The Police Synchronicity LP Variations: ALL DOCUMENTED HERE

[@diegofuentes7816]

Amazing cover artwork and music in this album, A masterpiece

[@BruceColon-BSides]

Stunning collection. Thank you so much for making this video for us fans.

[@tranzanalog]

Interesting to note of course, that there are only TWO graphical paint stripes. One is reversed and flipped to make the third. I always wondered why they didn't just do three stripes... It's so amazing to see all the variations, many thanks for taking the time Jay.

[@12opsynths]

The Smirnoff copy has Murder by Numbers crammed onto it. Love that you've done this- I managed to find 3 variations back in the 80s but had no idea there were this many.

[@jaymatsueda627]

Thanks for all the support for this video! I'm still trying to score an RIAA award to add to the bunch... Please let me know if you're willing to part with one! ~ Jay

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

2020 UPDATE ::: I condensed this info into a 1-page PDF checklist. If you'd like a copy, send me a DM via my Instagram @JayConcertPix

[@wbraychak]

Could I get a copy of that?

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

@@wbraychak Sure... Just tell me how to send it to you. If you don't want your email address posted publicly here, then use instagram and send a direct message to me there. My instagram is @JayConcertPix. While at it, I'd appreciate it a lot if you Subscribed to this KZbin channel! Thanks!

[@st.armanini9521]

Awesome collection! As a fan of Duane Michals, the genius photographer of this artwork, I cherish the black and white versions.

[@enriccoll5386]

I have one of these US pressings that are actually purple when holding it into a light, a 1985 Spanish release which has fuchsia rather than red stripes and a 1983 Spanish copy for music critics that has a black sleeve with the blue, yellow and red stripes plus yellow The Police lettering without the album title.

[@jaymatsueda627]

Coming soon... a supplemental PART TWO video that documents varieties missing from this video at the time of filming. I didn't know there were some I left out that could be considered legit additional variations until now!! STAY TUNED...

[@jaymatsueda627]

Waiting for one more variation before making the Part Two video, but I haven't forgotten! :-) Happy hunting!

[@patrickluce7924]

Jay Matsueda I heard from a record store owner (Burlington records in Vermont) thAt there is 96 official versions. A lot of them have to do with vinyl color.

[@jaymatsueda627]

@@patrickluce7924 It depends on what you consider a variant... There are many, many matrix number combos. And there are different ways that the different color vinyl may have been included in different sleeves, I suppose. But there are not 96 cover variations, in terms of art layout. There's what I have here, plus one more black & white one that there's only 1 copy of, which I have, that was printed at the original press check and not sold to the public. That will be part of my PART 2 video

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

@@patrickluce7924 Just posted video PART2 -- kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZzQao2MmrNgnKs !!!!!!

[@高見哲也-p7s]

So wonderful! You are the king of collector about that!

[@jimverdi7990]

Jay, I've owned a copy of this album since it came out, and I only just heard about this last night from an acquaintance of mine who runs a local record shop. One detail you left out, (which goes into a whole different area) is the focus on the vinyl itself of each record. I held my record (what appears to the naked eye black vinyl), up to the light and BOOM! It's actually translucent purple! I NEVER knew it before he mentioned it to me, which drew me to watching your video, in hopes that you'd have touched base on it. Now, I'm very curious as to how many different colored translucent vinyl copies exist! Maybe you mention this in your part 2 video, which I haven't watched yet. I must say, I found your video quite enjoyable and it's nice to find someone else (like myself), who has such a high span of attentiveness to detail to be able to differentiate to the "average Joe". I hope somehow I can meet you some day. Thanks so much for the "variant" education and time you've spent on this album!

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

Hi Jim, you certainly have touched upon one physical attribute of the synchronicity albums which I purposefully have not really gotten into. These albums were often pressed on a special type of vinyl called KC-600 audiophile vinyl. A physical attribute of the material itself, as you mentioned, is translucent,….. despite looking like it they are black when not held to the light. When held to the light, some appear more purple and the other appear more brown. In my experience, perhaps 10 to 20% of them are brown while the remaining are purple however, I do not consider these to be color vinyl. They were not marketed as such, and again this is a physical attribute of the actual KC-600 material itself that came that way from the vinyl supplier…. It is interesting and cool to discover as a little surprise, though, I totally agree with you. And although I cherish seeing the brown ones as the ones that seem to be a little bit scarcer, I do not assign greater value to them because they are brown. I don’t think anyone else is doing so, either. 

