to mail from the UK was probably more than I paid!)

Edited by EdisonLite