Thanks for that info on the Battlefield March Medley. I didn't recognise any of the tunes, so that makes sense.

I was just listening to the Peace and Love CD. There is part of it which reminds me of the chorus of the song Seven Drunken Nights

I find it easier to pick the tunes if they are songs because I think of the words, but if it's a jig or reel without words I just can't pick the name of the tune even if I've heard it a hundred times.

There is an interesting gadget on this site. It uses software to compare tunes and then shows a graphic representation of the tunes with the most similar towards the centre and least similar at the edges.

Tunegraph for comparing tunes

It's fun to play around with, but not useful in my current quest because I do't think The Pogues' tunes are included.

Helen