Here is an interesting discussion about it… 
forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/share-your-records-pressed-on-secret-quiex-type-vinyl-not-colored-clear-vinyl.285211/page-10

[@jimverdi7990]

@@JayMatsuedaOfficial hi Jay 😊 thanks so much for your reply. I am wondering how many people do not know about it, like myself and have owned this album for as long as I have. I'm also wondering if there are any others in my collection from other artists that are similar. I also want to express my gratitude for as much effort and time you've devoted to your findings and explanations of the outrageous amounts of variants of this album. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I'll be happy to help add to your collection, as I'll definitely be on the lookout for that album once again! 👍🏼😁

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

@@jimverdi7990 Thank you, Jim! I believe, from the comments in that forum link I pasted above, that some Joe Jackson albums on A&M also used DC-600 vinyl...

[@alfredogonzalez8991]

Me paso lo.mismo con el ghost in the machine, un dia lo vi a contra luz y es violeta. 👍🏻🤘

[@antoniohenriquelopes5880]

The Police forever !

[@pb_zep3838]

Truly an outstanding collection, I'm jealous

[@jaymatsueda627]

Did you also watch video Part 2? All this can be yours!.... for low 6 figures lol

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

Hey you guys, thx for watching this... Please subscribe to my channel! I will have a Part 3 video soon, and you'll be the first to know 🙂

[@turnstile7]

Wow Jay! That is an impressive collection. Thanks for sharing this. I've got seven variations of Synchronicity covers...only 29 more to go! LOL

[@Mark-tw5ws]

Well, I totally nerded out on that! Great vid, thanks. Have a couple copies and just found out that the standard black vinyl, when held up to light, is actually a dark purple...I'm also into variations of Some Girls and In Through The Out Door. Happy collecting to you sir.

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

Yeah, the 1983 copies are either dark purple or dark brown. From my experience, there are more purple ones than brown ones.

[@ceejaydeesoozaa]

Hi again Jay. thanks for all your replies thus far. totally appreciate it very much. i went on ebay earlier to browse the synchro LP copies for sale and realized that the nude lady cover (front or back version) is not as rare as i had thought spotted quite a few copies with prices starting from 10usd. did not see any gold or b&w covers with the buy now option. also read a discogs commenter who mentioned that the b&w covers are due to a jacket printing error (due to no color ink in the printer?) but i doubt so. also found out through forums browsing that the brown vinyl version (when seen under bright light) is rarer than the purplish one. right now i just have 1 copy with the common cover and purplish vinyl. decided earlier that i will be going for 2 more copies with nude back and front and if im lucky to spot at nice prices the gold and b&w ones as well. lets see.

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

@jasonsouza77 I actually happen to have an extra copy of one of the ones with nude girl on it, on the back sleeve. It's cover #35 per my checklist, if you're using that to keep track - as a standardization resource for collectors. If you want to buy my extra, send me a DM via my Instragram of @JayConcertPix Cheers, Jay

[@brettengland192]

This is an invaluable video to any vinyl freak like myself. I was aware of the cover variations back when the album was first released, but I didn't think much of it. Had I cared at the time, I would've bought every version I could find. Interestingly enough, I bought my original copy in Overland Park, KS at Peaches Records. That copy was a yellow stripe on top with Stewart on the goat in the middle. I first watched this video about a year ago. Since then I've revisited it several times and about three months ago I decided to go down the rabbit hole and attempt to acquire as may variations as possible. I know I'll most likely never find the black and white copies, but I've managed to find all but three of the colored versions in three months.

[@mikkelbreiler8916]

KZbin suggest to me this video on the right - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpOZh36se9Voj68 which has a guy with 40 variants.. So some of them will be expensive, more so if they should be in a condition worthy of playing... Any varations on the CD covers ?

[@amateurmusicresearch1972]

I just got a BRY "nude" blender, I could be wrong, but doesn't that one have some photos that don't appear on the others? like Andy with the nude girl, Sting profile with a human skeleton, and the weird Andy butterfly photo....Am I right? Congratulations on the awesome collection!

