Every Move You Make: The Studio Recordings [VINYL]

I remember hearing The Police on the Radio when I lived in the USA many years ago and the DJ called them "The Cops", which I found amusing!They were actually a great band, who went onto other things and whose music has endured. Slightly punky, slightly reggae, often funny. I always thought the drumming, and more specifically the percussion, is a real strongpoint of their sound.For anyone who is a Police fan you have pretty much everything in one box set here.The set is very nicely presented in a very solid satin finish lift-off box with nice printing. Inside, things are similarly top-drawer, with a nice booklet and each album presented in a high quality outer sleeve that replicates the original. Further inside, 2 of the albums had proper, poly-lined sleeves for the vinyl discs, while the others had paper sleeves, which I have supplemented with my own anti-static poly sleeves. I don't have a problem with lift-off boxes as some people appear too. I just gently tip the box on its side and the records fall gently against my hand, from where I can easily remove them. there is nothing unusual here....nothing tight, nothing tricky.I routinely clean all vinyl from new using a wet/vacuum machine and playback using a Rega RP10 record player, which is sublime. These albums sound very crisp and clear with low surface noise. The remaster seems very successful and much of the music has decent spaciousness and dynamics. I would say there is a slight bias to upper bass, but this may be the intention from the original recording sessions and the balance is perfectly acceptable.A really great box set I am pleased and proud to own. I cannot say whether the sound alone makes these a clear Best Buy over the original or repress versions as I don't have them, but if you don't already own this music on vinyl I imagine you would struggle to do better.

I was excited to see this was being released, having sold my original copies years ago. When i first removed the shrink wrap, i was confronted by a tie around the center of the box that had to be carefully slid over the case to gain entry. Then to make matters worse you have to take all the LPs out to get to the last one. Why not make the box like the Bowie or many other artists. This clearly lacked thought, the same as the poor to say the least booklet. On the plus side the music is much enhanced and a joy to listen to.So basically poor packaging with great LPs.

Lovely sound on first vinyl ‘Outlandos D’Amour’ruined by skipping and sticking.Don’t know if the problem persists with the other vinyls as the whole box set has been returned to Amazon for a refund.Really puts me off vinyl as this is happening on a regular basis and at these prices it’s just not acceptable.Great service from Amazon however makes the returns process straight forward.

The media could not be loaded.  Wonderful box set, the half speed mastering does the job, the records sound is stunning compared to the originals, unfortunately my copy has 1 record heavily warped. Something has gone wrong in the quality control. Great service, as ever, from Amazon.

These sound excellent, got this for £100 so great value, records packed tight but I guess that stops the inner sleeves and outer sleeves splits that happens with some box sets, also comes double boxed so arrived in perfect condition, not sure how limited this is but a great box set.

I bought this box set when it first came out last year and sent two copies back as there was a repeating skip on the first record. Not a good advert for their quality control department... When I saw it was getting a repress, I thought I would take a gamble on another copy. I'm happy to report that every record is perfect with very little surface noise. Got there in the end!

Police, half speed ,Abbey road mastering , hopes were high for something special , I for one am not dissapointed.The treble is well lifted, the bass spot on, and the drums often front of house ,perfect mastering .Perfectly flat quiet, quality vinyl.For a great sound system , this is a must buy , sensational.( Yep, box is a bit irritating )

This is the third version of this box set (not all bought from Amazon).The first two never got beyond playing Outlandos d’Amour due to sticking and/or jumping. Terrible pressings, though they looked fine.So to finally find a decent copy of a set of what’s are among my favourite albums is a joy.So - what’s good? The mastering of these is stunning. The Abbey Road team have done a superb job and the depth of the sonics and soundstage on each of these albums is wonderful.Great dynamics and lively sound.The reproduction of the covers is very good too, and nice to see the Picture inner-sleeves too.The added bonus is the included downloads are wav files rather than the usual mp3s.Downsides?Yeah - a couple.I’d have preferred a slip-case. The box used means you just remove one, of you want to play one at the bottom.The band that wraps around the box is a PITA, although the one on this set is slack enough to be slid off and back on again - the first 2 I had were too tight, and had to be “unstuck” (one just snapped).The “plain” inner sleeves on the first 2 albums have decent anti-static liners, but the other 4, with picture sleeves, don’t, and for this kind of money, I think that’s poor.These criticisms might seem picky but, again, given the cost of this box-set, I think it’s fair to call these niggles out.That’s my rant over though.The main thing is the music, and it’s stunning!