Filed under: 1995-1996 A Happy Pocket | Tags: Hard-to-Find, LP, Trashcan Sinatras, Vinyl
In some circles this record could be described as something of a Holy Grail.
A 14-track vinyl LP with full colour picture sleeve complete with original picture/lyric inner. For me, this album just ebbs and flows with a wonderful variety of songs, and I think if I were to introduce someone to the TCS, I would sit them down and play them this.
If you do ever find this album, buy it – it’ll be worth whatever you spend on it.
1996 Go! Discs 828 696-1
Filed under: 1990-1991 Cake | Tags: Hard-to-Find, LP, Promo, Trashcan Sinatras, Vinyl
10-track white label promo test pressing of ‘Cake’ with handwritten label. The reverse label is completely blank.
The record is housed in a simple black card sleeve. The inner ring of the A-side is stamped with the catalogue number 828201-1 and the inscribed legend ‘The Exchange Ray’s’. The flip side has the catalogue number as well as the inscriptions ‘When is adore not adore?’ and also ‘The Exchange D.M.M Staff’. Not sure what the latter is referring to.
1990 Go! Discs 828 201-1
Filed under: 1992-1993 I've Seen Everything | Tags: LP, Trashcan Sinatras, Vinyl
UK release of the second album. Bought in 1993 for a recession-friendly price of £6.99, which is quite ironic given the state of the current economy.
14-track album, housed in a glossy picture sleeve complete with the original envelope-style inner glossy sleeve.
The inner ring of the A-side is inscribed with the legend “Hail Mary, Mungo and Midge,” which I can only assume refers to the BBC animated television series from 1969.
A favourite of the schoolboy Trashcans, perhaps?
1993 Go! Discs 828 408-1
Filed under: 1990-1991 Cake | Tags: Hard-to-Find, Import, LP, Promo, Trashcan Sinatras, Vinyl
This is a very scarce European version of the Cake LP. It has black-printed labels and was made in Holland, although the reverse of the outer sleeve has a French promo sticker.
The inner sleeve is printed on a thinner grade of paper than the UK release. The outer sleeve is virtually indistinguishable from the UK version, the only difference being two printed spines rather than one.
The inscribed ‘legends’ – ‘When is adore not adore?’ and ‘The exchange Ray’s’ – are missing from the inner ring of the vinyl.
1990 Go! Discs 828 201-1
Five Hungry Joes - A pictorial archive of the Trashcan Sinatras. Legendary Scottish Band 