This CD was the third single from debut album ‘Cake’.
‘Circling The Circumference’ was backed with ‘My Mistake’ and ‘White Horses’ – an interpretation of the 1960’s ‘The White Horses’ TV series theme tune.
The solo on the title track is a cracker.
1990 Go! Discs Ltd GODCD46 / 869 177-2 (UK)
Filed under: 1995-1996 A Happy Pocket | Tags: Hard-to-Find, Music, Promo, Trashcan Sinatras, Vinyl
…is a British film from 1967 starring Sidney Poitier and Lulu that deals with social and racial issues in an inner city school.
Throughout their career the TCS have covered several songs. When they first started playing live, they would throw in a couple of cover versions to fill out their set – Van Morrison, The Smiths or Velvet Underground – so, it’s no surprise that they make such a good, if not, better job of other people’s tracks, and ‘To Sir, With Love’ is no exception.
Here’s a rare 12-inch one track white label promo.
On this copy there is no indication as to what it is promoting – some copies do have a handwritten title, which helps. The etched kangaroo on the flip side is the only clue as to what era it comes from.
The inner ring of the playing side is etched with ‘I’m off to the Ladies, she’s off to the Gents’ – a lyric from the single ‘The Main Attraction’.
As this was published as part of a press release, I can’t imagine there being too many of them around.
1996 Go! Discs Ltd 2SIR-1 (UK)
Filed under: 2004-2006 Weightlifting | Tags: CD, Import, Music, Trashcan Sinatras
An advance preview release of the album ‘Weightlifting’.
This CD included the final mixes of All The Dark Horses, Usually and Weightlifting. It also included 11 live tracks from Le Bataclan in Paris on November 10, 1996. Plans to release this as a separate CD titled “Francis in Paris (Paris is in France)” never materialised.
The ‘Weightlifting EP’ was released to coincide with the sold-out shows at the Troubadour in Los Angeles in 2004 and the band’s appearance at the South by Southwest festival of the same year.
I believe Frank nicked the illustrations from an old first-aid book.
2004 BoBame Recordings BOBAME005 (USA)
Filed under: 1990-1991 Cake | Tags: CD, Import, Music, Promo, Trashcan Sinatras
Rare 2-track US promo of debut single ‘Obscurity Knocks’. This release included both the single edit and the much longer album version.
Can’t say I’m a fan of the design on the actual CD – very cluttered.
1991 London Go! Discs Ltd CDP392 (USA)
Filed under: 1990-1991 Cake | Tags: CD, Hard-to-Find, Import, Music, Trashcan Sinatras
Here’s the European (German) release of debut single ‘Obscurity Knocks’.
All tracks are the same but the CD was released in a jewel case, rather than the card sleeve of the regular version.
1990 London Go! Discs Ltd GODCD34 / 876075-2 (Germany)
