I have been spending a considerable time in these last two weeks sorting through boxes of unlabelled discs. Among them were various versions of the five night stand that The Stranglers turned in at London's Dominion Theatre. One of these (actually on my hard drive) appeared to be a DomP remaster of the gig that they played on 27th February, night three of their residency. The trouble was that I only had this in an mp3 format, but the sound was good. So, I went back to the source and very quickly indeed Dom came back to me with a request to hold off on posting for a bit as the pitch of the recording could be further improved. Just hours later a new lossless version appeared which is now uploaded here for your listening pleasure.
Whilst an excellent quality version of one of these gigs (26th February from memory) exists as a BBC 'In Concert' broadcast, in my opinion, this version must be considered to be the definitive record of the UK leg of the Aural Sculpture tour.
Don't worry so much about the two extra tracks. These are from Birmingham, either 22nd or 23rd February 1985 (its hard to tell due to teh way my recordings of these two gigs have been edited).
Many thanks to DomP for accommodating my request so quickly and for refining what is a highly listenable recording of the mid-career period.
FLAC: https://we.tl/t-BN9tmQq8T8
Artwork: https://we.tl/t-sm5oaizhfS
Also notable as the first live airing of Souls ever, and Strange Little Girl, replacing Thrown Away and Ships in the set...
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