If you look through this archive, you’ll find that the Trashcans have appeared on numerous compilation albums from around the globe.
Here’s another one. This one landed through my letterbox all the way from Thailand. Released in 1996 it includes ‘How Can I Apply?’ from third album ‘A Happy Pocket’. Other artists on the disc include Metallica, Def Leppard, Shed 7, two members of U2 and, (cough) Sting – there’s always one isn’t there?
1996 Polygram Records (Thailand) Ltd. 614-208 Follow @fivehungryjoes
Filed under: Related | Tags: Grants of Dalvey, Hard-to-Find, Promo, Trashcan Sinatras
…well, round actually.
Manufactured by Grants of Dalvey – way up in the Scottish Highlands – here’s a very rare promotional TCS hip flask. Shiny isn’t it?
Originally, it was thought this was released during 1996 by the Go! Discs label to promote third album ‘A Happy Pocket’, but prior to posting this story, I’ve been reliably informed (thanks Mr Livingston), that it was in fact produced around the time of first album, ‘Cake’.
Either way, very limited numbers were issued to DJs and the like, and I believe certain band members still have them in their possession too.
Hip indeed!
Apologies, but I ate all the shortbread and couldnae find ma bagpipes…
1990 Go! Discs Ltd
Still the only known CD series to include its own coaster as part of every cover package, this Orange Iced Tea volume from 2002 includes a wide variety of musical styles.
More of a soundtrack for lounging about on a lazy Sunday, sipping a wee cup of tea, or something much stronger if you’re that way inclined, it includes from the ’60s (Jack Jones’ “Wives and Lovers”), the ’70s (Jimmie Rodgers’ “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again”), the ’80s (the Style Council’s “Down in the Seine”), and the ’90s (the Trashcan Sinatras’ “How Can I Apply”).
What’s pretty cool about this compilation is there doesn’t appear to be a song out of place, it all just seems to hang together – stick it in the old CD player and before you know it your feet will be tapping away, all the way to the end – well, at least mine were.
Other highlights include Manfred Mann’s “Mighty Quinn,” and Chris Montez’s “Time After Time.”
More tea, vicar?
2002 Universal Music K.K. / Victor Entertainment POCE-3008 (Japan)
Filed under: Related | Tags: Hard-to-Find, Trashcan Sinatras, Video promo, Videos Lost & Found
…were a couple of video compilations released around 1997-98. ‘Official’ bootlegs, they included promo videos, TV appearances, band footage, etc.
Luckily my old VCR is in perfect working order, so it was good to take a wee stroll down memory lane to watch such delights as ‘Hayfever’ on the Beavis & Butthead show, ‘Looking Better Every Beer’ from the Arches in Glasgow, ‘Spooktime’ and who could forget their appearance on Square Meals – the Scottish TV programme which featured the Trashcans at their Shabby Road studios showing off their culinary skills. Magic!
Most, if not all, of these videos – and much, much more – are available on the wonderful YouTube. Click here or here.
Videos Lost…
Videos Found…
Another video compilation was available a year or so earlier. A single video, it included similar content which would eventually appear on the ‘Lost & Found’ set. Thanks to Sharon Linta for sending these over.
1996 – 1998 Videos Lost & Found
Filed under: Related | Tags: Cassette, Hard-to-Find, Les Inrockuptibles, The Smiths Is Dead, Trashcan Sinatras
The Smiths Is Dead 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’.
Here’s the 4-track promo cassette which includes the Trashcan’s version of ‘I Know It’s Over’.
1996
Five Hungry Joes - A pictorial archive of the Trashcan Sinatras. Legendary Scottish Band 