Demos

 Not for trade & not for sale.

The Pogues. Shane MacGowan & The Popes. Related Bands.

The Pogues

Pogue Mahone (1983?).
The first Demos were recorded in the time before they got a record deal.

01. Dark Streets Of London
- this is a funny demo recording because Shane misses the words in the middle of the song.

Early Demos /Possibly from the Dark Streets of London sessions? 
Rough Mixes(1984?)
01 . Dark Streets Of London (Extended Version, Instrumental part continues where the album version fades out.)  3:55
02.  The Band Played Waltzing Mathilda  5:01
03.  Streams Of Whiskey 2:35
04.  Poor Paddy 3:10
05 . Dingle Regatta 2:55

Red Roses For me Demos (1984??)  
THESE DEMOS ARE NOT FOR TRADE!
01. Rocky Road To Dublin
02. Greenland Whale Fisheries
03. Repeal Of The Licensing Laws
04. Kitty
05. Transmetropolitan
06. Boys From The County Hell
07. Down In The Ground Where The Dead Men Go
08. Sea Shanty
09. Battle Of Brisbane

xx.xx.1987
"Shanes bedroom tapes"
01. Unknown Instrumental
02. Unknown Instrumental
03. Unknown Instrumental
04. Turkish Song Of The Damned (Slow version)
05.Talk To Me Baby (Organ with Shane on Vocals, 9 minutes long.)
06. Metropolis (Acoustic version)
07. A Rainy Night In Soho 

1990 The Hell´s Ditch Demos (also called The Falconer Demos)
Recorded in the Kirk Falconer Studios in London.
01. Murder Ska UNRELEASED
02. Ghost Of A Smile (Demo)
03. Bastard Landlord (Demo)
04. Summer In Siam (Demo with bongo drums)
05. Wake Of The Medusa
06. NW3 UNRELEASED
07. Victoria (instrumental)
08. Redemption Song UNRELEASED
09. Lust For Vomit (instrumental)
10. Five Green Queens & Jean (Demo)

June 1991
Shane on Vocals. Two acetates with these tracks were also made.
THESE DEMOS ARE NOT FOR TRADE!
01. The Travelling People 3:58 LYRICS
02. Donegal Express (All Aboard) Pogues Version with diffrent lyrics. 3:36

1993 Waiting For Herb Demos
01. My Baby´s Gone
02. Girl From The Wadi Hammamat
03. Moving To Moldovia
04. Fishermen UNRELEASED
05. Hot Asphalt UNRELEASED

July 1994
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1. When The Ship Comes In
02. Who Said Romance Is Dead? UNRELEASED, Not the same version as on the Jem Finer Sampler.
03. Call My Name UNRELEASED
04. Where That Love´s Been Gone
05. Tosspint
06. Anniversary

"Waiting For Herb Masters and Mixes" 23.04.1993
1. Once Upon A Time
2. Wady Hammamat
3. Pachinko (Loud Vocal)
4. Small Hours (Spacious Mix)
5. Modern World
6. Paris St. Germain
7. Drunken Boat (Vocal Down, Edit)
8. Tuesday Morning (Vocal Down Full Version With Edits)
9. The Haunting (High Vox)
10. In The Big City (Accordion Recall)
11. Smell Of Petroleum (New Mix)
12. First Day Of Forever 
13. Sitting On Top Of The World
14. My Baby´s Gone (New Mix Sans Amp Bass, Master A)
15. My Baby´s Gone (New Mix Sans Amp Bass, Vocal UP, Master B)
16. Train Kept Rolling On (Vocal UP)

Waiting For Herb Demos  18.05.1993
01. Tuesday Morning
02. Smell Of Petroleum
03. The Haunting
04. Wady Hammamat
05. Once Upon A Time
06. My Baby´s Gone

1994 Pogue Mahone Demos
01. Living In A World Without Her  03:11
02. Eyes Of An Angel   02:54
03. Pont Mirabeau    03:10
04. Bright Lights   02:33
05. Love You ´till The End   03:28
06. Amadie  01:54
07. Sound Of The City Night (Unreleased)  03:29
08. Oretown  03:10
09. Heartshaped Sunglasses (Unreleased)  03:38
10. Four O´Clock In The Morning   02:40
11. The Sun And The Moon   02:16

