Feline

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To mark the 40th anniversary, FELINE will be available as a limited gatefold double album on remastered 180g Heavyweight transparent pink and red vinyl on BMG. I was to follow the band on one more UK tour and several in Europe after moving over here but things would never again quite reach the dizzy heights of that fantastic few weeks in 1983. That was the tour that, for some of us, was THE tour! In advance of the album, a perfect portent of Feline’s new direction, European Female was released as a single early in the New Year. The release was promoted by the now obligatory music video filmed at great expense. JJ: ‘The new record company was really behind the release and spent a lot of our money on the videos for European Female and Midnight Summer Dreamwhich were both expensive.’ Despite its radical new sound and breathy vocals, the single made the Top 10 in the UK, paving the way for Feline. Hugh and his Kinkade Much of Dark Matters was put together remotely. “Finding these fragments that Dave had left us felt exciting,” Warne explains. “We got permission from his widow, which was important, then we realised we needed to pour it out.” Meanwhile, Greenfield’s condition gave him a highly idiosyncratic approach to making music. “He couldn’t improvise,” says Burnel, “and if we wanted any last-minute changes to the setlist, he’d just freak out.” However, Greenfield’s devotion to creativity was such that he thought nothing of taking three days to learn the electronic pattern on the song Genetix, note by note. “He ‘programmed’ himself,” smiles Burnel. “People thought it was a sequencer. It was a human being.”

As well as the distinctive tones of Hugh Cornwell, Jean-Jacques Burnell takes lead vocals on single ‘European Female’, the smooth vibe of the song suiting the exotic approach, Burnell’s ability with the bass properly highlighted on the burbling and upbeat ‘Ships That Pass In The Night’ that came before it. The atmosphere was mental and the pub was absolutely heaving, all we could see were the heads of John and Hugh. The sound was absolutely terrible and I bet the bootleg sounds God awful, it wasn’t a gig you’d want as a live album, but on the night it was just great! After the gig we got the train into London and dossed with John and Spence at their place on the Westway.

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There were certainly a few other regulars on the scene but the following list is a fair proportion of the “hard core” fans on the Feline tour : Train home sans underwear which was now hanging from a tree on the hotel forecourt, I didn’t have any spare pairs on me as I was going home after the gig due to the day off. Freezing my balls of (literally) as the zip on my jeans had been broken during the previous night’s fracas, so I had to go all the way home with my hand in front of my fly! Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Originally released in January 1983, FELINE is The STRANGLERS’ seventh studio LP and was their first for then-new label, Epic.

Feline peaked higher than their earlier studio album release, La Folie, reaching No. 4 in the UK Albums Chart. [6] With the release of their seventh album on new label Epic Records, legendary punks The Stranglers wanted to shake things up a bit, exploring new sonic territories and pushing their own boundaries. Home at 9.30, three and a half hours sleep, off to Birmingham at 4.30. I don’t have much info on this one but I know Phil was there, the diary says “reasonable gig”. We had a few drinks in the Holiday Inn with the band afterwards, I slept in the hotel fire escape. Pete Jones and I had decided to do the French leg of the tour and, after a week’s rest, off we went. Pete arrived at our house on Thursday night and we set off on Friday morning via London and Dover. Pete got so carried away flirting with a tasty French hottie on the ferry that he sprinkled sugar on his chips instead of salt, he ate them too!Jean-Jacques Burnel of The Stranglers opens up about song inspirations, his life and more. By GARRY BUSHEL Sun, Oct 22, 2023 Jean-Jacques Burnel of The Stranglers (Image: Getty) When he was ten, Jean-Jacques Burnel was beaten up on his way home by an older boy from a local secondary school. “He punched me again and again in […] Battle Of The Mid-80s Horn Sections: The Stranglers – Aural Sculpture

Hello again Temple Meads, forever associated with Stranglers tours. Travelled to Bristol on the train with Nik Malham. Had a pot of Earl Grey in a local tea shop, very civilised! Me, Robbo and Eddie got a B & B for the night, had a few scrumpys before the gig. Ructions later when Rob and Eddie didn’t get in and stormed off in a huff. I watched the gig with Linsey, Krista and Phil Coxon, who I think taped the gig (we only ever taped gigs for passing around our group I hasten to add). I’ve still got a copy somewhere. Overall the MOV is the winner for me but this is alot cheaper and sounds quite ok so if you get a well pressed one it should keep you happy! Phil (left): It’s January 1983 and Stranglers’ fans have plenty to look forward to -a new single, an album and, of course, a new tour. Yet again The Stranglers have changed-electronic drums and acoustic guitars. Who would have thought that from The MIB?!! I’m being a severe lightweight on this tour having actually booked a two week summer holiday (like normal people do!) so holidays are on short supply. However I’m still looking forward to seeing the band again and meeting friends old and new. Still , I’m hoping to do seven gigs… We spent the morning looking round Edinburgh and some of us went to the castle and it’s museum. Very interesting with a lot of WWII memorabilia but for me the greatest moment came when I saw the tattered flag of the French 45 infanterie regiment and it’s eagle standard, captured by Sergeant Ewart of the Scots Greys during the legendary charge of the Union Brigade during the battle of Waterloo. To see it at last having read so much about the charge of the Greys was a hair stood on end moment, brilliant! (Google it people!!). So you see, Stranglers tours aren’t only about gigs, boozing and shagging, not quite anyway!a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.535. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.