The Stranglers - 1976 Demos Consolidated
Demo recordings @256
Mountain Studio Demos, Wales, March 1976
01 - Peaches (4:18)
02 - Down In The Sewer (very early version, without "Rats' Rally" finale) (4:56)
03 - Bitching (4:58)
04 - Tomorrow Was The Hereafter version one (4:27)
Thanks to the great radiolux, Starving Artist at
http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f90/the-stranglers-rare-1976-demos-bbc-rock-to-college-1978-exc-sdb-recordings-85559.html
The full session was:
March 1976 Foel Studio; Mid Wales, UK recorded by Ian Gomm
Tomorrow Was The Hereafter (version one)
Tomorrow Was The Hereafter (version two)
Peaches
Bitching
Down In The Sewer
http://www.xulucomics.com/Pre.html
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July 11-12, 1976 Pebble Beach Studio; Worthing, UK
05 - [sirens and cheesy keyboard intro, with sax] (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)
06 - Bitching
07 - Go Buddy Go
Info: http://www.xulucomics.com/Pre.html. Audio source: Stranglers - The Early Years CD.
Earlier bootlegged as: 1976 Demos 3 Early Demos Pan-Vox PV 1618 (7" 45 + ps) (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) / Go Buddy Go / Bitching
http://www.xulucomics.com/Boot.html. Re-released on Stranglers - The Early Years '74-'75-'76 Rare Live & Unreleased; out of print.
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08 Tomorrow Was The Hereafter (version two, 1976)
Track released 1980 by Stranglers Information Service as SIS001, re-released in picture sleeve 1988, backed by Bring on the Nubiles
(Cocktail Version) (1980); both tracks re-released on Stranglers - From Birth and Beyond, out of print.
Just found this: http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f145/george-melly-with-john-chilterns-footwarmers-1991-12-xx-london-uk-fm-flac-177399.html - FileFactory link still live.
Cheers, Dave Sez.
"Old Codger"
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
Communion's got a lot of grace
It's got style and bread and wine
But they're not mine!
You know what I like!
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
I may be long in tooth and jaw
But I've got a lot of nerve
When it comes to an angel boy
Pray for me!
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
When the choir is singing in the aisles
And the moon tomes up over the steeple
I might just turn into a bol-weevil
And creep up on you with my beef-jerky!
Hey baby!
We're gonna shave 'em dry
You know what shave 'em dry is?
You'll learn!
Mmmm, that's good, that's good!
That's very good!
Just close your eyes baby and think of England!
Well why not?
I always keep my socks on!
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
Communion's got a lot of grace
It's got style and bread and wine
But they're not mine!
You know what I like!
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
I may be long in tooth and jaw
But I've got a lot of nerve
When it comes to an angel boy
Pray for me!
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
What an old codger I am
When the choir is singing in the aisles
And the moon tomes up over the steeple
I might just turn into a bol-weevil
And creep up on you with my beef-jerky!
Hey baby!
We're gonna shave 'em dry
You know what shave 'em dry is?
You'll learn!
Mmmm, that's good, that's good!
That's very good!
Just close your eyes baby and think of England!
Well why not?
I always keep my socks on!
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An excellent choice of lyrics, silent - Old Codger is one of my favourite numbers, and I wish I had more George Melly, a right character. Cheers, Dave Sez.
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely one of my favorites too, from the first time I heard it.
DeleteLew Lewis on harmonica; got a lot more of him ... cheers, Dave Sez.
DeleteJust found this: http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f145/george-melly-with-john-chilterns-footwarmers-1991-12-xx-london-uk-fm-flac-177399.html - FileFactory link still live.
DeleteCheers, Dave Sez.
Thanxs ! I had only a part of this. Nice picture, far from the men in black.
ReplyDelete@Mouldysauerkraut: Yes, the Foel Studios demos recorded by Ian Gomm are hard to find. Meanwhile you may be interested in the Guildford Stranglers 1974 home demos, recorded in The Jackpot off-license back storeroom, Guildford, Surrey:
ReplyDeleteHugh Cornwell (guitar, vocals)
J.J. Burnel (bass guitar, vocals)
Hans Wärmling (guitar)
Jet Black (drums)
INFO at http://www.strangled.co.uk/spiked.htm
DOWNLOAD at http://www.strangled.co.uk/74Demos/74Demos.html
Charlie Boy
I Know It
Make You Mine
Chinatown
Cheers, Dave Sez.
Thanks Dave!
ReplyDeleteGreat record. I liked from the first chord to the end. I did not know. They have more albums?
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ReplyDeleteAs John Cooper Clarke once said:"S'cuse me, I've got ta leave". Cheerio then, Dave Sez.