Limited edition promo sample 2-disc 4-track EP (originally released in 1999).
Issued to radio stations & reviewers ahead of the actual release date to promote the album release, includes bonus DVD containing a live performance in Tokyo’s Club Quattro 21st May 2005, lyric booklet picture sleeve plus custom stickered back insert with obi-strip. The inner ring of both the CD and DVD are printed with the words ‘Sample’ and ‘Loaned’.
The snow photographs within the booklet were taken at Glasgow’s Botanic Gardens by John Douglas. The artwork was designed by Shinsaku Murota from It’s A Beautiful Day Ltd.
A great example of how music packaging should be done.
2006 Sony Music SRCP 402-3 (Japan)
Filed under: 2004-2006 Weightlifting | Tags: CD, Hard-to-Find, Import, Music, Trashcan Sinatras
Deluxe Edition 2-disc CD/DVD set comprises a 14-track CD album with 2 exclusive acoustic bonus tracks—All The Dark Horses and Weightlifting—plus an NTSC DVD featuring the band’s performance on Morning Becomes Eclectic at California-based radio station KCRW on March 16, 2004. The set also includes a fold-out digipak picture sleeve with a picture/lyric insert.
If your copy—like this one—is signed by the band, you have a rare edition of this album, as only 500 of the CD booklets were signed.
2004 spinART Records SPART 155
This rare CD, limited to approximately 4,000 copies, includes the Trashcans performing an acoustic version of ‘The Safecracker’. An updated version appears on A Happy Pocket.
The Adventure Club was a Sunday night session hosted by Alex Luke on the Dallas-Fort Worth radio station The Edge 94.5. Some sessions were recorded live on air on the night the bands played in the studio, others were recorded at the Edge studios.
All proceeds from the sale of these CDs went to charity. The artists included XTC, Frank Black, Lemonheads, James, and Blur, amongst others.
1993 The Adventure Club ASC001 (USA)
Filed under: 2008-2010 In The Music | Tags: CD, Hard-to-Find, Promo, Trashcan Sinatras
A one-track promo CD was distributed to the radio and press in the UK. This might be as close as you’ll come to seeing it, as it was limited to approximately 50 copies.
Released as a digital download only. The song was inspired by the late Syd Barrett, a founding member of Pink Floyd.
The single was released with a charity festival in Syd’s honour in Cambridge and London in October 2008. More info here
2008 Lo-Five Records. Escape Artists (promo)
The album was released in 1996. It was compiled by the French art criticism magazine Les Inrockuptibles and released to celebrate the 10th anniversary of The Smiths’ 1986 album, ‘The Queen Is Dead.’
10-track compilation with the Trashcans covering ‘I Know It’s Over’ amongst others. This was also released on cassette. Sleeve pictures are from ‘Kes’, a film by Ken Loach.
1996 Les Editions Indépendantes/Les Inrockuptibles “Small” 486 745-2 LI 9602
Five Hungry Joes - A pictorial archive of the Trashcan Sinatras. Legendary Scottish Band 