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, 22 May 2023

The Damned Hurrah New York 25th June 1979 - RIP Algy Ward

 


Today we learned of the loss of another musician that had a hand in scoring the soundtrack of our lives. Algy Ward, formerly of The Damned has died. Although his tenure in the band was relatively short lived, he played on 'Machine Gun Etiquette', arguably the band's greatest contribution to vinyl. Some will argue that 'Damned Damned Damned' or 'Strawberries' is top of the pile, and that's fine, but for me The Damned of '79 vintage were the band at their most raucous and outrageous and they had the songs to match.


Here is an example of the 'anarchy, chaos and destruction' that the band wrought in 1979!

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-pfsfhyFVp3

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-pBBLQwjJSI

01. Jet Boy Jet Girl
02. Teenage Dream
03. Stretcher Case Baby
04. Ballroom Blitz
05. Talk
06. Second Time Around
07. Born To Kill
08. Talk
09. Looking At You
10. Melody Lee
11. Talk
12. New Rose
13. Suicide
14. Talk
15. Problem Child
16. Help
17. Stab Your Back
18. Love Song
19. Neat Neat Neat
20. Talk And Tuning
21. Pretty Vacant
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