Various Demos on the Bottoms Up Bootleg.
Track 1 is from an unknown date.
Track 2 is probably from the 8.7.1991 remix.
Track 3-12 are the same as the Falconer/Hells Ditch Demos.
Track 17 is from an unknown date. It could be from the July 1994 demos.
Track 18 is different from the 1994 Pogue Mahone demos.
Track 19-21 is most likely the same as the 30.01.92 Live Mixes that are listed on www.shanemacgowan.de
01.Turkish Song of the Damned (Unreleased Home Tape)  02:40
02.Rainy Night in Soho (Flugel Long Version Re-mix)  06:17
03.Murder Ska (Unreleased)   02:38
04.Ghost of a Smile (demo)  02:55
05.Wake of the Medusa (demo)   03:27 
06.Summer in Siam (demo with Bongos)    02:58
07.Bastard Landlord (demo)    03:13
08.NW3 (Unreleased)    02:59
09.Victoria (Instrumental)    02:59
10.Redemption Song (Unreleased)   04:43
11.Lust for Vomit (Instrumental)    02:29
12.Five Green Queens and Jean (demo)    01:59
13.My Baby's Gone (demo)     02:30
14.Wadi Hammammat (demo)   04:31
15.Fisherman (Unreleased)   03:48
16.Hot Asphalt (Unreleased)   02:35
17.Toss-pint (Re-mix)   04:15
18.Heart Shaped Sunglasses (Unreleased)  03:38
19.London Calling   04:13
20.I Fought the Law   03:58
21.Turkish Song of the Damned  04:32


Shane MacGowan & The Popes

The Snake Demos XX.XX 1994 & Sinead O'Connor - Haunted 21.6.1992
xx.xx.1994 - Milo, London
01 Snake With Eyes Of Garnet 4:06
02 Song With No Name 3:47
03 Old Time Religion 3:43

21.6.1992 - Milo, London - Shane MacGowan Session DEMOS
04 Haunted By The Ghost 5:36
(Sung by Sinead O’Connor, without Shane)

Studio Rehearsal clip 1993???
01. That Woman's Got Me Drinking (cut off)

Alternate Mixes. 1994-1996. 31 min.
Unknown Date/Year.

01 Haunted (alternate vocals) 4:12
27.04.1994
02 That Woman’s Got Me Drinking (alternate mix)27.4.1994 3:23
01.05.1994
03 I’ll Be Your Handbag (alternate mix) 3:04
02.05.1994
04 Aisling (Fiddler’s mix) 2:58
10.04.1995
05 The Church Of The Holy Spook (alternate mix) 2:59
24.04.1994
06 Minstrel Boy (alternate mix) 2:21
XX.XX.1994
07 ‘The Snake’ Radio Promo Ad 0:34
Probably 03.02.1997
08 More Pricks Than Kicks (alternate mix) 3:06
10.01.1996
09 My Way (master) 3:59
10 My Way (traditional instruments on 1st verse) 3:52

04.03.1994
01. Snake With Eyes Of Garnet  03:58
02. Donegal Express  03:13
03. Love You Till The End (Long Version with instrumental end)  06:40
04. Donegal Express (diff. version)  03:18
05. Rake At The Gates Of Hell  03:14
06. Love You Till The End(Shorter version)  04:56
Love You Till The End is a demo version of "The Song With No Name"

Unknown Date/Year. Crock Of Gold Demo tape.
Tape is labeled Shane MacGowan And The Popes "Album".
SIDE A
01. Back In The County Hell
02. Rock 'N' Roll Paddy
03. Paddy Rolling Stone
04. Paddy Public Enemy NO.1
05. Lonesome Highway
06. Come To The Bower
07. Ceiladh Cowboy
08. More Pricks Than Kicks
09. Truckdrivin' Man
10. Joeys In America

SIDE B
01. B+1 Ferry
02. Mudda Mac (Mother Mo Chroí)
03. Spanish Lady
04. St. John Of Gods
05. Skippin Rhymes
06. McLennans
07. Murder In The First Degree (A Man Called Horse)
08. Mama Lou (UNRELEASED)
09. Wandrin' Star

