xx-xx-91
The Old Grey Whistle Test BBC TV
5 min.

A Rainy Night In Soho

Also circulates on video (see Videos).

Fairytale Of New York

Also circulates on video (see Videos). There are two versions of Shane and Kirsty doing "Fairytale Of New York" on Top Of The Pops. Both versions are usually labeled 1987. However, this version could not be in 1987. Shane has a thick beard, and rounder looking face. I would place the second version sometime in 1991, but I am not positive. Note that for this (91?) version, the screen actually does say "1987."

The Sunnyside Of The Street / Sayonara

This also circulates on video (see Videos).

Streams Of Whiskey / If I Should Fall From Grace With God / Cotton Fields (Andrew Ranken vocals) / Young Ned Of The Hill (Terry Woods vocals) / Rain Street / Sayonara / Sunnyside Of The Street / The Repeal Of The Licensing Laws / The Broad Majestic Shannon / The Body Of An American / Birmingham Six-Streets Of Sorrow / Gartloney Rats (Terry Woods vocals) / Summer In Siam / Thousands Are Sailing (Philip Chevron vocals) / Bottle Of Smoke / Dirty Old Town / The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn / Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

Streams Of Whiskey / If I Should Fall From Grace With God / Young Ned Of The Hill (Terry Woods vocals) / Rain Street / Sayonara / The Sunnyside Of The Street / The Broad Majestic Shannon / Gartloney Rats (Terry Woods vocals) / Summer In Siam / Thousands Are Sailing (Philip Chevron vocals) / Dirty Old Town / The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn / Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah / Fairytale Of New York (with Kirsty MacColl) / The Irish Rover

Also circulates on video (see Videos).

Dirty Old Town (cut off)

This song was broadcast by MTV on 01-Aug-91 in the program "Festival Music Weekend" (see Videos)

Streams Of Whiskey / If I Should Fall From Grace With God / Boys From The County Hell / Young Ned Of The Hill (Terry Woods vocals) / Rain Street / Sayonara / Repeal Of The Licensing Laws / The Body Of An American / Donegal Express / Gartloney Rats (Terry Woods vocals) / Summer In Siam / Thousands Are Sailing (Philip Chevron vocals) / Medley / The Sunnyside Of The Street / Dirty Old Town / The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn / Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah / Star Of The County Down (Andrew Ranken vocals) / Sally MacLennane / Fiesta / The Irish Rover

The Pogues play "Donegal Express" and it's awesome! Bootlegs from 1991 are generally not very good, but this one is definitely worth it just for this song. This show is also circulates on video (see Videos). There is an unknown song performed in the middle of "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah"

This title of this is show usually incorrectly referred to as "Illario Festa dell Unita, Silano, Italy". I believe that "Silano" was a mis-reading of "S.Ilario" (which is in the province of Reggio Emila and is approx. 13km from Parma). The Festa de l'Unità is the annual communist celebration in Italy, originally organised by the newspaper l'Unità ("Unity"). It is often misspelt "festa dell'unità" ("Unity party").

Streams Of Whiskey / If I Should Fall From Grace With God / Boys From The County Hell / Young Ned Of The Hill (Terry Woods vocals) / Rain Street / Donegal Express / Sayonara / The Repeal Of The Licensing Laws / The Body Of An American / Gartloney Rats (Terry Woods vocals) / Summer In Siam / Thousands Are Sailing (Philip Chevron vocals) / Medley / Sunnyside Of The Street / Dirty Old Town / The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn / Yeah,Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (Spider Stacy vocals) / The Star Of The County Down (Andrew Ranken vocals) / Sally MacLennane / The Irish Rover

The Pogues play "Donegal Express"

Streams Of Whiskey / If I Should Fall From Grace With God / Boys From The County Hell / Young Ned Of The Hill (Terry Woods vocals) / Rain Street / Sayonara / Repeal Of The Licensing Laws (reads "Battle Of Brisbane") / The Body Of An American / Summer In Siam / Thousands Are Sailing (Philip Chevron vocals) / The Sunnyside Of The Street / Dirty Old Town / The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn / Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah / Fiesta / Sally MacLennane

without Andrew Ranken

This show has been released on five commercial bootlegs, a semi-official CD (with two different covers) and DVD audio under the following titles:

"Live On Rain Street" - released by The Swingin' Pig Records on CD (TSP-CD-108) and LP (TSP 108) which was made on both black and red vinyl.
"Sayonara" - also released on CD and LP by Magic Mushroom Records (MMR-CD9202) - I have no details of the catalog number of the LP.
"Drunken Boys" - released on CD by Dead Dog Records (SE-301) with a picture of a hand holding a whiskey glass on the cover (the CD states "Live 91" whereas the cover artwork states Live 92 !!). Also released on CD by an unnamed record company with the same catalogue number (SE-301) with a photo of Shane on the cover.
"Bad Lieutenant" - released on CD in 2002 by De Niro Discs (the catalogue number on the CD is DND1991, whereas CD cover states DN 9001 !!).
"Streams Of Whiskey" - released on CD in 2002 by Castle Music/Sanctuary Records. The UK (CMRCD388) and USA (82310-72002-2) releases have different covers and catalogue numbers. Also released on DVD-Audio in 2003 by Silverline Records (288100-9) and on vinyl (2 LP's) in 2004 by Earmark (Earmark 42037) - The Pogues disassociated themselves from these "official" releases.

