Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Kerry Polka [#]
2. Rocky Road to Dublin [#]
3. Boys from the Country Hell ["Radio-Friendly" Version]
4. NW3 [#]
5. Donegal Express/The Hen and the Cock Are in Carrickmacross [Rehearsal R
6. Do You Believe in Magic? [#]
7. Hot Asphalt [#]
8. Danny Boy [BBC John Peel Show]
9. Maggie May [#]
10. Haunted [From Sid and Nancy]
11. 0The Travelling People [Rehearsal Recording][#]
12. Eve of Destruction [#]
13. My Baby's Gone [Demo Recording][#]
14. North Sea Holes [#]
15. Garbo (Aka in and Out) [From Garbo]
16. Last of McGee [#]
17. Afro-Cuban Be-Bop [Alternate Mix] - Astro-Physicians, , The Pogues, Joe Strummer
18. Young Ned of the Hill [Dub Version]
19. Pinned Down/I'm Alone in the Wilderness [#]
20. When the Ship Comes In [Demo Recording][#]
21. Waxies Dargle [Live][#]

Disc 2:

1. Repeal of the Licensing Laws [Demo Recording][#]
2. Dark Streets of London [Demo Recording][#]
3. Greenland Whale Fisheries [Demo Recording][#]
4. Streams of Whiskey [Demo Recording]
5. Auld Triangle [BBC John Peel Show]
6. Poor Paddy on the Railway [BBC David "Kid" Jensen Show]
7. Sea Shanty [Demo Recording][#]
8. Transmetropolitan [Demo Recording][#]
9. Kitty [Demo Recording][#]
10. Boys from the County Hell [BBC David "Kid" Jensen Show]
11. Connemara, Let's Go! (Aka Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go) [De
12. Billy's Bones [BBC Janice Long Show]
13. Old Main Drag [BBC Janice Long Show]
14. Sally Maclennane [BBC John Peel Show]
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 [Demo Recording][#]
20. Fairytale of New York [Demo Recording][#]
21. Fairytale of New York [Demo Recording][#]
22. Navigatoer [Live][#]

Disc 3:

1. Aria [#]
2. Good, The Bad & The Ugly [From Straight to Hell]
3. Haunted [Demo Recording][#]
4. Love Theme from Sid and Nancy [#]
5. Junk Theme [From Sid and Nancy]
6. Glued Up and Speeding [From Sid and Nancy]
7. Paris [From Sid and Nancy]
8. Needle for Paddy Garcia [From Sid and Nancy]
9. JB 57 [#]
10. Bowery Snax/Spiked [From Sid and Nancy]
11. Hot Dogs with Everything [From Sid and Nancy]
12. Rince del Emplacada [#]
13. Rake at the Gates of Hell [BBC Janice Long Show]
14. Turkish Song of the Damned [BBC Janice Long Show]
15. If I Should Fall from Grace with God [BBC Janice Long Show]
16. Battle March [Demo Recording][#]
17. Lullaby of London [Demo Recording][#]
18. Shanne Bradley [Demo Recording][#]
19. Streets of Sorrow [Demo Recording][#]
20. Thousands Are Sailing [#]
21. Balinalee [#]
22. Nicaragua Libré [#]
23. Japan [Live][#]

Disc 4:

1. Sally Maclennane [Live]
2. Pair of Brown Eyes [Live]
3. Kitty [Live]
4. Maggie May [Live]
5. Dirty Old Town [Live]
6. Sickbed of Cuchulainn [Live]
7. Fiesta [7" Single Remix]
8. If I Should Fall from Grace with God [12" Single Remix]
9. Johnny Come Lately - Steve Earle, The Pogues
10. Boat Train [Demo Recording][#]
11. Night Train to Lorca [Demo Recording][#]
12. Mistlethrush [#]
13. Got a Lot of Livin' to Do
14. Victoria [#]
15. Murder [Version 1][#]
16. Lust for Vomit [#]
17. Wake of the Medusa [Demo Recording][#]
18. Black Dogs Ditch [#]
19. Aisling [#]
20. Murder [Version 2][#]
21. Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah [12" Single Remix]
22. Maidrín Rua [#]
23. Johnny Come Lately [Live][#]

Disc 5:

