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.


Friday, 8 November 2024

Philharmonic Liverpool 14th November 1998

 


Another one here from the Paul Roberts era, the 'Coup De Grace' tour comes to Liverpool. It is what it is. I do not rate it but... but it represents a turning point in the band's fortunes. Key to this was the fact that JJ resumed writing (and critically) singing a greater proportion of the band's material. Sure, for the first time in their career there was a really long wait between the release of studio albums, 'Coup De Grace' and the return to form 'Norfolk Coast' were separated by six years, but don't forget, in that time too JJ went out and did his 'Songs and Stories' dates with a whole batch of new material. And, he ventured out on his own with this stuff which I imagine was pivotal to his regaining of confidence in himself as a musician and performer. So say what you will of 'Coup De Grace' (atually it was me hat said I didn't like it!) but there is no doubt that is was a stepping stone to greater things to come.


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01. God Is Good
02. Coup De Grace
03. Skin Deep
04. Money
05. Golden Boy
06. Nice ‘N’ Sleazy
07. Thrown Away
08. Sinister
09. The Raven
10. In The End
11. Toiler On The Sea
12. Tonight

01. Always The Sun
02. Valley Of The Birds
03. 96 Tears
04. Straighten Out
05. Brainbox
06. All Day & All Of The Night
07. Duchess
08. Golden Brown
09. 5 Minutes
10. Hanging Around
11. No More Heroes

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