The Stranglers and Friends: Live in Concert is a live album by English rock band the Stranglers, released in 1995 by Receiver Records. In 2002, the album was re-released on the Castle Music label, digitally remastered from the original master tapes with new artwork and sleeve notes.

Background

In early 1980, guitarist and singer Hugh Cornwell was in Pentonville Prison for drugs possession. With two gigs scheduled at the London Rainbow for 3 April and 4 April, the management decided to turn things around by approaching artists including Robert Fripp, John Ellis, Toyah Willcox, Peter Hammill and Hazel O'Connor, to fill in for the absent Cornwell. The Stranglers and Friends: Live in Concert chronicles this event. At the time, it was planned to release a live album of the concerts, with all the proceeds going to the drug rehabilitation organisation Cure. The album never materialised as the band nearly went bankrupt shortly after the concerts, and it was forgotten about.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album liner notes.