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POPnews is a popular French based webzine that sporadically releases CD compilations which include some truly fantastic tracks.
POPvolume#2 is no exception, with the wonderful Astrid, Lambchop, Orwell and the Trashcans included. John Douglas used to go busking and the track, ‘In Capitals’, which features on this CD, was written about those days.
On the POPnews website the following accompanies the CD review…
“Kilmarnock must be a very very remote city so that the news of Trash Can Sinatras arrives to us also sporadically. It must also be a splendid city if the songs reflect their geographical origins. After 3 albums received by enthusiastic critical greeting but timid public reactions the TCS have returned (finally! shout the despaired fan) and give us (in exclusivity) the fruit in their long studio work. Misty like the plains of Scotland the melody escapes slowly from a crystal guitar. It feels great to hear them again”.
Very deep Monsieur.
2001 POPnews PNW002 (France)
An excellent double-CD compilation which included the Trashcans’ cover version of ‘To Sir, With Love’
Other artists on this release included Teenage Fanclub, Primal Scream, Radiohead and The La’s.
1997 Polygram TV/Polygram Records 553 295-2
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Polydor’s ‘Good Morning 90’s’ was a series of three compilations released only to the Greek market.
TCS appeared on Volume 3 with debut single, ‘Obscurity Knocks’ with such artists as The Cure, Happy Mondays, The La’s and The Fall.
1991 Polydor Records/Polygram LP/845 503-1 (Greece)
If my memory serves me right this badge – with the band name – was available around the ‘Cake’ era along with a couple of others printed with ‘I Hate Music’ and ‘The Cliché Kills’. Not sure how many more there were.
Nice though.
1990-1991
…was released by Eddi Reader in 2006 and included a couple of songs written by John Douglas – namely ‘Prisons’ and ‘Should I Pray?’
Both these songs as you know appear on the TCS’ most recent long player ‘In The Music’.
‘Prisons’ is a simple, stripped down duet with John and Eddi swapping harmonies throughout and I think it’s just magic, whilst ‘Should I Pray’ takes on a different dimension with female lead vocals as opposed to TCS’ later version.
Another song covered by Eddi on this album is ‘The Afton’, written by Johnny Dillon from Heirloom – a band who were at one time graced with the talents of Mr John Douglas and Mr Livingston.
2006 Rough Trade Records Ltd RTRADCD233
Five Hungry Joes - A pictorial archive of the Trashcan Sinatras. Legendary Scottish Band 