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

Not all images appear on all covers, correct... Not only are the photo orders altered, but some images exclusively only show up on some varieties. Happy hunting!

[@isiso.speenie5994]

Human brain is keyed to find patterns in nature or events

[@murielglass5333]

When I was a kid, I was obsessed with getting every single cover variant I could on this record. Of course there was no Internet at the time and I was just flying blind... I remember hearing all kinds of rumors regarding just how many cover variants there were... some were conservative, some downright whacky ("They still pump out new versions EVERY WEEK!")... In any case, I had nearly 20 copies of this record at one time in the 1980's. Some were purple vinyl, some orange/brown. Today I have exactly ONE copy left, the first copy I bought back in '83. It is NOT in audiophile shape anymore, but who cares. It's my original copy... *NOTE my first copy is the "Blender!" :)

[@JMG72ARG]

cool, I have the crc pinkish version...just realized some of the photos are related to song content, like mother and walking in your footsteps...

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

Glad you enjoyed the video! If inclined, have a look at the even RARER stuff I continued with in Part 2!!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZzQao2MmrNgnKs

[@coelhoogabriel]

FANTASTIC !!! INCREDIBLE !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jaimeriquelme5525]

Realmente... Fantástico!!!.. Santiago de Chile...

[@dejanristic4715]

Amazing collection and dedidation to an outstanding art product, musically and visually. Well, I'm from Serbia, former Yugoslavia, and I have that yugo record (and cassette too). This "starburst" on the cover is label with word "zlatna", which means "golden". This indicates that record was sold in no less than 100.000 copies. On discogs you can see that one of edition has labeled "platinasta", which means "platinum" and indicates that was sold in 200.000 copies. Regardless of that, there were several editions of "Synchronicity", with two variations of red stripe. At least one of edition (my record) didn't have gatefold cover, just single sleeve, and B/W picture of the band members was included as addition to the cover. It could be pinned on the wall as poster, which i did, normally :)

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

Hi Dejan, and Thanks! I actually corrected the "gold" and "platinum" explanation in my PART 2 video, after I got the platinum one, too, and looked up the meanings... haha It's here with some other rare finds, too! Enjoy! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZzQao2MmrNgnKs

[@holton345]

Your Smirnoff albums say "Get into the rhythm of quality." The sicker on the back says "A Presentation of (or "by") Smirnoff". I have the most common US vinyl, the typical US cassette, and my copy that I listen to right now is a US CD, but it is identical to the Japanese CD you show, save for the ownership info and labels along the bottom of the flip side, and there is no jewel case - it is entirely cardboard. It is blue/yellow/red with the collages starting with the clock and tubas, then Sting's face beneath the text (but only half of his face) and the skeleton, then the piano/eggs on the bottom, in the middle, with the woman missing. The Smirnoff cover for Brazil does indeed appear to be a generic one for a series of comp albums. I think you are right, that the track listings are just stickers, and that this same cover may have been used for many albums. Maybe they were perks for bar owners, like Budweiser pool table lamps and neon signs and tap handles? Perhaps the delivery drivers or regional distributors gave them away to their better customers? They do not look like commercial releases at all. I suspect they are indeed insider comps. They might even be illegal pressings, in violation of copyright. I don't see any ownership marks on those two covers - just Smirnoff ad copy. How weird. This is insane! Thanks for taking the time and having the sheer OCD to amass this collection and then making this excellent video. I never noted that my covers were not the same and that so much variation was intentionally produced for this album. It is one of my favorites, but I guess I failed to really *look* at the photos. For instance, I play tuba professionally in a symphony orchestra (for 29 years now, too) and never once noticed the tubas on the cover! I never noticed the eggs on the piano keyboard, either. Yes, indeed: I am feeling rather dim right now. HAHAHA!!!

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

Thank you for the translation on the Smirnoff ones! I believe them to be official based on the labels on the vinyl themselves, but they are oddball items FOR SURE and not part of my core tally of 40 different U.S. Synch covers. I made a PART 2 video! Did you see that, too? And I have found more odd foreign stuff that will (hopefully soon) have enough content to justify a 3rd installment, so "subscribe" if you like so that you get a notice when it's ready :-) OCD? Me? I prefer to consider it "misguided determination." Imagine if I did something USEFUL with these skills!!!!! hahahah

[@Auntkekebaby]

I'm jealous. Police forever.

