The Paisleys: Cosmic Mind At Play 1970

 

The Paisleys were formed in Minneapolis, and their sole album was produced by Warren Kendrick,

who produced a bunch of other garage rock and psychedelic recordings in Minneapolis in the mid-'60s to early '70s (most notably for the Litter). The Paisleys actually helped Kendrick build the studio in which Cosmic Mind at Play was recorded, and only a couple of thousand copies were pressed when it was released in 1970. The legitimate 2003 CD reissue of the album on Sundazed added six bonus tracks, all but one of them previously unreleased, from 1968-70 demos, outtakes, and live recordings.
                        

During the counterculture years, concept albums were in vogue. Any band that had the gumption to create such progressive noise was usually thought to possess supernatural faculties. That said, the

Paisleys command a pile of handclaps for laying down their own brain-bending voyage of adventurous twists and turns. “Cosmic Mind At Play” was to be the Minnesota band’s one and only album, which is a real pity because they seemed to have a lot going for them. Not a big-budget production, the disc bestows a definitive homegrown finish that sporadically splatters trickles of scruffy garage rock residue onto the psychedelic canvas. Archetypal hippy dippy psychobabble also blankets the album, as topics like spirituality, liberation and freedom are addressed.
                     

But a lighthearted persona still persists, making it evident the Paisleys didn’t take themselves too

seriously. For example, the jolting pulsations of “Now” features the sound of somebody sucking on a joint, while “Musical Journey” entails snippets of a car advertisement and the voice of a sports commentator announcing the score of a baseball game. Although a trippy tie-dye vibe dictates “Cosmic Mind At Play,” a variety of moods actually enter the picture, running the gamut from edgy power pop stylings to the classical ambience of “Wind.” Contrary to the greater percentage of their peers carousing similar terrain, the Paisleys didn’t saturate their songs with overblown jamming.
                     

Relying on basic instrumentation to get their point across, the band was clearly influenced by the

punchy rhythms and melodic sensibilities of the Beatles and the Who. Stunning harmonies, combined with catchy guitar riffs and inspired keyboard workouts further charge the album to heavenly heights. However, enough originality seeps through the grooves of “Cosmic Mind At Play,” allowing it to stand its own ground among numerous other concept confections of the era.
                      

To put it cruelly, the Paisleys were exactly the kind of band roasted by the Mothers of Invention so

unmercifully on We're Only in It for the Money. Their Cosmic Mind at Play album abounds with naive cosmic clichés of late-'60s psychedelic music, performed with sincerity and respectable instrumental competence. A lightweight (though not totally embarrassing) effort that put the electric keyboard more to the fore than many similar bands did; it found a greater audience when it was reissued for collectors on LP in the 1980s.
                   

The Paisleys – Cosmic Mind At Play
Label: Sundazed Music – SC 11112
Format: CD, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Released: 2003
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock

TRACKS

                

01. Cosmic Mind At Play    2:07
02. Rockin'    2:03
03. Now    3:12
04. Smokey Windows    1:39
05. Diddley   4:36
06. Wind    5:19
07. Musical Journey    18:42

BONUS TRACKS       

                            

  
08. Something's Missing    2:59
09. Medley: Comin' On / City Of Light / Home Again    7:26
10. The Fool With The Jewel    3:22
11. Step Quietly And Quickly    2:09
12. Elf In A Magic Bottle    6:08
13. In Dreams / (Untitled Hidden Track)    6:41

LINE - UP

                      

Bass, Vocals – Dick Timm (tracks: 1-10, 13)
Drums, Vocals – Bob Belknap (tracks: 1-5), Greg Payton (tracks: 10, 13), Mike Cornelius (tracks: 6-9)
Lead Guitar, Vocals – Brad Stodden (tracks: 1-9), Dick Timm (tracks: 11), Rick Youngberg (tracks: 10, 12, 13)
Piano, Vocals – Bill Smith (tracks: 1-9, 12, 13)
 

NOTES

               

Track 13 includes a hidden track after "In Dreams", it plays like this:
"In Dreams": 0:00-5:03
"(Silence)": 5:03-5:11
"(Untitled Hidden Track)": 5:11-6:41
Original album issued as Peace LP 70P-1, 1970.
Tracks 1-9 recorded 1969-1970 at Audio City Recording Studios, 3009 E. Lake Minneapolis, MN.
Tracks 10-13 recorded 1968 by Richard Timm.

