Singer: The Stranglers
Title: The Early Years (74 75 76 - Rare Live & Unreleased)
Label: Castle Classics ‎– CLACD 401
Type: CD, Album, Compilation
Country: UK
Date of released: 1994
Category: Rock
Style: Punk, New Wave
Size MP3 zip: 1810 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1858 mb
Rating: 3.9✭
Format: MP3 MOD WAV AU MP4 AAC XM MP2 FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

The Demos
1	Grip
2	Bitching
3	Go Buddy Go
Hammersmith Odeon (23-10-76)
4	Get A Grip
5	Sometimes
6	Bitching
7	Peasant In The Big Shitty
8	Hanging Around
9	Peaches
10	Ugly
11	Down In The Sewer
12	Go Buddy Go
The Demos
13	Wasted Lyrics By [Uncredited] – Hugh CornwellMusic By [Uncredited] – Hans Wärmling
14	Strange Little Girl Music By [Co-writer] – Warmling*
15	My Young Dreams Lyrics By [Uncredited] – J.J. BurnelMusic By [Uncredited] – Hans Wärmling
Nob Gig
16	Princess Of The Streets

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Newspeak / Kingsfleet Ltd
• Copyright (c) – Castle Communications Plc
• Published By – Complete Music Ltd.
• Published By – EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
• Glass Mastered At – Mayking
• Recorded At – Pebble Beach Studios
• Recorded At – T.W. Studios
• Recorded At – Hammersmith Odeon

Credits

• Artwork – Mark Griffiths
• Bass, Vocals – JJ Burnel*
• Design – Jill Cowne
• Drums – Jet Black
• Guitar, Keyboards – Hans Warmling* (tracks: 13, 14, 15)
• Guitar, Lead Vocals – Hugh Cornwell
• Keyboards, Vocals – Dave Greenfield (tracks: 1 to 12, 16)
• Liner Notes – Owen Carne
• Written-By – The Stranglers

Notes

Recorded At:
Tracks 1-3 Pebble Beach Studio, Worthing, 11+12/7/76 (Demo tape for Bell Records)
Tracks 4-12 live in London, Hammersmith Odeon, 23/10/76 (supporting Patti Smith)
Tracks 13-15 TW Studios, Fulham, 1974
Track 16 live in Redhill, Surrey, Railway Tavern, 15/11/75

All tracks Complete Music
except for Tracks 13, 14, 15 EMI Publishing.

℗ 1992 Newspeak / Kingsfleet Ltd.
© 1994 Castle Communications Plc

[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 John's (= J.J. Burnel) 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: 5017615640120
• Label Code: LC 6448
• Matrix / Runout: CLACD 401 :·: MASTERED BY MAYKING

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
SPEAK MC 101	The Stranglers	The Early Years - 74-75-76 Rare Live & Unreleased ‎(Cass, Album)	Newspeak	SPEAK MC 101	UK	1992
SPEAK CD 101	The Stranglers	The Early Years '74 '75 '76 - Rare Live & Unreleased ‎(CD, Album, Comp)	Newspeak	SPEAK CD 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

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