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, 26 November 2024

Theatre Verdure Nice 12th October 1983

 


I owe this weekend's Storm Bert a thank you. The shite weather that Bert offered us this weekend meant that I had no excuse not to tackle a task that I have been putting of for years now. When I first got the wherewithall to transfer old bootleg cassettes to CD-Rs I was using CD labels. However, whether it was because they were cheap or whatever, some interaction over time occured (leaching of the inks or adhesive components into the business bit of disc) that rendered many of them unplayable. It took two full days to go through everything, some were rescued by careful removal of the labels whilst for others I had digical versions (often superior remasters (thanks DomP!) on various hard drives.

The upshot is that only 5 or 6 discs were lost and need replacement. I will post the short list soon, if anyone can help. An upside to this arduous task was to unearth some unposted stuff that I had listed but mislaid.

This is one such, The Stranglers in Nice, for the first time since the 'riot'. Hugh makes some cryptic reference to their last visit.

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-5QjPb2QYSs

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-GEymraqvCB



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