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 23 June 2024

New York (Venue Unknown) 7th March 1978

 


PLEASE NOTE THAT AN UPDATED POST RELATING TO THIS GIG CAN BE FOUND HERE.

I had not previously paid this recording much attention. Maybe this was because as the venue was unknown I hadn't done any artwork and the disc languished unloved in the pile of to be dealt with later. However, on stumbling across another folder of MeAnIe's artwork and seeing a sleeve for this New York gig, I was prompted to dig it out again and pay some attention too it. 

It is a great gig, pretty good soundwise too for its age. During this period, The Stranglers were perhaps at their most belligerent, especially towards American audiences and in the press few opportunities to rile the American public were passed up.... 'Americans have smaller brains' etc. etc. In New York, interaction with the audience was limited to Hugh telling the audience to 'Shurrup!!' or berating a section of them for remaining seated...'It's good to see that some of you haven't got stickies stuck to your fuckin' arses. What you do, sit there all night, there's no television set up here, Johnny Carson's just killed himself.' 

The only other set interruptions come from the frequent tuning of bass and keyboard, necessitated I guess by the heat levels in the club.

So here we have a blistering set, weeks away from the release of 'Black & White'.

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-WIv6kMrnPB

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-zM44i6CgFk



2 comments:

  1. I think this is Entermedia Theatre July 27th.

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  2. yes i hope it's my remaster!

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