Linocut 15 x 20 cm
Black ink on cream card.
Monday, 30 January 2017
'An' if you're in The Crown tonight, have a drink on me'.
Linocut 15 x 20 cm
Black ink on cream card.
Sunday, 29 January 2017
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
Thursday, 26 January 2017
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
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
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.
The Dickies The Fleece Bristol 2016
Sadly, I do not have a recording of this gig. I say sadly since it was one of the most notable gigs of my year. This visit to the fair city of Bristol doubled up as the family holiday of the year, a stay-cation as the young ones like to say (but no cheaper for certain!). The timing was such that our Saturday night happened to coincide with The Dickies being in Bristol, playing at the marvelous Fleece venue in the centre of town.
Now, in The Dickies we have a band that Gunta and I have talked up to the kids for years (they are now 15 and 18 but had yet to see them). Of the very many gigs I have been to, The Dickies are the only one of maybe two bands I have ever seen (on very many occasions) that have never put in a lacklustre performance. So as far as Rudi and Ramona were concerned our reputations were somewhat on the line that night. It therefore came as a real blow to learn not 24 hours ahead of the gig that the band would be Lenoardless, as the singer had landed himself a stay in Luton Hospital. The band however, with Leonard's blessing, made the courageous decision to press ahead with the remaining dates. Courageous indeed as Mr Graves-Phillips is a front man with a presence, not to mention a veritable arsenal of props from inflatable dolls to puppet penis and balls arrangement (otherwise known as Stuart).
Guitarist Stan Lee was ambling around the venue when he arrived and immediately won valuable brownie points with the kids when, midway through a conversation about his singer's condition, his attention was drawn to his phone alerted to the presence of a nearby pokemon... I really don't get it but it went down well with the kids!
Come showtime, the band exhorted the willing audience to help them along and merch man Ian was first out of the blocks. Dressed as the main man in the 'Where's Wally?' books he did a great job. Thereafter the set ran pretty much as expected with a host of local heroes 'doing their bit for The Dickies'. Including a man who we thought had a passing resemblance to Bryan Ferry! The gig was a complete success as far as I am concerned and the kids were not disappointed either. Having seen them so many times now, it was a privilege to be present at something that was just that bit different and all the more memorable for that.
I had never before seen then play 'Breaking The Law', a truly dreadful song by Judas Priest, but plausible once given The Dickies make-over or perhaps I should say, going-over.
As I said, I have no audio of these Summer European dates, but here are a couple of recordings from New York, with Leonard back at the helm, steering the ship, in his own inimitable style. Over two nights the band treated the audiences to full renditions of their first to A&M albums, 'The Incredible Shrinking Dickies' and 'Dawn Of The Dickies'.
FLAC: https://we.tl/5wvHpSpLUo
01. Overture
02. Give It Back
03. Poodle Party
04. Paranoid
05. She
06. Shadow Man
07. Mental Ward
08. Eve Of Destruction
09. You Drive My Ape You Big Gorilla
10. Waterslide
11. Walk Like An Egg
12. Curb Job
13. Shake & Bake
14. Rondo (The Midgets Revenge)
15. (Break)
16. Hideous
17. I'm OK, You're OK
18. Welcome To The Diamond Mine
19. Golden Boys
20. Toxic Avenger
21. See My Way
22. Got It At The Store
23. Pretty Ballerina
24. If Stuart Could Talk
25. Gigantor
26. (Encore Break)
27. Nobody But Me
28. Banana Splits
FLAC: https://we.tl/aLHjM94thE
01. Overture
02. Where Did His Eye Go
03. Fan Mail
04. Manny, Moe And Jack
05. Infidel Zombie
06. I'm A Chollo
07. Nights In White Satin
08. I'm Stuck In A Pagoda With Tricia Toyota
09. I've Got A Splitting Hedachi
10. Attack Of The Mole Men
11. She Loves Me Not
12. (Break)
13. Rosemary
14. Howdy Doody In The Woodshed/Paranoid
15. Welcome To The Diamond Mine
16. Golden Boys
17. Toxic Avenger
18. See My Way
19. Got It At The Store
20. Oh Boy!
21. Pretty Ballerina
22. If Stuart Could Talk
23. Gigantor
24. (Encore) Nobody But Me
25. Eve Of Destruction
26. Banana Splits
Monday, 23 January 2017
Paul Weller 1977 - Linocut Print
Passing a dull Sunday I decided to have a stab at printing Paul Weller and it turned out to be not so bad.
