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The Stranglers formed as the Guildford Stranglers in the southern England village of Chiddington (near Guildford) in 1974, plowing a heavily Doors-influenced furrow through the local pub rock scene -- such as it was. Of the four founding members, only Hugh Cornwell had any kind of recognizable historical pedigree, having played alongside Richard Thompson in the schoolboy band Emil & the Detectives. According to Thompson, their repertoire stretched from "Smokestack Lightning" and the blues, through to "old Kiki Dee B-sides," while their gigging was largely confined to the Hornsey School of Art, where Thompson's sister was Social Secretary.
The Guildford Stranglers were confined to a similar circuit. It was 1975 before they ventured into even the London suburbs, although once there -- and having shortened their name to the less parochial Stranglers -- things began moving quickly. The established pub rock scene was dying and promoters were willing to give any unknown band a break, simply to try and establish a new hierarchy. Thus it was that as the first stirrings of punk began to make their own presence felt on the same circuit, the Stranglers were on board the bandwagon from the beginning. --- by Dave Thompson, All Music Guide

Tracks
1. Something Better Change
2. Uptown
3. Dead Ringer
4. No Mercy
5. Souls
6. Nice 'n' Sleazy
7. Skin Deep
8. Let Me Down Easy
9. Midnight Summer Dream
10. European Female
11. Golden Brown
12. Strange Little Girl
13. Peaches
14. Death and Night and Blood
15. She Was Quite Close to Me
16. Punch & Judy
17. I Feel Like a Wog
18. Down in the Sewer

Links
http://sharebee.com/4cda0922 (COVERS)
http://lix.in/532747
http://lix.in/f6fae1
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