The Pogues – Migrants on the Home Front: Live in Dublin, 1985 (12-Inch Double-LP on Red Vinyl)

This double album captures the Pogues’ fiery gig at McGonagle’s, in Dublin, on 1 March 1985, in its entirety.

Perversion, anger, chaos, drunkenness, stumbling, falling, ferociousness, honesty, brilliant… just some of the words The Irish Times used to review the Pogues’ first ever home game at the iconic McGonagle’s.

Still riding the early wave of their unique fusion of punk energy and traditional Irish folk, the band delivered a spirited performance packed with grit, passion, and swagger.

Playing each song as if it were their last, the Pogues ripped through classics such as Sally MacLennane, A Pair of Brown Eyes, Streams of Whiskey, Boys from the County Hell and many more.

 

Track Listing

Side One

1. Greenland Whale Fisheries (2:15)
2. Repeal of the Licensing Laws (1:57)
3. Boys from the County Hell (2:58)
4. Whiskey, You’re the Devil (2:20)
5. Transmetropolitan (3:01)

Side Two

1. A Pair of Brown Eyes (5:06)
2. Dark Streets of London (3:12)
3. Streams of Whiskey (2:50)
4. Sally MacLennane (2:58)

Side Three

1. The Auld Triangle (4:03)
2. Kitty (4:07)
3. Dingle Regatta (2:36)
4. Poor Paddy Works on the Railway (3:01)
5. The Battle of Brisbane (1:40)

Side Four

1. Waxie’s Dargle (2:55)
2. And the Band Played Waltzing Mathilda (5:11)
3. Muirshin Durkin (2:04)
4. Boys from the County Hell (4:17)

Format: Vinyl / 12” Album (Coloured Vinyl)

No of Discs: 2

Label: Parachute

Catalogue No: PARA636LP

Barcode: 0803341592988

Release Date: 20 Jun 2025