Filed under: Related | Tags: Hard-to-Find, Import, LP, Music, Promo, Trashcan Sinatras, Vinyl
spinART Records – one time American home to the TCS – released this vinyl only promo in 2005 which included all-exclusive material from the label’s roster.
Only 600 of these were made available to retail and it included such artists as Frank Black (The Pixies), Apollo Sunshine, The Dears and of course, the Trashcans. There are 10 tracks on this release, but the lack of information on these is disappointing, to say the least.
Here the live version of ‘Hayfever’ from Le Bataclan in Paris, France 1996 is included. This originally featured on the ‘Weightlifting E.P.’ (BoBame 005)
If you’re into collecting rarities, then this may be on your list. Copies do spring up from time-to-time, but if you want the live track, I’d recommend the ‘Weightlifting E.P.’
Note the spelling error on the label – ‘Heyfever’ – shocking!
2005 spinART Records SPART 164 (US)
Filed under: 1995-1996 A Happy Pocket | Tags: CD, Hard-to-Find, Import, Music, Trashcan Sinatras
Very rare ‘A Happy Pocket’ CD from Japan.
The Japanese approach to CD packaging is elaborate and sometimes excessive – but you do get your money’s worth. This CD includes the famous ‘obi-strip’. The term is derived from the name of the piece of wide fabric – the obi – that a geisha woman would wear around her waist over the traditional Kimono dress (you learn something every day).
On the CD itself, it is marked ‘sample’ – which seems to be quite common in Japan – although this is not a promo. This release includes a fold-out lyric booklet which is printed in the ~kana script – which are syllabic Japanese scripts commonly used to write words of foreign origin.
1996 Polydor Records POCD-1223 (Japan)
Filed under: 1992-1993 I've Seen Everything | Tags: CD, Hard-to-Find, Import, Music, Promo, Trashcan Sinatras
Hard to find 1-track promo for ‘Bloodrush’.
Taken from second album ‘I’ve Seen Everything’, this was supposed to be the single that completed the anchor design from the ISE releases, but only ever saw the light of day in America.
1993 London Go! Discs CDP895 (US)
Filed under: 1992-1993 I've Seen Everything | Tags: CD, Hard-to-Find, Music, Trashcan Sinatras
The second album from TCS came in this excellent digi-pak design.
As the band would admit, a much darker album than debut ‘Cake’, although ‘ISE’ did make it into the UK charts – nestling in at number 50.
This release included a John Douglas artwork print – I wonder what the originals are worth?
1993 Go! Discs Ltd 828402-2
Filed under: 1995-1996 A Happy Pocket | Tags: Hard-to-Find, Music, Trashcan Sinatras, Vinyl
‘The Main Attraction’ EP was the first single from third album ‘A Happy Pocket’, and was released in limited quantities (possibly 2,000).
According to a posting on the TCS mailing list, the idea behind releasing this single as a limited format was to increase awareness of the band after such a long period out of the public eye.
With TMA not being an obvious single choice for the band, they let their record label ‘get on with it’ so to speak, before releasing a properly distributed record a couple of months later.
This is the 4-track 7-inch release…
Not known at this address.
1996 Go! Discs Ltd GOD141 850476-7
Five Hungry Joes - A pictorial archive of the Trashcan Sinatras. Legendary Scottish Band 