Old Testament: Ua Studio Recordings 1977 - 1982

I was in the USAF in the mid 70's and 80's and lived in many large metropolitan areas and even lived in Holland in the mid 80's and I had never heard of the Stranglers. I heard a song on an online video and used an app to identify the song. It was Princess of the Streets. Had to hear more.I really like this 5 disc set.I wish I had heard of the Stranglers sooner .I probably could have crossed the channel and seen them live.

Was a big fan of theirs when these originally came out as albums; but as I started listening to cd's more and albums less, they kind of fell off the radar. In fact, probably haven't listened to them in 20+ years. Bought this as a Christmas present for myself and its been in my car cd player ever since. What's so cool about these cd's is that you can really hear the evolution of their sound in one nice package, from the menacing sound of Rattus to the polished La Folie. Intelligent songs by great musicians with that great bass in your face sound. The best band never to make it big in America bar none!

Great cd set of a unique member of the punk revolution.

all i needed was here in a 5 cd set box for a great price, im more of a stranglers 1977 to 79 fan, after that the band went into a bit of an industriel / techno sound wich way back in 1980 was way way before there time, it is the 77/78 stuff that was there best work in my opinion with that whole unique punky sound with the organ in the background, songs like go buddy go are just timeless classics and ive been spinning the first two stranglers records for some near 35 years now, if you like the stuff that went on then i say more reason to buy this set but the band seemed to change there sound very quickly starting in 1979 and it just did not do my ears any justice, the stranglers where on of the best bands to come out of the 1977 uk punk explosion even though i dont think the stranglers felt they where a part of that movement, the same thing kind of happened with the saints by 1979/1980, anyway you sure get your monys worth with this 5 cd set and a great booklet that comes with it......

All the best here...and the worst! The classic material is all on this one, with great sound quality, to boot. The Stranglers fit a niche that no-one could and with loads of style and panache...punky goodness with musicianship equaled by none of their time. Truly, a MUST own.

One of the best multi disc sets I ever got, pure punk, great old songs with that live sound.

Old music is better!!!

An excellent set of The Stranglers dark punk. Studio releases are great and the rarities make you wonder about censorship.

The Stranglers were so much more than a punk band... They had more in common with the Velvet Underground, the Stooges and the Doors than the teenage punks they were grouped with. They were their own masters and their songs were uncompromising and gritty, sometimes unsettling but always good.

Until fairly recently, I was a bit of a lapsed Stranglers fan after having enthusiastically embraced the band in the days when Hugh Cornwell was still with them. After he left, so did I. I didn’t believe that they could carry on and be as successful as they had been up until that point.So, after many years out in the wilderness, and with virtually all of my vinyl and cassette collection lost in some inexplicable vortex of absent mindedness, ignorance and house moves, the band wasn’t even remotely on my radar. Fast forward to the beginning of this pandemic, when I befriended someone on Facebook who appeared to share my taste in music. One day, purely by chance, he posted a Stranglers video (can’t remember which one), and all of a sudden I found myself hankering after the more youthful period of my life (well, I am 60), and The Stranglers in particular.As I faced the rather inconvenient prospect of having to buy all of the albums individually, my friend mentioned this collection, and after reading through a few reviews (I still don’t understand those 1 and 2 star ones) I took the plunge and am now happily reacquainting myself with those glorious early period albums. I’ve even started watching YouTube footage of the more recent Cornwell-less Stranglers and surprised myself by how much I enjoyed listening to them, and felt guilty at having abandoned the band in a fit of impetuous youthful rage.So here I am now, feeling very happy with my purchase, but also sad, not just because of all the potentially great Stranglers gigs that I missed because of my petulance, but also at the recent sad passing of that keyboard king, Dave Greenfield. Where next for The Stranglers? Is this now the end of the road for one of the greatest and most enduring bands of the modern era? Only time will tell, but if it really is the end, what a legacy they leave behind, including this brilliant box set.

Faudrait 10 étoiles et 15 pages format A4 recto-verso pour parler de ce joyau, de ce diamant noir. 5 et non pas 4 CD avec livret très instructif et original (pas de textes de chansons, mais des notes courtes explicatives, des photos noir et blanc / couleurs de pochettes, de singles, et de concerts, des photos de pauses ou transpirent comme souvent la classe et une sorte de dédain mélange d'humour décalé et de supériorité, mais toujours avec une touche d'humour grinçant.... voir la première photo du livret !!! "Dit fromage" (Ndlr), afin de faire sourire les "Men in Black" pour la photo. Seul bémol le packaging plastique sinistre, fragile et coffret un peu encombrant. ok, ok.. c'est juste un détail. Tous les albums avant 'Feline" (signature chez CBS), sont là : période United Artist. 98 morceaux !!Sur les 4 premiers CD : l 'intégralité des premiers albums, avec des faces B, des live et sur le 5 ième CD des "rarities" tous inédits (deuxième version de "Walk on by", sans doute un des meilleurs morceaux jamais entendu, remix "men-in-black" d'une chansond de Dionne Warwick, subtil et magnifique hommage à "Light my fire " ), des enregistrements de sessions BBC, des versions singles, des instrumentaux, des prises en public (Suède, France). En fait j'ai tout écouté plusieurs fois, en passant parfois sur les morceaux classiques, et il est vraiment difficile d'extraire un titre et encore moins un CD . Tout est très bon. Marrant de voir comment "Sometimes" "Good bye Toulouse", "London lady", "Princess of the street", et bien sûr "Hanging around" sonnent encore après toutes ces années : la perfection absolue !! 1977; et çà n'est que le début de "IV rattus Norvegicus" qui continue avec "Peaches", et "Get a grip".... Tout çà se poursuivra avec "No more heroes", le hit d'une génération, au même titre qu'un "Highway to hell".... 1977 mais punaise, je vieillis, pas eux !(voir leur dernière prestation à l'Olympia, et "Giants" leur nouvel opus, toujours excellent, même si High Cornwell est irremplaçable. Du punk ??? si on veut, par leur attitude provoquante et quelques souvenirs de concerts sulfureux ou pas toujours de très bon goût. Personnellement j'y ai toujours vu et entendu un pub rock classieux, précis, original, violent, puissant, et fin à la fois lorgnant plutôt vers les Doors, Feelgood, Inmates, Captain Beefheart, Roxy, le Floyd, des influences reggae, du rock british (Kinks) voire même Lou Reed(mais sous vitamine C).... j'y ai rarement entendu les Pistols et consorts. Mais de par sa formation (clavier, basse phénoménale, batterie, guitare), ce groupe est absolument unique, et ce coffret est un superbe témoignage de leur place inamovible dans le rock.

ES EL PROBLEMA QUE SE VIENE REPITIENDO EN ESTAS REEDICIONES: EL TRABAJO SONORO NO SE CORRESPONDE CON EL ESCRITO. ES UNA PENA, YA QUE SE DEBERÍA PONER UN POCO MÁS EN VALOR ESTOS TRABAJOS QUE FORMAN YA PARTE DE LA CULTURA MUSICAL CONTEMPORÁNEA. VALE, LA MÚSICA ES LO IMPORTANTE, PERO SE DEBE TENER ESTOS BOXES COMO UN TODO PARA APRENDER DE CUALQUIER FORMA.

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