Showing posts with label Hugh Cornwell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hugh Cornwell. Show all posts

Friday, 8 August 2008

Hugh Cornwell And Robert Williams - Nosferatu


Didn't really appreciate this when I bought it on vinyl at the time and sold it on a few years later, it just wasn't the Stranglers!!
Downloaded it again a few years back and it's grown on me.
Hugh joins with Capt Beefheart drummer Williams on the album, it also features a host of guest stars.
Worth a listen.

01 Nosferttu
02 Losers in a Lost Land
03 White Room
04 Irate Caterpillar
05 Rhythmic Itch
06 Wired
07 Big Bug
08 Mothra
09 Wrong Way Round
10 Puppets
11 Losers in a Lost Land (Instrumental)

Wednesday, 6 August 2008

Stranglers - Don't Bring Harry EP


Still have most of my Stranglers singles but I haven't seen this one posted anywhere else.
The title track is on the Raven album, Wired was originally on Hugh Cornwell's solo album with Robert Williams "Nosferatu", Crabs was A JJ Burnel solo although this is a live version, and In The Shadows was recorded at the famous Hope And Anchor.

Waffle time :) - I didn't actually see the Stranglers live until 1979 as a supporting artist at the big Who gig at Wembley - (Gig Review), to be honest they were awful and they didn't help themselves by mainly playing tracks from the Raven insted of the better known tracks.
The show itself was saved by an inspired performance by AC/DC with the late Bon Scott on vocals.
The Who were good but not brilliant, and I mostly remember the day for the nightmare of trying to get home (ended up spending the night on a park bench near Wembley Central station after all the trains had gone before the concert ended).

01 - Don't Bring Harry
02 - Wired
03 - Crabs (Live Hemel Hempstead 79)
04 - In The Shadows (Live Hope And Anchor 77)