MP3 @ 320 Size: 157 MB
Flac  Size: 373 MB
 

Various: The Scotty Story - Minnesota's Legendary '60s Rock Label! 1993 Arf! Arf! Records

 

Based in Minnesota, the small, independent Scotty company recorded some worthwhile garage rock in

the '60s, with Warren Kendrick acting both as producer and songwriter for many of the acts on his label. 30 track retrospective of 4-star Minnesota label from the original mastertapes! Includes the Electras, Scotsmen, White Lightning, Litter plus lots of unreleased material! For anyone into '60s Punk, it doesn't get any better than this. While you couldn't say this is an essential release if you're not a garage fan, this

is a decent, 30-cut compilation of released and unreleased material from Scotty and its affiliated labels. The Electras in particular have an appealing snarl, best showcased on "Dirty Old Man" and the original, molten-hot version of "Action Woman" (covered by another of Kendrick's acts, the Litter, whose version appears on the Pebbles series).

The 11 Electras' tracks are the most interesting portion of this anthology, but most of the rest of it's reasonably satisfying fuzz-Farfisa garage pop by the Scotsmen, the Victors, the Second Edition, Hope, the Paisleys, and White Lightning, sometimes with pop and/or psychedelic edges. The Scotsmen's "Beer Bust Blues" is frat rock at its grossest; fans of the Litter (by far the most famous group on this compilation) will find a previously unreleased cover of "Hey Joe," as well as a 7 Up commercial. ~Richie Unterberger
                   

WARREN KENDRICK

                                 

                   
Producer, songwriter, and label owner Warren Kendrick was a crucial figure in the undernourished

1960s Minneapolis rock scene, and particularly esteemed for his production of the Litter, one of the more highly regarded garage bands of the era. Kendrick entered the music business in 1965 when he and some high school friends made a not entirely serious single, "Beer Bust Blues"/"Scotchmist," under the name of the Scotsmen. This came out on his own label, Scotty, and he immediately began recording, and frequently writing for, other acts that appeared on Scotty. The first notable act of these were the

Electras, a tough garage band that did mostly Kendrick songs, including the licentious "Dirty Old Man," on half-dozen or so singles (some of which were released under the name 'Twas Brillig). Kendrick wasn't relying upon his various musical enterprises for full-time support; in fact, he was a high school math teacher, working on music off-hours.

THE ELECTRAS

                   

The Electras were an American garage rock band formed in Ely, Minnesota in 1962. The group recorded between 1965 and 1967 during their musical career, including their most-known tune "Dirty Old Man". The band, which also worked under the moniker, 'Twas Brillig, released a version of the song "Action Woman", a composition that was made into a garage rock classic by the Litter, and has consequently caused the two groups to be wrongly associated with each other.
                   

The Electras were formed when brothers Bill (lead guitar, vocals) and Earl Bulinski (rhythm guitar) came together as a duo in 1962, soon after moving to Ely, Minnesota and enrolling at Ely Memorial High School. The brothers had possessed prior experience self-teaching themselves to play guitar and performing at a semi-professional level. In mid-1962, the two were interested in assembling an ensemble, first placing an advertisement in the high school newspaper that read, "Attention all bass players, please call Bill Bulinski. He wants to start a band". Gary Omerza, who was actually an accordion player, was the first to respond to Bulinski's offer. Nonetheless, the brothers accepted Omerza's desire to be a band member, and recruited Fred Godec as the Electras' bass player. Their first gig was at a club called John's Bar where the group played renditions of rock and roll favorites; however, the band was forced to vacate after the town's priest complained that the band members were too young to perform at the venue.
                   

