Aural Sculptors - The Stranglers Live 1976 to the Present


Welcome to Aural Sculptors, a blog aimed at bringing the music of The Stranglers to as wide an audience as possible. Whilst all of the various members of the band that have passed through the ranks since 1974 are accomplished studio musicians, it is on stage where the band have for me had their biggest impact.

As a collector of their live recordings for many years I want to share some of the better quality material with other fans. By selecting the higher quality recordings I hope to present The Stranglers in the best possible light for the benefit of those less familiar with their material than the hardcore fan.

Needless to say, this site will steer well clear of any officially released material. As well as live gigs, I will post demos, radio interviews and anything else that I feel may be of interest.

In addition, occasionally I will post material by other bands, related or otherwise, that mean a lot to me.

Your comments and/or contributions are most welcome. Please email me at adrianandrews@myyahoo.com.


Saturday 29 April 2023

Le Zenith Paris 29th April 1985

 


On it's birthday from 38 years ago no less here is a great sounding recording of Aural Sculpture in Paris. The recording suffers from tape flip breaks, but such was life in that pre-digital age! The set is also short of encore material but that not withstanding this sounds wonderful! Sound corrected too.

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-ZaWxocQXAD

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-hknrnpt6W2

01. Intro
02. Something Better Change
03. Uptown
04. Dead Ringer
05. No Mercy
06. Souls
07. Nice 'N' Sleazy
08. Skin Deep
09. Let Me Down Easy
10. Midnight Summer Dream
11. European Female
12. Golden Brown
13. Strange Little Girl
14. Peaches
15. Shakin’ Like A Leaf
16. Death And Night And Blood
17. Threatened
18. Punch And Judy
19. Hanging Around
20. I Feel Like A Wog
21. Down In The Sewer
22. Encore break
23. Miming wind-up
24. Nubiles (Cocktail Version)
25. The Raven (Cuts Out)

2 comments:

  1. Best Sculpture era performance and bootleg! Should be officially released!!!

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  2. Thanks for the share, I've listened to this 100 times already, one of the best bootlegs on here.
    First time Shakin Like A Leaf is played and sounds great keep these posts coming 👍

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