ON THE BEAT : PHOTOGRAPHS OF 'THE POLICE'
OFF BROADWAY, 63-65 BROADWAY MARKET, LONDON FIELDS E8 4PH
1ST - 30TH SEPTEMBER 2011

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Green Street 1 (1977)
Green Street 2 (1977)
Green Street 3 (1977)
Green Street 4 (1977)

Bayswater 1 (1977)
Bayswater 2 (1977)
Bayswater 3 (1977)
Bayswater 4 (1977)

Bayswater 5 (1977)
Locarno Ballroom 1 (1978)
Locarno Ballroom 2 (1978)
Wembley Arena (2007)

The Roof, 26 Green Street, Mayfair. January 1977
My first photographic encounter with the band was at the Mayfair flat that Stewart Copeland shared with his brother Ian. I'd known Stewart since school days but this was my first meeting with Sting and the original guitarist, Henry Padovani. Stewart wanted a 'tough guys' look, although the only jacket that Sting possessed wasn't entirely suitable. A photo from the session was used on the front cover of the band's first single 'Fall Out'.
 

The Basement, 28 Leinster Square, Bayswater. 1977
Later in the year I met the band in Sting's Bayswater basement, this time with new guitarist Andy Summers.

The Locarno Ballrooms, Bristol. March 1978
In March 1978 when I photographed the band at the Locarno Ballrooms in Bristol, supporting the Californian group 'Spirit'. Here is The Police on the verge of stardom: dynamic, passionate, assured. In a little while photos from Bayswater and Bristol would appear on the back cover of their first million selling album 'Outlandos d'Amour'."


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