By the Electras' second gig, the group added Len Erickson (drums) and female-singer Kaye Spalj, while applying songs by the Ventures to their repertoire. Between 1963 and 1965, Jerry Fink replaced Erickson, and Tim Elfving became the group's lead vocalist, solidifying the band's most-known lineup. Additionally, the band hired Chuck Novak as their manager, and convinced Omerza to play the Farfisa organ, which allowed the Electras to cover compositions by Paul Revere and the Raiders and the Animals. In the fall of 1965, Novak had gotten the Electras in contact with songwriter and record producer Warren Kendrick of Dove Recording Studio to pen and record the group's debut single. Undaunted, Kendrick signed the Electras to his own record label named Scotty Records.
                 

In 2010, the Electras were inducted into the Mid-America Music Hall of Fame, which saw original group members reconvene for a reunion concert. The band's material has been compiled on The Scotty Story and The Best of the Electras.
Gary Omerza (born on August 1, 1946) died unexpectedly on July 25, 2011, at age 64. Earl Bulinski died suddenly on April 3, 2021, in South Padre Island, Texas at age 72.

LINE - UP

Bill Bulinski (lead guitar, vocals)  
Earl Bulinski (rhythm guitar)
Gary Omerza (Farfisa organ)
Fred Godec (bass player)
Len Erickson, Jerry Fink (drums)
Kaye Spalj (Vocals)
Tim Elfving (Vocals)
Harvey Korkki (Farfisa organ)

THE SCOTSMEN

              

Formed 1965, Ellensburg, WA, United States and disbanded 1968.

LINE - UP

Gary Reynolds (vocals)
Robert Shomer (guitar)
Tom Yook (keyboards)
David Lucas (bass)
Richard Lawson (drums), Mike DeChenne (keyboards)
Bruce Robertson (vocals)
Also Known As The Avengers

THE VICTORS

                        

The Victors. these guys were young and their covers were so raw and crude ! really garage. From "midnight hour" to "good golly miss molly" and a couple of more songs that are really interesting. This Minneapolis group later became The Litter. Two future members (bassist Jim Kane and vocalist Denny Waite)

LINE - UP

Jim Crill (guitar, lead vocals)  
Ran Dailey (guitar, lead vocals)  
Jim Kane (bass, lead vocals)  
Terry Knutson (keyboards, lead vocals)
Gary Leach (drums)  
Pete Lokken (lead vocals)  
Warren Kendrick (lead guitar, vocals)  
Denny Waite (lead vocals)

THE LITTER

             

The Litter was an American psychedelic and garage rock band, formed in 1966 in Minneapolis,

Minnesota, United States. They are best remembered for their 1967 debut single, "Action Woman". The group recorded three albums in the late 1960s before disbanding, but they re-united in 1990, 1992, and again in 1998, when they recorded a new studio album consisting of both old and new material. All of their Minneapolis recorded material was produced by Warren Kendrick, who owned the Scotty and Warick and Hexagon labels.

LINE - UP

Dan Rinaldi  (rhythm guitar, backing vocals)
Bill Strandlof  (lead guitar)
Denny Waite  (organ, lead vocals, harmonica)
Jim Kane  (bass guitar and moog synthesizer)
Tom Murray  (drums)
Mark Gallagher  (vocals)
Ray Melina  (lead guitar)
Tom 'Zippy' Caplan  (lead guitar, 1967-1968 & 1990)
Sean Jones  (lead guitar)
Lonnie Knight  (lead guitar and vocals)
Mike Rowe  (bass)

WHITE LIGHTNING

                   

White Lightning was an American psychedelic rock band, active from 1968 through 1971. The band was founded by guitarist Zippy Caplan and bassist Woody Woodrich. The band was very popular in Minnesota, mostly due to Caplan's fame playing with The Litter. The manager of radio station KDWB mistook the single "Of Paupers and Poets" for a song by Cream, giving valuable early airtime to the band. They also would perform a cover of the William Tell Overture. Eventually, the band broke up due to musical differences, especially between Woodrich and Caplan.

