‘Wild Mountainside’ 3-track EP with promo stickered sleeve. Seems to be just the regular release with no indications of being a promo CD.
‘Freetime’ and ‘What Women Do To Men’ are both live tracks, recorded at the Howden Park Centre, Livingston in 2005.
The front cover photograph – the location I’m unsure about – was by Martin Gray. View more of his work here.
The US version released on BoBame is much the same…
2005 Picnic Records PIC EP 003
BoBame Recordings bobame007 (US)
Filed under: 2004-2006 Weightlifting | Tags: CD, Promo, Trashcan Sinatras
1-track CD promo distributed to radio and press to promote the UK release of the album ‘Weightlifting’.
Card inlay housed in a stickered jewel case. The sticker – note the spelling mistake – has a release date of 8th November, whilst the inlay card has the correct date of 18th October.
2004 Picnic Records
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)
A song originally written by Randy Newman and recorded in 1967 by Harpers Bizarre, this song grew out of some Shabby Road sessions with Sokabe from Japanese band Sunny Day Service
This is the initial 4-track digi-pak pressing which had a limited release.
I think the packaging – designed by kato masako – is wonderful on this release and is typical of Japanese attention to detail.
Some copies, like this one, came with a promo sticker instead of the normal obi-strip. Very nice.
1999 SMEJ Associated Records/Sony Music Entertainment AICT 129 (Japan)
Filed under: 1998-2003 | Tags: Hard-to-Find, Import, Promo, Trashcan Sinatras, Vinyl
Very rare 7-inch Japanese promo released alongside the digi-pak pressing.
The artwork was again designed by kato masako. The photograph (not credited) on the cover is taken from the Ayrshire hills looking out onto Ailsa Craig an island in the outer Firth of Clyde, Scotland.
1999 SMEJ Associated Records/Sony Music Entertainment XDKL-93017 (Japan)
