Stranglers Rattus reLIVEd Rare Signed Double LP Vinyl Punk 12" Album Ltd Edition

	£		84
	$		111

Mint New Unplayed Double LP on Amber Vinyl.
Only 1,000 of these individually numbered album's were released, this is number 298. 
This one also has the No More Heroes Print signed by JJ Burnel, Dave Greenfield, Jet Black and Baz Warne to make it even more of a collectors item !!
Released to celebrate the 10th anniversary of a special gig that was, in itself, celebrating the 30th anniversary of a record-breaking 5 night residency at the original venue, RATTUS RELIVED captures the concert from London’s Roundhouse on 4th November, The Stranglers have a long history with the Camden venue, stretching back to a debut appearance fourth on the bill on a Leap Year February night in 1976. In mid-May ‘76, they supported Patti Smith on her two historic London shows and then, on 4th July, were chosen as the British representatives for the gig marking the Bicentennial of American independence, which saw them share the bill with The Ramones, who were making their UK debut. The aftershocks from this gig, to some extent, still resonate today. Two days into 1977 and The Stranglers made their last appearance at the Roundhouse as a support. With all their hard work suddenly showing signs of paying off, the Rattus Norvegicus tour saw them headline for the first time in April. They were back in June, where demand for tickets was so high, they played the evening show preceded by a matinee and so sold out the Roundhouse twice in one day! In September, The Stranglers’ second album No More Heroes was released and the band embarked on a huge 40 date UK tour. This culminated in an unprecedented run of FIVE sold out dates at the start of November which, in the process, smashed the attendance records previously set by both The Who and the Rolling Stones, who had each sold out four dates around a decade previously. After that, the band moved on to larger venues, as, seemingly, did everyone else and the venue fell on hard times, finally closing in the early 80s. However, it re-opened in 2006 and The Stranglers’ were keen to mark the 30th anniversary of their Heroes tour residency as well as honour the importance of the venue in the band’s development. So, on 4th November 2007, chosen to coincide with the middle date of the five back in 1977, they took to the Roundhouse stage once again. Fittingly, they performed the same set - bar a switch of one song - as they had 30 years previously, with the addition of two later-period tracks not included on this release. Their 14th appearance at the famous venue was a triumph – particularly after overcoming technical issues which meant they had to stop after eight songs when Dave’s keyboards developed gremlins. Undeterred, when they returned, they powered through the set again from the start, to the delight of the audience. Also released on LP for the first time, three songs* from the period that weren’t included on those nights but which featured heavily at the time have been added on Side 4: Down In The Sewer was recorded at Hammersmith Apollo in 2010. Peasant In The Big Shitty is from Paris in 2014 and Princess Of The Streets, Bristol in 2016. The latter two tracks feature Jim Macaulay on drums and percussion. The whole package comes in a wide-spine sleeve and both LPs run at 33? RPM. The inner bags feature sleevenotes documenting the band’s history with the Roundhouse. A quality photo print of the band reimagined from the original No More Heroes LP artwork, measuring roughly 10”x10”, is also included. This release also marks the band’s first live album released on LP since the 1980s.

SIDE 1:

1. NO MORE HEROES
2. UGLY
3. BRING ON THE NUBILES
4. DEAD RINGER
5. SOMETIMES

SIDE 2:

1. DAGENHAM DAVE
2. GOODBYE TOULOUSE
3. HANGING AROUND
4. 5 MINUTES
5. BITCHING
6. BURNING UP TIME

SIDE 3:
1. I FEEL LIKE A WOG
2. STRAIGHTEN OUT
3. SOMETHING BETTER CHANGE
4. LONDON LADY
5. PEACHES
6. (GET A) GRIP (ON YOURSELF)

SIDE 4:

1. GO BUDDY GO
2. PEASANT IN THE BIG SHITTY*
3. PRINCESS OF THE STREETS*
4. DOWN IN THE SEWER*