Dominion Theatre, London, England 26th February 1985 (Aural Sculpture Tour)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4Y240J9J

This excellent sound recording is the transcription disc of the BBC In Concert series (complete with Richard Skinner intro!) and is the second night of the bands five night run at London's Dominion Theatre during the Aural Sculpture Tour.

01.Richard Skinner Intro

02.Something Better Change
03.Uptown
04.No Mercy
05.Nice N' Sleazy
06.Thrown Away
07.Midnight Summer Dream
08.European Female
09.Golden Brown

10.Peaches

11.Death & Night & Blood
12.Punch & Judy
13.Hanging Around
14.Down In The Sewer

Thx to LaidBlack for the cover!

J.J.Burnel - Bourges Festival, France 6th April 1989

NEW LINK

https://rapidshare.com/files/2348732307/jj_Burnel_Bourges_Festival__06_04_1989.rar
This audience recording captures J.J. at a French festival promoting the "Un Pour Jarfait" album as well as popping a couple of covers into the set (closing with the Spencer Davis Groups "I'm A Man"). Not a bad sound for an audience recording but is definately better during the songs than the inbetween chat which can be a bit muffled but this isn't much of an issue, especially if you don't understand French!

01.Theme/Si J'Etais/Weekend

02.Triste Ville Ce Soir

03.Un Jour Parfiat/Via Dolorossa

04.Le Whiskey

05.(She Drives Me) Crazy

06.Garden Of Eden
07.Reves/Waltz
08.Don't Bring Me Down
09.I'm A Man

Crossroads Festival, Harmonie, Bonn, Germany 23rd March 2007

NEW LINK
https://rapidshare.com/files/3859139040/Hugh_Cornwell_Festival_2007.rar

Great festival set from Hugh with a high Stranglers content to the set list, sound is superb. You will not be disappointed with this one.

01.Nice N' Sleazy
02.Picked Up By The Wind
03.Hanging Around
04.Bearcage
05.Black Hair Black Eyes Black Suit
06.Always The Sun
07.Nerves Of Steel
08.Walk On By
09.No More Heroes
10.Peaches
11.Down In The Sewer

1976 Demos & Rock Goes To College 1978

NEW LINK

https://rapidshare.com/files/3089697436/Stranglers_live_and_demos_76-78.rar
Couple of special ones in one download....first we have 4 demos recorded at the Mountain Studio, Wales in March 1976 and then a short set recorded for the BBC's "Rock Goes To College". This was a fairly bad tempered affair and we get 4 tracks and some student baiting thrown in for good measure!

Mountain Studio, Wales, March 1976 Demos
01.Peaches
02.Down In The Sewer
03.Bitching
04.Tomorrow Was The Hereafter

"Rock Goes To College" Guildford College 19th October 1978
01.Intro
02.Ugly
03.I Feel Like A Wog
04.Bring On The Nubiles
05.Burning Up Time
06.Hanging Around
07.Fuck Off!

02 Academy, Sheffield, England 6th March 2010 (Decades Apart Tour)

(Part One)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?bs5wny2frj3jag2
(Part Two)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?kgar1dgjtps81gu

A rough and ready audience source from the "Decades Apart" tour. Great set list but if you want quality buy the official release from the Hammersmith Apollo that is still available from the Stranglers.net as a dvd http://www.mamstore.co.uk/bin/pxisapi1.exe/large?item=802892 

01.Intro (Waltz In Black)

02.Time To Die

03.Go Buddy Go

04.(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)

05.Curfew
06.Norfolk Coast
07.Skin Deep
08.Always The Sun
09.Strange Little Girl

10.Golden Brown

11.Lost Control

12.Retro Rockets

13.Genetix

14.Nice N' Sleazy

15.Peaches

16.Spectre Of Love

17.Walk On By

18.Nuclear Device

19.Duchess

20.Down In The Sewer

21.5 Minutes

22.Something Better Change

23.No More Heroes

Rock Garden, Middlesbrough, England 24th February 1977

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HDJ3R6OR

Got to love this one, Rattus/No More Heroes era and full of attitude great sound to boot!

01.(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)

02.Sometimes

03.Bitching

04.School Mam
05.Peasant In The Big Shitty
06.Straighten Out
07.Hanging Around
08.Ugly
09.Down In The Sewer
10.Something Better Change
11.Go Buddy Go (Interrupted)
12.Go Buddy Go

Artwork comes from LaidBlack...many thanks!

Hugh Cornwell - WFMU Studios, East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.A. 25th October 2010

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q6IM5PDE

Excellent 4 track session from Hugh recorded at the WFMU Studios includes Hugh's re-working of 2 Stranglers classics. This session also features former Blondie drummer Clem Burke.

