Saturday Night, Sunday Morning Explained

Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
Type:live
Artist:the Stranglers
Cover:Stranglers-Sat-Sun.JPG
Released:June 1993
Recorded:11 August 1990
Venue:Alexandra Palace, London
Genre:Rock
Length:52:55
Label:Castle Communications
Chronology:The Stranglers live albums
Prev Title:Live at the Hope and Anchor
Prev Year:1992
Next Title:Death and Night and Blood
Next Year:1994

Saturday Night, Sunday Morning is a live album by the Stranglers, released in 1993 by Castle Communications.

By coincidence, it was guitarist Hugh Cornwell's last concert with the band that had been recorded for posterity. The tracks were mixed by Stuart MacMillan at Central Television Music Studio (Birmingham) in 1990. The mix session was attended by band members Jean-Jacques Burnel, Jet Black and Dave Greenfield, with Cornwell not attending. The title is a reference to the gig happening on a Saturday night and Cornwell announcing his departure the following day. It was also a title to a 1960 film.

The concert was split across an album and simultaneous VHS release, which contained different track listings. Between these releases all but one track ("School Mam") played at the concert are available.The video was given a DVD release in 2000, retitled Live At Alexandra Palace.[1]

In addition, a live CD single from the same concert was released in January 1991 by Epic Records, containing the tracks "Always the Sun", "Nuclear Device", "All Day and all of the Night" and "Punch and Judy".[2]

Critical reception

In a review for AllMusic, Alex Ogg gave the album two stars out of five, writing, "On this (generally) well-produced sound-desk recording, listeners are treated to a riot of traditional Stranglers fare, performed with typical, stony-faced aggression."

Video track listing

  1. "Toiler on the Sea"
  2. "Something Better Change"
  3. "96 Tears"
  4. "Someone Like You"
  5. "Sweet Smell of Success"
  6. "Always the Sun"
  7. "Strange Little girl"
  8. "Hanging Around"
  9. "Lets' Celebrate"
  10. "Golden Brown"
  11. "No More Heroes"
  12. "Nuclear Device"
  13. "Duchess"
  14. "All Day and All of the Night"
  15. "Punch and Judy"

Personnel

The Stranglers
Technical

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Live At Alexandra Palace . Discogs. 5 December 1999 . 21 January 2022.
  2. Web site: Live At Alexandra Palace 11th August 1990 . Discogs. 5 December 1990 . 21 January 2022.