The Stranglers and Friends – Live in Concert
The Stranglers and Friends: Live in Concert | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ||||
Live album by the Stranglers | ||||
Released | 21 February 1995 | |||
Recorded | 4 April 1980[1] | |||
Venue | Rainbow Theatre, London | |||
Length | 70:00 | |||
Label | Receiver (1995) Castle Music (2002) | |||
The Stranglers live albums chronology | ||||
| ||||
Alternative cover | ||||
![]() 2002 reissue | ||||
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Stranglers and Friends: Live in Concert is a live album by English rock band the Stranglers, released in 1995 by Receiver Records. In 2002, the album was re-released on the Castle Music label, digitally remastered from the original master tapes with new artwork and sleeve notes.[3]
Background
In the spring of 1980, guitarist and singer Hugh Cornwell was in Pentonville Prison for drugs possession. With two gigs scheduled at the London Rainbow for 3 April and 4 April, the management decided to turn things around by approaching a number of artists (including Robert Fripp, John Ellis, Toyah Willcox, Peter Hammill and Hazel O'Connor, among others) to fill in for the absent Cornwell. The Stranglers and Friends: Live in Concert chronicles this event.[4] At the time, it was planned to release a live album of the concerts, with all the proceeds going to the drug rehabilitation organisation Cure. The album never materialised as the band nearly went bankrupt shortly after the concerts, and it was forgotten about.[5]
Track listing
All tracks are written by the Stranglers
No. | Title | Length |
---|---|---|
1. | "Introduction" (by Jet Black) | 1:53 |
2. | "Get A Grip" (with Hazel O'Connor and Robert Smith) | 3:42 |
3. | "Hanging Around" (with Hazel O'Connor and Robert Smith) | 4:09 |
4. | "Tank" (with Peter Hammill and Robert Fripp) | 3:03 |
5. | "Threatened" (with Robert Fripp) | 3:21 |
6. | "Toiler On the Sea" (with Phil Daniels and Robert Fripp) | 5:19 |
7. | "The Raven" (with Peter Hammill and Basil Gabbidon) | 4:30 |
8. | "Dead Loss Angeles" (with Phil Daniels and Wilko Johnson) | 2:18 |
9. | "Nice 'n' Sleazy" (with Nicky Tesco, Basil Gabbidon and Nik Turner) | 6:44 |
10. | "Bring on the Nubiles"" (with Richard Jobson and Wilko Johnson) | 4:00 |
11. | "Peaches" (with Ian Dury, Toyah Willcox, John Turnbull and Davey Payne) | 4:34 |
12. | "Bear Cage" (with Ian Dury, Toyah Willcox, Matthieu Hartley, John Turnbull and Davey Payne) | 4:41 |
13. | "Duchess" (with Toyah Willcox) | 2:44 |
14. | "No More Heroes" (with Richard Jobson) | 3:49 |
15. | "Five Minutes" (with Richard Jobson & Larry Wallis) | 4:13 |
16. | "Something Better Change" (with Toyah Willcox and Steve Hillage) | 3:43 |
17. | "Down in the Sewer" (with Jake Burns, Steve Hillage and all guests) | 7:36 |
Total length: | 70:00 |
- A 1997 release of this recording by Hallmark Records contains the same tracks (not in the same order), except "(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)", "Hanging Around", "Bear Cage" and "Peaches".[6]
Personnel
Credits adapted from the album liner notes.[7]
- The Stranglers
- Jean-Jacques Burnel – bass, vocals
- Dave Greenfield – keyboards
- Jet Black – drums
- Friends
- John Ellis – guitar on all tracks
- Steve Nisbett – rhythmic drum patterns
- Robert Smith – guitar on 2, 3
- Robert Fripp – guitar on 4-6
- Basil Gabbidon – guitar on 7, 9
- Wilko Johnson – guitar on 8, 10
- John Turnbull – guitar on 11, 12
- Larry Wallis – guitar on 15
- Steve Hillage – guitar on 16, 17
- Matthieu Hartley – keyboards on 12
- Nik Turner – saxophone on 9
- Davey Payne – saxophone on 11, 12
- Hazel O'Connor – vocals on 2, 3
- Peter Hammill – vocals on 4, 7
- Phil Daniels – vocals on 6, 8
- Nicky Tesco – vocals on 9
- Richard Jobson – vocals on 10, 14, 15
- Toyah Willcox – vocals on 13, 16, backing vocals on 11, 12
- Ian Dury – vocals on 11, 12
- Jake Burns – vocals on 17
- Technical
- Mark Brennan – sleeve notes
- Robert Fairclough – sleeve notes, design, picture research (2002 reissue)[8]
- Giovanni Scatola – remastering (2002 reissue)[8]
References
- ^ "The Stranglers And Friends Live In Concert (CD back cover)". Discogs. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ Dave Thompson (1 November 1979). "Stranglers & Friends Live in Concert - The Stranglers | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ "The Stranglers And Friends Live In Concert (album cover sticker)". Discogs. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ Clerk, Carol (2010). The Saga of Hawkwind. London: Omnibus. ISBN 9781849383899.
