The Pogues-Just Look Them Straight In The Eye And Say...Pogue Ma

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A remarkable 5CD Box Set by The Pogues, at least three quarters of which comprises previously unreleased material while the remainder is made up of decidedly hard-to-find Pogues’ rarities.

Compiled by The Pogues with track by track annotations from Phil Chevron, there are a bountiful 109 tracks from 1983 demos (pre-dating their first recordings for Stiff Records) through to live recordings from 2001 when The Pogues re-convened for a series of memorable live shows for the first time since they disbanded in 1996.

‘Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say… Pogue Mahone’ is an absolute treasure trove of unreleased recordings for all Pogues’ fans, spanning their entire career and featuring rehearsal recordings, b-sides, out-takes, rare mixes, BBC sessions plus recordings with Steve Earle, Joe Strummer and, of course, Kirsty MacColl.

Alongside these are unreleased soundtrack recordings from Sid and Nancy, and rarities from the films Garbo and Straight To Hell, alternate versions of Pogues’ classics like “Fairytale Of New York” and “Rainy Night In Soho” and a generous selection of live recordings. These include full-throttle live recordings from Barrowlands, Glasgow in 1987 and The Pogues featuring Joe Strummer from the Forum in London, December 1991 where they perform Clash favourites “London Calling” and “I Fought The Law”. The box set rounds off with live tracks from The Pogues’ triumphant reunion shows at Brixton running up to Christmas 2001.

Including original songs never before released and covers such as the Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Do You Believe In Magic”, Barry McGuire’s “Eve of Destruction”, The Faces’ “Maggie May” plus more traditional fare like Ewan MacColl’s “Hot Ashphalt” and “North Sea Holes”, this collection presents a true alternative picture of The Pogues’ irrepressible career, an extraordinarily rich addendum to their already available recorded works.

Currently on tour in America, The Pogues are already scheduled to play a number of major festivals this summer including Ireland’s Oxegen Festival and T In the Park in July and the V Festivals in August 2008.





Tracks:

Disc 1:

1. Kerry Polka
2. Rocky Road To Dublin
3. oys From The County Hell (radio edit)
4. NW3
5. Donegal Express/The Hen And The Cock Go To Carrickmacross (rehearsal)
6. Do You Believe In Magic (outtake/rough mix)
7. Hot Asphalt
8. Danny Boy (Peel session 4 Dec 1984)
9. Maggie May
10. Haunted (Sid And Nancy)
11. Travelling People (rehearsal)
12. Eve Of Destruction (outtake)
13. My Baby's Gone (demo)
14. North Sea Holes
15. Garbo (aka In And Out)
16. Last Of McGee (outtake)
17. Afro Cuban Bebop (alt. mix/I Hired A Contract Killer) - Strummer, Joe & The Astro-Physicians
18. Young Ned Of The Hill (dub)
19. Pinned Down/I'm Alone In The Wilderness (outtake)
20. When The Ship Comes In (demo)
21. Waxie's Dargle (live in Sweden 1985)


Disc 2:

1. Repeal Of The Licensing Laws (demo)
2. Dark Streets Of London (demo)
3. Greenland Whale Fisheries (demo)
4. Streams Of Whiskey (demo)
5. Auld Triangle (Peel session 10 Apr 1984)
6. Poor Paddy On The Railway (Kid Jensen session 21 Jun 1984)
7. Sea Shanty (demo)
8. Transmetropolitan (demo)
9. Kitty (demo)
10. Boys From The County Hell (Kid Jensen session 21 Jun 1984)
11. Connemara Let's Go (aka Down In The Ground Where The Dead Men Go/demo)
12. Billy's Bones (Janice Long session 3 Jul 1985)
13. Old Main Drag (Janice Long session 3 Jul 1985)
14. Sally MacLennane (Peel session 4 Dec 1984)
15. Town That Never Sleeps
16. Something Wild
17. Driving Through The City
18. Rainy Night In Soho (oboe version)
19. Fairytale Of New York (extract from 1st demo)
20. Fairytale Of New York (extract from 2nd demo)
21. Fairytale Of New York (extract from 3rd demo)
22. Navigator (live in Sweden 1985)