"Sayonara" and "Drunken Boys" CDs/LPs are missing the songs "Streams Of Whiskey", "Fiesta", and "Sally MacLennane." The "Drunken Boys" CD is also missing "The Sunnyside Of The Street."

Both the "Sayonara" and "Drunken Boys" LPs/CDs add four songs at the end of the 12-Jul-91 show: "Sally MacLennane", "A Pair Of Brown Eyes", "The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn", and "Maggie May." These four songs were taken from the Pogues singles "If I Should Fall From Grace With God" and "Fairytale Of New York" where they were released as live B-sides from the 19-Dec-87 Barrowlands Ballroom show.

"The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn" from this (12-Jul-91) show was broadcast on MTV and circulates on video (see Videos). The photo's of Shane used for the covers of "Live On Rain Street", "Sayonara" and "Drunken Boys" are taken from the television broadcast.

The Pogues: If I Should Fall From Grace With God / Boys From The County Hell / Sayonara / Young Ned Of The Hill (Terry Woods vocals) / White City / Rain Street / Thousands Are Sailing (Philip Chevron vocals) / The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn / Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah / Sally MacLennane
with The Chieftains: Streams Of Whiskey / Medley / Biddy Mulligan / Repeal Of The Licensing Laws / Kitty / ??? Instrumental ??? / London You're A Lady / Dirty Old Town / Drowsie Maggie - Scott Joplin rags / Star Of The County Down (Andrew Ranken vocals) / Paddy O'Reilly / The Irish Rover / Waxie's Dargle / Drowsie Maggie

Probably the best bootleg from 1991. The Pogues/Chieftains mix is great. The medley of songs after "Dirty Old Town" is definitly the highlight of the show. They play a mixture of traditional tunes, including a series of rags by early 20th century American composer Scott Joplin - it goes on for 9 minutes! There's also nothing like the Pogues and Chieftains playing "Drowsie Maggie" - the song Shane based his own "Squid Out Of Water" on.

Streams Of Whiskey / If I Should Fall From Grace With God / Young Ned Of The Hill (Terry Woods vocals) / Rain Street / Sayonara / Repeal Of The Licensing Laws / The Body Of An American / Summer In Siam / Thousands Are Sailing (Philip Chevron vocals) / Medley / The Sunnyside Of A Street Dirty Old Town / The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn / Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah / Star Of The County Down (Andrew Ranken vocals) / Sally MacLennane / Waxie's Dargle

Also circulates on video (see Videos).

Streams Of Whiskey / The Sunnyside Of The Street / Greenland Whale Fisheries / Young Ned Of The Hill (Terry Woods vocals) / Summer In Siam / Cotton Fields / Thousands Are Sailing (Philip Chevron vocals) / Repeal Of The Licensing Laws / Kitty

Also circulates on video (see Videos).

Streams Of Whiskey / If I Should Fall From Grace With God / Young Ned Of The Hill (Terry Woods vocals) / Rain Street / Sayonara / Repeal Of The Licensing Laws / White City / Gartloney Rats (Terry Woods vocals) / Summer In Siam / Thousands Are Sailing (Philip Chevron vocals) / Medley / Dirty Old Town / The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn / Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah / Johnny Come Lately (Steve Earle vocals) / Fairytale Of New York (with Kirsty MacColl)

Not a very good show. Also circulates on video (see Videos). I'm not sure what exactly Billy Bragg does during this show, but he is there.

Streams Of Whiskey / If I Should Fall From Grace With God / Cotton Fields / Young Ned Of The Hill (Terry Woods vocals) / Rain Street / Sayonara / Repeal Of The Licensing Laws / The Body Of An American / White City / Gartloney Rats (Terry Woods vocals) / Summer In Siam / Thousands Are Sailing (Philip Chevron vocals) / The Sunnyside Of The Street / Dirty Old Town / The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn / Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah / Star Of The County Down (Andrew Ranken vocals) / Sally MacLennane

Streams Of Whiskey / If I Should Fall From Grace With God / Cotton Fields / Young Ned Of The Hill (Terry Woods vocals) / Rain Street / Sayonara / Repeal Of The Licensing Laws / The Body Of An American / Greenland Whale Fisheries / Gartloney Rats (Terry Woods vocals) / Summer In Siam / Thousands Are Sailing (Philip Chevron vocals) / The Sunnyside Of The Street / Dirty Old Town / The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn / Sally MacLennane / Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah / Star Of The County Down (Andrew Ranken vocals) / The Irish Rover

This is the last Pogues show with Shane, and by now they're just going through the motions....it's a very bad performance. There are some interesting things that happen between songs - even a few insults. Also circulates on video (see Videos).

Streams Of Whiskey / If I Should Fall From Grace With God / Cotton Fields / Young Ned Of The Hill (Terry Woods vocals) / Rain Street / Sayonara / Repeal Of The Licensing Laws / The Body Of An American / Greenland Whale Fisheries / Gartloney Rats (Terry Woods vocals) / Summer In Siam / Thousands Are Sailing (Philip Chevron vocals) / The Sunnyside Of The Street / Dirty Old Town / The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn / Sally MacLennane / Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah / The Irish Rover