LINE - UP

Tom "Zippy" Caplan (lead guitar)
Woody Woodrich (lead & bass guitars & vocals)
Ronn Roberts (lead guitar & bass, vocals)
Mick Stanhope (lead singer & drums)
Bernie Pershey (drums, marimba, xylophone)
Garr Johnson (drums)
Russ Paul (guitar)
Joey Boom Boom Winters (drums)
Peter Dean Korellis (guitar)
Ron Merchant (bass, keyboard)
Dan Burniece (drums, vocals)
Nickolas Jack Miller
K Zakk Williams (guitar)

THE SECOND EDITION

                

HOPE

               

A. Of Times You Can See   3:06
Arranged By – John Tuttle, Warren Kendrick
Written-By – Don Fernelius

B. Greenhouse   1:42
Written-By, Arranged By – John Tuttle

THE PAISLEYS

              

To put it cruelly, the Paisleys were exactly the kind of band roasted by the Mothers of Invention so unmercifully on We're Only in It for the Money. Their Cosmic Mind at Play album abounds with naive cosmic clichés of late-'60s psychedelic music, performed with sincerity and respectable instrumental competence. A lightweight (though not totally embarrassing) effort that put the electric keyboard more to the fore than many similar bands did; it found a greater audience when it was reissued for collectors on LP in the 1980s.
               

The Paisleys were formed in Minneapolis, and their sole album was produced by Warren Kendrick, who produced a bunch of other garage rock and psychedelic recordings in Minneapolis in the mid-'60s to early '70s (most notably for the Litter). The Paisleys actually helped Kendrick build the studio in which Cosmic Mind at Play was recorded, and only a couple of thousand copies were pressed when it was released in 1970. The legitimate 2003 CD reissue of the album on Sundazed added six bonus tracks, all but one of them previously unreleased, from 1968-70 demos, outtakes, and live recordings.

LINE - UP

Dick Timm (Bass, Vocals)
Bob Belknap (Drums, Vocals),
Greg Payton (Drums, Vocals),
Mike Cornelius (Drums, Vocals)
Brad Stodden (Lead Guitar, Vocals),
Dick Timm (Lead Guitar, Vocals),
Rick Youngberg (Lead Guitar, Vocals)
Bill Smith (Piano, Vocals)
              

Various - The Scotty Story - Minnesota's Legendary '60s Rock Label! 1993 Arf! Arf! Records
Artist: Various
Album: The Scotty Story - Minnesota's Legendary '60s Rock Label!
Label: Arf! Arf! Records
Catalog#: AA-043
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1993
Genre: Rock, Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock

THE SCOTTY STORY - TRAXS

      

01. The Electras - Dirty Old Man     2:43    
02. The Electras - Soul Searchin'     2:44    
03. The Electras - This Week Children     2:19    
04. The Electras - Action Woman     2:29    
05. The Electras - I'm Not Talkin'     2:25    
06. The Electras - Pregnant Pig     1:49    
07. The Electras - 'Bout My Love     1:59    
08. The Electras - You Love     1:35    
09. The Electras - Summertime     3:38    
10. The Electras - Won't Take No For An Answer     2:54    
11. The Scotsmen - Beer Bust Blues     3:00    
12. The Scotsmen - Scotch Mist     2:00    
13. The Scotsmen - Froggie     3:30    
14. The Victors - Midnight Hour     3:34    
15. The Victors - I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore     2:44    
16. The Victors - One More Time     2:26    
17. The Victors - Mister You're A Better Man Than I     3:36    
18. The Victors - Little Girl     2:32    
19. The Litter - Hey Joe     4:07    
20. The Litter - 7 UP Commercial     0:58    
21. White Lightning - William     2:03    
22. White Lightning - Of Paupers     2:34    
23. White Lightning - (Under The Screaming Double) Eagle     3:55    
24. The Second Edition - To Keep You     2:41    
25. Hope - Of Times You Can See     3:25    
26. Hope - Greenhouse     1:45    
27. The Paisleys - Something's Missing     2:56    
28. The Electras - Courage To Cry     1:52    
29. The Scotsmen - Scotch Mist II     2:50    
30. The Scotsmen - Beer Bust Blues - Excerpt     0:25    

