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, 1 February 2025

Pete Shelley 'Cue The Music' Live In London 1986 DVD


Looking for a suitable post for the ongoing 1987 thread I was dipping my toes into old music press from the previous year amd some stuff came up relating to this little chap. 1986 saw the release of a new Pete Shelley album, 'Heaven and the Sea'. I have talked about it before on these pages, about what a remarkable album it is, despite falling victim to a degree of the overblown production that marred many an album that appeared in the secong half of the decade.

This is a recording of an episode of the ITV series 'Cue The Music' hosted by Mike Mansfield and on occasion (as here) by the comedian Tony Slattery, who we lost last month. I have two versions of this recording, one that I prepared and authoured an another downloaded years ago from Punktorrents authoured by Bandit999. Of the two versions, my version I think my version has a slightly clearer picture and so that is the one I have chosen to share here.

DVD Image: https://we.tl/t-hj1cUFoae6

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-5rA83AvpBr

01. Intro
02. Waiting For Love
03. On Your Own
04. Never Again
05. My Dreams
06. Blue Eyes
07. If You Ask Me (I Won't Say No)
08. No Moon
09. Telephone Operator
10. Homosapien
11. Something's Gone Wrong Again


In addition, below is the announcement from Record Mirror of his tour.... I would have loved to have seen him play the Zap Club in Brighton! Do anyone have any recordings from this tour. The closest that I have is the shortened support slot that he played with The Damned at the 10th Anniversary gig in Finsbury Park.

Record Mirror 8th November 1986


Finally, here's a contemporary review of a gig from this period that he played at The Warehouse in Leeds.


Record Mirror 17th May 1986






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