01.Goodbye Toulouse
02.Rain On The River
03.Beat Of My Heart
04.Down In The Sewer

Remember you can still get Hugh's "Hooverdam" as a free download from his official site....want a physical copy? No worries check the store tab while you are there!

http://www.hughcornwell.com/download.php

Theatre Royal, Nottingham, England 19th August 1980

http://www.mediafire.com/?timkclmo216bqm3

This was filmed for the "Rockstage" programme and also broadcast on radio so you know this is great quality. Half the set comes from the at that time latest album "The Raven" plus we also get an early outing of "Thrown Away" which was demoed for the album but would have to wait for the following years "(Gospel According To) The Men in Black". As I have said previously many things posted here have come from other sites and sources in order to try and make a specialist Stranglers site and I would like to that the Big Box Of Tapes bootlegs site for this and many other gigs posted here. They have a wide range of bands and are well worth checking out! http://bigboxoftapes.blogspot.com/

01.Shah Shah A Go Go

02.Ice

03.Who Wants The World

04.Toiler On The Sea

05.Thrown Away

06.Tank

07.Nuclear Device

08.Genetix

Poole Arts Centre, Poole, England 30th January 1983 (Feline Tour)

https://rs763l33.rapidshare.com/#!download|763tl|401949549|Stranglers_Poole-30.1.83.rar|109674

A pretty good audience source from "The Feline Tour", small bits of audience chat but very listenable with the vocals being high in the mix and pretty clear.

01.Aural Sculpture Manifesto

02.Nuclear Device

03.Toiler On The Sea

04.Ships That Pass In The Night

05.It's A Small World

06.Just Like Nothing On Earth

07.No More Heroes

08.Who Wants The World?

09.Never Say Goodbye

10.Baroque Bordello

11.Golden Brown

12.Princess Of The Streets

13.Midnight Summer Dream

14.European Female

15.Tramp

16.The Raven

17.Duchess

18.London Lady

19.Genetix

Ritz Club, New York, NY, U.S.A. 21st October 1980

http://www.mediafire.com/?tmhtmutzkmo

Recorded and broadcast for the London Wavelength Rock Hour, this is a great quality recording. This was the night all the bands equipment was stolen!

01.Radio Intro-Hallow To Our Men

02.I Feel Like A Wog
03.Toiler On The Sea
04.Hanging Around
05.Down In The Sewer
06.Who Wants The World
07.Tank
08.Nuclear Device
09.Genetix
10.The Raven-Radio Outro

BBC Paris Theatre 23rd March 1977

http://www.mediafire.com/?bzrhr5fzby17wa0

This is from a BBC radio broadcast, only 4 tracks but great quality and definately one that's a welcome addition to anyone's collection!

01.London Lady
02.Peaches
03.Sometimes
04.Straighten Out

Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany 20th February 1983 (Feline European Tour)

http://www.mediafire.com/?4wmajjnhokt

This is an excellent one originally broadcast on the famous Rockpalast TV show in Germany and a near complete show (a couple of tracks are not here that are listed on the Rockpalast archive site).

01.Aural Sculpture Manifesto

02.Nuclear Device-Toiler On The Sea

03.It's A Small World-Just Like Nothing On Earth

04.Ship's That Pass In The Night

05.No More Heroes
06.Who Wants The World

07.Baroque Bordello

08.Golden Brown

09.Princess Of The Streets

10.Midnight Summer Dream-The European Female

11.Tramp

12.The Raven 

13.Duchess

Reading Festival, England 26th August 1983

http://www.mediafire.com/?dazzfmz2kaj

The 1983 Reading Festival marked the end of the long running 3 day festival which started life in 1970. The Stranglers headlined the Friday night on a day that saw a varity of different musical genres. Pallas, Solstice and Pendragon represented the new prog wave of bands (Marillion played the Saturday and Twelfth Night the Sunday), Hanoi Rocks bought their glam/punk New York Dolls sound, Man were there on the least likely of days to find their fan base and Big Country were special guests. Steel Pulse tried (twice) to get the audience to listen rather than chuck bottles before deciding that the Reading Festival wasn't really the place for a reggae band, shame really as I like Steel Pulse!

 This is a great quality radio broadcast complete with Hugh musing on who had the "sick sense of humour" to book the band for a predominately "Heavy Metal" festival as well as dedicating a song for all those who like "heavy music" and then launching into "Golden Brown"!

01.Nuclear Device

02.Toiler On The Sea
03.Ships That Pass In The Night

04.No More Heroes

05.Golden Brown

06.Midnight Summer Dream

07.European Female

08.Thrown Away

09.The Raven

10.Duchess

11.London Lady

12.Down In The Sewer

Cover art supplied by LaidBlack...many thanks!

Odeon, Birmingham, England 23rd February 1985 (Aural Sculpture Tour)

https://rs811dt.rapidshare.com/#!download|811l36|401966815|Stranglers_Brum_23.2.85.rar|120383|R~836093F768BC42F5A418AAA5F11E0590

Audience recording that is less than perfect, vocals are pretty high and the gig is good, if you want soundboard quality this isn't one for you! This was the second and final night in Birmingham just before the bands 5 date run at London's Dominion Theatre.

