Side One
Tinny Can On My Tail
The Gay Liberation
I've Packed Up My Bags
Skull and Crossbones
Lady Chat (written by Jim McLean)
Wi' Jimmy Reid and Airlie

Side Two
Troubled Waters In My Soul
Yes, Yes, U.C.S.
In a Neat Little Town
Rich Man's Paradise
Get Up, Get Out
The Ibrox Disaster

all songs written by Matt McGinn unless otherwise noted

Tinny Can On My Tail
1972—RCA International INTS 1368 LP

   
With Dixie Reilly
Marjorie Harrison
featuring:
Seamus Flafferty
Douggie Semple
Matt McIvor
Mike McCrossen

and “The Banshees

I would consider Tinny Can On My Tail the companion album to Take Me Back To The Jungle—these being Matt's two RCA releases in the early 70's. This is another prime McGinn of Calton album—a toss up for me as to which of the two RCA records is the better. All the tracks are very good, with a special mention for "The Ibrox Disaster"—one of Matt's very best songs.
Sleeve Notes:
"This is the music of Matt McGinn, embodying all the pawky humour and that unique gift for social comment—razor-sharp, witty and sympathetic — that belong to this multitalented son of Glasgow. All but one of the songs are his own, "Lady Chat" having been borrowed from Jim McLean.

In the title track, Matt has pointed his pen at one of the major threats to life in the modern world, — pollution!

The other songs are self-explanitory, Matt's writing talent having been drawn to the subjects concerned through their importance to his world at this time.
The tragic account of "The Ibrox Disaster" is undoubtedly the most moving piece to come from the pen of McGinn in recent years. In response to public demand, his now-famous recording of the song, released as a "single" last year, is included here.
This then is a further collection of the music of Matt McGinn, written and performed with respect to those who deserve it} and with no apologies to those who don't!

Pete Kerr

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