Whether you were old school or balancing on the edge of the Scottish music scene there was something for everyone on this fantastic 10-track CD.
Free with the Scotland on Sunday newspaper, it featured 10 outstanding contemporary Scottish bands including Belle and Sebastian, Mull Historical Society, The Delgados, The Proclaimers and Sons & Daughters.
The final track on this promo was Trashcan Sinatras’ ‘Weightlifting’.
3 October 2004 Scotland on Sunday Newspaper
I couldn’t agree more.
This eight track custom CD sampler was released via Patio Music – a music and lifestyle company that over the years have brought attention to an eclectic genre of music not usually heard on radio.
Here, keeping company with artists as diverse as N.E.R.D. and Courtney Love, we find the Trashcans and ‘All The Dark Horses’ from the BoBame release ‘Weightlifting EP’.
A song fit for any patio in my opinion.
2006 Patio Music 038-PATCO (US)
…Everywhere I look around, Love is in the air, Every sight and every sound – so sang John Paul Young way back in the late 70s.
The new Trashcan Sinatras’ album, ‘In The Music’ is a record full of love and now Scotland’s national treasure, Eddi Reader, has joined in with her new album ‘Love Is The Way’.
A fantastic album and in my opinion her best collection of songs yet. Three of the songs on this copy feature the mighty talents of Mr John Douglas and his ukelele – ‘I Won’t Stand In Your Way’, ‘New York City’ and the forthcoming single ‘Roses’. As this is the promo release, there are no credits, but I believe Stephen Douglas makes an appearance on the album too.
‘New York City’ was originally written for ITM but fell at the final hurdle, but has thankfully been beautifully resurrected here.
Love is definitely in the air.
Can you spot John? Oh, there he is – snug as a thug in the doorway
2009 Rough Trade Records Ltd RTRADCD454
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A rare sample CD from Polydor in Japan.
There’s not much info on this release I’m afraid, but it includes tracks from artists such as The Beautiful South, Happy Mondays, The Soup Dragons, Tha La’s and of course the Trashcan Sinatras.
Two tracks from ‘Cake’ are featured here – ‘Obscurity Knocks’ and ‘Only Tongue Can Tell’.
1990 Polydor Records/London Go! Discs DCI-3025 (Japan)
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Originally hailing from Orkney, off the north coast of Scotland, Kris Drever cut his teeth on the Edinburgh traditional music scene in the late 1990s. The son of Ivan Drever, (of Celtic rockers, Wolfstone), Kris has picked up plenty of praise for his work with ‘Britfolk supergroup’, Lau, and his wonderful solo debut ‘Black Water’ made him a deserving winner of the BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award in 2007.
Here, on his single ‘Poor Man’s Son’ he is joined by Eddi Reader, Frank Reader and Roddie Woomble (Idlewild), who all provide harmony vocals.
Track down his album – you don’t have to be a folkie to enjoy it.
2006 Reveal Records, Cat. No. Reveal 18P
Five Hungry Joes - A pictorial archive of the Trashcan Sinatras. Legendary Scottish Band 