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.


Friday 1 November 2024

Ruts DC The Underworld Camden London 3rd June 2017

 


Surprised that I overlooked this one on my hard drive. This is a great sounding recording (not sure who the taper was, sorry) of the band playing at The Underworld in Camden as part of The Camden Rocks Festival 2017, an event where one ticket gets you into all participating venues in the locality. Ruffy makes reference to the fact that if you were quick The Damned were playing up the road at the Electric Ballroom in half an hours time.

This was Ruts DC's return to the marvellous Underworld venue, where in September of the previous where they played a gig to launch the new album, 'Music Must Destroy'. A highlight of this set, and all Ruts DC's sets is 'Mighty Soldier' here dedicated to Tenor Fly who had died fairly recently.

Give this one a listen!

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-blp7ONep7G

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-xCatJFFavN



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