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.


Sunday 16 July 2023

Elixir Festival Brest 16th July 1983

 


DomP has done a job on this one to make a good recording a great recording and subsequently one of the better documents of the Feline era. Cheers Dom! Track listing is per artwork to track 16, but I am sure you can live with the artwork as is :).


01. Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)
02. Toiler on the Sea
03. Ships That Pass in the Night
04. It's a Small World
05. No More Heroes
06. Who Wants the World?
07. Never Say Goodbye
08. Golden Brown
09. Midnight Summer Dream
10. European Female
11. Thrown Away
12. Tramp
13. The Raven
14. Duchess
15. London Lady
16. Hugh Talks
17. Down in the Sewer
18. Nubiles (Cocktail Version)
19. Genetix

Checking on a list of recordings for possible upload I could see this birthday gig, but couldn't locate it. Resorting to searching through a couple of boxes of unsleeved bootlegs I found it, languishing, unloved, in a pile of duplicates. Having not laid eyes on it for some years I had no idea what it sounded like but it's pretty good actually. A nice addition to a collection. So here are the band at Brest's 'Elixir Festival' on this day an incredible 40 years ago!



01. Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)
02. Toiler on the Sea
03. Ships That Pass in the Night
04. It's a Small World
05. No More Heroes
06. Who Wants the World?
07. Never Say Goodbye
08. Golden Brown
09. Midnight Summer Dream
10. European Female
11. Thrown Away
12. Tramp
13. The Raven
14. Duchess
15. London Lady
16. Down in the Sewer
17. Nubiles (Cocktail Version)
18. Genetix
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