About Time Demos Rehearsals Sessions 1994

'About Time' works in progress!

WAV: https://we.tl/FCZg6q5amo

Artwork: https://we.tl/HKM7SB6ofq

01. Lucky Finger
02. Sinister
03. When Reason Sleeps
04. Swim
05. She Gave It All (Take 1)
06. She Gave It All (Take 2)
07. Kiss The World Goodbye
08. Shattered
09. The Bed Of Nails
10. And The Boat Sails By
11. Little Blue Lies
12. Face (Take 1)
13. Face (Take 2)
14. Sinister (Basic Track)
15. Sinister (Keyboard Track)
16. Still Life
17. Cool Danny

The Bootleg Series Originally Posted on The Rat Zone

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Over the last few years Eric2Vini was very busy lovingly remastering a number of old vinyl bootlegs, interview discs (that had their 15 minutes of fame in the mid to late '80's) and some notable live recordings known to be firm favourites of the fanbase. This was an excellent effort with the original artwork and sleeve notes faithfully reproduced.

As mentioned above, they appeared on The Rat Zone (a French Stranglers Forum) and periodically on the Burning Up Time Forum. However, on each occasion they were uploaded for a brief interval before the files were deleted from whichever file sharing service.

Previously Eric gave the OK for these recordings to be posted on this site. Since they are so good and as I think that I have enough storage space to do so I propose to give them a permanent home here (at least for as long as this site continues). I think  that I have the majority of them now (thanks for the hand MeAnIe!).

I don't propose to put them up in one go, but to aid locating them I will add the tag 'Rat Zone' to facilitate searches for them.

Thanks again Eric!

'The Judge Didn't Even Know... What's My Name!'

Linocut 15 x 20 cm

Black ink on cream card.

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'An' if you're in The Crown tonight, have a drink on me'.

Linocut 15 x 20 cm

Black ink on cream card.

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Rock City Nottingham 7th March 2016

Here's one more from last year's 'Black and White' tour. Many thanks to Evil Teacup for sharing!

FLAC: https://we.tl/iN1PNNDSdv

01. Intro
02. Tank
03. Nice 'n' Sleazy
04. Outside Tokyo
05. Hey! (Rise of the Robots)
06. Sweden (All Quiet on the Eastern Front)
07. Toiler on the Sea
08. Curfew
09. Threatened
10. In the Shadows
11. Do You Wanna
12. Enough Time
13. (Get a) Grip (On Yourself)
14. Walk on By
15. Dead Ringer
16. Mercury Rising
17. I've Been Wild
18. Princess of the Streets
19. Always the Sun
20. A Soldier's Diary
21. Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)
22. Thrown Away
23. Relentless
24. I Feel Like a Wog
25. Something Better Change
26. Peaches
27. Hanging Around
28. Go Buddy Go
29. Bass Solo
30. No More Heroes

Rolling Stone Milan 10th October 2013 - Definitive Remastered Ed. 2013

A bootleg vinyl from back in the day, from the European leg of the 'Feline' tour. Thanks are due again to Eric2Vini for permission to repost here!

WAV: https://we.tl/4QwNYaNvSj

A Pithead Polar Bear - Coming Soon!

For the past three years or thereabouts I have to admit to talking rather a lot about a project that I have been working on, a piecing together of my late Grandfathers’ military service between 1940 and 1946. For those friends and family who have been on the receiving end of my enthused and often one way discussions about Caen, Le Havre, Turnhout, The Island,  Belsen and back again, the good news is that the end is in sight. Entitled ‘A Pithead Polar Bear From Brighton to Belsen 1940 – 1946’, the book, to be published as a physical copy initially, is in the late stages of editing and I hope to get it to the publishers in a matter of weeks.

For anyone interested I have set up a website with information about the book and my reasons for writing it.

Many thanks,

Adrian.

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