The Stranglers - Manchester Academy 07-11-08 DVD

SPECTRE OF LOVE

SKIN DEEP

STRANGE LITTLE GIRL

GOLDEN BROWN

THE RAVEN

THROWN AWAY

HANGING AROUND

STRAIGHTEN OUT

DUCHESS

TANK

NUCLEAR DEVICE

SOMETHING BETTER CHANGE

NO MORE HEROES

bonus footage

FIVE MINUTES

ALWAYS THE SUN

STRANGE LITTLE GIRL

GOLDEN BROWN

manchester footage filmed in glorious digital, from centre stage, ground level and some way back from the stage. excellent quality all round, some nice close ups and panning make for a very enjoyable viewing.

bonus footage is filmed on a small ‘stills’ camera looks like the same gig, but i can’t remember exactly where!

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The Stranglers - Hits Tour Compilation 2008 DVD

birmingham academy 25-10-08

grip

five minutes

spectre of love

thrown away

walk on by

bonus footage

no more heroes (leeds 04-11-08)

the raven (newcastle 03-11-08)

something better change (lincoln 06-11-08)

hanging around and nuclear device ( manchester 07-11-08)

look north interview

straighten out at Rockers glasgow 01-11-08 – no more heroes.

the birmingham footage is filmed on a digital camcorder and the visuals are excellent. filmed from the side of jj. bonus footage again from a digital camcorder and excellent visually though some distortion on the sound on some clips. look north feature has jj and baz chatting prior to the leeds gig and the dvd finishes with ‘straighten out’ doing ‘heroes’ in glasgow.

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The Stranglers - Hits Tour Outtakes 2008 DVD

cardiff – thrown away, tank, the raven

cambridge – tank

southampton – nice ‘n’n sleazy, spectre of love, tank

bristol – spectre of love, straighten out, nuclear device

birmingham – thrown away

lincoln – no more heroes

norwich – the raven, thrown away, duchess

SBE2 – GRIP

a follow on from the ‘hits tour compilation’ using additional footage from the tour. varying quality throughout

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The Stranglers - Hits Tour Compilation 2008 DVD

dvd 1

GRIP

FIVE MINUTES

PEACHES

NICE ‘N’ SLEAZY

SPECTRE OF LOVE

SKIN DEEP

NO MERCY

ALWAYS THE SUN

STRANGE LITTLE GIRL

GOLDEN BROWN

THE RAVEN

THROWN AWAY

WALK ON BY

HANGING AROUND

STRAIGHTEN OUT

biG THING COMING

ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT.

dvd 2

duchess

tank

nuclear device

something better change

no more heroes

bonus tracks

european female

nice ‘n’ sleazy

the raven

straighten out

walk on by

nice ‘n’n sleazy

thrown away

something better change

tank

no mercy

duchess

filmed on a small digital camera, this dvd collated the full set from the tour, filmed at various gigs. visual quality is good and the audio good to fair over the 2 dvds. a decent collection of footage that would normally find it’s way onto youtube but this is compiled from the original files.

bonus tracks are from various gigs also.

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The Stranglers - International Woodstock Festival, Poland 03-08-08 DVD

FIVE MINUTES

GRIP

PEACHES

ALWAYS THE SUN

NICE ‘N’ SLEAZY

SKIN DEEP

THROWN AWAY

WALK ON BY

STRANGE LITTLE GIRL

GOLDEN BROWN

SPECTRE OF LOVE

SOMETHING BETTER CHANGE

ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT

DUCHESS

STRAIGHTEN OUT

NO MORE HEROES

HANGING AROUND

NO MORE HEROES

originally broadcast as a webcast this footage has excellent audio but the visuals let it down a bit. but is certainly very watchable!

interesting viewing as well for the end of the gig! they finish the set with ‘heroes’, then it would seem are ushered back by the announcer, where there are a few puzzled looks between baz and dave, but they do ‘hanging around’ then leave the stage. and that is that, or is it??? announcer now on the stage gets the audience chanting for more!! this goes on for a couple of minutes when the band return, baz is highly amused and says to the audience, “i have to say, this is highly unorthodox” as jj winds up the bass for another version of ‘heroes’. at the end dave joins jj and baz at the front and you can tell by their faces that it was in jj’s words, surreal.

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The Stranglers/JJ Burnel & Baz Warne - Back to Back February 2008 DVD

BUXTON OPERA HOUSE 16-02-08

FIVE MINUTES

SPECTRE OF LOVE

UNBROKEN

I HATE YOU

SUMMAT OUTANOWT

WALK ON BY

STRAIGHTEN OUT

ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT

LONDON LADY

NUCLEAR DEVICE

SOMETIMES

HANGING AROUND

NO MORE HEROES

+ INDIAN RESTURANT “CHANGING ROOMS”.

DONCASTER REGENT HOTEL 17-02-08 (JJ BURNEL & BAZ WARNE)

I HATE YOU

STRANGE LITTLE GIRL

DUTCH MOON

NEVER TO LOOK BACK

IN THE END

WALK ON BY

FRED AND GEORGE

WHERE I LIVE

ALWAYS THE SUN

DAGENHAM DAVE

QUARK STRANGNESS AND CHARM

 + PHOTO GALLERY.

this double dvd set brings together 2 concecutive nights in february 2008 where the stranglers played buxton on the first night and then jj and baz travelled over and up to doncaster for a charity gig the following night. both gigs were filmed on a couple of them little digital ‘still’ cameras and both picture and sound are remarkably good considering!

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The Stranglers - Second Coming DVD

13-06-08 ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL - INTERVIEW, GOLDEN BROWN, GOLDEN BROWN.

03-07-08 RAANANA PARK TEL AVIV ISRAEL - ALWAYS THE SUN, GOLDEN BROWN.

12-07-08 T IN THE PARK - STRANGE LITTLE GIRL, GOLDEN BROWN, DUCHESS, NO MORE HEROES.

13-07-08 OXEGEN FESTIVAL - INTERVIEW, SKIN DEEP, ALWAYS THE SUN, PEACHES, GOLDEN BROWN, NO MORE HEROES.

19-07-08 BARCELONA - GOLDEN BROWN, GOLDEN BROWN.

03-08-08 WOODSTOCK POLAND - FIVE MINUTES, ALWAYS THE SUN.

17-08-08 V FESTIVAL CHELMSFORD - PEACHES, GOLDEN BROWN.

2008 saw the band in demand for some high profile festivals. this dvd is a mixture of tv braodcasts and internet footage, which saw the light of day during this period. the quality of the footage varies throughout the dvd. a well put together little document of the festival season.

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