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.


Tuesday 5 November 2024

The Undertones Alabamahalle Munich 30th September 1981

 

Here's one that I came across when recently sorting through a mass of unlabelled discs. This proshot TV gig was new to me and it's really rather good. This is from around the time of 'The Positive Touch' tour of 1981, the band's third studio album. Clearly the band were looking to shed the parka image at this point and change the sound of the band and whilst at the time and in the years that followed I was focused on the first two albums what came after was OK, some of it very good in fact. 'Crisis of Mine' is particularly worthy of praise and the band must rate it too since it features in their sets to this day.

Disc Image: https://we.tl/t-MFPMZtdLi4

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-KbEuvQEZti



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