Live at the Hope and Anchor

Live at the Hope and Anchor is a live album by the Stranglers, released on 9 March 1992 by EMI.^[2] It consists of an entire set from a concert at the Hope and Anchor pub in Islington, North London, recorded on 22 November 1977.

Live at the Hope and Anchor
Live album by the Stranglers
Released	9 March 1992
Recorded	22 November 1977
Venue	Hope and Anchor, Islington
Genre	Rock
Length	77:43
Label	EMI
Producer	Jean Jacques Burnel
The Stranglers live albums chronology
All Live and All of the Night (1988) Live at the Hope and Anchor (1992) Saturday Night, Sunday Morning (1993)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Background

This particular concert took place on the opening night of the "Front Row Festival", a series of shows by regulars of the venue during 1977. The album was originally only available as a bootleg recording. The song "Tits" featured on the white EP that was given away free with the first 75,000 copies of the band's Black and White album in 1978. "Hanging Around" and "Straighten Out" were included on the "Front Row Festival" album, released in 1978. "In the Shadows" was previously released on the "Don't Bring Harry" EP in 1979.^[3] Many of the songs in the band's set that night were played by request; for this show, they rehearsed their entire catalogue. It is regarded as one of the band's more memorable shows. In 1992 the whole concert received an official release, produced by Stranglers bassist/vocalist Jean Jacques Burnel.

Track listing

All tracks are written by the Stranglers, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tits"		5:38
2.	"Choosey Susie"		3:01
3.	"Goodbye Toulouse"		3:23
4.	"Bitching"		4:15
5.	"Mean to Me"		2:29
6.	"School Mam"		5:53
7.	"Peasant in the Big Shitty"		3:33
8.	"In the Shadows"		4:31
9.	"Walk On By"	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	5:36
10.	"Princess of the Streets"		4:52
11.	"Go Buddy Go"		7:07
12.	"No More Heroes"		3:37
13.	"Straighten Out"		2:55
14.	"Peaches"		3:42
15.	"Hanging Around"		4:11
16.	"Dagenham Dave"		3:15
17.	"Sometimes"		4:56
18.	"Bring on the Nubiles"		2:27
19.	"London Lady"		2:22
Total length:			77:43

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes, except where noted.^[4]

The Stranglers

• Hugh Cornwell – guitar, vocals
• Jean-Jacques Burnel – bass, vocals
• Dave Greenfield – keyboards, vocals
• Jet Black – drums

Technical

• Jean-Jacques Burnel – producer
• Gareth Cousins – mix engineer
• Tim Summerhayes – engineer (Rak Records Mobile)^[5]
• Assorted Images – sleeve
• Chris Gabrin – photography
• Trevor Rogers – photography
• Nik Yeoman – liner notes