NOTES

Label – Arf! Arf!
Compilation Producer – Erik Lindgren
Design – Jim Oldsberg
Mastered By (Cd Premastering) – Jonathan Wyner
All music transferred from original analog mastertapes except tracks 7 & 12, which were transferred from a vinyl source.

MP3 @ 320 Size: 428 MB
Flac Size: 184 MB

The Pogues: 3 Albums 1984 - 1988 (Shane Mac Gowan 25 December 1957 - 30 November 2023)

 

The Pogues were an English or Anglo-Irish Celtic punk band fronted by Shane MacGowan and others,

founded in King's Cross, London, in 1982, as Pogue Mahone – an anglicisation of the Irish Gaelic phrase póg mo thóin, meaning "kiss my arse". The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s, recording several hit albums and singles. MacGowan left the band in 1991 owing to drinking problems, but the band continued – first with Joe Strummer and then with Spider Stacy on vocals – before breaking up in 1996.
                     

The Pogues re-formed in late 2001, and played regularly across the UK and Ireland and on the US East Coast, until dissolving again in 2014. The group did not record any new material during this second

incarnation.
Their politically tinged music was informed by MacGowan and Stacy's punk backgrounds, yet used traditional Irish instruments such as the tin whistle, banjo, cittern, mandolin and accordion. The band achieved notable success with the single "Fairytale of New York" and studio albums Rum Sodomy & the Lash (1985) and If I Should Fall from Grace with God (1988).
                  

By demonstrating that the spirit of punk could live in traditional Irish folk music, the Pogues were one of the most radical bands of the mid-'80s. Led by Shane MacGowan, whose slurred, incomprehensible

voice often disguised the sheer poetry of his songs, the Pogues were undeniably political -- not only were many of their songs explicitly in favor of working-class liberalism, but the wild, careening sound of their punk-injected folk was implicitly radical. While the band was clearly radical, they also had a wickedly warped sense of humor, which was abundantly clear on their biggest hit, the fractured Christmas carol "Fairy Tale of New York."
                      

SHANE MAC GOWAN

                 

Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan (25 December 1957 – 30 November 2023) was an English-born Irish musician best known as the lead vocalist and songwriter of Celtic punk band the Pogues.

MacGowan's songs were influenced by Irish history, Irish nationalism, the Irish diaspora, and London life. Having grown up in an Irish republican family, MacGowan said in 2015 that he regretted not joining the IRA. In a filmed interview he said, "I was ashamed I didn't have the guts to join the IRA, and The Pogues was my way of overcoming that". The central figure in his 1997 song "Paddy Public Enemy No. 1" is based on ex-INLA leader Dominic McGlinchey.
                

MacGowan began drinking alcohol at age five, when his family gave him Guinness to help him sleep. His father frequently took him to the local pub while he drank with his friends. He suffered physically

from years of binge drinking. It was reported in July 2023 that MacGowan was hospitalised in an intensive care unit.[62] Following treatment for an infection, he was discharged from St. Vincent's University Hospital in November 2023. He made his last public statement on 16 November 2023, complimenting Travis Kelce's cover of "Fairytale of New York". On 30 November 2023, after receiving last rites, MacGowan died from pneumonia at his home in Dublin with his wife by his side. He was 65.

             

THE POGUES - RED ROSES FOR ME 1984

                

Red Roses for Me is filled with traditional Irish music performed with punk influences. The Mancunion

saw the "creativity of post-punk" as being "evident throughout the record", while Muso's Guide described much of Red Roses for Me as "a whirlwind of revved-up folk punk". The band's approach of mixing traditional songs and ballads with frontman Shane MacGowan's "gutter hymns" about drinking, fighting and sex was innovative at the time. The album reached number 89 in the UK album charts.

