This last punk roar from The Stranglers is met by that bizarre reception that stunned so many Western bands who traveled to Japan, polite ripples of applause. What a sharp contrast to the concert halls of Britain at that time, Victorian amusement centres reduced to battle grounds as the tribes of the late '70's fought for supremacy.
This is pretty much a dream set from a band who by the end of the year sounded considerably different, softer and more measured in their music.
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01. Hanging Around
02. Burning Up Time
03. Straighten Out
04. Dead Ringer
05. Bring On The Nubiles
06. Dagenham Dave
07. No More Heroes
08. Outside Tokyo
09. Curfew
10. Tank
11. Threatened
12. Nice 'N' Sleazy
13. Do You Wanna?
14. Death And Night And Blood (Yukio)
15. London Lady
16. Down In The Sewer
17. 5 Minutes
18. Dead Loss Angeles
19. Toiler On The Sea
Flyer for the Osaka gig
I love looking back on the early days of the band so much I didn't know and find it so interesting I never knew how big the band really were till recently and I'm loving it I'm a much bigger fan now than I was in them days for sure 👌👍
ReplyDeleteThanks for this Ade, much better quality than the version I had! Ta. DP
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