Linocut 15 x 20 cm
Black ink on cream card.
Sunday, 22 January 2017
JJ Burnel BBC Radio 4 Interview from Nice 22nd January 2017
Blink and you would have missed it, but JJ appeared on BBC Radio 4 this morning on 'Broadcasting House', a weekly magazine programme hosted by Paddy O'Connell. The show was broadcast from Nice, to mark the passing of six months since an horrific terror attack scarred the city.
Here, JJ speaks briefly of his Anglo-French roots, that song and Brexit.
WAV: https://we.tl/tO2ejMoBNp
Saturday, 21 January 2017
The Boys Théâtre Antique Vienne France 23rd July 2016
Here is the next recording from last summers French punk festival. The Boys....
FLAC: https://we.tl/iVX9U4AIWk
01. Intro
02. TCP
03. See Ya Later
04. Terminal Love
05. Weekend
06. VSI
07. I'm a Believer
08. Cop Cars
09. You Can't Hurt a Memory
10. Punk Rock Girl
11. Livin' In The City
12. Soda Pressing
13. Tumble With Me
14. Contract Hustle
15. I Don't Care
16. Brickfield Nights
17. First Time
18. Sick On You
The Vibrators set will complete the contribution of the British punk bands on the bill. Many thanks to Lolive!
Masonic Temple Toronto 26th November 1980
Ok, this one I haven't posted before in any form. Previously, the version in my collection was a radio broadcast of 14 tracks. This version received this week (many thanks to the original uploader and the person who kindly passed it on to me!). This version is I believe the gig in full , running to 17 tracks.
FLAC: https://we.tl/xB1WjNoaeb
01. Intro
02. Shah Shah A Go Go
03. Toiler On The Sea
04. I Feel Like A Wog
05. Duchess
06. Hanging Around
07. Baroque Bordello
08. Down In The Sewer
09. Who Wants The World?
10. Just Like Nothing On Earth
11. Threatened
12. Bring on the Nubiles
13. Tank
14. Nuclear Device
15. Genetix
16. Dead Loss Angeles
17. The Raven
One anomaly, I have always had this reported as taking place on 26th November. However, a quick cross reference contemporary listings would indicate that the Toronto gig took place on 25th, with the band on stage in Montreal on 26? Any ideas? Ava?
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
We Transfer Subscriptions
(image by Steeplejackinblack)
Hi there all!
Today, I have renewed the subscription for one of the two We Transfer accounts that support the Aural Sculptors site. In order to ensure that the links to the files that are posted on the site remain live and accessible it is necessary to maintain two We Transfer accounts, meaning that the total running costs of the Aural Sculptors blog totals £210 per year.
We Transfer is not the cheapest file sharing service available, nor does it offer the greatest storage capacity (hence the practical need for two accounts), but it is a reliable platform that does meet the needs of the site. Having been bitten hard on the arse before in years gone by with disastrous reliance on both megaupload and Rapidshare, I am reluctant to move away from the current arrangements to a cheaper option.
Since the site was launched (the catharsis of the birth perhaps) in July 2011, the site has featured 900+ posts (most with associated music files) of which over 450 have been directly associated with The Stranglers, in keeping with the whole rationale of the site.
Those of us of a certain vintage will recall the day when bootlegs recordings were difficult to come by and a tape with a poorly photocopied pastel paper cover would set you back a fiver (the equivalent of 6 or so pints in the mid 80’s!). Now however, it is a doddle for people to obtain a good quality recording of a gig, perhaps the first one that they saw by a given band, I dunno. The point is that it is free, shared in good faith by fans for fans.
Aural Sculptors, with its 800,000+ hits to date is not a massive site but it has a reasonable presence in the hierarchy of Stranglers related websites and that is enough for me to keep it going.
Therefore, I would kindly point out that it is possible to make a small contribution towards the running costs of the site. A donation button is located on the right hand panel of the site. In return I will continue in my efforts to keep the site relevant and interesting to likeminded people such as the regular visitors to the site. Additionally, I will do my best to continue to accommodate requests for specific recordings and/or updates of dead links (as best as I can in the time available to me).
It just remains for me to say, again, a big thank to you for your continued support, to those who have donated, commented or shared with me something that you think will be of interest to others.
Best Wishes for 2017.
Adrian.
