The Stranglers - Live Minneapolis, MN 1981

The Stranglers - Live Sam's 

May 20, 1981

Minneapolis, MN

Soundboard Master @flac

*Original Notes*
This is a rare master recording unearthed a couple of years ago which has thus far only been circulated on a very limited level. To celebrate The Stranglers' 40 years in the biz (on tour now) I thought it was time it got a bit more exposure.
The person who kindly allowed me to rip this cannot remember who gave it to them...
This is The Stranglers at their peak. Playing material from The Raven, and The Gospel According To The Meninblack LP they were promoting, the music is interspersed with Hugh Cornwell’s acid wit. Hugh is on top form throughout, riffing after almost every song. 
The cassette is a TDK AD90 and the inlay card has notes that read:
“Desk: PM1000 out of subs into active combining network mixed by Kevin Hortmann”
I have ripped this tape clean to digital with no processing at all.
It's a stunning document of a band several decades ahead of their time...
Enjoy!!!

Lineage:
The Stranglers playing>Soundboard>master cassette (played back via Sony TC-WE475 deck)>Terratec Phono PreAmp Studio>Audition CC (rip only)>CDWave>FLAC

Band:
Jet Black - Drums
JJ Burnel – Bass, vocals
Hugh Cornwell – guitar, vocals
Dave Greenfield – Keyboards, vocals

Set List:
01 - Threatened
02 - The Raven
03 - Toiler On The Sea
04 - Just Like Nothing On Earth
05 - Thrown Away
06 - Who Wants The World?
07 - Baroque Bordello
08 - Second Coming
09 - Meninblack
10 - Shah Shah A Go Go
11 - Ice (cut)
12 - Tank (cut)
13 - Nuclear Device
14 - Genetix
15 - A story about Lady Diana
16 - Duchess
17 - Hanging Around (cut)

Thanks to one of the DC++ hubs!

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