dimanche 11 avril 2010

The Stranglers-Live @ The Hammersmith Odeon 1982

Place aux Stranglers ! Les rois du cynisme, de l'humour noir et auteurs de quelques albums atypiques, engagés et assez uniques dans leur genre. Punk, rock, pop ??? On s'en fout !
Voici un live de la période que je préfére, celle des albums The Raven, La Folie, The Meninblack... Bien avant que les synthés cheaps et le set de batterie électronique ne fassent des ravages en ces années 80. Même si Féline et Aural Sculpture s'écoutent encore confortablement et sans honte sous la couette.

2 commentaires:

  1. Dave Sez:
    Info from: http://www.xulucomics.com/stranglers.html

    "Stranglers - 1982 In Concert Transcription Disc 276 (radio promo LP was never broadcast)
    BBC 150461/2S (Live for "In Concert" program; recorded at Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK: 02-08-1982 [MM.DD.YYYY])

    Down In The Sewer
    Just Like Nothing On Earth
    Second Coming
    Non Stop
    The Man They love To Hate
    Who Wants The World?
    //
    Golden Brown
    How To Find True Love And Happiness In The Present Day
    Duchess
    Let Me Introduce You To The Family
    Tramp
    The Raven
    Genetix"

    Complementary but maybe slightly conflicting information from another page at the same site, http://www.xulucomics.com/Boot.html:

    "Live Hammersmith (CD: BBC - [intended for] FM Broadcast, 60 min.) LIVE: Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK - February 8, 1982
    Down In The Sewer / Just Like Nothing On Earth / Second Coming / Non Stop / The Man They Love To Hate / Who Wants The World? /
    Golden Brown / How To Find True Love And Happiness In The Present Day / Duchess / Let Me Introduce You To The Family / Tramp / The
    Raven / Genetix".

    NB 1: this CD is mostly likely sourced from a leak of the BBC transcription disc mentioned above rather than from
    any FM broadcast.

    NB 2: 1982.02.08 Hammersmith Odeon was the last night of the UK La Folie tour which had run since 1981.11.11. The Stranglers briefly
    interrupted the tour on 1982.01.24 to record a Nighttracks Radio One Session, released as a 12" by Strange Fruit.

    The attached artwork, which strongly resembles official internal BBC covers, indicates Hammersmith Odeon 1981; the only date possible, according to http://www.xulucomics.com/Live.html, is during the Meninblack tour - 1981.02.15 Hammersmith
    Odeon, UK, which is not reported to have been recorded.

    The only way to resolve the mystery - Feb '81 or '82? - is to look at the set-lists of other '81 gigs : two months "later", the US
    tour date on 1981.04.11 in Emerald City, Cherry Hill, NJ includes a B&W/Raven/Meninblack setlist of Threatened, Toiler on the Sea,
    Meninblack, Shah Shah A Go Go, Hallow To Our Men, Tank and Nuclear Device, none of which figure on the Hammersmith Odeon download.

    The Hammersmith Odeon download however includes later tracks such as Golden Brown, How To Find True Love And Happiness In The Present
    Day, Duchess, Let Me Introduce You To The Family and Tramp, none of which are on the April '81 New Jersey gig.

    The only conclusion can be that this is indeed a later gig - 1982.02.08 Hammersmith Odeon not 1981.02.15 Hammersmith Odeon. The seeming authenticity of the BBC covers hints at a BBC printing error re the date on the cover, quite credible for a short-run pressing of pre- and allegedly never- broadcast recordings mastered onto vinyl in very few copies.

    The fact remains that this is a top-quality unreleased recording of the Stranglers ... just past their prime. This is where I switch
    off; however good the recording (and it is great), the new material is just not exciting, and the replays of older material were
    betteron older recordings. Nice to have got it; now I see reconfirmation of why I switched off after the Raven.

    Cheers, Dave Sez.

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  2. D'autres liens pour les Stranglers:

    Hope & Anchor 23.11.77
    http://skamanchackett.blogspot.com/2010/05/stranglers-hope-anchor-1977.html
    ................
    Stranglers - 1981.04.11 Emerald City, Cherry Hill, NJ
    FM Broadcast from Philadelphia's WMMR 93.3
    Total file size : 91.67 MB, MP3, 192 kps
    Total time : 59 mn

    Tracks:
    01. Waltzinblack (intro)
    02. Threatened
    03. The Raven
    04. Toiler on the Sea
    05. Just Like Nothing On Earth / Thrown Away
    06. Who Wants the World
    07. Second Coming
    08. Meninblack
    09. Shah Shah A Go Go
    10. Hallow To Our Men
    11. Tank
    12. Nuclear Device
    13. Genetix

    http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f90/the-stranglers-cherry-hill-emerald-city-11-april-1981-a-85380.html
    ...............
    http://onlybootleghere.blogspot.com/2009/07/stranglers-1983-02-20-hamburg-germany.html

    http://onlybootleghere.blogspot.com/2009/07/stranglers-1986-09-13-la-louviere.html

    et un lien alternatif pour Cherry Hill:

    http://onlybootleghere.blogspot.com/2009/06/stranglers-1981-04-11-cherry-hill-nj.html.

    .....

    Stranglers - 1980-11-13 - Berkeley, CA
    (FM mp3@192)

    "This superb Stranglers set was recorded for an American radio station,
    but was quite possibly never broadcast, and is taken from the original
    source tape. The mix is a little odd, with the keyboards much more to
    the fore than would be expected, but it's a rare gem!"

    01 Toiler On The Seas
    02 Duchess
    03 Baroque Bordello
    04 Hanging Around
    05 Crowd noise
    06 Down In The Sewer
    07 Hugh speaks
    08 Who Wants The World
    09 Threatened
    10 Just Like Nothing On Earth
    11 Nuclear Device
    12 Dead Loss Angeles
    13 The Raven.
    http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f90/the-stranglers-1980-11-13-berkeley-ca-fm-mp3192-a-88556.html
    ..........
    http://kingrockerrockson.blogspot.com/2010/03/stranglers-aural-dreamtime-demos.html
    .........
    Zurich '85 en 320:
    http://hangoverhard.blogspot.com/2007/12/stranglers-live-in-zurich-1985-320k.html
    .....
    Deux concerts de Hugh Cornwell dans les commentaires ici:
    http://burningaquarium.blogspot.com/2010/05/hugh-cornwell.html
    .....
    Stranglers video at Rockpalast '83:
    http://budtheweiser.blogspot.com/2010/03/stranglers-live-rockpalast-20-02-83.html
    .....
    Le reste de mes postes Stranglers dans les commentaires ici:

    http://burningaquarium.blogspot.com/2009/03/stranglers-4-free-eps-1977-1980.html

    There ya go, cheers, Dave Sez.

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