Rum Sodomy & The Lash (Vinyl LP) Afrobeat & African

Rum Sodomy & The Lash (Vinyl LP) Afrobeat & AfricanProduced by Elvis Costello, the Pogues' second album brilliantly courted irish drinking music with the thornier aspects of punk. Cait O' Riordan would eventually marry the producer and leave the band, but Shane Macgowan always made it his show and here he exploits his barfly voice to full effect. 'And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda' is worthy of Tom Waits, while 'A Pair of Brown Eyes' is as sentimental as he gets. The addition of uillean pipes,

This record sees its first official vinyl release since 1971

EMINENT SLEAZE is a wholly unethical life lesson strapped to a piece of grimy

" an open-ended soul groove overdriven into Afro-funk by Fela's orchestra

3 tracks taken from the " Alice in Ultraland " album originally released in 2005 on Harvest - this 10" is a precursor to the re-release of the original full length album

Encapsulating their ferocious

Bridges pleads with the heavens - "Look at the mess that I made / Just a man with unclean hands"- only to be reminded of God's eternal love

and killer instrumental chops

big consolation and happiness

parallel one

and a haunted house somewhere in Wellington

and 'On My Own'

eerie wonder