After four decades, ‘Red Roses For Me’ is still celebrated as a ground-breaking debut album from an unlikely group of supposed ne’er-do-wells from London’s Kings Cross in the convulsive aftermath of the re-election of the Thatcher government. The album mashes traditional songs and instrumentals – about death and drink, love and London – with those of frontman Shane MacGowan’s – and all fuelled by the punk ethos.

Disc 1
1. Transmetropolitan – The Pogues
2. The Battle of Brisbane – The Pogues
3. The Auld Triangle – The Pogues
4. Waxie’s Dargle – The Pogues
5. Boys from the County Hell – The Pogues
6. Sea Shanty – The Pogues
7. Dark Streets of London – The Pogues
8. Streams of Whiskey – The Pogues
9. Poor Paddy – The Pogues
10. Dingle Regatta – The Pogues
11. Greenland Whale Fisheries – The Pogues
12. Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go – The Pogues
13. Kitty – The Pogues

Disc 2
1. The Leaving of Liverpool (Bonus Track) – The Pogues
2. Muirshin Durkin (Bonus Track) – The Pogues
3. Repeal of the Licensing Laws (Bonus Track) – The Pogues
4. And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda (Bonus Track) – The Pogues
5. Whiskey You’re the Devil (Bonus Track) – The Pogues
6. The Wild Rover (Bonus Track) – The Pogues
7. Streams of Whiskey (John Peel Session 10th April 1984) – The Pogues
8. Greenland Whale Fisheries (John Peel Session 10th April 1984) – The Pogues
9. Boys from the County Hell (John Peel Session 10th April 1984) – The Pogues
10. The Auld Triangle (John Peel Session 10th April 1984) – The Pogues
11. Dingle Regatta/Holly Johnsons (David ‘Kid’ Jensen Session 21st June 1984) – The Pogues
12. Poor Paddy On the Railway (David ‘Kid’ Jensen Session 21st June 1984) – The Pogues
13. The Boys from the County Hell (David ‘Kid’ Jensen Session 21st June 1984) – The Pogues
14. Connemara, Let’s Go! (David ‘Kid’ Jensen Session 21st June 1984) – The Pogues
15. Whiskey You’re the Devil (John Peel Session 4th December 1984) – The Pogues
16. The Navigator (John Peel Session 4th December 1984) – The Pogues
17. Sally McLannan (John Peel Session 4th December 1984) – The Pogues
18. Danny Boy (John Peel Session 4th December 1984) – The Pogues