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, 3 January 2026

The Vapors The Mountain Winery, Saratoga, California 31st August 2024

 

Crikely, this was a long way to go to deliver a four song set. I hope that the organisers had deep pockets. The Vapors appearance in another US retro festival, one with quite an eclectic line up! Thanks to the original uploader (loughney). Obviously, I have no knowledge how this  'Lost 80's Live' Festival was set up, but wouldn't it make sense to have each band in the line up play one new song... just as an indicator that the bands playing on the day were in actual fact still creating new music? Just a thought.

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-2DrsS8KMAd

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-M7IMP97lKu



1 comment:

  1. I had tickets for this tour in San Antonio back in May (Vapors on the bill) but sadly it was canceled.

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