dark street of london first edition 1984 doubt

**Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:11 pm**

Hello, i have DARK STREETS OF LONDON first edition 7" pogue mahone in 1984, scratched on the vinyl (i think that the verb is scratch) i can read

PM a-1
orlake
for luke kelly

does anyone confirm that "for luke kelly" is in all the records??
what that it means "orlake"

all the scratches are original

thanks

**Thu Apr 12, 2007 5:08 am**

My copy says the same. No idea what this means.

By the way, the second edition (then under the name of The Pogues") says "Thanks John".

Sublime messages on Pogues records ? I wonder what we´d get if we heard the songs backwards. :shock:

**Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:47 am**

Guess that was a bit of sharing an idea...Stiff records had been leaving "scratch messages" on all of their vinyl from the start,I do believe.

**Fri Apr 13, 2007 5:46 am**

orlake
Not sure if there is a conection or not ,but there is vinyl pressing plant by the name of orlake

**Fri Apr 13, 2007 5:19 pm**

Thanks to everybody.

Just say that the side b of this single "waltzing matilda" is a little bit different (sounds different) than the one published on "rum sodomy & the lash" i like that first "version" more than the one in the LP

**Sat Apr 14, 2007 7:23 pm**

Does anyone know whether any copies of Dark Streets had a picture sleeve? Mine- and the others I have seen- have been in a plain black cover.

**Sat Apr 14, 2007 7:28 pm**

As far as i know never had a picture sleeve, but who knows, years have had teach me that everything is possible.

**Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:33 pm**

Michaelo wrote:Does anyone know whether any copies of Dark Streets had a picture sleeve? Mine- and the others I have seen- have been in a plain black cover.

It never had a picture sleeve, though the Stiff issue was a sort of picture label. Early pre-Stiff editions had special stickers. Apparently one sticker is more rare than the other or something!

**Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:54 pm**

philipchevron wrote:
Michaelo wrote:Does anyone know whether any copies of Dark Streets had a picture sleeve? Mine- and the others I have seen- have been in a plain black cover.

It never had a picture sleeve, though the Stiff issue was a sort of picture label. Early pre-Stiff editions had special stickers. Apparently one sticker is more rare than the other or something!

Thanks for the info.

**Mon Apr 16, 2007 4:28 am**

It's been a long time, but the last time I saw an original issue of the 7" (with a plain white label and the Pogues tattoo) on eBay, it went for $357. :shock:

That was several years ago.

Anyone here buy it?

**Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:45 pm**

"Pogue Mahone Dark Streets of London
May 1984 - Pogue Mahone Records (PM1 7")
June 1984 - Stiff Records (BUY207 7")
Ltd. edition (234) 1st release with white labels and a white sleeve with a harp sticker saying "Pog Mo Thoin", for sale in pubs and concerts.

Dark Streets of London
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda (single version).."
http://www.shanemacgowan.com/discography.shtml

Also a sticker of a washer woman/lady with head scarf & Pog Mo Thoin

**Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:49 pm**

"...Name Year State Cat#-Nr#Description
Dark Streets of London1984 U white label tour copy with "Pog Mo Thoins sticker" 237 copies made
Dark Streets of London1984 UK with "face of an old woman" sticker. It is rarer than the Harp sticker one
Dark Streets of London1984 UK Pogue Mahone PM1with harp sticker on sleeve. Apparently, the Pogues began to give out the new stock 7" with leftover "harp" sleeves
Dark Streets of London1984 UKPogue Mahone PM1
Dark Streets of London1984UK Pogue Mahone PM1black label test pressing
Dark Streets of London1984UK Stiff BUY207
Dark Streets of London1984 UKStiff BUY207with promo info sheet......."
http://www.shanemacgowan.de/Discography ... _/7__.html

**Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:28 pm**

territa wrote:It's been a long time, but the last time I saw an original issue of the 7" (with a plain white label and the Pogues tattoo) on eBay, it went for $357.
That was several years ago.

Anyone here buy it?

I have the record with the the harp label and the old woman label.. supposedly less then 10 were made with the old woman label but I am not sure.. The Pogues tattoo is from a different 7" - the French Dirty Old Town included an anchor tattoo when it originally came out. Some years ago the tattoo was selling for around $50 US by itself. I haven't seen one for sale in ages.

**Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:19 am**

theholyspook wrote:
territa wrote:It's been a long time, but the last time I saw an original issue of the 7" (with a plain white label and the Pogues tattoo) on eBay, it went for $357.
That was several years ago.

Anyone here buy it?

I have the record with the the harp label and the old woman label.. supposedly less then 10 were made with the old woman label but I am not sure.. The Pogues tattoo is from a different 7" - the French Dirty Old Town included an anchor tattoo when it originally came out. Some years ago the tattoo was selling for around $50 US by itself. I haven't seen one for sale in ages.

There has always been a grey area about how many of the original "Dark Streets" were pressed up and whether the pressing continued in a limited way after the record was licensed to Stiff. So all "valuations" of the original single can only really be determined by the most recent high price on Auction sites.

**Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:49 pm**

aitor wrote:Thanks to everybody.

Just say that the side b of this single "waltzing matilda" is a little bit different (sounds different) than the one published on "rum sodomy & the lash" i like that first "version" more than the one in the LP

Its a bonus track on the re-issue of "Red Roses for me" I believe and its also about half as long as the one on RSL.

dark street of london first edition 1984 doubt

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