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  Courtesy of The Police Listening to Synchronicity by The Police from their newly released 40th anniversary box set, I was immediately struck by how excellent this album was, and still is. The first CD in the box contains the original remastered album plus the B-side , " Murder By Numbers,"  that arguably should have been on the original LP.  The great songs come at you one after another and they're almost as familiar to fans as the Beatles catalog. For example, just look at the lineup of songs from Side 2:  "Every Breath You Take" is followed by " King Of Pain," "Wrapped Around Your Finger,"   and  "Tea In The Sahara." With all but two songs  on  Synchronicity  credited only to Sting , any consideration of Sting's best work should include this album alongside his solo work.  Synchronicity was the fifth and final album released by The Police before the three principle musicians went their separate ways. For the purpose of thi

John Mayall live at Fillmore East, Jul 12, 1969 (Wolfgang's) When I first heard news that John Mayall had died at age 90, my first thought was to post a little appreciation of him. When I do a music related post on FaceBook, I like to include a song. I chose "Room to Move" from The Turning Point album since it was his biggest hit. When I brought the song up on YouTube and I played it to check the version, I was initially thrown for a loop because the music started right up without the stage introduction I was accustomed to hearing. The version was right, so I just attributed it to the nuances of transferring a master to YouTube and away we went.  I should mention that I was just a kid in school when I bought this album upon its release. I would love to know where I had heard it back then, but it had to have been on the radio in the early days of rock music on FM.  In any case, a day or two after posting it, I dialed the album up and gave it a listen.  My first thought wa