Filed under: 1992-1993 I've Seen Everything | Tags: CD, Hard-to-Find, Import, Music, Trashcan Sinatras
‘Hayfever’. 4-track CD single backed with ‘Say’, ‘Kangaroo Court’ and ‘Skin Diving’.
This German release, as you can see, came in a standard jewel case, rather than the digi-pak.
1993 Go! Discs Ltd GODCD98 857-109-2
Filed under: 2004-2006 Weightlifting | Tags: CD, Import, Music, Trashcan Sinatras
Japanese import of fourth album ‘Weightlifting’. This release included the bonus track ‘In Capitals’.
The usual Japanese attention to detail is here to see in the packaging, which comes with a lyric booklet and obi-strip.
On the second bottom photograph, you’ll see a small box with 04.9.29 printed. I think this refers to the release date in Japan, which was before the UK release in October.
The photography on this CD is excellent.
2004 Avex Inc. CTCM-65078 (Japan)
Filed under: 1992-1993 I've Seen Everything | Tags: Cassette, Hard-to-Find, Import, Music, Trashcan Sinatras
Canadian release of ‘I’ve Seen Everything’. Unfortunately this is not the original casing, I stood on that – oops!
Not to worry though, the cassette plays like new.
1993 Go! Discs Ltd 828408-4 (Canada)
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)
Five Hungry Joes - A pictorial archive of the Trashcan Sinatras. Legendary Scottish Band 