US ad for a show the day before East Lansing
(in Madison Wisconsin)
I was thinking of a way to mark Black & White's big birthday and decided to post this gig from the US. Recorded a month prior to the release of the album admittedly. However, by April the album would be in the final stages of production and four new songs feature in this set. The sound is very good for the age of the recording and Hugh can be heard to be at his most belligerent! The band used to attribute their vocal delivery to poorly functioning equipment, however with two commercially successful albums to their credit one would have thought that they were no longer reliant on pawn shop gear. Perhaps no one told Hugh to stop shouting.
There is no doubt that 1978 saw the band at their most ferocious intensity. Despite the popular appeal of The Stranglers, the industry were aligned in their opposition to the band forging within the four members a gang mentality that radiated malevolently from the stage during their performances in this period.
FLAC: https://we.tl/wooivvLMWH
Artwork: https://we.tl/13YccaVdMX
02. Dagenham Dave
03. Bring On The Nubile
04. Dead Ringer
05. Hanging Around
06. Nice ‘N’ Sleazy
07. No More Heroes
08. Tank
09. Threatened
10. Burning Up Time
11. Straighten Out
12. London Lady
13. Down In The Sewer
14. Peaches
15. Toiler On The Sea
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