1. John Was [#] - The Pogues, Sexy Bongo
2. Miss Otis Regrets/Just One of Those Things - Kirsty MacColl, The Pogues
3. All the Tears That I Cried - Kirsty MacColl, The Pogues
4. One and Only - Kirsty MacColl, The Pogues
5. Afro-Cuban Be-Bop [From I Hired a Contract Killer] - Astro-Physicians, , The Pogues, Joe Strummer
6. Turkish Song of the Damned [Live] - The Pogues, Joe Strummer
7. London Calling [Live] - The Pogues, Joe Strummer
8. I Fought the Law [Live] - The Pogues, Joe Strummer
9. Girl from the Wadi-Hammamat [Demo Recording][*]
10. Moving to Moldova [Demo Recording][#]
11. Call My Name [#]
12. Sun and the Moon [Demo Recording][#]
13. Living in a World Without Her [Demo Recording][#]
14. Who Said Romance Is Dead? [Demo Recording][#]
15. Sound of the City Night [Demo Recording][#]
16. Four O'Clock in the Morning [Demo Recording][#]
17. Star of the County Down [Live][#]
18. White City [Live][#]
19. Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant/The Rocky Road to Dublin/The Galway Rac
20. Parting Glass/Lord Santry's Fairest Daughter [Live][#]
21. Goodnight Irene [Live][#][*]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14730 in Music
• Released on: 2008-07-01
• Number of discs: 5
• Formats: Box set, Import

Album Description
Remarkable 2008 five CD box 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 111 tracks from 1983 demos (pre-dating their first recordings for Stiff Records) through to live recordings from 2001 Just Look Them Straight In The Eye 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, Garbo and Straight To Hell, alternate versions of Pogues' classics like "Fairy Tale Of New York" and "Rainy Night In Soho" and a generous selection of live recordings. Rhino UK.

Customer Reviews

The Mother Lode
My. God.

This is no "best of" box set, recycling the same stuff you've already got in your collection...I own just about every official and unofficial recording the Pogues have ever released, and this compilation is almost entirely new to me. Live tracks. Demos. Peel Sessions. Remixes.

More than just a box set, this is archival stuff - the recorded history of one of the best (and most influential) bands in the history or rock music.

The sound quality is almost as impressive as the content itself - really wonderful remastering work.

Just buy it...assuming amazon ever gets it back in stock.

Brilliant!
I'm generally not one to gush on music except in rare cases like this when high expectations are met with an even grander result. This box is full of some of the best Pogues you will ever hear. How it wasn't released earlier on is beyond me, but it's here now and you must own it if you like the Pogues.

The remastering on many of the cuts is spectacular. You can tell this music isn't just enjoyed, it's loved.

Phil Chevron's notes are well worth the read and give many insights into the madness that is The Pogues.

This box set is well priced and worth twice as much.

Were there ever a doubt, The Pogues are among the great bands of rock history
OK, this is one of those projects that was built up by internet buzz for over three years. As such, the opportunity for disappointment and failure to meet expectations was high. I am a skeptic by nature and especially of the sort of buzz and hype that preceded this release.

Holy ****ing &%$#!!! If you've never been to a Pogues show, but know the material, listen to the live cuts of Sally MacLennane, Dirty Old Town, and The Sickbed of Cuchulainn first. These will confirm what Macgowan has always said, says on the rambling docu-bio "If I Should Fall From Grace. . .", that the Pogues should be recorded live. The energy on those tracks, from the band and the audience is truly extraordinary, and takes me back to New York in the late 80's when I first heard some of this music (at McSorley's Pub on E. 6th St; a night on which I was almost beaten for something unkind a companion said about the Irish). It's raw, it's warm, it's grrrreat fun, and it's a lasting beauty that attends little in popular music, say maybe Bob Dylan and a very few others.

Everything has been said in the other reviews about this set. I can only echo: "when will the other five discs be released"? And: "how about a tour of the US (not just the Northeast)?!" The fact that Shane MacGowan is still alive (look for a prediction of his imminent death to appear in print at least twice a year) is a marvel, and though I do actually say a prayer now and then that he will get sober (at 51 how much longer can he last?), his persistence in breathing the air is a testament to the energy and vitality of the music that flows through him and the band. I enjoy all of this, including the slurred singing from Shane-O (which, incidentally, has as much to do with his very poor dental health as the drinking). The variety, the new stuff, the old stuff in new versions, even the cinematic instrumentals are all a joy. Buy this if you like the Pogues, The Popes, and the genre they spawned, even a little bit. A keeper, a joy, a marvel. Thank you Phil Chevron for this great labor of love. May the Pogues (and Shane) be around and playing another 25 years!