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
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)
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)
Filed under: 1990-1991 Cake | Tags: Import, Promo, Trashcan Sinatras, Vinyl
Hard-to-find American 12-inch vinyl. 4-track promo includes The Best Man’s Fall, Drunken Chorus and Who’s He?
The inner envelope is one of those anti-static high-density polyethylene sleeves and is housed in a gold promotional stamped custom picture sleeve with lyrics.
Both sides have different publishing dates for some reason, 1989 and 1990.
1991 London Go! Discs PRO 917-1 (US)
3-track 12-inch promo with printed labels.
A-side has the inscribed legend ‘An aye for an aye’, while the B-side has ‘And a no for a no’. Both sides are stamped with the catalogue number GODX46. Housed in a plain black card sleeve.
1990 Go! Discs GOXDJ 46
Five Hungry Joes - A pictorial archive of the Trashcan Sinatras. Legendary Scottish Band 