The Pogues-Red Roses For Me (1984)


 

Artist: The Pogues

Title: Red Roses For Me

Label: Enigma Records

Format: LP

Cat #: ST-73225

Year of Release: 1984

Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1984

Listed Condition: VG+/G 4" x 2" peel off

Sell Date: 12/11/20

Sell Price: $14.99

Discogs Last Sold: 11/3/20 $29.99 VG+/VG+

Low: $12.99

Median: $18.94

High:  $39.99

Current low price: $24.35 NM/NM

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 5

Have/Want: 437/180

Where Sold:  Sheridan, WY

Time it took to sell: 3 years

Where and When Bought: Nuggets Boston early 90's used under $5

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A-

Sad To See It Go: No

The misfortune of a flood in the back of my storage space rendered water damage to many of the "P" records in my collection.  One of the reason I decided to sell this stuff was I just can't store it--moving multiple times, cats, and water all have taken their toll on the will of The Reverse Collector (TM).  Might as well get as much money as I can out of it and enjoy it this way. So what was once a beautiful condition $30-40 record when it went into storage now went out the door for $15 due to cover damage, but was scarfed up for Xmas as a bargain with a couple other records including the Eddie & The Hot Rods earlier this week.

In my mind the with towers of the Pogues are the second (Rum Sodomy and the Lash) and the third (If I Should Fall From Grace With God).  The third best debut was always a bit of an afterthought for me.  Certainly there were hits from my radio years.  I think my 80's radio partner John had this in his crate of records WICN didn't have when we did our show before I bought it in Boston in the early 90's.  "Transmetropolitan," the album opener was the one that sticks in my craw as the one we played relentlessly.  "Streams of Whiskey" and "Down In The Ground Where The Dead Men Go" are the others that I remembered well, either from then or subliminal barroom exposure over the years.

The thing I loved instantly about the Pogues was their ability to sound raw with traditional instruments.  Listening to this album in headphones, I wished the sound wasn't as "wet."  But I'm a fascist when it comes to reverb, I like my shit dry as as a bone.  I dry it out in my head, then when years go by I'm often disappointed with even indie 80's production techniques then my own memory of the music.  Not that I don't have a greater problem with every subsequent decades production technique, but that is a different discussion.  One where nuance judgement is arbitrary, but core philosophy remains the same.  Sort've like life itself.

Headcleaner they call me.



 

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