The Stranglers - The Early Years '74 '75 '76 - Rare Live & Unreleased download mp3, flac

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The Demo's ('76) Studio Unknown
1	(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)	4:00
2	Bitching	3:37
3	Go Buddy Go	3:51
Hammersmith Odeon 23.10.76
4	(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)	4:22
5	Sometimes	5:10
6	Bitching	4:29
7	Peasant In The Big Shitty	3:14
8	Hanging Around	4:38
9	Peaches	4:03
10	Ugly	4:39
11	Down In The Sewer	7:07
12	Go Buddy Go	7:02
The Demo's ('74) Recorded At TW Studios Fulham
13	Wasted Lyrics By [Uncredited] – Hugh CornwellMusic By [Uncredited] – Hans Wärmling	3:29
14	Strange Little Girl Written-By – Warmling*, The Stranglers	3:30
15	My Young Dreams Lyrics By [Uncredited] – J.J. BurnelMusic By [Uncredited] – Hans Wärmling	2:45
Nob Gig Railway Tavern, Live 1975
16	Princess Of The Streets	6:52

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – RTM
• Distributed By – Pinnacle
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Newspeak
• Copyright (c) – Newspeak
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Kingsfleet Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Kingsfleet Ltd.

Credits

• Artwork, Design – Jill Cowne, Mark Griffiths
• Liner Notes – Owen Carne
• Written-By – The Stranglers (tracks: 1 to 13, 15, 16)

Notes

Made in Germany

Track 1 mistitled as "Grip"
Track 4 mistitled as "Get A Grip"

Writing credits for track 13 according to Hugh Cornwell's "Song By Song" book: "It was a Hans Wärmling/Hugh Cornwell composition, like 'Strange Little Girl'. Hans wrote all the music on keyboards and I wrote the lyrics." (page 343)

Writing credits for track 15 according to Hugh Cornwell's "A Multitude Of Sins" book: "I discovered a poem of J.J. Burnel John's called 'My Young Dreams' which I set to a piece Hans had written on the piano."(page 70, paperback edition)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 5 023459 000006
• Matrix / Runout: SPEAKCD 101 062

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SPEAK DLP 101	The Stranglers	The Early Years - 74-75-76 Rare Live & Unreleased ‎(2xLP, Album, Comp, Ltd, Col)	Newspeak	SPEAK DLP 101	UK	1992
CLACD 401	The Stranglers	The Early Years (74 75 76 - Rare Live & Unreleased) ‎(CD, Album, Comp)	Castle Classics	CLACD 401	UK	1994
SPEAK MC 101	The Stranglers	The Early Years - 74-75-76 Rare Live & Unreleased ‎(Cass, Album, Comp)	Newspeak	SPEAK MC 101	UK	1992
06076-81185-2	The Stranglers	Rare, Live & Unreleased 1974-76 ‎(CD, Album, Comp, RE)	Castle Music, Sanctuary Records	06076-81185-2	US	2002
ESM CD 715	The Stranglers	Rare, Live & Unreleased 1974-76 ‎(CD, Comp)	Castle Music	ESM CD 715	UK	1999