I had a request last week from the Black Country which no sooner was it passed on than DomP was able to fulfil it. It was for The Stranglers in Corby in July 1980. It is a recording that has appeared on these pages in the past 2011. Here are those files again in FLAC format, with artwork and just a bit of Dom’s audio jiggery-pokery. Phil Coxon wrote some words about this gig for a tour diary piece that he did for the official website a few years back.
The band played Corby as a benefit for local steelworkers. This was quite unusual in that The Stranglers have never seemed to plat so many benefit gigs, but also Corby then as now has never been prominent on the live circuit. Nevertheless, The Stranglers were in the hall and playing songs for a song (the tickets were cheaply priced!). The circumstances of the gig should have been such that the evening could have been a fantastic event. Instead the band were treated to a punk rock style circa 1976 i.e. they faced a torrent of gob. The salivary flow persisted throughout the gig, much to the annoyance of the band who departed from the stage after a set of just 13 songs. Look at that set and imagine paying more attention to producing oral ammunition than listening to that! The mentality of some folk!?
And many thanks DomP!
Artwork: https://we.tl/t-Bh1VOmetKCxs3zS9
Thanks Adrian and Dom P. It's a shame the Royal Mail don't deliver that quick 😕. Thanks again.
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