"Back In The Pub" Golden Sessions Vol. 1 & 2.
Volume 1: 61 min. Includes:
01 Mama Lou 3:15
02 Paddy Rolling Ston (solo) 4:09
03 Rock ‘N’ Roll Paddy (banjo solo) 3:27
04 Paddy Public Enemy No. 1 (dub mix) 3:27
05 Lonesome Highway (with no voice filter) 4:17
06 Hippy Hippy Shake 3:02
07 Christmas Lullaby (edit) 4:39
08 B&I Ferry (version #4) 5:45
09 Mother Mo Chroi (different mix) 3:33
10 B&I Ferry (live pass) 7:01
11 Lonesome Highway (banjo solo) 4:17
12 Ceilidh Cowboy (Adrian Sherwood mix) 3:15
13 Danny Boy 2:31
14 Christmas Lullaby (full length) 5:49
15 Truck Drivin’ Man (live pass) 2:42


Volume 2: 58 min. Includes:
01 Christmas Lullaby (radio edit) 4:37
02 Paddy Rolling Stone (acoustic session) 5:23
03 Lonesome Highway (rehearsal) 4:03
04 Rock ‘N’ Roll Paddy (acoustic session) 4:10
05 What’s Another Year (outtake) 4:01
06 Truck Drivin’ Man (rehearsal) 2:49
07 Lonesome Highway (alternate mix) 3:53
08 Mama Lou (outtake) 3:15
09 Ceilidh Cowboy (rehearsal) 3:02
10 Lonesome Highway (acoustic session) 5:05
11 Juke Box (rehearsal) 4:47
12 Christmas Lullaby (instrumental) 4:32
13 South Australia (acoustic session) 5:27
14 Moddy Bob (outtake) 2:20
*The acoustic sessions are from The Mark Radcliffe radio show, Dec. 19, 1996

"The Alternate Crock"
Most of these tracks are on the Back In The Pub cd except:
Bagel Shop, Cooley's, More Pricks Than Kicks and My Way.
01 Paddy Rolling Stone (Live In Session)
02 Lonesome Highway (Demo)
03 Bagel Shop (Instrumental rehearsal)
04 Rock'n Roll Paddy (Live In Session)
05 What's Another Year (Album Outtake)
06 Truck Drivin' Man (Demo)
07 Lonesome Highway (Alternate Take)
08 Mama Lou (Album Outtake)
09 Ceilidh Cowboy (Demo)
10 My Way (Demo)
11 Jukebox (Demo)
12 Christmas Lullaby (Alternate Take)
13 South Australia (Live In Session)
14 Cooley's (Instrumental rehearsal)
15 Lonesome Highway (Live In Session)
16 More Pricks Than Kicks (Alternate Take)
17 Moody Bob (Studio Piss Around)

Unknown Date Year.
01. Sitting On Top Of The World. (Unreleased)

 


Related Bands.

xx.07.1999 Wisemen - DEMOS (All UNRELEASED)
01. We´re In Love
02. She
03. River Song
04. All I Have
05. Turf Moor
06. Essex Road
07. NW5
08. Northern Line
09. Louise
10. Breathe A Different Air

xx.xx.19xx The Vendettas - DEMOS (All UNRELEASED)
01. Better Than Anything
02. River Song
03. You Bring Me Round
04. Louise

May 1996 The Popes - Metropolis
01. South Australia
02. Sleepless Nights (Ruff Mix)
03. Saturday Night Picture Show
04. Banjaxed

xx.xx.2002 The Popes
01. Angels Are Coming
02. Let The Bells Ring Out

2007? The Popes
01. Boy Don't Cry  4.35
02. Raw 3.55
+ Short clips of Angels and Outlaw Heaven

2002 Lancaster County Prison 5 Demos with Shane MacGowan
Seems to be "Rough Mixes", not the finsihed mixes for the album.
01. Town I loved so well. (Phil Coulter) Shane Duet
02. Satan is Waiting. (LCPB?) Shane Duet
03. Long black veil. (D Dill / M wilkin) Shane Lead
04. Without you. Shane backing and last verse.
05. Take me home country road. (John Denver)