The Stranglers - Video Collection 1977-1982 [DVD]

William K. Cronin

classic

Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2012

classic Stranglers stuff. tons that you know and lots that you haven't seen on american TV ... even has the Nice & Sleazy from Battersea Park. i enjoyed it quite a bit

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A TREAT FOR STRANGLERS FANS

Coleen

Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2004

Considering that these videos are from 1977-1982, they are really WAY above average for that time. In fact, there are only two dull videos in the bunch - No More Heroes, which is just flashes of news clippings, and Nuclear Device, which is rather silly. The rest are very good to great. The best treat is seeing Hugh Cornwell and JJ Burnell looking SO COOL!!! The sound quality is really good and the picture quality is very good for that era. If you love the Stranglers, this is a great visual souvenir of their early years to have. It also includes the notorious live film of Nice n Sleazy in London uncensored.

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Very good selection with below average video quality

G. Yakovlev

Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2008

This is a very good selection, that includes most of the Stranglers early hits, including Duchess, Something Better Change, No More Heroes, Peaches and Strange Little Girl.
The quality of the audio is OK, but video looks like it was digitized from a VHS.
Also the DVD completely lacks extras, having their best post-1982 video - "Always The Sun" - as an extra would have been nice.
So, in conclusion, if you are the Stranglers fan this video is for you, if you just curious - audio collection like Greatest Hits 1977-1990 will be a greater (and higher quality) introduction

What a fun group! Didn't see them on TV back then...

D. Sloan

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2005

Very enjoyable collection of videos from the (just) pre-MTV era. Many of these videos are funny and creative, which is an accomplishment considering they were pretty low-budget affairs. If you like/love the Stranglers, you'll like/love this DVD. My only complaint is the lack of a booklet; it would be nice to read some history of that time and what it was like trying to get these made.

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Robert M.

Memory lane.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 2, 2021

Blast from the past some l have not seen before,fine band live on the raven tour,good memories.

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The Stranglers video collection 77-82

Reviewed in Italy on December 23, 2017

E' la versione in dvd del vhs che avevo, ne piu' ne meno.
Va bene cosi'.
Pur essendo usato le condizioni sono pari al nuovo come descritto.

Francisco Javier Bueno Moreno

Excelente obra maestra.

Reviewed in Spain on December 6, 2016

jolla de dvd entrañable muy buena calidad si tuviera os un dvd de lo mejor de ellos sería una pasada pero este está muy boen.
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長崎成明

ヒューよ、戻って来いよ

Reviewed in Japan on September 6, 2019

　日本でも注目されるようになって割とすぐ、“親父バンド”と揶揄されたイギリスのパンク・バンド。

　でも、ポリスのアンディ・サマーズだって1942年（昭和17年）に生まれ、元ソフト・マシーン（バンド名の由来は勿論ウィリアム・S・バロウズの小説）や元アニマルズという経歴を持ち、その意味では、パンク・ムーヴメントが単に若い世代の直情的なロックンロール回帰現象のみならず、もっと広範囲で複雑に入り組んだポピュラー・ミュージックの総体とも言うべきものだったかも。

　全篇モノクロの57分18秒、字幕・特典映像他何もなく、ライヴやヴィデオ・クリップがただ16曲並んだ代物。
　やっぱ初期のアグレッシヴさが素晴らしく、海の向こうのドアーズの重要なエレメントでもあった古めかしいオルガンに少し似たデイブ・グリーンフィールドの鍵盤も相俟って、他のパンクとは一線を画する実に独得のサウンド。
　生化学研究者だったヒュー・コーンウェルの下手ながら味のあるヴォーカルに初めは惹かれたが、ジャン＝ジャック・バーネルの暴力的なベースと今年81歳になるジェット・ブラックのタイトなドラミングで構成されるリズムこそストラングラーズ。

　物議を醸し出した「Nice 'N' Sleazy」をピークとするライヴ映像が最高だが、リアル・タイムでは嫌いだったヨーロッパ哀愁路線へ舵を切ってからのナンバーも段々好きになって来た。

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HRS

Une tranche d'histoire

Reviewed in France on February 20, 2009

Quand le mouvement punk émerge, le clip-video en est à ses balbutiements. Tout au plus, peut-on avoir droit à un play-back dans les émissions tv de l'époque. Encore faut-il y être invité.
Les Stranglers ont très vite acquis la réputation d'être infréquentables et n'y sont pas les bienvenus. Les premières images de ce dvd proviennent donc principalement d'extraits des concerts qu'ils ont donné.
Ce qui permettra de découvrir un des scandales ayant contribué à la réputation sulfureuse du groupe : un extrait du concert à Battersea Park et plus exactement sur le titre intitulé Nice 'n' Sleazy...
Après quoi il est possible de profiter de vrais clips. En particulier, le très irrévérencieux "Duchess" qui a été quasiment interdit (en tout état de cause très peu diffusé) et à l'extrême opposé celui de Golden Brown qui, très présentable, fait partie de ceux qui ont été le plus diffusé pour EMI.
Le fan des Stranglers passera un excellent moment avec le quatuor original. Et j'invite ceux qui ne les connaissent pas, à les découvrir et à constater avant tout que ce sont d'excellents musiciens dont nombre de succès ne prennent pas une ride tant sur le plan des mélodies (No More Heroes, Golden Brown, etc.)que sur celui des paroles (là je pense à "Something Better Change" en particulier).

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