01.Something Better Change

02.Nuclear Device

03.Uptown

04.Dead Ringer

05.No Mercy

06.Nice N' Sleazy
07.Thrown Away
08.Let Me Down Easy
09.Midnight Summer Dream
10.European Female
11.Ships That Pass In The Night
12.Golden Brown
13.Peaches
14.Death And Night And Blood
15.Threatened
16.Punch And Judy
17.Hanging Around

18.I Feel Like A Wog

19.Down In The Sewer
20.Bring On The Nubiles
21.Toiler On The Sea

The Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A. 3rd March 1978 (Black & White -North America)

NEW LINK

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PPRBVE2F

This great sounding show is from the North American tour promoting Black & White and has often been referred to as the "Eastern Front" bootleg (in the bad old days where you bought them unheard for silly money). As a bonus this also features a 4 track Peel Session from 1977. **Note the text included in the download lists this show as being the 7th of March however if the venue is correct then this should be the 3rd.**

01.Threatened

02.Burning Up Time

03.Straighten Out

04.London Lady

05.Down In The Sewer

06.Five Minutes

07.Toiler On The Sea

08.Grip

09.Dagenham Dave

10.Bring On The Nubiles

11.Dead Ringer

12.Hanging Around

13.Nice 'N Sleazy

14.No More Heroes

15.Tank

Peel Session 7th March 1977

16.Hanging Around

17.Something Better Change

18.Goodbye Toulouse

19.I Feel Like A Wog

Album Demos

Bit of a bumper crop here in one post with demos of 5 different albums. The quality varies from excellent to listenable but all well worth hearing!

NEW LINK (also includes the monitor mixes of The Raven)

 

https://rapidshare.com/files/2945167223/Demos.rar

 

The Raven (Demos)

01.Longships

02.The Raven

03.Dead Loss Angeles

04.Ice

05.Baroque Bordello

06.Nuclear Device

07.Shah Shah A Go Go

08.Meninblack

09.Genetix

10.Social Secs

11.Thrown Away

Dreamtime Demos

01.Always The Sun

02.Dreamtime

03.You'll Always Reap What You Sow
04.Ghost Train
05.Nice In Nice
06.Big In America
07.Shakin' Like A Leaf
08.Mayan Skies
09.Too Precious
10.Hitman
11.You

                                                            10 Demos

                                                            01.Sweet Smell Of Success

02.Someone Like You

03.In This Place

04.Let's Celebrate

05.Too Many Teardrops
06.Out Of My Mind
07.Never To Look Back
08.Poisonality
09.Instead Of This
10.Motorbike
11.Sitting On Top Of The World



Stranglers In The Night Demos
01.Time To Die
02.Heaven Or Hell

03.This Town

04.Brainbox
05.Southern Mountains
06.Grand Canyon
07.Never See
08.Wet Afternoon
09.Disappear
10.Goodbye
11.Lay Me Down
12.I'll Be Seeing You
13.Mumble Jumble
14.Lost Days
15.My Time Will Come
16.What Makes The World Go Round

About Time Demos

01.Still Life

02.Sinister

03.Lucky Finger

04.Little Blue Lies

05.She Gave It All
06.And The Boat Sails By
07.Swim

08.Cool Danny

09.Kiss The World Goodbye

10.Bed Of Nails 

11.Shattered

A lot of what will be posted on Two Sunspots will be from sources we have discovered online, this one was from the Bobjuice site and was originally poated by Terrorvision....many thanks to both! http://www.bobjuice.co.uk/

An alternate source for "The Raven" demos can be found here http://www.strangled.co.uk/Raven%20Demos.zip which are much better quality "Monitor Mixes" as well as featuring a different set list of....

01.Longships

02.The Raven
03.Dead Loss Angeles
04.Duchess
05.Nuclear World
06.Baroque Bordello
07.Shah Shah A Go Go
08.Ice
09.Genetix
10.(Don't Bring) Harry
11.8 By 10

Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland 23rd November 1981 (La Folie Tour)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YRP51K15

Excellent sounding FM broadcast from the early stages of the "La Folie" Tour.

01.Waltzinblack
02.Non Stop
03.Threatened
04.Just Like Nothing On Earth
05.Second Coming
06.The Man They Love To Hate
07.Meninblack
08.Who Wants The World
09.Golden Brown
10.Tank
11.Nuclear Device
12.Genetix
13.Bring On The Nubiles
14.Duchess
15.Let Me Introduce You To The Family
16.Hanging Around
17.The Raven

Artwork by LaidBlack!

Welcome to Two Sunspots!

Welcome to Two Sunspots, a site designed to bring you some great Stranglers bootlegs. This is intended for fans, and is non profit and I ask anyone downloading from this site to respect that and to always support the band by purchasing official releases. No commercially released material will be posted here, and I will honour the wishes of the band and their representatives and remove any material if asked to do so. We are interested in any era of the band and of course their solo work too, if you have anything that you think must be heard then let me know...it's good to share!