The Police - 1979-03-04 - Berkeley, CA (SBD)

The Police

1979-03-04

Zellerbach Auditorium

University of California - Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Can't Stand Losing You

02. Truth Hits Everybody

03. So Lonely

04. Fall Out

05. Born In The 50's

06. Hole In My Life/ Fixing A Hole

07. Be My Girl/Sally 

08. Peanuts

09. Roxanne

10. Landlord

11. Next To You

12. Can't Stand Losing You

The Police - 1979-03-04 - Berkeley, CA (SBD)

The Police 1979 - Back To Back - #1: 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 soundboard recording captures the band just 3 days after the start of the tour, on March 4, 1979, 46 years ago today. Download this one, then come back tomorrow for the 2nd half of this Back to Back set.