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This is a rare master recording unearthed a couple of years ago which has thus far only been circulated on a very limited level. To celebrate The Stranglers' 40 years in the biz (on tour now) I thought it was time it got a bit more exposure.
The person who kindly allowed me to rip this cannot remember who gave it to them...
This is The Stranglers at their peak. Playing material from The Raven, and The Gospel According To The Meninblack LP they were promoting, the music is interspersed with Hugh Cornwell’s acid wit. Hugh is on top form throughout, riffing after almost every song.
The cassette is a TDK AD90 and the inlay card has notes that read:
“Desk: PM1000 out of subs into active combining network mixed by Kevin Hortmann”
I have ripped this tape clean to digital with no processing at all.
It's a stunning document of a band several decades ahead of their time...
Enjoy!!!
Lineage:
The Stranglers playing>Soundboard>master cassette (played back via Sony TC-WE475 deck)>Terratec Phono PreAmp Studio>Audition CC (rip only)>CDWave>FLAC
The Stranglers
Sam’s
Minneapolis
USA
20 May 1981
Line-up:
Jet Black - Drums
JJ Burnel – Bass, vocals
Hugh Cornwell – guitar, vocals
Dave Greenfield – Keyboards, vocals
1. Threatened
2. The Raven
3. Toiler On The Sea
4. Just Like Nothing On Earth
5. Thrown Away
6. Who Wants The World?
7. Baroque Bordello
8. Second Coming
9. Meninblack
10. Shah Shah A Go Go
11. Ice (cut)
12. Tank (cut)
13. Nuclear Device
14. Genetix
15. A story about Lady Diana
16. Duchess
17. Hanging Around (cut)
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