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 10 March 2024

The Undertones Sin of Pride Tour 1983

 


The box room from where I work for half of the week doubles up as a king of pastime space out of office hours. The space is small and usually looks like a radio station studio after a tropical storm has passed through. One problem is discs, CD's and DVDs. I have 100s that are half labelled or not labelled at all. I know that in this respect I am a little behind the times as such physical storage of data is on its way out but still.

Last weekend, I was trying to sort through some of these and bring a bit of order to the chaos. One had a post-it note on it that simply said 'Undertones 83'. I have listened to it and identified all of the tracks and I have to say I really like it. I am guilty of selectivity when it comes to The Undertones in that I haven't really ventured beyond the first two albums and the singles. I don't even own either 'Positive Touch' or 'The Sin Of Pride'. This recording is late career, coming from somewhere on 'The Sin of Pride' tour. A bit of on-line digging indicates that this would be one of the last gigs that the band played with Fergal since they played the live rarity 'I Ain't Got Nobody', a song by 'Sly and the Family Stone'. It is a full set recording for which I cannot pin down the date or the venue, so if anyone has any ideas...

The sound is rather changed from the new wave of The Undertones' and 'Hypnotised' The writing is more complex... there are still songs about girls but fewer on the subject of chocolate!

I have promised myself to give some listening time in the coming days to those last two Fergal period studio albums.

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-kUxYNcDI4y

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-5Dq25r9zVe

01. When Saturday Comes
02. I Don't Know
03. The Love Parade
04. It's Going To Happen
05. Untouchable
06. Love Before Romance
07. Teenage Kicks
08. You Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It)
09. Julie Ocean
10. Bye Bye Baby Blue
11. Tearproof
12. Bittersweet
13. Beautiful Friend
14. Wednesday Week
15. Conscious
16. I Know A Girl
17. Get Over You
18. Let’s Talk About Girls
19. I Ain’t Got Nobody
20. Cher O’bowlies
21. Untouchable

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