Sunday, March 20, 2011

The Stranglers: Live in Toronto (1980)


Hey, Stranglers fans. I've posted Ten Great Stranglers videos (1976-1978) over at THE BIG TAKEOVER - please come visit, take a look and leave a COMMENT over there before I get spooked by the silence.

As a Canadian adolescent, you couldn't find The Stranglers' (more here) 1980 album The Raven domestically, instead we followed band's progress via an I.R.S. Records' North American hodge-podge entitled The Stranglers IV (see below):


The album was a chronological mess but it did offer some early rarities and a cherry-picking of the hits from The Raven as well as few killer then-new tracks like "Who Wants the World (more cool stuff on this subject can be found here).



This particular bootleg, a great-sounding FM broadcast, captures the taut, aggressive show from 1980 tour, the era between The Raven and the indulgently-disappointing The Meninblack.


Comments on The Raven-era Stranglers are most welcome!

Speaking of comments, that is the section wherein you will find Live in Toronto link.


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Posted by jeffen at 8:02 AM
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  1. jeffenMarch 20, 2011 at 8:10 AM

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    Stranglers fans rule!


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    http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?b1epb63nd44nfv7

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  2. martin41smithMarch 20, 2011 at 12:50 PM

    Mate Thanx for this, building up a great collection of great Stranglers live shows,more please!

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  3. AmazingChickenMarch 20, 2011 at 8:34 PM

    Thanks again! Love these boys. If you could post "Euro Homme" I'd be most happy.

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  4. José IgnacioMarch 22, 2011 at 12:22 AM

    Hello. Im kind of a stranger to The stranglers, but i am enjoying it big time on a late nighta. Thanks lots.

    Rreminds me a bit of Deep Freeze Mice maybe because of the keyboard arrangements. Also maybe Cardiac Arrest. Any way, just talking leaving a comment since i read somewhere something about the lack of comments. I would have commented anyway, so thanks again!

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  5. lidge84March 24, 2011 at 6:58 AM

    Thanx yet again for this great stranglers feast,for some reason for all there power and influence at the time they are sidelined from the PUNK history books and as such are always that much harder to find old stuff.keep up the great work lidge84

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  6. Fat HamsterApril 20, 2011 at 5:04 PM

    Hooray!

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  7. AnonymousJuly 25, 2011 at 4:25 PM

    Hi!
    thanx for your posts.
    have you got the special remix of Bear Cage called G.m.B.H exclusive to the "STRANGLERS IV" compilation album?

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  8. jeffenAugust 11, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    I'll see what I can do...

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