[@ceejaydeesoozaa]

I SUSPECT YOU HAVE THE MOST NUMBER OF VARIANTS OF THIS POLICE ALBUM IN THE WHOLE WORLD. SUPERB EFFORT IN COLLECTING ALL THESE

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

It's true... Since there is 1 variety with only 1 known copy, and a second variety with only about 10 suspected copies, there is not a more complete set than this right now - even though I am missing a few international items that have design differences to make the lot even better. Thx for checking out the videos! parts 1 and 2 both have rather special items at the end!

[@timarnett7813]

hi jay, thank you for putting these vids together! i am collecting variants for a display wall in my listening room. how can i get my hands on your reference chart? think that would be much help as this makes my head spin, and i only have 7! lol thks tim

[@jaymatsueda627]

Hi Tim, if you don’t want to post your email address publicly (o wouldn’t blame you), then go to my Instagram and DM me via @jayconcertpix I can email you the file via wetransfer from there because it’s about 25mb to be able to zoom into the details of the art! Happy hunting

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

Hi Tim... The file is large, so send me a DM via my Instagram at @JayConcertPix with your email address, and I'll use it to wetransfer you the PDF! It's large enough to zoom in on the art details of each...

[@dannyjonze]

If I ever see a gold disc of this, I'll let you know

[@amusement420]

One of the best album cover concepts of all-time. Great work on the vid. The printers must've been like wtf crazy rock band lol Is there a way to know the rarity of each of the 38 US set variations there are? Great find on the A&M execs to get the band to sign it. Especially Sting. A Sci-Fi collector in the UK I knew rode a train in France sitting across (somehow) from Sting and his wife. He pulled out a Sci-Fi mag he just purchased with Sting in the movie Dune on the cover. He asked him to sign it. Sting said "That's not me". He replied something to the effect "Well whomever it is you resemble the bloke. Could you be so kind as to sign it." Sting and Trudy laughed so he signed it. 28:00 '4 Colour ' is also referred to in graphic design and printing as '4-Color process' or sometimes 'Full color process' meaning the 'CMYK' printing process. Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black. 'K' also meaning Keyline or Key Plate (less common) which is always the black plate. Most often used for type. Black also being used for 'Registration marks' that look like a crosshairs in a circle that appear off of the image area to align the CMYK plates. which are later cropped off. Ah it's all coming back to me. I don't want to tell you about Rapidograph pens, gauche, rubylith, rub down trnsfers and photostats lol Then came computers.

[@jaymatsueda627]

Thanks for checking out both this video and also my Part 2 continuation video in full! Glad you got some enjoyment / amusement out of them!!! I appreciate your commentary about printer & graphics terminology… And in answer to your question, I personally cannot DEFINITIVELY ASSERT the relative rarity of each variety, except to say that the “main” variety seems to be far more common than all the rest of the color ones. The metallic ink with photos one is far more common than any of the Black&White ones, as well.

[@amusement420]

​@@jaymatsueda627I dug up my original from the milk crate... @8:28 is in the list in your “The Police Synchronicity LP Variations --- PART 2” video Front #10 (1 of 2) #33 (B-R-Y Sting-Andy-Stewart Front; Y-B-R Sting-Andy-Stewart) Side One vinyl etching & label SP-03735-A-EUR-4 LABEL SP-3735 (SP-03735-A) Side Two vinyl etching & label SP-03735-B-EUR-3 LABEL SP-3735 (SP-03735-B) discogs release 10554362-The-Police-Synchronicity Jun 17, 1983 Issued with custom printed inner-sleeve with lyrics, credits and photos. Lowest:$1.88Median:$10.00Highest:$28.99 Under the Duane Michaels entry “The most common version is of Sting reading a copy of Jung's "Synchronicity".

