Here's another gig from The Fabulous Courettes courtesy of Peter! As mentioned in the top 10 gig post earlier I had the pleasure of seeing the band twice late last year when they opened for Hugh. Following them now on Facebook they appear to fully deserve the 'hardest working band' title (wasn't this epithet once bestowed upon the UK Subs?). 110 gigs in 2025, fair play to them!
FLAC: https://we.tl/t-fPJaZzyNyI
Artwork: https://we.tl/t-VR1xmDlHir
So this is the last one for today and perhaps I have saved the best to last. Here it is, 'Nosferatu' in all its gruesome, gothic glory. What's more Shadow 23 has applied some of his audio magic to make this one even better. Listening to these live versions of the Nosferatu tracks, it strikes me again how brave Cornwell and Burnel were in putting out the solo albums that they did at that time, since both deviated significantly from that 'Stranglers' sound. Burnel suffered rather for his art in this respect, especially when he took 'Euroman Cometh' out on the road (a factor in the fact that mooted Nosferatu live dates never materialised?.... it sounds like a plausible theory).
Good to have it finally in a live context in the collection. Thanks as ever go to Chatts and Shadow 23 for the time and effort spent on this one!
FLAC: https://we.tl/t-BsWZ6JgUdj
Artwork: https://we.tl/t-xGr8hjBgMJ
In my list of top 10 gigs of 2025 I did sing the praises of Tom Robinson and here's a good example of just why. The man is a natural raconteur and he has many stories to tell and that's aside from his back catalogue. This recording finds TRB running through their two classic albums, 'Power In The Darkness' (1979) and TRB Two (1979). Thanks to the original Dime uploader (tempusfugit) and the taper (Sallygr).
FLAC: https://we.tl/t-gITBJGu5V9
Artwork: https://we.tl/t-Yf0CM5Qrog
Crikely, this was a long way to go to deliver a four song set. I hope that the organisers had deep pockets. The Vapors appearance in another US retro festival, one with quite an eclectic line up! Thanks to the original uploader (loughney). Obviously, I have no knowledge how this 'Lost 80's Live' Festival was set up, but wouldn't it make sense to have each band in the line up play one new song... just as an indicator that the bands playing on the day were in actual fact still creating new music? Just a thought.
FLAC: https://we.tl/t-2DrsS8KMAd
Artwork: https://we.tl/t-M7IMP97lKu
A punk party in the park. 1977 in 2025, almost. All the punk rock you can handle in a day. I wasn't there but I understand that for The Rezillos at least the Scottish summer weather was predictable... it pissed down. I believe the weather did improve later on though. The Stranglers played a hit heavy festival set as immediate warm up for the headlining Pistols. This was the first of several events in which The Stranglers shared the bill with Sex Pistols.
The sound is good on this one, especially considering that this was an open air gig. Thanks as ever Chatts for sharing.
FLAC: https://we.tl/t-ism2j9wTyh
Artwork: https://we.tl/t-otCLyrqVOv
I said it in my earlier post related to the Cambridge date that the show has an edge that I thought, if not missing in previous classic album tours, was more pronounced this time around. Maybe is was an outward manifestation of the whole band's determination to rack it up even more than usual under such circumstances. Whatever the reason, it worked!
This then is from the night in Birmingham when the news broke within the Numan camp. It's a wonder he got through the night.
Thanks to the original uploader (emmanuel).
FLAC: https://we.tl/t-WvYDc3MULk
Artwork: https://we.tl/t-JQbPDZdLM7
