Filed under: Related | Tags: CD, Hard-to-Find, Import, Promo, Trashcan Sinatras
The US Billboard publishes many different music charts, following various music styles: rock, country, dance and even ringtones for mobile phones. The most famous charts are the Hot 100 and Billboard 200s.
At the end of each year, Billboard tallies the results of all of its charts, and the results are published in a year-end issue. On a regular basis compilation CDs – like this one – are produced for these charts of upcoming singles, albums etc. This one included the Trashcans’ ‘Bloodrush’, which became a US only release. Other artists on the CD included Suzanne Vega and The Kinks.
The CD was released in conjunction with the Adult album alternative (also known as “Triple A”) radio, most of which are alternative rock songs that are aimed towards an older audience.
June 1993 The Hard Report Inc (US)
Filed under: Press | Tags: Fanzine, Hard-to-Find, Music, Press, Stephen Maughan, This Almighty Pop, Trashcan Sinatras
…is a legendary music fanzine that was produced between 1988 and 1990. It was is created by Stephen Maughan and during that time he produced four issues which included articles, fan letters and reviews on a host of new and upcoming bands.
This one – Issue Four – included a piece on the Trashcan Sinatras and was issued during the summer of 1990. Each issue was accompanied by a flexi-disc (not included here).
In the Autumn of 2008 – after an 18 year hiatus – Stephen released Issue Five of This Almighty Pop, embracing modern technologies such as colour and CD-Rs.
A great little project.
This Almighty Pop Fanzine Summer 1990
Filed under: Related | Tags: CD, Hard-to-Find, Import, Promo, Trashcan Sinatras
The Album Network was set up to generate interest in alternative music. It would develop and maintain radio and retail charts of up and coming artists through college and alternative radio stations and nationwide retail record outlets.
These charts also provided weekly record review columns as well as weekly summarisations of goings-on in the alternative music sector and from time-to-time a CD, like this one, would be released.
Most were hit and miss, but depending on your tastes, you could have got lucky and discovered some decent songs.
The Trashcans’ second single (according to the sleeve notes) ‘Obscurity Knocks’ is included on this one alongside Pop Will Eat Itself, The Hollow Men, Inspiral Carpets and the Chicksaw Mudd Puppies.
Inspiring stuff!
21 January 1991 The Album Network (US)
Food good. Plenty to drink. Hotel* wonderful. Weather pish!
Sums up my 5-day endurance test away to T in the Park 2010 perfectly. Yes, I’ve been on a wee holiday folks, so apologies for the lack of FHJ posts.
There’s not a lot been happening in the land of Trashcan memorabilia, but I did come across these two postcards from way back in 1993. These were sent out to fans on the mailing list updating them on what the band were up to.
The first one is for the release of second album ‘I’ve Seen Everything’ and the second one is for the release of the single of the same name. This one also includes some tour dates.
First class!
(*please substitute with tent)
Second class!
April/May 1993 Go! Discs
Filed under: 2004-2006 Weightlifting | Tags: CD, Hard-to-Find, Import, Music, Promo, Trashcan Sinatras
…only if you look hard enough that is – the rare sight of the sample CD for fourth album, ‘Weightlifting’.
The little white squares on the reverse of the inlay card would have been numbered to indicate which tracks were included – 5 or 6 songs normally. This copy had no indication of how many were included, but when I popped it into the old CD player – 12 tracks were duly displayed. A ‘Brucie’ bonus don’t you think.
The band photography was by Colin Dunsmuir and the sleeve was designed by Kevin Hobbs.
2004
Five Hungry Joes - A pictorial archive of the Trashcan Sinatras. Legendary Scottish Band 