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.

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Saturday, 16 January 2021

Stiff Little Fingers Maxwell Hall Friars Aylesbury 2nd June 1979

 

Imagine this, SLF's gig at the famed Friars venue in Aylesbury as a part of the venue's 10th anniversary celebrations was the bands third appearance there in just eight months! This set is obviously centred on the debut album 'Inflammable Material' (released in the UK in 2nd February 1979, the day before the band's second appearance at Friars). Even 'Closed Groove' is in the set, along with one of the to be expected 'silly encores', here in the form of Mud's 'Tiger Feet'.



01. Alternative Ulster
02. Closed Groove
03. No More Of That
04. Straw Dogs
05. Breakout
06. State Of Emergency
07. Barbed Wire Love
08. Wait And See
09. Here We Are Nowhere
10. Law And Order
11. Gotta Getaway
12. Johnny Was
13. Wasted Life
14. Tiger Feet
15. 78 RPM
16. Suspect Device

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  1. Anonymous22 January 2021 at 17:41

    Historic set! Sound could be better but the urgency is there. And Tiger Feet gets a good treatment :-)

    Krisinblack

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