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, 14 February 2026

Another Request for Stranglers Gigs

OK, here's the situation. Aural Sculptors had been up and running since 2011 when it was set up as a site (mostly) given over to the music and articles about The Stranglers, members past and present and numerous side projects associated with the band. To date, I have mostly been able to stick to this plan. In the last 15 years to MIB post tally has been:

The Stranglers: 927
Hugh Cornwell: 105
JJ Burnel/Dave Greenfield: 42
Purple Helmets: 11

Most of those posts have included audio (or video) content. However, the bottom of the barrel is coming ever nearer... in terms of volume, not quality!

Up until the early Mark IV period I had enough material to be in a position to trade but that has not been the case for quite a while now. Take a look at the listings of what I have (here) (also accessible from the right hand sidebar)


and the gaps are evident. The years of 1991 to 2005 are poorly represented as a walked away from the band only to come back in 2006. 

Ultimately I would like to keep the emphasis of the site on The Stranglers but this is no longer possible without some help from visitors to the site. Therefore, if you have live material from the band that is not included in my list and you are able/willing to share for upload to the site do please let me know. The preference would be for any contributions to be in lossless format.

Thanks as always to all those who have contributed with comments to and material for the site. Mentions in dispatches are due to Chatts, Peter in Germany, DomP and Malcolm.

Have a good weekend all.

Adrian.

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