The Pogues – Red Roses For Me
Label: Warner Strategic Marketing – 5046759582, Pogue Mahone Records – 5046759582
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered 2004
Country: Europe
Released: 1984
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Folk Rock, Punk

TRACKS

                        

01. Transmetropolitan    4:26
02. The Battle Of Brisbane    1:51
03. The Auld Triangle   4:22
Written-By – B. Behan
04. Waxie's Dargle   3:09
Arranged By – Pogues   1:53
05. Boys From The County Hell    2:56
06. Sea Shanty    2:24
07. Dark Streets Of London    3:17
08. Streams Of Whiskey    2:32
09.Poor Paddy
Arranged By – Pogues
10. Dingle Regetta   2:52
Arranged By – Finer, Pogues
11. Greenland Whale Fisheries   2:36
Arranged By – Pogues
12. Down In The Ground Where The Dead Men Go    3:32
13. Kitty   4:55
Arranged By – Pogues

BONUS TRACKS

              

 
14. The Leaving Of Liverpool   3:12
Arranged By – A. Rankin, C. O'Riordan, J. Fearnley, J. Finer, P. Stacy, S. MacGowan
15. Muirshin Durkin   1:50
Arranged By – A. Rankin, C. O'Riordan, J. Fearnley, J. Finer, P. Stacy, S. MacGowan
16. Repeal Of The Licensing Laws   2:12
Written-By – Stacy
17. And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda   4:50
Written-By – Bogle
18. Whiskey You're The Devil   2:09
Arranged By – A. Rankin, C. O'Riordan, J. Fearnley, J. Finer, P. Stacy, S. MacGowan
19. The Wild Rover   2:36
Arranged By – A. Rankin, C. O'Riordan, J. Fearnley, J. Finer, P. Stacy, S. MacGowan

LINE - UP

                 

Andy The Clobberer Ranken
Rocky O'Riordan
Maestro Jimmy Fearnley
Country Jem Finer
Shane MacGowan
Spider Stacy

NOTES

Re-issue of Red Roses For Me, 1984 with bonus tracks (14 to 19).
Track 17 from Dark Streets Of London, 1984
track 16 from Boys From The County Hell, 1984
tracks 14 and 19 from Sally Maclennane, 1985
tracks 15 and 18 from A Pair Of Brown Eyes, 1985

Flac Size: 406 MB

THE POGUES - RUM SODOMY & THE LASH 1985

                

Rum Sodomy & the Lash is the second studio album by the London-based, Irish folk punk band the

Pogues, released on 5 August 1985. The album reached number 13 on the UK charts. The track "A Pair of Brown Eyes", based on an older Irish tune, reached number 72 on the UK singles chart. "The Old Main Drag" later appeared on the soundtrack to the film My Own Private Idaho. The album's title is taken from a quotation attributed to Winston Churchill: "Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash." The title was suggested by drummer Andrew Ranken, who said "it seemed to sum up life in our band".

The Pogues – Rum Sodomy & The Lash
Label: Warner Strategic Marketing – 2 62146
Format: CD, Album, Reissue 2004
Country: Canada
Released: 1985   
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Punk, Folk, Celtic

TRACKS

            

        
01. The Sickbed Of Cuchulainn    3:02
02. The Old Main Drag    3:19
03. Wild Cats Of Kilkenny   2:48
Written-By – Finer, MacGowan
04. I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day   2:54
Arranged By – The Pogues
Written-By – Traditional
05. A Pair Of Brown Eyes    5:02
06. Sally MacLennane    2:45
07. Dirty Old Town   3:46
Written-By – Ewan MacColl
08. Jesse James   2:58
Arranged By – The Pogues
Written-By – Traditional
09. Navigator   4:13
Written-By – Phil Gaston
10. Billy's Bones    2:03
11. The Gentleman Soldier   2:04
Arranged By – The Pogues
Written-By – Traditional
12. The Band Played Waltzing Matilda   8:14
Written-By – Bogle

