THE POLICE - Reggatta De Blanc

Item Description

Vinyl, , Prototype
LP 10"

Multi coloured vinyl prototype with geometric patterns (pink/yellow/blue/green) on each side of the vinyl. About 100 copies were made. Each copy look different due to the nature of how each record was pressed. Only disc one (side A & side B) was manufactured like this which ultimately became the US A&M 2x10" LP set. This prototype comes in a clear plastic sleeve.

An extremely rare unreleased prototype 10" disc made for The Police by A&M Records. In 1979 A&M released the Police's second album, REGATTA DE BLANC, as a regular album and a limited-edition double 10" vinyl set. Prior to the album's release, a small number of 10" prototypes were made for A&M Records by Pic Disc, the company that pioneered the picture disc. Each prototype was a black disc with irregularly shaped pieces of colored vinyl pressed into it in a random pattern, so every disc was unique. Only the first disc ("Record 1") of the 10" set was made in this experimental manner. The colored vinyl experiment was abandoned, however, and the commercial release was on regular black vinyl.