The Clash Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan Hall Tokyo 30th January 1982

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, 21 December 2025

The Clash Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan Hall Tokyo 30th January 1982

From the purveyor of pristine sounding gigs, DomP, this one is being posted tonight, one day ahead of the anniversary of the death of Comandante Joe. 23 years gone on 22nd December 2025. To mark it, here is particularly high energy performance by The Clash in Tokyo, their penultimate show in a week of dates in the Japanese capital.

Japanese audiences are famously restrained, but by the sounds of it The Clash managed to smash through that national reserve and some. Sandinista! may in the opinion in some had a side or two too many, but looking at this set covering their five year career to date, who on Earth could complain.

I never met Joe Strummer. I saw him a couple of times (the nearest that I got to The Clash). His band could (and can still) divide opinions, but from what I have read on balance, he was one of the good guys and well, couldn't he just deliver a tune!