recent vinyl finds
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I just found a copy has a run off that isn't mentioned in the Discogs listings for the 1st release by The Police. Is there a Sting in the tale?
Incidentally I have a true Sting story, I went to see The Police at Aylesbury Friars in 78/79 can't quite remember but I do remember The Cramps were the support and they were fucking AMAZING, anyway, I am standing around near the back of the hall and I spots this guy with bleach blonde hair hanging around smoking - as we did in them days. So I approach him thinking he's in The Police as he just looked like a pop star, so I approach with caution and say "hey Sting, can I have you autograph please?" to which the guy spits back "fuck off, I'm not Sting, I'm Stewart the drummer" oh, sorry can I have it anyway I ask, "sure, have you got a pen?" says the foulmouthed popstar, erm I didn't so I told him to wait there, scuttled off to the foyer to borrow a pen and came back to him and he kindly signed my Friars membership card 'Stewart' no Copeland or Police drummer, just Stewart.
What always tickled me about this meeting was his utter contempt for even being mistaken for Sting but when they were still on the way up it was an easy mistake to make, The Cramps blew them away that night though - they were truly magnificent.
- That's amazing and hilarious. Seeing both those bands back then would have been amazing. I can see Stewart saying that especially knowin their relationship now.fooler