WARNERS/RHINO POGUES BOX SET, 2008

[xxyannxx]

i have the boxset in my hands and...oh god! i'm so happy!
i'm listening to the first cd and i'm impress by the great quality of the tracks!
great job

[meowhouse]

Mine just appeared on my chair at work. Wow it's really beautiful and I haven't even taken the plastic off yet. Look at the size of those liner notes! This is a happy happy day.

[Grievous Angel]

Got it on Friday, have listened to the first three discs and got my girlfriend, her mom, her daughter and my daughter listening to it as well. Watching two 3-year-olds dancing to "Turkish Song of the Damned" is quite a sight.

Thanks for all the work that must have gone into this project, guys. Judging by the essays by the band members, the box set wasn't universally accepted, but I hope you all know that you made a whole bunch of fans extremely happy.

[kgrunt]

Got home from work last night - there it was - sitting on the back porch, the joists creaking under the weight of the incredible music within- the legendary Pogues Box Set!

Amazon.uk said it wouldn't be here until after the weekend - but it actually was only 4 days delivery time. I can't mail a letter across town any faster.

I've called family, sent taunting txt messages, paraded it throughout the neighborhood to show it off, and now I'm home alone with this marvelous compilation.

What an absolute delight! I feel like an eight year old at Christmas.

Philip, Spider, Darryl, James - and everyone involved - THANK YOU for this!

The joyous energy in the demo version of 'Dark Streets of London' is bouncing off the walls as I type - the cat looks worried...and the sun just came out for the first time in a week!

The drums on the BBC recording of 'Boys from The County Hell' are relentless - in the best way!

I hope to become more coherent after the next week or so of nonstop listening.






congrats and thanks again!

Crap ,I am starting to regret switching my order to amazone.ca. Did you get hit with customs/duty/or tax fees?

[eddiespeed]

What an amazin box set, have never posted on here before, been a massive fan since the 1st time I saw the boys at Birmingham Powerhouse when Shane got me & a mate in free & dedicated Waxies Dargle to us!!!!
Phil C it mentions in the notes that Japan was only ever played live there. Shoot me down if I am wrong but I swear I was at the NEC circa 88 when it was played there.....am I mistaken????

[philipchevron]

What an amazin box set, have never posted on here before, been a massive fan since the 1st time I saw the boys at Birmingham Powerhouse when Shane got me & a mate in free & dedicated Waxies Dargle to us!!!!
Phil C it mentions in the notes that Japan was only ever played live there. Shoot me down if I am wrong but I swear I was at the NEC circa 88 when it was played there.....am I mistaken????

If you heard it in Birmingham, I'll have to concede that "Japan" was played in Birmingham. Therefore, what I meant to write in the sleevnotes was "including a version of Pharaoah Sanders' "Japan" which, as far as my addled brain can recall, we only ever played in that country [Disc Three], though if we did play it in, say, the Birmingham NEC around that time, I am happy to be corrected on this. "

[Mick Molloy]

Everyday when I get home, I hope there's a package but still nothing

Cross my fingers for tomorrow

[meowhouse]

I have only listened to part of Disc 1 so far, and read the whole liner notes, and well I don't know what to say. Between listening on the headphones while reading the notes and looking at all those wonderful pictures of little moments frozen in time I was getting a tad misty. And to think so much of this was lying around in some tape vault all this time, or was considered the stuff not good enough to put on the regular release. It's hard to wrap my mind around that.

It's a beautiful work of art all around. Many many thanks to everyone.

Oh and I loved the hand-written notes on Page 36. Hilarious insight into the mind of the band. Mr. C., if you know what year that was from can you post? Had to be pretty early, right? Everyone must read those carefully if you haven't yet.

[territa]

Happy birthday Duncan Disorderly, and welcome back!!!

I'm listening to the end of disc 5, and I absolutely love it. I'd figured I'd already owned at least a third of the tracks (which is approximately correct) but hadn't figured on how totally obsolete my copies are now, at least as far as listening value goes. Which is, of course, one of the values of the box set as well as, probably, the entire point.

Philip, I know this was an exhausting undertaking for you, and it would have been under normal circumstances... (who else to take on this kind of project, really?) and, I suppose, it's a bit early to ask, but -- well, could we cull a couple more compilations, and remaster a few of the good old concert boots?

I have a couple of favorite concert copies, and was wondering what it would cost to remaster them (or whatever it is someone does to the old concert boots to make them 'presentable')? Just out of curiosity. Seriously.

[Cdn Steve]

Crap ,I am starting to regret switching my order to amazone.ca. Did you get hit with customs/duty/or tax fees?

38.98 pounds + 3.08 shipping = total 42.06 GBP = 84.73 CDN $

[eddiespeed]

Phil C, thanks for ther reply re Japan...one last queery re the track 'The Good The Bad & The Ugly'. Was this ever pressed? I recall at the time waiting for its release which never came but was wondering if any pressings of the same are out there in the world?

[philipchevron]

I have only listened to part of Disc 1 so far, and read the whole liner notes, and well I don't know what to say. Between listening on the headphones while reading the notes and looking at all those wonderful pictures of little moments frozen in time I was getting a tad misty. And to think so much of this was lying around in some tape vault all this time, or was considered the stuff not good enough to put on the regular release. It's hard to wrap my mind around that.

It's a beautiful work of art all around. Many many thanks to everyone.

Oh and I loved the hand-written notes on Page 36. Hilarious insight into the mind of the band. Mr. C., if you know what year that was from can you post? Had to be pretty early, right? Everyone must read those carefully if you haven't yet.

Ah yes, that would be the famous "Dress Code" in its official written-down form and, though it's in Jem's handwriting (from '83 or '84), I detect the unmistakeable voice of Shane MacGowan therein, the one man who could be counted on to violate every aspect of the dress code within a year. Seeing it in the booklet, I realised I was actually seeing it for the first time, though I had heard much about it over the years. I once asked Shane why I had never been shown the Dress Code when I joined the band and he said, in effect "You're a faggot, we knew you'd just ignore it anyway."

[philipchevron]

Phil C, thanks for ther reply re Japan...one last queery re the track 'The Good The Bad & The Ugly'. Was this ever pressed? I recall at the time waiting for its release which never came but was wondering if any pressings of the same are out there in the world?

No pressings, though I think it did get as far as a catalogue number.

[kgrunt]

Crap ,I am starting to regret switching my order to amazone.ca. Did you get hit with customs/duty/or tax fees?

38.98 pounds + 3.08 shipping = total 42.06 GBP = 84.73 CDN $

Thanks Steve, I should have been strong...now I wait

[philipchevron]

Happy birthday Duncan Disorderly, and welcome back!!!

I'm listening to the end of disc 5, and I absolutely love it. I'd figured I'd already owned at least a third of the tracks (which is approximately correct) but hadn't figured on how totally obsolete my copies are now, at least as far as listening value goes. Which is, of course, one of the values of the box set as well as, probably, the entire point.

Philip, I know this was an exhausting undertaking for you, and it would have been under normal circumstances... (who else to take on this kind of project, really?) and, I suppose, it's a bit early to ask, but -- well, could we cull a couple more compilations, and remaster a few of the good old concert boots?

I have a couple of favorite concert copies, and was wondering what it would cost to remaster them (or whatever it is someone does to the old concert boots to make them 'presentable')? Just out of curiosity. Seriously.

And now my brain hurts................