This is the jewel case version of ‘Snow’, subsequent to the original digi-pak.
The washed out colour on the inner sleeve notes is about the only real difference in this release.
1999 SMEJ Associated Records/Sony Music Entertainment AICT 129 (Japan)
Filed under: Related | Tags: CD, Hard-to-Find, Import, Music, Trashcan Sinatras
Not an official release. This is a later version of double CD ‘On A B Road’.
There are 42 tracks on this release, as opposed to 46 on the earlier 2001 version. I have no idea why. Most of the tracks are pretty much the same. The booklet has a brief description and history of each of the songs.
The paintings on the front and back cover are by John Douglas.
Nice!
Quick update: This version was a revision of the 46 track release with a couple of low quality live songs removed at the band’s request. Some live songs were also replaced with the original recorded versions. ‘Leave Me Alone’ was excluded as this was being re-recorded for the ‘Weightlifting’ album.
Although the BoBame releases are ‘unofficial’, the band were involved in all of them, from track listings to liner notes to artwork.
2003/2004 BoBame Recordings BOBAME004 (US)
Filed under: Related | Tags: CD, Hard-to-Find, Import, Music, Trashcan Sinatras
Not an official release. ‘On A B Road’ is a limited CD of b-sides and cover songs which was available from I think, the end of 2000 or around the beginning of 2001.
The double CD includes most of the songs that appeared on the single version of ‘On A B Road’, ‘On A B Road…Again’ and the ‘Aberrations’ compilations. Some of the original songs have been replaced with better or different versions from various sources.
The picture on the left at the very bottom of this post, is a still from the film ‘Spooktime’.
The CDs were titled ‘Heaven Av’ and Irvine St’ which are taken from the ‘Useless’ lyric ‘Some are born in heaven/Some are born in Irvine’.
Lucky old me was born in Irvine.
2000 BoBame Records International BOBAME002
Filed under: 1995-1996 A Happy Pocket | Tags: CD, Import, Promo, Trashcan Sinatras, Vinyl
‘Twisted and Bent’. The second single released from third album ‘A Happy Pocket’.
The song – originally called ‘Remember Phil’ – started off being written about a guy Paul met one night at a disco but soon evolved into something different, which explains the title change.
1996 Go! Discs Ltd GOD147 850 560-7 (7-inch single)
This is the 4-track CD release. I have included the promo stickered version although the packaging and CD are exactly the same as the regular release.
Below and to the right show the packaging differences between the UK and European release. This one is from Germany and doesn’t have the catalogue number GODCD147 printed, with the exception of the CD. There are, if you look closely, slight differences on the insert card – namely on the spine and some changes on type layout.
1996 Go! Discs Ltd GODCD147 850 561-2
2-track bootleg 7-inch single that, I think, accompanied some copies of the TCS fanzine, “Autopsy”.
This fanzine was published by TCS mailing list members Sarah Frederiksen and Chris Dooley. Running to approximately 20 pages it included lyrics, a discography, a band history, trivial facts and biographies. There were around 250 copies printed. The ‘Iceburg’ single, according to official sources, had no connection with Sarah or Chris, so I am unsure as to who actually produced it.
The two tracks are ‘Iceburg’ on the A-side and ‘Remember Phil’ on the flip side, which is, of course ‘Twisted and Bent’.
The uncredited cover photographs are, on the front, some penguins and a ship’s Captain on the reverse. No idea who the Captain is but the handwritten note underneath states ‘Look after my best girl, but don’t flirt with her”.
An unofficial release that is extremely hard-to-find.
1993 POIT Records POIT01 L-43877 (USA)
Five Hungry Joes - A pictorial archive of the Trashcan Sinatras. Legendary Scottish Band 