Andrew James "Andy" Summers (born 31 December 1942) is an English musician, born in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire. Best known as the guitarist for the rock band The Police, he has also recorded twelve solo albums, collaborated with many other artists, toured extensively under his own name, published several books, and composed several film scores.
Early life
During Summers' childhood, his family moved to Bournemouth in Dorset, England. After several years of piano lessons, he took up the guitar at the age of thirteen. By age sixteen he was playing in local clubs and by nineteen he had moved to London with his friend Zoot Money to form Zoot Money's Big Roll Band.
Musical career
Pre-Police career
Summers' professional career began in the mid-1960s in London as the guitarist for the British rhythm and blues band Zoot Money's Big Roll Band, which eventually came under the influence of the spreading psychedelic scene and evolved into the acid rock group Dantalian's Chariot.
After the demise of Dantalion's Chariot, Summers joined The Soft Machine for a period of three months and toured the United States. For a brief time in 1968, he was a member of The Animals, then known as Eric Burdon and the Animals, with whom he recorded one album, Love Is. The album features a recording of Traffic's "Coloured Rain", which includes a guitar solo by Summers. The LP also included a reworked version of Dantalion's Chariot's sole single "Madman Running Through the Fields".
"How Many" is the lead single from the motion picture soundtrack for the film Circuit. It was released on December 3, 2002, and was Taylor Dayne's last single for five years, until the 2007 release of "Beautiful".
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From Andy Summers' album "XYZ" (1987).
published: 15 Jan 2021
Andy Summers: How Many Days
2 Track of the Album.
XYZ is a 1987 album by Andy Summers. It is the only Andy Summers solo album to feature his vocals, though an uncredited vocal by Summers appears on World Gone Strange. The title "XYZ" comes from the middle names of Summers's three children. His daughter Layla (born 1978) has the middle name 'Z', and his twin sons, Maurice and Anton, (born 1987) have the middle names 'X' and 'Y'respectively.
Released 1987
Recorded Summer 1986
Genre Pop
New Wave
Length 38:37
Label MCA
Producer David Hentschel, Andy Summers
published: 18 Sep 2013
How Many Days | Andy Summers | XYZ | 1987 MCA LP
Site: www.sonic-recreation.com
Released: 1987
Country: US
Label: MCA Records
Catalog: MCA-42007
Genre: Rock
T R A C K L I S T:
01 Love Is The Strangest Way
02 How Many Days
03 Almost There
04 Eyes Of A Stranger
05 The Change
06 Scary Voices
07 Nowhere
08 XYZ
09 The Only Road
10 Hold Me
#AndySummers #NeedleDrop #SonicRecreation #VinylRip #VinyCommunity #Vinyl #SonicRecMusicVideo #FullDynamicRange #HowManyDays #XYZ #MCARecords
published: 09 Aug 2022
ANDY SUMMERS - how many days - New York july '87 (soundcheck)
ANDY SUMMERS - how many days - New York "the ritz" july '87 (soundcheck)
XYZ USA TOUR 1987
published: 30 Jan 2011
The Police’s Andy Summers opens up on his rocky relationship with Sting
Guitarist Andy Summers discusses the new documentary 'Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police', the break-up, the reunion, his relationship with Sting, and interest in Lady Gaga.
published: 15 Apr 2015
Andy Summers Documentary - Guitar Heroes of the 80s
Full Album Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbnpw-XH5DOHexzPb74T63LTDPnOL1xCL
'Bewitched', the 1984 collaborative album by Andy Summers and Robert Fripp is available digitally for the first time on YouTube and everywhere else.
Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/3k1MfKcRGdP9a2NDkWZ33a
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/bewitched/1573990646?ls=1
Deezer: www.deezer.com/album/240090722
#AndySummers #RobertFripp
published: 16 Jul 2021
Andy Summers Walking on the Moon Analog Flanger / Filter Matrix Pedal by Electro-Harmonix
Celebrating the classic, shimmering flanger sounds of Andy Summers, the EHX Walking on the Moon is a tribute to the tones Andy employed while carving his niche in the early days of playing with the Police. Liquid flange effects that hint toward chorus with extra depth and nuance make Andy’s sound one of the most coveted in all of the guitar universe.
