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.


Sunday, 29 June 2025

Top Rank Suite Brighton 12th March 1980

 

Here's the second 'Nobody's Heroes' related recording, this one (unlike the later Rockpalasst show) happened in Brighton just a week after the album was unleashed on the record buying public.


Unfortunately, as a 45 year old audience recoding of the event, the sound is not that great, but it is a true record of the band at the time and it is the full tour set that includes material from the 'NH' album that would not get an live airing again after this tour.

After 'Straw Dogs' Jake deftly addresses the crowd on the unacceptability if lobbing glasses at the stage. Perhaps it was down to the Brighton audiences, but I remember Jake's pronouncement from the same stage offering to take someone out for gobbing when I saw them at the Top Rank in 1988 (here).

Thanks to Sewer Rat for the recording. Cheers!

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Tour ad (Sounds 8th March 1980)




1 comment:

  1. Thanks for this one Adrian I went to the gig at Birmingham Odeon on the 14th March.

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