[@jaymatsueda627]

In terms of the matrix numbers, yeah, I indicated at the beginning of my part one video that I don’t get into all the different matrix numbers because there would be too many stampers to account for. In that sense, Discogs lists out many more variations than there are cover versions. They are considering variations to be differences in the stamper etchings on the vinyl records, which is different than documenting the cover designs

[@amusement420]

@@jaymatsueda627 yes I remember you saying that. I added it out of interest. I never paid attention to the matrix numbers in fact. My main interest is where my cover art falls into the grand scheme. Your vids take the mystery out of it big time!!! I hadn't checked the discog variants for what most have been selling for to gage which might be more common to rare' But $10-28 isn't bad. A used store would probably give me 50 cents to a dollar lol It feels 'rarer' to me since it was at the bottom your your lists and only one of two in the photo arrangement the other being black & white. I'm personally am pleased with the photo montage compared to others. Mine has carefully placed tape on the bottom of the inner paper sleeve. The LP cut thru the thin paper. I keep them in the acid free sleeves like you do. It was nice getting them out.

[@jaymatsueda627]

Even with my hunt for all of these, I still feel that 40 variations is too small a sample size to be statistically significant, but among the color varieties, my intuition is that some of the ones with yellow or red top stripes are harder to hunt down. Also challenging is being sure SELLERS have listed their items correctly, because we don’t know if they realize that variants exist.

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

PART 2 CONTINUATION VIDEO just posted Aug 23 2020 here : kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZzQao2MmrNgnKs

[@368crv]

Am just wondering of all 40 plus versions, which is the best sounding?

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

I like the ones that say "MASTERDISK" in the dead wax

[@ffoibm]

awesome collection !!!!!

[@The.Last.Guitar.Hero.]

I thought there was only one!

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

Only one of what? There is only one known splatter vinyl copy and also only 1 known 7th black and white sleeve (as shown in my PART 2 video)....

[@majortom1001]

I think I may have a version that isn’t in your collection, the order of color stripes matches that of the UK versions: yellow, blue, red on front and blue, red, yellow on the bottom. The front cover matches one of the black/white or bronze, silver, gold versions but it has the color stripes. It is also missing “Murder by Numbers” side 2 ends with “Tea in the Sahara.” Also the band members are mixed up in each of the front color stripes i.e. yellow has Andy, Sting, Stewart, blue has Andy and Stewart, and red has pictures of Andy, Sting, Stewart. It says A&M 1983. Also there is the butterfly on the back cover. Very odd. Let me know if you want to see pictures. I’m going to rewatch your video and see if it is in there but I don’t think it is. It’s close to #31 but there are differences in the images. I think it might be one of the missing 30s it is close to 31 but there are image differences.

[@smaxxxxxxx]

Nice. FWIW I've got, what you called, number 30.

[@CommuneRecords]

Hey Jay - Went looking for a video to see all the versions, and OF COURSE the definitive breakdown was by you! By the way, I have the bronze/gold/silver one and the CRC one. (Is that the only one with the pink color?) Signed, your buddy with the clear record sleeves and Peter Hammill tapes.

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

hahahah Hey there! Guilty as charged... A Police freak thru and thru... You searched the vastness of the net to ultimately find expertise in your backyard! hahahah As far as the pink stripe, the CRC is the only U.S. variation with that color value. However, some international copies also use a value more similar to that pink than the standard red (but just a couple)

[@CommuneRecords]

@@JayMatsuedaOfficial My bronze one has an insert sheet advertising the Police Around the World video. I may have missed you mentioning that, but it's kinda cool

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

@@CommuneRecords There are a few details I should point out, such as inserts... I will eventually have a PART 3 video, too, so I'll mention it at that time. I never even bothered to mentioned up to now the translucent purple vinyl (or how perhaps 10% of them seem to be translucent brown, instead"... Hold yours up to sunlight and have a look. It's not really black vinyl!

[@tadeo1976]

Murder by numbers

[@lqr824]

Very interesting! Do you have photos available of them to compare and and contrast?