Learn more at http://www.ehx.com/walkingonthemoon
“This beautiful shimmering which sort of made the sound more bigger and more glamourous...became a sort of characteristic of my guitar sound...A big part of my guitar sound at that time in The Police was the flange sound which we have here today in this great new pedal.” – Andy Summers
The Andy Summers Walking on the Moon is an analog flanger with a simple but powerful control set of RATE, R...
published: 13 Jul 2023
Andy Summers from The Police talks "Every Breath You Take", Punk, The Exorcist and Telecasters
The Jeremy White Show welcomes Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Inductee and "The Most Heard Guitarist Of All Time", Andy Summers from The Police!
We talk all about how he got into playing punk/new wave after being a "jazz player", how he found the Fender Telecaster, 80's guitarists and Eddie Van Halen, being the "most heard guitarist of all time" as Every Breath You Take is the most played song in radio history!
We also talk about how "Every Breath You Take" almost ended up in the trash and how he saved it with his guitar lick! Why wasn't he given song writing credit? Could he be suing Sting soon?
2:20 - Eddie Van Halen and not listening to music
4:30 - how the sound of “The Police” was born
6:09 - Fender Telecaster
8:41 - creating his guitar tone and how special his “tele” is
11:45 - gui...
2 Track of the Album.
XYZ is a 1987 album by Andy Summers. It is the only Andy Summers solo album to feature his vocals, though an uncredited vocal by Summers a...
2 Track of the Album.
XYZ is a 1987 album by Andy Summers. It is the only Andy Summers solo album to feature his vocals, though an uncredited vocal by Summers appears on World Gone Strange. The title "XYZ" comes from the middle names of Summers's three children. His daughter Layla (born 1978) has the middle name 'Z', and his twin sons, Maurice and Anton, (born 1987) have the middle names 'X' and 'Y'respectively.
Released 1987
Recorded Summer 1986
Genre Pop
New Wave
Length 38:37
Label MCA
Producer David Hentschel, Andy Summers
2 Track of the Album.
XYZ is a 1987 album by Andy Summers. It is the only Andy Summers solo album to feature his vocals, though an uncredited vocal by Summers appears on World Gone Strange. The title "XYZ" comes from the middle names of Summers's three children. His daughter Layla (born 1978) has the middle name 'Z', and his twin sons, Maurice and Anton, (born 1987) have the middle names 'X' and 'Y'respectively.
Released 1987
Recorded Summer 1986
Genre Pop
New Wave
Length 38:37
Label MCA
Producer David Hentschel, Andy Summers
Site: www.sonic-recreation.com
Released: 1987
Country: US
Label: MCA Records
Catalog: MCA-42007
Genre: Rock
T R A C K L I S T:
01 Love Is The Strangest Way
02 ...
Site: www.sonic-recreation.com
Released: 1987
Country: US
Label: MCA Records
Catalog: MCA-42007
Genre: Rock
T R A C K L I S T:
01 Love Is The Strangest Way
02 How Many Days
03 Almost There
04 Eyes Of A Stranger
05 The Change
06 Scary Voices
07 Nowhere
08 XYZ
09 The Only Road
10 Hold Me
#AndySummers #NeedleDrop #SonicRecreation #VinylRip #VinyCommunity #Vinyl #SonicRecMusicVideo #FullDynamicRange #HowManyDays #XYZ #MCARecords
Site: www.sonic-recreation.com
Released: 1987
Country: US
Label: MCA Records
Catalog: MCA-42007
Genre: Rock
T R A C K L I S T:
01 Love Is The Strangest Way
02 How Many Days
03 Almost There
04 Eyes Of A Stranger
05 The Change
06 Scary Voices
07 Nowhere
08 XYZ
09 The Only Road
10 Hold Me
#AndySummers #NeedleDrop #SonicRecreation #VinylRip #VinyCommunity #Vinyl #SonicRecMusicVideo #FullDynamicRange #HowManyDays #XYZ #MCARecords
Guitarist Andy Summers discusses the new documentary 'Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police', the break-up, the reunion, his relationship with Sting, and...
