The Police - Crime Scene (1982)

I was just putting the finishing touches to this post when I saw online that the band's record company have released the 'Flexible Strategies' album, which collects together the rare b-sides from throughout their career. On checking the track listing, though, I found that they'd missed that chance to make it a truly career-spanning exercise, as they'd omitted to include the band's debut 'Fall Out'/'Nothing Achieving' 7" single, and they also stopped short at adding on their contributions to the 'Brimstone & Treacle' soundtrack. I've therefore decided to post this anyway, as it includes every rare studio recording from their first single to their last recordings, and so is more career-encompassing than the official release.

Track listing

01 Fall Out (single 1977)
02 Nothing Achieving (b-side of 'Fall Out')
03 Dead End Job (b-side of 'Can't Stand Losing You' 1978)
04 Visions Of The Night (b-side of 'Walking On The Moon' 1979)
05 Landlord (b-side of 'Message In A Bottle' 1979)
06 A Sermon (b-side of ' De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da' 1980)
07 Friends (b-side of 'Don't Stand So Close To Me' 1980)
08 Flexible Strategies (b-side of 'Every Little Thing She Does Is magic' 1981)
09 Shambelle (b-side of 'Invisible Sun' 1981)
10 Low Life (b-side of 'Spirits In The Material World' 1981)
11 Once Upon A Daydream (b-side of 'Synchronicity II' 1983)
12 Someone To Talk To (b-side of 'Wrapped Around Your Finger' 1983)
13 Murder By Numbers (b-side of 'Every Breath You Take' 1983)
14 How Stupid Mr. Bates (from the 'Brimstone & Treacle' soundtrack 1982)
15 I Burn For You (from the 'Brimstone & Treacle' soundtrack 1982)
16 A Kind Of Loving (from the 'Brimstone & Treacle' soundtrack 1982)