Aural Sculptors - The Stranglers Live

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, 13 October 2019

Le Zénith Paris 29th April 1985

Brilliant material from The Aural Sculpture tour. Cheers Eric!

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-PNjFngHwbt

Hugh Cornwell Whelan's Dublin 29th May 2016

Irish date from Hugh now. Dublin 2016.

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-4X7kci1ZoQ

01. Intro (First Set)
02. Strange Little Girl
03. (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)
04. Dagenham Dave
05. Outside Tokyo
06. Duchess
07. Second Coming
08. Tramp
09. Never Say Goodbye
10. No Mercy
11. Always The Sun
12. Intro (Second Set)
13. Break Of Dawn
14. Man Of The Earth
15. First Bus To Babylon
16. Black Hair Black Eyes Black Suit
17. Lay Back On Me Pal
18. Under Her Spell
19. Beat Of My Heart
20. I Want One Of Those
21. La Grande Dame
22. Nice ‘N’ Sleazy
23. Stuck In Daily Mail Land
24. Golden Brown

Nagoyashi Kokaido, Nagoya 16th February 1979 Full Set

The Stranglers in Japan

February 1979

Ok, so now we are getting back to normality. One upside of the IT issue was that it made me get hold of the full set of this great pre-Raven Japanese gig from Nagoya. The sound is fantastic for its age and the set list is to die for. Thanks to the donor who passed this on to me, it's much appreciated!

WAV: https://we.tl/t-V9Uz1HtDvL

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-JBODu1fJoW

01. Tuning
02. Five Minutes
03. Dead Loss Angeles
04. Toiler On The Sea
05. Ugly
06. Burning Up Time
07. Sometimes
08. Straighten Out
09. Dead Ringer
10. Bring On The Nubile
11. Hanging Around
12. No More Heroes
13. Curfew
14. Threatened
15. Dagenham Dave
16. Nice ‘N’ Sleazy
17. Do You Wanna?
18. Death & Night & Blood
19. Tank
20. London Lady
21. Down In The Sewer

Site Update

Well it has been a few weeks since I had to replace my ailing PC. Some data were lost but over the last two months I have done my best get the site back on track whilst at the same time replacing the many dead downloads so that they can be downloaded via restored links. Please take a look at the 'Pages' section of the site where a list of what I have can be found. I have colour coded these lists so that it is clear (to me at least) what has gone up and is live (green), what has been posted but requires a new link (red) and what has yet to be posted (black).

Please feel free to request away, but also to advise on any errors etc.

Thanks for your continued support.

Adrian.