Guitarist Andy Summers discusses the new documentary 'Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police', the break-up, the reunion, his relationship with Sting, and interest in Lady Gaga.
Guitarist Andy Summers discusses the new documentary 'Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police', the break-up, the reunion, his relationship with Sting, and interest in Lady Gaga.
Full Album Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbnpw-XH5DOHexzPb74T63LTDPnOL1xCL
'Bewitched', the 1984 collaborative album by Andy Summers and Rob...
Full Album Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbnpw-XH5DOHexzPb74T63LTDPnOL1xCL
'Bewitched', the 1984 collaborative album by Andy Summers and Robert Fripp is available digitally for the first time on YouTube and everywhere else.
Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/3k1MfKcRGdP9a2NDkWZ33a
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/bewitched/1573990646?ls=1
Deezer: www.deezer.com/album/240090722
#AndySummers #RobertFripp
Full Album Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbnpw-XH5DOHexzPb74T63LTDPnOL1xCL
'Bewitched', the 1984 collaborative album by Andy Summers and Robert Fripp is available digitally for the first time on YouTube and everywhere else.
Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/3k1MfKcRGdP9a2NDkWZ33a
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/bewitched/1573990646?ls=1
Deezer: www.deezer.com/album/240090722
#AndySummers #RobertFripp
Celebrating the classic, shimmering flanger sounds of Andy Summers, the EHX Walking on the Moon is a tribute to the tones Andy employed while carving his niche ...
Celebrating the classic, shimmering flanger sounds of Andy Summers, the EHX Walking on the Moon is a tribute to the tones Andy employed while carving his niche in the early days of playing with the Police. Liquid flange effects that hint toward chorus with extra depth and nuance make Andy’s sound one of the most coveted in all of the guitar universe.
Learn more at http://www.ehx.com/walkingonthemoon
“This beautiful shimmering which sort of made the sound more bigger and more glamourous...became a sort of characteristic of my guitar sound...A big part of my guitar sound at that time in The Police was the flange sound which we have here today in this great new pedal.” – Andy Summers
The Andy Summers Walking on the Moon is an analog flanger with a simple but powerful control set of RATE, RANGE, and COLOR. RATE sets the speed of modulation which ranges from slow, smooth filter sweeps to jittering vibrato. RANGE controls how narrow or wide the effect sweeps into the bass frequency range. The COLOR control effects the intensity of the flanger effect from subtle chorusing effects to classic jet woosh sounds. These three controls interact to create a wide breath of modulation effects.
Additionally, the Walking on the Moon includes a FILTER MATRIX which disengages the LFO from the flanger circuit, freezing the flanger giving a fixed filter effect which can add chime or metallic overtones to your sound without the movement of a traditional modulation pedal. A DRY output allows you to split your dry signal from the effected signal.
Special Artist Edition graphics featuring Andy’s signature adorn the chassis and a tribute Walking on the Moon poster with art by Laura Josephson is included with each pedal.
Features
- Analog Flanger / Filter Matrix sounds of Andy Summers
- RATE sets modulation speed
- RANGE adjusts lower limit of flanger sweep
- COLOR controls intensity of flanger effect
- Dedicated DRY output
- Special Artist Edition Graphics
- Includes Walking on the Moon poster design by Laura Josephson
- True Bypass
- 9V Power Supply included (optional 9V battery not included)
0:00 Meet the Andy Summers Walking on the Moon Flanger from Electro-Harmonix
0:50 Message in a Bottle
1:30 "Bring Them in for an Exciting Moment"
1:46 Every Breath You Take
2:04 "We Were Supposed to be a Punk Band"
3:48 Walking on the Moon
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Celebrating the classic, shimmering flanger sounds of Andy Summers, the EHX Walking on the Moon is a tribute to the tones Andy employed while carving his niche in the early days of playing with the Police. Liquid flange effects that hint toward chorus with extra depth and nuance make Andy’s sound one of the most coveted in all of the guitar universe.