BONUS TRACKS

        

  
13. A Pistol For Paddy Garcia   2:31
Written-By – J. Finer
14. London Girl    3:05
15. Rainy Night In Soho    5:36
16. Body Of An American    4:49
17. Planxty Noel Hill   3:12
Written-By – Finer/Country/Gem
18. The Parting Glass   2:14
Arranged By – A. Ranken, C. O'Riordan, J. Fearnley, J. Finer, P. Stacy, S.  MacGowan
Written-By – Traditional

LINE - UP

              

Andrew Ranken
Cait O'Riordan
James Fearnley
Jem Finer
Philip Chevron
Shane MacGowan
Spider Stacy

Additional Musicians

Fiddle – Henry Benagh
Horns – Dick Cuthell
Uilleann Pipes – Tommy Keane
Producer – Elvis Costello (tracks: 1 to 12, 14 to 17), Philip Chevron (tracks: 13, 18)

Flac Size: 433 MB

THE POGUES - IF I SHOULD FALL FROM GRACE WITH GOD 1988

                     

If I Should Fall from Grace with God is the third studio album by Irish folk-punk band the Pogues,

released on 18 January 1988. Released in the wake of their biggest hit single, "Fairytale of New York", If I Should Fall from Grace with God also became the band's best-selling album, peaking at number three on the UK Albums Chart and reaching the top ten in several other countries.

The Pogues – If I Should Fall From Grace With God
Label: Warner Strategic Marketing – 2 62147
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered 2004
Genre: Rock
Country: Canada
Released: 1988
Style: Alternative Rock, Folk Rock, Punk, Celtic

TRACKS

              

01. If I Should Fall From Grace With God    2:21
02. Turkish Song Of The Damned    3:27
03. Bottle Of Smoke    2:47
04. Fairytale Of New York   4:36
Vocals – Kirsty MacColl
05. Metropolis   2:50
Written-By – The Pogues
06. Thousands Are Sailing    5:28
07. Fiesta    4:13
08. Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant / The Rocky Road To Dublin / The Galway Races   4:01
Arranged By – The Pogues
Written By – Traditional
09. Streets Of Sorrow / Birmingham Six    4:39
10. Lullaby Of London    3:31
11. Sit Down By The Fire    2:18
12. The Broad Majestic Shannon    2:52
13. Worms   1:05
Arranged By – Andrew Ranken, James Fearnley
Written By – Traditional
14. The Battle March (Medley)    4:10
15. The Irish Rover   4:07
Written-By – Joseph Crofts
16. Mountain Dew   2:19
Arranged By – The Dubliners, The Pogues
Written By – Traditional
17. Shanne Bradley    3:41
18. Sketches Of Spain    2:14
19. South Australia   3:27
Arranged By – The Pogues
Written By – Traditional

LINE - UP

                  

Accordion, Piano, Mandolin, Dulcimer, Guitar, Cello, Percussion – James Fearnley
Alto Saxophone – Brian Clarke
Banjo, Mandola, Saxophone – Jem Finer
Bass, Percussion, Vocals – Darryl Hunt
Bodhrán – Fran Byrne
Choir – Brian Sheridan, Frank Murray , Joe Cashman, John Lawlor, Paul Scully, Paul Verner, Ron Kavana, Steve Lillywhite, The Man From The Indian Takeaway, The Pogues
Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Harmonica – Andrew Ranken
Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals – Philip Chevron
Harp – Siobhan Sheahan
Tenor Banjo, Spoons, Mandolin – Ron Kavana
Tenor Saxophone – Joe Cashman
Tin Whistle, Vocals – Spider Stacy
Trombone – Paul Taylor
Trumpet – Chris Lee, Eli Thompson
Vocals, Guitar – Shane MacGowan

Flac Size: 451 MB