Aural Sculptors - The Stranglers Live: August 2015

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, 31 August 2015

NEW LINK - JJ Burnel Burgess Hill 12th December 2000

Link restored here.

Chelsea Klubfoot (Clarendon Hotel) Hammersmith 6th February 1988

Still going strong, Chelsea, a '77 vintage band of the first wave are captured here doing a great sounding, though relatively short set, in London.

FLAC (new link with additional Acklam Hall (1980) tracks): https://we.tl/t-4XABeid7P3

01. Decide
02. Evacuate
03. No One's Coming Outside
04. All The Downs
05. How Do You Know?
06. War Across The Nation
07. Only Thinking
08. I Fought The Law
09. You Really Got Me
10. Urban Kids
11. Right To Work

And also on a Chelsea theme, I came across this little piece on Youtube recently. A punk tour of London (at least central London) made by James Stevenson Chelsea's former guitarist.

TV Smith's Cheap The Square Harlow 1989

Here's one from TV Smith's Cheap..... a hugely underrated and much missed combo. They were a band railing against music mediocrity at a time when the British music scene was perhaps at its lowest ebb. Stock, Aitken and Waterman ruled the airwaves and guitars were definitely not the flavour of the month. Just a rubbish time which Cheap lightened a little when they played!

Here they are at a relatively early gig at The Square in Harlow.

FLAC: http://we.tl/7THC8KN54a

01. Third Term
02. The Newshound
03. My String Will Snap
04. Free World
05. Luxury In Exile
06. Silicon Valley Holiday
07. Ghosts
08. Ready For The Axe To Drop
09. Buried By The Machine
10. Lies

Sunday, 30 August 2015

Nicky Campbell Radio Session BBC Radio 1 10th August 1992

Thanks to Ronnie for this one. Stranglers radio sessions are few and far between and this one completely passed me by at the time.

It is included here both as a complete file as broadcast and with the session tracks singled out. Your choice. Actually, the interview is quite interesting, being broadcast at the time of the 'In The Night' release.

MPEG-4: http://we.tl/UEgA6iPTlh

01. Brainbox
02. Sugar Bullets
03. Strange Little Girl
04. Never See
05. Full broadcast

Saturday, 15 August 2015

Sex Pistols Sziget Budapest 15th August 2008

Lydon flies the flag

Budapest 15th August 2008

Here's an anniversary show from seven years ago when the Pistols appeared at the Sziget Festival in Budapest. I recall being in the city that August and seeing the posters for the Festival with the Sex Pistols near the top of the bill.

This is a good sounding recording with the added bonus of Hawkwind's 'Silver Machine'.

FLAC: http://we.tl/1BaJEYlt6R

Artwork: http://we.tl/1P4hp9QxMa

01. There’ll Always Be An England
02. Pretty Vacant
03. Seventeen
04. No Feelings
05. New York
06. Did You No Wrong
07. Liar
08. Holidays In The Sun
09. Speech
10. Baghdad Was A Blast
11. Submission
12. Stepping Stone
13. No Fun
14. Problems
15. God Save The Queen
16. E.M.I.
17. Encore Break

01. Speech
02. Bodies
03. Anarchy In The UK
04. Encore Break
05. Silver Machine
06. Roadrunner

Sunday, 9 August 2015

Killing Joke Tor 3 Dusseldorf 10th August 2003

Here is a great quality recording of a great career spanning set from Killing Joke on the European leg of the 'Killing Joke' album tour in 2003.

FLAC: http://we.tl/EWNHfbD7v5

01. Requiem
02. Total Invasion
03. Wardance
04. Blood On Your Hands
05. Change
06. Seeing Red
07. The Fall Of Because
08. The Death And Resurrection Show
09. The Wait
10. Whiteout
11. Frenzy
12. Psyche
13. Asteroid
14. Pandemonium

Saturday, 8 August 2015

The Adicts The Ace Brixton 27th April 1983

To mark a rare appearance on these shores (The Adicts play at the Rebellion Festival tonight). Here's a relatively early gig from Suffolk's finest. A nice sounding recording at a crackling set!

Thanks to Scott for this one!

MP3 (as received): http://we.tl/WRWa7LARTi

01. Ode To Joy (Intro)
02. Dynasty
03. Numbers
04. Let's Go
05. Tango
06. Sensitive
07. Who Spilt My Beer?
08. Chinese Takeaway
09. Hurt
10. England
11. Smart Alex
12. Steamroller
13. Joker In The Pack
14. Bad Boy
15. Viva La Revolution

The Maniqui Falkirk 13th February 1977

Here's an incomplete set recording of the band on an early foray north of the border when the band played a handful of Scottish dates that also took in Glasgow and Aberdeen. This is at the request of Andy. Apologies that the sound is as rough as guts, but it is what it is!

FLAC: http://we.tl/Nfyfp7o6o7

01. Something Better Change
02. London Lady
03. Hanging Around
04. I Feel Like A Wog
05. Straighten Out