[@jaymatsueda627]

Try this page: www.followtheleaders.fr/synchro2006b.htm

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

2020 UPDATE ::: I condensed this info into a 1-page PDF checklist. If you'd like a copy, send me a DM via my Instagram @JayConcertPix

[@sergiotorres4233]

I have the 34 version

[@jaymatsueda627]

You have 34 versions or you have the one I called number 34? 😊

[@sergiotorres4233]

@@jaymatsueda627 the one you called number 34

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

@jimverdi7990 Hi Jim, you certainly have touched upon one physical attribute of the synchronicity albums which I purposefully have not really gotten into. These albums were often pressed on a special type of vinyl called KC-600 audiophile vinyl. A physical attribute of the material itself, as you mentioned, is translucent,….. despite looking like it they are black when not held to the light. When held to the light, some appear more purple and the other appear more brown. In my experience, perhaps 10 to 20% of them are brown while the remaining are purple however, I do not consider these to be color vinyl. They were not marketed as such, and again this is a physical attribute of the actual KC-600 material itself that came that way from the vinyl supplier…. It is interesting and cool to discover as a little surprise, though, I totally agree with you. And although I cherish seeing the brown ones as the ones that seem to be a little bit scarcer, I do not assign greater value to them because they are brown. I don’t think anyone else is doing so, either. 

Here is an interesting discussion about it… 
forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/share-your-records-pressed-on-secret-quiex-type-vinyl-not-colored-clear-vinyl.285211/page-10

[@jimverdi7990]

OMG Jay...I picked up a brown one today! I have to admit, it definitely doesn't "pop" like mine. I checked the matrix runouts in the deadwax area...mine is apparently a first pressing, I even have the "Police Around The World" order form! Sadly though, there's a big gouge on side one, but surprisingly, it plays without any issues. As for the new brown one, you really have to hold that one up to the light to see it. You got me hooked here! Incidentally, I happen to see one on eBay that I'm watching, which apparently is a Venezuela pressing! Has the song titled in Spanish on the label, followed by the English translation. On the plain old A&M label (light tan w/green letters). Very interesting. If you don't mind, I'd like to talk with you and compare notes, especially when I get the other 3 copies I ordered 🤦🏼‍♂️😂 I'm on Facebook, my last name is Verdi. Look for the profile that shows Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album cover. You can also reach me via email at [e-mail]. Looking forward to communicating with you, Jim

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

@@jimverdi7990 Hi Jim, the interesting thing about the Venezuelan one on eBay that you're eyeing is that it is a GATEFOLD sleeve. The art normally on the paper inner is instead printed inside the gatefold... Let me know when your new ones come in... and HAPPY HUNTING!

[@SainiRohan]

I wanted to ask, is there any vinyl version of the Japanese cover? It’s the cover I’m the most familiar with. Also because it’s on Spotify too, unless I’m confusing that one too.

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

Well... There's not really an EXACT vinyl version that matches the Japanese CD, because the CD removes the shadowing under the handwritten band name and album title on the top. The photos and stripe colors on the front are common to the main version of the Synchronicity album -- but it flip flops the order to use the Sting stripe in the middle. And on the back of the CD, being a wider format than a square LP, it extends the photo stripes wider than the LPs with more visible photo elements. So, it's different, and I include a copy in my full collection as a result.

[@SainiRohan]

@@JayMatsuedaOfficial thank you. I appreciate the response!

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

@@SainiRohan There's one more difference that I forgot to mention which is indicated at this time in the above video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f53Gc3uCdqyYoa8 which is that there is 1 difference in the Andy string of photos on the front of the Japanese CD. - Also check out video Part 2 showing more LPs I found, U.S. and international, that bring the U.S. LP total to 40 variations! >> kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZzQao2MmrNgnKs

[@ImpartiallySpeaking]

For those of you who weren’t already aware - Jay is officially ‘The Indiana Jones of Police Collectors’ where the search for treasure trove enters a new dimension!

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

Appreciate the encouragement! I didn't do it alone... After this video, to create Part 2 here > kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZzQao2MmrNgnKs, some long time collectors offered me some added rarities, in addition to even more that I found. Hoping to also have an installment 3 video sooner than later. There's still MORE out there!

[@ImpartiallySpeaking]

Keep up the great work! ...I’m new to the police but what an amazing band! ❤️

[@jimverdi7990]

I will. Oh incidentally, one other I picked up was a CRC copy, the one that has fuschia instead of red. I happened to notice that if it's placed in a dimly light area, it actually looks red!

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

Does it have "CRC" on the back near the legal type? Columbia Record Club...

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

I will wetransfer you my checklist so that you can refer to these by number...