- ^ "The Stranglers And Friends Live In Concert (liner notes)". Discogs. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ "The Stranglers And Friends Live In Concert (Hallmark Records, 1995)". Discogs. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ "The Stranglers And Friends Live In Concert (personnel credits)". Discogs. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ a b "The Stranglers And Friends Live In Concert (technical credits)". Discogs. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- v
- t
- e
- Jean-Jacques Burnel
- Baz Warne
- Jim Macaulay
- Toby Hounsham
- Jet Black
- Hugh Cornwell
- Hans Wärmling
- Dave Greenfield
- John Ellis
- Paul Roberts
- Rattus Norvegicus
- No More Heroes
- Black and White
- The Raven
- The Gospel According to the Meninblack
- La folie
- Feline
- Aural Sculpture
- Dreamtime
- 10
- Stranglers in the Night
- About Time
- Written in Red
- Coup de Grace
- Norfolk Coast
- Suite XVI
- Giants
- Dark Matters
- Live at the Hope and Anchor
- Live (X Cert)
- All Live and All of the Night
- Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
- The Stranglers and Friends – Live in Concert
- Friday the Thirteenth
- Live at the Hammersmith Odeon '81
- Live at the Apollo
- Apollo Revisited
- Coast to Coast: Live on Tour
- Live at the Apollo 2010 (DVD & CD)
- IV
- The Collection 1977–1982
- Off the Beaten Track
- Singles (The UA Years)
- Greatest Hits 1977–1990
- The Early Years '74 '75 '76 Rare Live and Unreleased
- Strangled from Birth and Beyond
- The Sessions
- The Hit Men
- Collection
- The Stranglers
- The Masters
- Lies and Deception
- Peaches: The Very Best of The Stranglers
- Rarities (2002)
- Out of the Black
- Sweet Smell of Success – Best of the Epic Years
- Live 'n' Sleazy
- Gold
- The Very Best of The Stranglers
- Decades Apart
- "(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)"
- "Peaches"
- "Something Better Change"
- "No More Heroes"
- "5 Minutes"
- "Nice 'n' Sleazy"
- "Walk On By"
- "Duchess"
- "Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)"
- "Bear Cage"
- "Who Wants the World?"
- "Thrown Away"
- "Let Me Introduce You to the Family"
- "Golden Brown"
- "La Folie"
- "Strange Little Girl"
- "European Female"
- "Skin Deep"
- "No Mercy"
- "Always the Sun"
- "All Day and All of the Night"
- "96 Tears"
- "Always the Sun (Sunny Side Up Mix)"
- "Golden Brown" (Re-issue)
- "Lies and Deception"
- "Big Thing Coming"
- "Spectre of Love"
- "Goodbye Toulouse"
- "Hanging Around"
- "Tramp"