From the vault: Pogues at the BBC in the '80s arriving next month

The POGUES – THE BBC SESSIONS 1984 - 1986 is an extensive collection of BBC recordings from the band with 13 of the recordings previously unreleased apart from their initial airing (*see in track listing).

Available on CD, digitally and through streaming platforms, it will be released on Oct. 30. A special vinyl version was released for Record Store Day on Saturday, August 29. “Sally MacLennane” taken from the December 1984 - John Peel Show is available to listen here.

This album features a collection of songs from six separate live sessions: The John Peel Show (April 1984), The David ‘Kid’ Jensen Show (July 1984), The John Peel Show (December 1984), The Phil Kennedy Show (March 1985), The Janice Long Show (July 1985) and The Janice Long Show (November 1986).

Each session is grouped distinguishing them apart from each other and is available to pre-order now from here. 

The Record Store Day vinyl version featured tracks from The John Peel Show (April 1984), The David ‘Kid’ Jenson Show (July 1984), The John Peel Show (December 1984) and The Janice Long Show (July 1985) session and was available for Record Store Day only.

Track listing:

Broadcast 17/4/84 (as Pogue Mahone) - The John Peel Show
1) Streams Of Whiskey*
2) Greenland Whale Fisheries*
3) Boys From The County Hell*
4) The Auld Triangle 

Broadcast 9th July 1984 - David ‘Kid’ Jensen
5) Dingle Regatta*
6) Poor Paddy On The Railway
7) Boys From The County Hell
8) Connemara, Let’s Go* 

Broadcast 12th December 1984 - John Peel Show
9) Whiskey You’re The Devil*
10) Navigator*
11) Sally MacLennane
12) Danny Boy 

Broadcast 2nd March 1985 - The Phil Kennedy Show
13) A Pair Of Brown Eyes ***
14) Muirshin Durkin ***
15) Sally MacLennane *** 

Broadcast 11th July 1985 - Janice Long Show
16) Wild Cats Of Kilkenny*
17) Billy’s Bones
18) The Old Main Drag
19) Dirty Old Town* 

Broadcast 5th November 1986 - Janice Long Show
20) If I Should Fall From Grace With God ***
21) Lullaby Of London ***
22) The Rake At The Gates Of Hell ***
23) Turkish Song Of The Damned *** 

*** Not featured on RSD vinyl release