[@jimverdi7990]

Yes it does

[@jimverdi7990]

@@JayMatsuedaOfficial okay, sounds good 👍🏼😊

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

@@jimverdi7990 sent and also > we.tl/t-eZDjwVeNM1

[@peterwelpton]

do you have any info about the US pressings actually being purple vinyl? (you only see it when you hold it to the light)

[@jaymatsueda627]

Nearly all U.S. pressings are the dark purple translucent vinyl... except there are also a smaller number that are brown translucent vinyl. The ones I have noticed are mostly from the Black&White-sleeved LPs. I don't know officially what the % breakdown is between purple and brown copies...

[@marshallhahn7973]

I’m amazed and very jealous

[@jaymatsueda627]

If you’d like to have the checklist that makes it easier to search for your own, send me your email address thru a DM at my Instagram @JayConcertPix

[@pb_zep3838]

It'd be cool if you could get the gold and platinum too. Unlikely, but it would be cool.

[@jaymatsueda627]

I will someday. Probably either or. One RIAA Award is all I feel compelled to find

[@jaymatsueda627]

Part 3 video will include a triple platinum RIAA award!!!!

[@majortom1001]

Ok I think maybe I figured it out. It is a blended US #37 that is missing “Murder by Numbers” on side 2

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

Here is my actual checklist that shows only the front covers and which are paired in groupings that show the associated back covers... It sounds like you have #37.... And "Murder by Numbers" doesn't appear on any of the vinyl records. It was only on cassette and CD. www.jaymatsueda.com/CHECKLIST--US-Synch-LP-covers.pdf

[@majortom1001]

@@JayMatsuedaOfficial thank you for solving the mysteries!!

[@12opsynths]

@@JayMatsuedaOfficial It's listed on the Smirnoff copies

[@betweenthegrooves5105]

Very cool!

[@EvaysuCalderoMagico]

OMG!!!!!!!

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

Just posted video PART2 -- kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZzQao2MmrNgnKs !!!!!!

[@pablo-pp6tc]

awsome!!!!

[@tadeo1976]

My question would be: How Many of those albums doesn't have murder by numbers

[@marcweissman5752]

I would guess none of the standard 36 US versions have it.

[@clamshell6863]

Did they make variations for the cassettes too or just on vinyl exclusively?

[@jaymatsueda627]

There are a couple cassettes within this video and a handful more in the Part 2 sequel to this video... but generally the official cassettes were of a couple variations. They only went wild with that LP sleeves

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

Check out the Part 2 of this video for a few more tapes, plus some pirate tapes that showed up in some Asian countries where it appears that that's all they had access to, meaning that it seems doubtful that there -were- any official releases there, but somehow they got the music anyway, via pirated copies... kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZzQao2MmrNgnKs

[@thebatman101069]

so is that Festival record multicolored vinyl one the only one like that? are there othersm

[@jaymatsueda627]

Correct. There exists only that one unique multi-colored Synchronicity Festival LP (and no other LPs by The Police or any other artists with that same pattern, to anyone's current knowledge). There is also a Zenyatta splatter one made by the same guy at Festival, who has since deceased, which is a blue & purple pattern and is unique as a Zenyatta album, although there is also a "sister" LP by another artist which was created with the same blue & purple pattern at the same time by the same guy.

[@jerryneubauer1484]

I have the 4 different covers of the Genesis Album ABACAB...but this is pretty Bad A$$!!

[@hald-matalongos]

one of the least good genesis albums being an 8band that means it's a great band

[@R.Kinney1492]

Photography by Duane Michals. 📷

[@GaylordSmithJr]

Which one sound the best?

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

I prefer the ones that have the "MASTERDISK" stamp in the runout area

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

P.S. Please subscribe to my channel! I will have a Part 3 video soon...

[@samuelpozos4040]

Why were so many variations of this album made?

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

Essentially to be CREATIVE and FUN! Jeff Ayeroff apparently really allowed the designers to do things that were unusual and interesting...

[@johnmacmillan217]

But what about the 8-track versions? CRC vs. RCA music club?

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

The CRC LP is included here as an LP with an alternate red Pantone used (pink instead of a true red). Apart from that as a variation, unless something is truly different with the layout, I used the LP as the representation of the variation first and foremost. I do have an RCA cassette which, on the black plate, includes the RCA licensing info smack dab in the middle of the cover art, which is weird as hell. That's not yet documented in either this or the PART 2 video I made showing these. But as far as I'm aware, there is no other difference in the photo layout or stripe color order or Pantones in the 8-track tape versions, so those are not included. I also don't have a way to play those (not that I am really playing the tapes, either, out of fairness), so they are overall less desirable for me...

