Matt McGinn
Tinny Can On My Tail
1972 — RCA International INTS 1368 LP
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
Credits
With Dixie Reilly
"Marjorie Harrison"
featuring:
Seamus Flafferty
Douggie Semple
Matt McIvor
Mike McCrossen
and "The Banshees"
all songs written by Matt McGinn unless otherwise noted
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