Disc 3:

1. Aria
2. Good The Bad And The Ugly (Straight To Hell)
3. Haunted (demo)
4. Love Theme (outtake/Sid And Nancy)
5. Junk Theme (Sid And Nancy)
6. Glued Up And Speeding (Sid And Nancy)
7. Paris (Sid And Nancy)
8. Needle For Paddy Garcia (Sid And Nancy)
9. JB 57 (outtake/Sid And Nancy)
10. Bowery Snax/Spiked (Sid And Nancy)
11. Hot Dogs With Everything (Sid And Nancy)
12. Rince Del Emplacada
13. Rake At The Gates Of Hell (Janice Long session 10 Oct 1986)
14. Turkish Song Of The Damned (Janice Long session 10 Oct 1986)
15. If I Should Fall From Grace With God (Janice Long session 10 Oct 1986)
16. Battle March (demo)
17. Lullaby Of London (demo)
18. Shanne Bradley (demo)
19. Streets Of Sorrow (demo)
20. Thousands Are Sailing (backing track with guide vocal/extract)
21. Balinalee (outtake)
22. Nicaragua Libre (outtake)
23. Japan (live in Tokyo 1988)


Disc 4:

1. Sally MacLennane (live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow 17 or 19 Dec 1987)
2. Pair Of Brown Eyes (live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow 17 or 19 Dec 1987)
3. Kitty (live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow 17 or 19 Dec 1987)
4. Maggie May (live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow 17 or 19 Dec 1987)
5. Dirty Old Town (live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow 17 or 19 Dec 1987)
6. Sickbed Of Cuchulainn (live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow 17 or 19 Dec 1987)
7. Fiesta (7" remix)
8. If I Should Fall From Grace With God (12" remix)
9. Johnny Come Lately Steve Earle
10. Boat Train (demo)
11. Night Train To Lorca (demo)
12. Mistle Thrush (outtake)
13. Got A Lot Of Livin' To Do
14. Victoria
15. Murder (version 1)
16. Lust For Vomit
17. Wake Of The Medusa (demo)
18. Black Dogs Ditch (outtake)
19. Aisling (outtake)
20. Murder (version 2/outtake)
21. Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah (12" remix)
22. Maidrin Rua (outtake)
23. Johnny Come Lately (live 1989)


Disc 5:

1. Johnny Was (Sexy Bongo)
2. Miss Otis Regrets/Just One Of Those Things - Pogues & Kirsty MacColl
3. All The Tears That I Cried - MacColl, Kirsty
4. One And Only - MacColl, Kirsty
5. Biddy Mulligan The Pride Of The Coombe (live at Brixton Academy 15 Jul 1991) - Pogues & Chieftains
6. Lillibulero/The White Cockade (live at Brixton Academy 15 Jul 1991) - Pogues & Chieftains
7. Afro Cuban Bebop (single version)
8. Turkish Song Of The Damned (live at The Forum, London 12 Dec 1991) - Pogues & Joe Strummer
9. London Calling (live at The Forum, London 12 Dec 1991) - Pogues & Joe Strummer
10. I Fought The Law (live at The Forum, London 12 Dec 1991) - Pogues & Joe Strummer
11. Girl From The Wadi Hammamat (demo)
12. Moving To Moldova (demo)
13. Call My Name (outtake)
14. Sun And The Moon (demo)
15. Living In A World Without Her (demo)
16. Who Said Romance Is Dead (demo)
17. Sound Of The City Night (demo)
18. Four O'Clock In The Morning (demo)
19. Star Of The County Down (live at Brixton Academy 21 or 22 Dec 2001)
20. White City (live at Brixton Academy 21 or 22 Dec 2001)
21. Recruiting Sergeant/The Rocky Road To Dublin/The Galway Race (live at Brixton Academy 21 or 22 Dec 2001)
22. Parting Glass/Lord Santry's Fairest Daughter (live at Brixton Academy 21 or 22 Dec 2001)