The Pogues ‘Red Roses For Me’ 40th Anniversary Edition Announced
The Pogues will release a 40th anniversary edition of their much-loved debut album, Red Roses For Me, on 18 October. The reissue is available to pre-order now.
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Red Roses For Me will return on two formats – recycled red vinyl containing the 2013 remix of the album and a double-CD set, including the album and B-sides and a bonus disc of the band’s BBC sessions from 1984.
Red Roses For Me is a groundbreaking debut album from an unlikely group of supposed ne’er-do-wells from London’s Kings Cross, recorded in the convulsive aftermath of the re-election of the Thatcher government. The album mixes traditional songs and instrumentals with those of frontman Shane MacGowan‘s, all united by common threads of death and drink, love and London, and fuelled by the punk ethos.
The Pogues – Red Roses For Me (40th Anniversary Edition) tracklisting:
2CD Set
CD1 – 2013 Remix
1. Transmetropolitan
2. The Battle Of Brisbane
3. The Auld Triangle
4. Waxie’s Dargle
5. Boys From The County Hell
6. Sea Shanty
7. Dark Streets Of London
8. Streams Of Whiskey
9. Poor Paddy
10. Dingle Regatta
11. Greenland Whale Fisheries
12. Down In The Ground Where The Dead Men Go
13. Kitty
14. The Leaving Of Liverpool – Single B-Sides
15. Muirshin Durkin – Single B-Sides
16. Repeal Of The Licensing Laws – Single B-Sides
17. And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda – Single B-Sides
18. Whiskey You’re The Devil – Single B-Sides
19. The Wild Rover – Single B-Sides
CD2
BBC Sessions 1984
1. Streams Of Whiskey – John Peel Session 10th April 1984
2. Greenland Whale Fisheries – John Peel Session 10th April 1984
3. Boys From The County Hell – John Peel Session 10th April 1984
4. The Auld Triangle – John Peel Session 10th April 1984
5. Dingle Regatta/Holly Johnsons – David ‘Kid’ Jensen Session 21st June 1984
6. Poor Paddy On The Railway – David ‘Kid’ Jensen Session 21st June 1984
7. Boys From The County Hell – David ‘Kid’ Jensen Session 21st June 1984
8. Connemara, Let’s Go! – David ‘Kid’ Jensen Session 21st June 1984
9. Whiskey You’re The Devil – John Peel Session 4th December 1984
10. The Navigator – John Peel Session 4th December 1984
11. Sally MacLennane – John Peel Session 4th December 1984
12. Danny Boy – John Peel Session 4th December 1984
Single LP – 2013 Remix
Side A
1. Transmetropolitan
2. The Battle Of Brisbane
3. The Auld Triangle
4. Waxie’s Dargle
5. Boys From The County Hell
6. Sea Shanty
7. Dark Streets Of London
Side B
1. Streams Of Whiskey
2. Poor Paddy
3. Dingle Regatta
4. Greenland Whale Fisheries
5. Down In The Ground Where The Dead Men Go
6. Kitty