Rum Sodomy & the Lash (40th anniversary edition)

~ Release by The Pogues (see all versions of this release, 21 available)

Annotation

List of subparts
CD2 tracks 1 to 2: CD 2: Bonus Tracks
CD2 tracks 3 to 6: Poguetry In Motion EP
CD2 tracks 7 to 10: The Janice Long Show BBC Radio - 11th July 1985
CD2 tracks 11 to 13: Bonus Tracks

Trifold digisleeve with twenty four page booklet

Tracks 2-1 and 2-2 originally released on Dirty Old Town
Tracks 2-3 to 2-6 originally released as Poguetry in Motion
Tracks 2-7 to 2-10 originally released on The BBC Sessions 1984–1986
Tracks 2-11 and 2-12 are previously unreleased live recordings at Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow on Dec. 19, 1987
Track 2-13 is an outtake from the sessions for Poguetry in Motion. Originally released on Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say… Pogue Mahone!!

Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Disc One): [Warner logo] 58629821/5021732582560-1 21
Mastering SID Code (Disc One): IFPI LP73
Mould SID Code (Disc One): IFPI 0707
Matrix / Runout (Disc Two): [Warner logo] 58631173/5021732582560-2-1 21
Mastering SID Code (Disc Two): IFPI LB45
Mould SID Code (Disc Two): IFPI 0727

Annotation last modified on 2026-01-28 09:38 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn
engineer:
Nick Robbins (engineer) and Paul Scully
producer:
Elvis Costello
recorded at:
Elephant Studios in Tower Hamlets, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn
lyricist and composer:
Shane MacGowan
publisher:
Perfect Songs Ltd. (UK publisher, affiliated with PRS) and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
4.653:01
2The Old Main Drag
engineer:
Nick Robbins (engineer) and Paul Scully
producer:
Elvis Costello
recorded at:
Elephant Studios in Tower Hamlets, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
The Old Main Drag
lyricist and composer:
Shane MacGowan
publisher:
Perfect Songs Ltd. (UK publisher, affiliated with PRS) and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
3.53:20
3Wild Cats of Kilkenny
engineer:
Nick Robbins (engineer) and Paul Scully
producer:
Elvis Costello
recorded at:
Elephant Studios in Tower Hamlets, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Wild Cats of Kilkenny
writer:
Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan
publisher:
Perfect Songs Ltd. (UK publisher, affiliated with PRS) and Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.
42:50
4I’m a Man You Don’t Meet Every Day
engineer:
Nick Robbins (engineer) and Paul Scully
producer:
Elvis Costello
lead vocals:
Cait O’Riordan
arranger:
The Pogues (Irish‐British Celtic punk band)
recorded at:
Elephant Studios in Tower Hamlets, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day (The Pogues arrangement)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Philip Chevron, James Fearnley, Jem Finer, Shane MacGowan, Cait O’Riordan, Andrew Ranken and Spider Stacy
arrangement of:
I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day
52:55
5A Pair of Brown Eyes
engineer:
Nick Robbins (engineer) and Paul Scully
producer:
Elvis Costello
recorded at:
Elephant Studios in Tower Hamlets, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
A Pair of Brown Eyes
lyricist and composer:
Shane MacGowan
publisher:
Perfect Songs Ltd. (UK publisher, affiliated with PRS) and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
4.355:01
6Sally MacLennane
engineer:
Nick Robbins (engineer) and Paul Scully
producer:
Elvis Costello
recorded at:
Elephant Studios in Tower Hamlets, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Sally MacLennane
composer:
Shane MacGowan
52:45
7Dirty Old Town
engineer:
Nick Robbins (engineer) and Paul Scully
producer:
Elvis Costello
recorded at:
Elephant Studios in Tower Hamlets, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Dirty Old Town
lyricist and composer:
Ewan MacColl (folksinger, songwriter, actor) (in 1949)
publisher:
Albert Music Publishing, Cooking Vinyl Ltd. (use “Cooking Vinyl” for release label), Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Francis, Day & Hunter (publisher) and Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.)
4.83:48
8Jesse James
engineer:
Nick Robbins (engineer) and Paul Scully
producer:
Elvis Costello
arranger:
The Pogues (Irish‐British Celtic punk band)
recorded at:
Elephant Studios in Tower Hamlets, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Jesse James
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
James Fearnley, Jem Finer, Shane MacGowan, Cait O’Riordan, Andrew Ranken and Spider Stacy
32:58
9Navigator
engineer:
Nick Robbins (engineer) and Paul Scully
producer:
Elvis Costello
recorded at:
Elephant Studios in Tower Hamlets, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Navigator
lyricist and composer:
Phil Gaston
44:13
10Billy’s Bones
engineer:
Nick Robbins (engineer) and Paul Scully
producer:
Elvis Costello
recorded at:
Elephant Studios in Tower Hamlets, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Billy's Bones
lyricist and composer:
Shane MacGowan
publisher:
Perfect Songs Ltd. (UK publisher, affiliated with PRS) and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
42:03
11The Gentleman Soldier
engineer:
Nick Robbins (engineer) and Paul Scully
producer:
Elvis Costello
recorded at:
Elephant Studios in Tower Hamlets, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
The Gentleman Soldier
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
James Fearnley, Jem Finer, Shane MacGowan, Cait O’Riordan, Andrew Ranken and Spider Stacy
52:05
12And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
engineer:
Nick Robbins (engineer) and Paul Scully
producer:
Elvis Costello
cover recording of:
And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
lyricist:
Eric Bogle
composer:
Eric Bogle (in 1971)
is based on:
Waltzing Matilda
58:10
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Credits

Release

mastering:Henry Rudkins
remastering:Nick Robbins (engineer)
fiddle:Henry Benagh
horn:Dick Cuthell
uilleann pipes:Tommy Keane (uilleann piper)
performer:Philip Chevron
James Fearnley
Jem Finer
Andrew Ranken
Shane MacGowan
Spider Stacy
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!)
miscellaneous support:Manor Mobile (mobile recording studio owned by Richard Branson in the mid 1970s until the late 1980s) (task: recorded by)
recorded at:Elephant Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
Glasgow Barrowlands in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
mastered at:AIR Mastering (Audio mastering division of Air Studios) in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
remastered at:Sound Mastering in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
glass mastered at:Sonopress in Gütersloh, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/35196412 [info]