Filed under: Related | Tags: Hard-to-Find, Import, Music, Music DVD, spinART Records, Trashcan Sinatras, Video promo
Short sighted is more like it, if you ask me.
spinART Records – in the beginning – sounded like a decent business proposal for the Trashcans. A reputation for signing up-and-coming bands preceded them, with great claims to providing great support to their artists. Artists like The Sunshine Fix, The Dears, Apples In Stereo and of course the Trashcan Sinatras.
But sadly it was not to be and the label went tits up towards the end of 2007. This left most of the bands on their roster without a home, but more importantly, without much-needed finance, whilst Jeff Price (spinART’s founder) escaped relatively unscathed and went on to form another company – no doubt with all the band’s money.
Not the work of a far sighted visionary record label I’m sure you’ll agree. There’s more opinions on this story here and here.
Anyhow, back to the matter in hand. Here’s a promo DVD from spinART which includes the aforementioned artists and has the Trashcans performing ‘It’s A Miracle’ from their live session at KCRW – the DVD of which is available on the deluxe version of fourth album ‘Weightlifting’.
It’s magic.
The credits for the picture below should in fact read ‘…Morning Becomes Eclectic…’
2005 spinART Records (US)
Filed under: Related | Tags: CD, Go! Discs, Hard-to-Find, Music, Promo, Trashcan Sinatras
Limited edition promotional CD for Go! Discs from sometime in 1993.
Two tracks from the Trashcans – Obscurity Knocks and I’ve Seen Everything – are included alongside other artists such as The La’s, The Beautiful South, Beats International and The Dostoyevsky’s (?)
1993 Fine Tunes / Go! Discs Music GOCD 2002
Filed under: Related | Tags: CD, Hard-to-Find, Music, Promo, SXSW Festival, Trashcan Sinatras
With the support of the Scottish Arts Council, a record number of Scottish bands performed in Austin, Texas at the South-by-Southwest (SxSW) music and film festival in 2004.
The ‘Scottish Invasion’ as it was affectionately known, was an opportunity for a number of the bands including the Trashcans to showcase their talents. Others acts who performed included Biffy Clyro, Idlewild and Hobotalk.
Between March 17-21 the Trashcans made a number of appearances and interviews in support of the upcoming ‘Weightlifting’ album, with their official SxSW showcase gig, taking place at midnight at the Fox and Hound on Friday March 19.
Here’s a promo CD from this time. All tracks are studio recordings.
2004 Scottish Music Centre / Nemis (New Music in Scotland)
Filed under: Related | Tags: Music, Phoenix Festival, Tour Programme, Trashcan Sinatras
In 1993, the TCS were lucky enough to play the inaugural Phoenix Festival – set up by the Mean Fiddler Group as an alternative to the established Glastonbury and Reading Festivals.
It was held at Long Marston Airfield near Stratford-Upon-Avon in England, and was one of the first four-day British festivals. However, the event was marred by controversy as strict rules from the organisers prevented those in attendance from doing the usual festival things like – having a camp fire or playing amplified music.
So it’s just as well drugs, alcohol and liberal sex were a popular alternative.
Here’s some snippets from the official programme…
The caption on the photograph above goes like this…
After more than two and a half years in self-imposed exile, The Trash Can Sinatras re-appeared last year. Their new material, stemming from this period, covers themes from shoplifting to suicide. But, ever the perfectionists, they refused to release anything until the production of the latest album ‘I’ve Seen Everything’ met their approval.
1993 Phoenix Festival July 16, 17, 18
Filed under: Related | Tags: CD, Half Man Half Biscuit, HMHB, Larry Primrose, Music, Ripping Yarns, Trashcan Sinatras
…are names that will be unfamiliar to most.
But if you were a fan of TV Series ‘Ripping Yarns’, then you may just recognise them. Ripping Yarns was a British television comedy series, written by two members of the Monty Python team, Michael Palin and Terry Jones. The series ran on the BBC from 1976 to 1979. Each episode had a completely different setting and completely different characters, each looking at a different aspect of British culture.
I know you’re probably wondering what this has to do with the Trashcan Sinatras, but stick with me.
One of the episodes from this series, ‘Golden Gordon’ featured a football team called Barnstoneworth United, of which McIntyre, Treadmore and Davitt were players.
Now, in 1991 a band with the wonderful name, Half Man Half Biscuit – from Birkenhead, a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England – released their third album which was called, yes, you’ve guessed it – ‘McIntyre, Treadmore and Davitt’.
And here’s the connection; the majority of the album was recorded and mixed at Shabby Road Studios and was engineered by Larry Primrose and Frank Reader, although at the time Frank was using the surname Read.
Voilà! I thank you.
I first ‘discovered’ HMHB way back in 1987 when they played at Daddy Warbucks in Glasgow. A sweaty night with those in attendance going mental for songs with titles such as ‘The Trumpton Riots’, ‘All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit’, ‘Sealclubbing’ and crowd sing-a-long favourite, ‘Fuckin’ Hell It’s Fred Titmus’ – I’ve been a fan ever since.
1991 Probe Plus Records PROBE30CD
Five Hungry Joes - A pictorial archive of the Trashcan Sinatras. Legendary Scottish Band 