Learn more at http://www.ehx.com/walkingonthemoon
“This beautiful shimmering which sort of made the sound more bigger and more glamourous...became a sort of characteristic of my guitar sound...A big part of my guitar sound at that time in The Police was the flange sound which we have here today in this great new pedal.” – Andy Summers
The Andy Summers Walking on the Moon is an analog flanger with a simple but powerful control set of RATE, RANGE, and COLOR. RATE sets the speed of modulation which ranges from slow, smooth filter sweeps to jittering vibrato. RANGE controls how narrow or wide the effect sweeps into the bass frequency range. The COLOR control effects the intensity of the flanger effect from subtle chorusing effects to classic jet woosh sounds. These three controls interact to create a wide breath of modulation effects.
Additionally, the Walking on the Moon includes a FILTER MATRIX which disengages the LFO from the flanger circuit, freezing the flanger giving a fixed filter effect which can add chime or metallic overtones to your sound without the movement of a traditional modulation pedal. A DRY output allows you to split your dry signal from the effected signal.
Special Artist Edition graphics featuring Andy’s signature adorn the chassis and a tribute Walking on the Moon poster with art by Laura Josephson is included with each pedal.
Features
- Analog Flanger / Filter Matrix sounds of Andy Summers
- RATE sets modulation speed
- RANGE adjusts lower limit of flanger sweep
- COLOR controls intensity of flanger effect
- Dedicated DRY output
- Special Artist Edition Graphics
- Includes Walking on the Moon poster design by Laura Josephson
- True Bypass
- 9V Power Supply included (optional 9V battery not included)
0:00 Meet the Andy Summers Walking on the Moon Flanger from Electro-Harmonix
0:50 Message in a Bottle
1:30 "Bring Them in for an Exciting Moment"
1:46 Every Breath You Take
2:04 "We Were Supposed to be a Punk Band"
3:48 Walking on the Moon
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The Jeremy White Show welcomes Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Inductee and "The Most Heard Guitarist Of All Time", Andy Summers from The Police!
We talk all about h...
2 Track of the Album.
XYZ is a 1987 album by Andy Summers. It is the only Andy Summers solo album to feature his vocals, though an uncredited vocal by Summers appears on World Gone Strange. The title "XYZ" comes from the middle names of Summers's three children. His daughter Layla (born 1978) has the middle name 'Z', and his twin sons, Maurice and Anton, (born 1987) have the middle names 'X' and 'Y'respectively.
Released 1987
Recorded Summer 1986
Genre Pop
New Wave
Length 38:37
Label MCA
Producer David Hentschel, Andy Summers
Site: www.sonic-recreation.com
Released: 1987
Country: US
Label: MCA Records
Catalog: MCA-42007
Genre: Rock
T R A C K L I S T:
01 Love Is The Strangest Way
02 How Many Days
03 Almost There
04 Eyes Of A Stranger
05 The Change
06 Scary Voices
07 Nowhere
08 XYZ
09 The Only Road
10 Hold Me
#AndySummers #NeedleDrop #SonicRecreation #VinylRip #VinyCommunity #Vinyl #SonicRecMusicVideo #FullDynamicRange #HowManyDays #XYZ #MCARecords
Guitarist Andy Summers discusses the new documentary 'Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police', the break-up, the reunion, his relationship with Sting, and interest in Lady Gaga.
Full Album Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbnpw-XH5DOHexzPb74T63LTDPnOL1xCL
'Bewitched', the 1984 collaborative album by Andy Summers and Robert Fripp is available digitally for the first time on YouTube and everywhere else.
Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/3k1MfKcRGdP9a2NDkWZ33a
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/bewitched/1573990646?ls=1
Deezer: www.deezer.com/album/240090722
#AndySummers #RobertFripp
Celebrating the classic, shimmering flanger sounds of Andy Summers, the EHX Walking on the Moon is a tribute to the tones Andy employed while carving his niche in the early days of playing with the Police. Liquid flange effects that hint toward chorus with extra depth and nuance make Andy’s sound one of the most coveted in all of the guitar universe.
