ANDY SUMMERS CDS & BOOKS

Desirer Walks the Streets Desirer Walks the Streets presents a dark stream of black and white photographs that are culled from Andy Summers’s life as a traveling musician. From a working life that outwardly would appear to be extroverted and chaotic, Summers has created a set of quietly compelling images that contradict the obvious. Made between 1983 and 2008, with a preference for the night shot, and covering a wide geographical graph from the Alto Plano of Bolivia to the alleys of the Golden Gai in Tokyo, the photographs convey a sense of intimacy, surrealism and situations that may be described as ‘in media res.’ Buy via US | GER | UK First You Build A Cloud Andy Summers and Ben Verdery have collaborated on "First You Build A Cloud". This is a 13-track CD album by Andy with a unique collaboration with the highly acclaimed classical guitarist Ben Verdery. The tracklist is: 1. First You Build A Cloud 2. Skywalking Woman 3. Fez 4. Bring On The Night 5. World Piece 6. Love In The Time Of 7. Now I'm Free 8. Stone Town 9. Fingertips On Earth 10. The Girl From Reykjavik 11. Flow 12. Sarabande 13. Brotherhood Of The Grape - Bonus Track Buy via US | GER | UK One Train Later : A Memoir Andy Summers released his memoirs entitled "One Train Later : A Memoir". In this intimate, revealing work, Andy Summers writes fluidly about his first guitar, his experiences with earlier bands, his relationships and encounters with Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, John Belushi, and The Police, and more. Buy via US | GER | UK I'll Be Watching You: Inside the "Police", 1980-83 (Collector's Editions) In the early 1980s, The Police went on tour accompanied by a photographer who documented the band behind the scenes in a series of candid and striking black and white photos. This talented photographer also happened to be the band's guitarist, Andy Summers. Yes, it's true - the man responsible for the guitar lick from "Every Breath You Take" was not only the backbone of one of the most popular bands of all time, he also possessed a visual gift for composition and mood that allowed him to capture the spirit of The Police better than anyone else could have. This book, somewhere between photojournalism and an illustrated diary, follows The Police around the globe between 1980 and 1983. From the American West to Australia to Japan, Summers recorded not only the band members rehearsing and partying - the proverbial sex, drugs, and rock and roll - he also photographed fans, landscapes, still lifes, and passersby in a reportage style reminiscent of Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Frank. Containing over 600 photos and filled with diary-style entries, "I'll Be Watching You" is a sumptuous volume beating with musical energy, nostalgia, and atmospheric beauty. It is a must for photo buffs and Police fans alike. Buy via US | GER | UK Throb Throb is a collection of black-and-white photos taken by Andy Summers on the William Morris Press label. Buy via US | UK Light Strings: Impressions Of The Guitar The guitar is more than a musical instrument. It is an archetype. In homage, Light Strings brings together two masters of their craft: photographer Ralph Gibson and former guitarist for the Police, Andy Summers. Gibson's enigmatic and sensuously elegant photographs are the visual counterpart to Summers' lyrical history and thoughtful exploration of the instrument's features. Together they create a unique poetic meditation on the guitar. Both artists pay attention to the form of the guitar and its relationship to the body; its curves echo the human figure, not only requiring it to be cradled to play it, but inviting a study of its own sumptuous anatomy. With over one hundred alluring images that capture the graceful details of the instrument, Light Strings is the book for every guitar player. Buy via US | GER | UK Andy Summers Guitar DVD Andy Summers not only teaches some great guitar parts from his years with The Police, he demonstrates some more advanced playing plus jazz and blues styles. You'll learn about chord group memorization and clusters, special suspensions, visualizing the root, mapping out the neck, modal interchanges, "squeezing" the chords, and a whole lot more. Plus some great live performances by Andy playing with his band! Buy via US | UK Splendid Brazil 01. Chovendo na Roseira 02. Fotografia 03. Casa Forte 04. Retrato em Branco e Preto 05. Bento Bravo 06. As Rosas Nao Falam 07. Campina Grande 08. Inutil Paisagem 09. Brasiliance 10. Lamento 11. O Ovo Buy via Brazil Earth + Sky 1. Above the World 2. Now I'm Free 3. Diva Station 4. Return 5. Earth & Sky 6. Parallels 7. Circus 8. Roseville 9. Red Stiletto 10. I Choose You Buy via UK Peggy's Blue Skylight 1. Boogie Stop Shuffle 2. Tonight at Noon 3. Reincarnation of a Lovebird 4. Opus Three 5. Cumbia & Jazz Fusion 6. Remember Rockefeller at Attica 7. Peggy's Blue Skylight 8. Weird Nightmare 9. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat/Where Can a Man Find Peace? 10. Free Cell, Block F... 11. Self-Portrait in Three Colors 12. Myself When I Am Real Buy via US | UK Strings of Desire 1. Frevo 2. Stone Flower 3. In Your Own Sweet Way 4. Um Abraηo No Bonfα 5. Night in Tunisia 6. 1 + 2 Blues 7. Django 8. Stolen Moments 9. My Favorite Things 10. Samba for Counting the Days Buy via US Green Chimneys 1. Green Chimneys 2. Hackensack 3. Brilliant Corners 4. Monk's Dream 5. 'Round Midnight 6. Bemsha Swing 7. Shuffle Boil 8. Boo Boo's Birthday 9. Evidence 10. Ugly Beauty 11. Think of One 12. Light Blue/ Rhythm-A-Ning 13. Ruby, My Dear Buy via US | UK Retrospective 1. Piece of Time 2. World Gone Strange 3. Charming Snakes 4. Mickey Goes to Africa 5. Passion of the Shadow 6. Innocence Falls Prey 7. Oudu Kanjaira 8. Blues Prior to Richard 9. Blues for Snake 10. Somewhere in the West Buy via US | UK The Last Dance of Mr. X 1. Big Thing 2. Three Marias 3. Strange Earth 4. Afro Blue 5. Last Dance of Mr. X 6. Lonely Woman 7. We See 8. Rumpelstiltskin 9. Somnabulist 10. Footprints 11. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat Buy via US | UK Invisible Threads 1. Broken Brains 2. Moravia 3. Stoneless Counts 4. Lolita 5. Nuages 6. Big Gliss 7. Counting the Days 8. Radiant Lizards 9. Monk's Mood 10. Archimedes 11. Heliotrope 12. Little Transgressions Buy via US Zoot Money - A's & B's Scrap Book 1. Uncle Willie 2. Zoot's Suit 3. Gin House 4. Rocking Chair 5. Good 6. Bring It on Home to Me 7. Please Stay 8. You Know You'll Cry 9. Something Is Worrying Me 10. Stubborn Kind of Fellow 11. Many Faces of Love 12. Jump Back 13. Let's Run for Cover 14. Self-Discipline 15. Big Time Operator 16. Zoot's Sermon 17. Star of the Show 18. Mound Moves 19. Nick Knack 20. I Really Learnt How to Cry 21. My Sly Sadie 22. Stop the Wedding 23. No One But You 24. Prisoner Buy via UK