Trailer
Trailer is a mini album from Ash, released on 18 October 1994. It gathers the band's first three singles, and an expanded edition adds four B-sides. The name was a deliberate joke of sorts: the band saw it as a preview of the debut album proper still to come.
It's a neat snapshot of Ash at the very start, and the first entry in a run of studio albums that continues through 1977 and beyond. One track, "Uncle Pat", turned up in a Heineken advert, which helped lift the band's profile in both Ireland and Britain. If you want to hear where the story begins, before the full-length debut arrived, this is the place to start.
Trailer: tracklist and credits
7 tracks · 24:14Tracklist
- 1SeasonTim Wheeler3:01
- 2Jack Names the Planets3:10
- 3Intense ThingHamilton, McMurray, Wheeler4:34
- 4Uncle PatTim Wheeler3:12
- 5Get OutMark Hamilton and Tim Wheeler1:43
- 6PetrolMark Hamilton and Tim Wheeler4:11
- 7Obscure ThingHamilton, McMurray, Wheeler4:22
- Produced by
- Mark Waterman
- Recorded
- March–June 1994
- Labels
- Echo, Infectious
- Length
- 24:14
Line-up
- Mark Hamilton · bass guitar, synthesizer
- Rick McMurray · drums (drum set), percussion, background vocals
- Tim Wheeler · guitar, keyboard, lead vocals
Singles
- “Jack Names the Planets” · February 1994
- “Petrol” · 15 August 1994
- “Uncle Pat” · 17 October 1994
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia + wikidata; also seen: 1994-10-31 (musicbrainz)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 31 October 1994 | ignored lone early release dated 1994-10-01 |
| Wikipedia infobox | 18 October 1994 | |
| Wikidata | 18 October 1994 | |
| UK / Europe release | 31 October 1994 | earliest UK or European date |
6 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 October 1994 | XW | Echo | 0825646181469 | original |
| 31 October 1994 | GB | Infectious Records | 5026854141428 | other |
| 1995 | AU | Infectious Records | 9397603201424 | other |
| 1995 | GB | Infectious Records | 5026854002224 | other |
| 1995 | US | Reprise Records | 093624598527 | other |
| October 1995 | CA | Reprise Records | 093624598527 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| coverartarchive | 1000×1000 | upscaled |