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.


Saturday 24 February 2024

Lowlands Acoustic Tour April 2011

 


Now this was great fun. Three nights of following the band in The Netherlands and Belgium. At the time, the acoustic thing was new to me and I thought it worked very well. It also meant a change to see the band in some smaller, even more intimate venues. This was the occasion that brought me to Turnhout for the first time, On that occasion, I was totally ignorant of the fact that 67 years earlier my Grandfather had been here and that every September his regiment (the 11th Royal Scots Fusiliers) were and are commemorated as liberators of the town. In more recent years I have laid wreaths in the CWGC section of the municipal cemetery. But on this occasion it was all fast food and drinking!

Here we have a nicely edited record of these shows. Apologies as I received this in a trade many years ago I cannot remember who was responsible for the authoring.

DVD image: https://we.tl/t-LfXfKQWznH

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-gC4YauTjsd




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