[@johnmacmillan217]

@@JayMatsuedaOfficial yeah I was only talking about tape, 8-track cartridges, and that there are two versions: an Record Club of America edition that has Murder By Numbers, and the Columbia Record and Tape Club edition that doesn't have the extra song... There's a reel to reel to get, too!Feels like you should have it in all original formats if you're gonna go that far anyway! And, get yourself an 8-track deck! LOL Cheers!

[@jaymatsueda627]

Well, it was never about formats. It was about design variations, actually. So unless there is something in the cover art that’s different, then it’s out of scope for me... 😊

[@snerp]

OCD LOL

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

hahaha Well, gotta own it, I suppose

[@summertooth88]

Unbelievable.

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

Just posted video PART2 -- kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZzQao2MmrNgnKs !!!!!!

[@AWZeus]

Great video. I really wish I could track down how rare my cover is - I've tried searching and haven't seen it. Front: RYB-Sting/Andy/Stewart - Sting's upper-left is the Synchronicity passage. Any ideas?

[@AWZeus]

Okay - found it at the 9:00 mark. One of the ones without the flip version.

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

Which one are you talking about according to my checklist? DM me an email address via Instagram at @JayConcertPix

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

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[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

@@AWZeus There are some that took me longer to find than others and which seem a bit 'rarer.' Certainly, the "main" version is most common. It's difficult to ascertain relative manufacturing QTYs of the rest across such a small sample size. They sold MILLIONS, and I've got 40 domestic and probably as many foreign ones, but even 80 of the same album against millions made doesn't provide enough insight. You'd be hardpressed to command a higher price for yours, should you ever decide to sell it, versus any other copy, unless you happened to know that a buyer was looking for that one specifically.

[@ceejaydeesoozaa]

hi Jay i need to ask u smth. is the variant with the nude girl considered rare? how many variations of the 3 colour variants (red blue yellow in any order) has the nude girl. a friend told me its not super rare but rarer than the non nudes and mentioned the gold/brass ones are rarer as well as those b and w ones. those without the photos are rarer than dinosaur fossils EDIT: just saw your video again. out of the 36 colored variants 1 has the nude gal on the front while 1 has it on the back. i will consider this to be pretty rare. 🔎

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

Hey there... The 6 commercially released Black&White ones [[[and 1 Black& White one which was never commercially released, shown in my 'PART 2' video]]] are far rarer and about 3 to 6 times more costly (depending on whether they are sealed) than the version with metallic color stripes that HAS the photos. The metallic stripes version WITHOUT photos is incredibly rare with only a 'suspected' 10 copies to have perhaps been made, but that was an approximation... and the whereabouts of only 2 copies are known today. The Black&White one which was never commercially released is only known to exist in the one copy that I have. The market would dictate the value of that B&W one or the 'No Photos' ones, but they would EASILY be several thousand dollars each, conservatively. --- As far as the layout with the nude woman on it, when you look at my checklist available via my Instagram, you'll see that it's on 2 color ones and 2 b&w ones (35, 36, 37 and 38)

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

Oh, and in my experience (although the sample size is too small to truly gauge accurately), I wouldn't say that any given color version is more rare than another, outside of the "main" version that I refer to being the most common...

[@ariverbythesea]

Is there a Red - Blue - Yellow?

[@jaymatsueda627]

Not that I am aware of on a U.S. LP sleeve. Whenever red is the top stripe on either side, yellow is the center.

[@edhusar]

Can anyone point me to a photo of all the album versions?

[@jaymatsueda627]

Try this page: www.followtheleaders.fr/synchro2006b.htm

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

2020 UPDATE ::: I condensed this info into a 1-page PDF checklist. If you'd like a copy, send me a DM via my Instagram @JayConcertPix

[@cv507]

däng. i thought abakäpp wöz decent xD

[@phillipriggs3375]

I am not an earnest The Police record collector, this is boring, but if it were Hot Wheels and variations, I would be ALL in. Ha, good video. So how do you make your brain quit so you can sleep?

[@JayMatsuedaOfficial]

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