Andy Summers from "One Train Later"...

"Our second gig is in a bullring at the Mont-de-Marsan Punk Festival in France on August 5, 1977. We travel all the way to the South of France in a clapped-out old banger of a bus with Eddie and the Hot Rods, the Clash, the Damned, the Jam, and the Maniacs. Low on the bill, we are up against bands that are already famous and have a strong following; but we go on, determined to compete. Even though it feels clumsy with two guitars, we pull off a short but intense set and acquit ourselves. After the show Sting, Stewart, and I go into the town and find a cheap café, and when I make some acid remarks about the waiter serving us, Stewart laughingly remarks, "Oh, so it's going to be that sort of a band is it?" It seems like a nod toward acceptance and I feel the possibility of fraternity."

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From Melody Maker...

"...The Police, making their first appearance with veteran guitarist Andy Summers (an incongruous recruit to the new wave), suceed this debacle. They perform competently, and Summers delivers some demon guitar breaks, but the music as yet lacks any real identity. And the sight of Summers pogoing and goinf down on the bass guitarist is more than a little disconcerting..."

From Sounds...

"...The Police est sur le parade next avec le most new member in le shape de Andy Summers, un de mon favourite de English guitarists. "Vous must be wonderings what je suis doing dans ze Police," Summers 'ave tells me yesterdays. Si je had le plus quick wits it woulds have beens only rights to replying. "Playings la guitare?" Police est un other band worth le double-checks dans one month or so. Le vocals sont strong, les 'punk' cliches invisibles. Ils need le time perhaps - or moi. Summers makes some good playings but eez still not has enough of the relax, je think, pour really start du cooking. Times, he est tell. Meanwhiles le interest stayed until l'end du set. One could say que le Police were arresting, if one was assez drunk."

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