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.

Monday, 7 January 2019

'We Mean It Maaan !!!'

Johnny Rotten

15cm x 20cm Linoprint

Black ink on dreadnaught grey art card.

Saturday, 5 January 2019

Sex Pistols 'Kill The Hippies' Great South East Music Hall Atlanta 5th January 1978

With only days to go, the Pistols this night 41 years ago.

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-yXAlbaoau3

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-6kIQGLWEQx

Manchester Apollo 1st April 2017

Here's one from 2017. The last night of the tour from Manchester Apollo. Many thanks for the shared files!

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

01. Intro
02. The Raven
03. Was It You?
04. Sometimes
05. (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)
06. 15 Steps
07. Nice ‘N’ Sleazy
08. Never To Look Back
09. Always The Sun
10. Strange Little Girl
11. Golden Brown
12. Bear Cage
13. Who Wants The World?
14. Walk On By
15. Dagenham Dave
16. Relentless
17. Peaches
18. Genetix
19. Hanging Around
20. 5 Minutes
21. Down In The Sewer
22. Duchess
23. Something Better Change
24. Go Buddy Go
25. No More Heroes

Wednesday, 26 December 2018

PiL The Rainbow London 26th December 1978

40 years ago today and the second UK appearance (the previous being the night before at The Rainbow) for this angry young man's second outfit.

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-rqNSKB4ce4

Monday, 10 December 2018

JJ Burnel Interview on Boston WBCN-FM 24th March 1978

JJ Burnel on a radio phone in post their 1978 gig at the Rat Club in Boston. Ruddy 'Ooligan!!

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-IJ5duZqeqV

Sunday, 9 December 2018

Buzzcocks Living Room Providence R.I. 7th November 1989

At the very end of the '80's the rumour mill started to grind with whisperings of a Buzzcocks reunion. As I recall this was fuelled, at least in part, when Steve Diggle's Flag of Convenience transformed into Buzzcocks F.O.C. Anyway, in 1989 rumour became fact and I had my first chance to see them.

With no new material at that time, these first gigs were purely a celebration of the band's mighty back catalogue.... no issues with that! So this is a date from the US leg of that 'Telling Friends' tour from two sources, one audience and one soundboard (somewhat edited). What I have always considered to be a little unusual is the extent of the success that the band enjoyed Stateside given that they are just so British and so different to the bands that make it big in the US. The Clash conquered the States by honing their sound to a US radio friendly one. On the other hand, The Jam, arguably the biggest band in Britain at one time never really broke America and yet Buzzcocks were successful.

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-ZQ0JBbPhgP

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-tgWwLSNm8o

Saturday, 8 December 2018

A fiction romance... All love and glory... That never seems to happen in my life (Pete Shelley 1955-2018)

Pete Shelley (Buzzcocks)

Lino print 15 cm x 20 cm

Black ink on Dreadnought Grey art card.