Learn more at http://www.ehx.com/walkingonthemoon
“This beautiful shimmering which sort of made the sound more bigger and more glamourous...became a sort of characteristic of my guitar sound...A big part of my guitar sound at that time in The Police was the flange sound which we have here today in this great new pedal.” – Andy Summers
The Andy Summers Walking on the Moon is an analog flanger with a simple but powerful control set of RATE, RANGE, and COLOR. RATE sets the speed of modulation which ranges from slow, smooth filter sweeps to jittering vibrato. RANGE controls how narrow or wide the effect sweeps into the bass frequency range. The COLOR control effects the intensity of the flanger effect from subtle chorusing effects to classic jet woosh sounds. These three controls interact to create a wide breath of modulation effects.
Additionally, the Walking on the Moon includes a FILTER MATRIX which disengages the LFO from the flanger circuit, freezing the flanger giving a fixed filter effect which can add chime or metallic overtones to your sound without the movement of a traditional modulation pedal. A DRY output allows you to split your dry signal from the effected signal.
Special Artist Edition graphics featuring Andy’s signature adorn the chassis and a tribute Walking on the Moon poster with art by Laura Josephson is included with each pedal.
Features
- Analog Flanger / Filter Matrix sounds of Andy Summers
- RATE sets modulation speed
- RANGE adjusts lower limit of flanger sweep
- COLOR controls intensity of flanger effect
- Dedicated DRY output
- Special Artist Edition Graphics
- Includes Walking on the Moon poster design by Laura Josephson
- True Bypass
- 9V Power Supply included (optional 9V battery not included)
0:00 Meet the Andy Summers Walking on the Moon Flanger from Electro-Harmonix
0:50 Message in a Bottle
1:30 "Bring Them in for an Exciting Moment"
1:46 Every Breath You Take
2:04 "We Were Supposed to be a Punk Band"
3:48 Walking on the Moon
Like / Follow Electro-Harmonix:
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Andrew James "Andy" Summers (born 31 December 1942) is an English musician, born in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire. Best known as the guitarist for the rock band The Police, he has also recorded twelve solo albums, collaborated with many other artists, toured extensively under his own name, published several books, and composed several film scores.
Early life
During Summers' childhood, his family moved to Bournemouth in Dorset, England. After several years of piano lessons, he took up the guitar at the age of thirteen. By age sixteen he was playing in local clubs and by nineteen he had moved to London with his friend Zoot Money to form Zoot Money's Big Roll Band.
Musical career
Pre-Police career
Summers' professional career began in the mid-1960s in London as the guitarist for the British rhythm and blues band Zoot Money's Big Roll Band, which eventually came under the influence of the spreading psychedelic scene and evolved into the acid rock group Dantalian's Chariot.
After the demise of Dantalion's Chariot, Summers joined The Soft Machine for a period of three months and toured the United States. For a brief time in 1968, he was a member of The Animals, then known as Eric Burdon and the Animals, with whom he recorded one album, Love Is. The album features a recording of Traffic's "Coloured Rain", which includes a guitar solo by Summers. The LP also included a reworked version of Dantalion's Chariot's sole single "Madman Running Through the Fields".
Creep in through my window Dance upon the wall Come in here beside me Climb into my soul Take me to the water, Down into the cool Everlasting memory Everlasting pool Aching in the darkness Burning in the sun Calling from the water This life has just begun Strength of blood and muscle Life of wood and bone Searching for a fire Searching for a home... Home...home...home... Crouching in the darkness Hiding in the stone Trembling in the darkness This man is not alone Hit me by the memory Hurt me to the bone Make my fists with starlight Carry me back home... Home... (HOME.) (HOME.) Ay...yah (HOME.) Ay...yah Ay...yah Ay...yah Ay...yah Ay...yah (Ay-yah, ay-yah, we say "ay-yah", ay-yah) Ay...yah (Ay-yah, ay-yah, we say "ay-yah", ay-yah) Ay...yah (Ay-yah, ay-yah, we say "ay-yah", ay-yah) Ay...yah (Ay-yah, ay-yah, we say "ay-yah", ay-yah) Hear them say ay-yah... (Ay-yah, ay-yah, we say "ay-yah", ay-yah) Hear them say ay-yah... (Ay-yah, ay-yah, we say "ay-yah", ay-yah)