The Police - 1979-03-29 - Rosyln, NY (FM)

The Police
1979-03-29
My Father's Place
Roslyn, Long Island NY
WLIR-FM broadcast
256 kbps
Artwork Included

01. DJ intro
02. Can't Stand Losing You
03. Truth Hits Everybody
04. So Lonely
05. Fall Out
06. Born In The 50's
07. Hole In My Life
08. Be My Girl Sally
09. Peanuts
10. Roxanne
11. Landlord
12. Next To You

The Police - 1979-03-29 - Rosyln, NY (FM)

As the decade of the 1970s came to a close, a host of punk and new wave bands rose to prominence. While many would reach the peak of their fame in the 1980s, they paid their dues in the 1970s. For example , in early 1979, The Police went on tour in North America in support of their debut album, Outlandos d’Amour. The tour kicked off on March 1 at the legendary Whiskey A Go Go in Los Angeles and ran until May 25, with the band criss-crossing the US and Canada. They often played 2 shows a night, and rarely took a day off. Given that the album had flopped when initially released, the band felt compelled to tour relentlessly in hopes of gaining exposure for themselves and airplay for their songs. The strategy seemed to work, as the album eventually climbed to the #23 position on the Billboard charts in the US, and rose all the way to the #2 position in the UK. In addition, 3 singles from the disc – Roxanne, Can’t Stand Losing You and So Lonely - charted in the top 20 in the UK in 1979. Roxanne also climbed to the #32 spot on the US Billboard charts. This FM broadcast captures the band on March 29 1979, 34 years ago today near the start of the tour that helped put them on the map.