![[image: press hat and cigar logo]](images/phc_logo.jpg){kind=logo}
Hello and welcome to Press Hat & Cigar.
Originally set up to release a compilation CD, "Smoke", Press Hat & Cigar is an umbrella label for a group of Scottish bands and artists to release music under.
Below is a list of our releases to date. For each one, a link is provided to the artist's website, so you can find out more.
![[image: smoke]](images/phcr01s.jpg)
| Number: | PHCR01CD |
| Artist: | Various |
| Title: | Smoke: New Sounds From Scotland |
| Released: | July 2001 |
| Copies made: | 1000 (SOLD OUT) |
| About: | Communally funded Scottish indie compilation. |
| More info: | http://www.smokealbum.co.uk |
| Track listing: | Late Night Foreign Radio "Screensaver" Pulsar featuring Rob Harland "Want You To Know" Nibushi Shang Hong "Song In 3 Parts" Troika "Insane" Ives "Element 115" Aether Flux "Dumb Little Box" Kasino "Thinking About Yesterday" Cayto "Broken Piano Teeth" Greebo "Sympathy" Mercury Tilt Switch "Betrayal" Single Point Of Light "Island Of The City" My Legendary Girlfriend "Eugene's New Gene" Squander Pilots "Given" Slowloris "Infidelity" Transaudio "Comedown" Vinylreverb "Roses" Lapsus Linguae "The Strang Makes Everything OK" Yessa De Paso "Cargo Bay" (live) Pentothal "A Problem With Time" |
![[image: no smoke]](images/phcr02s.jpg)
| Number: | PHCR02CD |
| Artist: | Various |
| Title: | No Smoke |
| Released: | September 2001 |
| Copies made: | 100 (SOLD OUT) |
| About: | Limited edition spin-off from Smoke. 3 Smoke bands go accoustic. |
| More info: | http://www.smokealbum.co.uk |
| Track listing: | My Legendary Girlfriend "No 'Us' In U.S." Squander Pilots "Pedestrian" Kasino "Shine Like The Stars" |
![[image: family four tunes]](images/phcr03s.jpg)
| Number: | PHCR03CD |
| Artist: | My Legendary Girlfriend |
| Title: | Family Four Tunes |
| Released: | March 2002 |
| Copies made: | 100 (SOLD OUT) |
| About: | MLG's third EP, showing off their more garagey sound. |
| More info: | http://www.mylegendarygirlfriend.co.uk |
| Track listing: | Shang-a-Laing Second Site Drinking Trousers The Puritan |
![[image: tantric new romantic]](images/phcr04s.jpg)
| Number: | PHCR04CD |
| Artist: | The Hector Collectors |
| Title: | Tantric New Romantic |
| Released: | July 2002 |
| Copies made: | 100 (SOLD OUT) |
| About: | The Hectors follow up their "Straight Outta Comprehensive" album with more genius skiffle boypop. |
| More info: | http://www.hectorcollectors.co.uk |
| Track listing: | Tantric New Romantic When's The Tea Ready Billy Sloan Mock Around The Smock Gary Numan Needs Another Hit Deepend I Don't Know Banned From Kasino (hidden track) |
![[image: you cant hear me anyway]](images/phcr05s.jpg)
| Number: | PHCR05CD |
| Artist: | My Legendary Girlfriend |
| Title: | You Can't Hear Me Anyway |
| Released: | August 2002 |
| Copies made: | 50 (SOLD OUT) |
| About: | Extremely limited run compilation of all of MLG's released material to date. |
| More info: | http://www.mylegendarygirlfriend.co.uk |
| Track listing: | Shang A Laing Second Site Drinking Trousers The Puritan No 'Us' In U.S. Eugene's New Gene Operation London When the Music Stops Big White Haircut Hey! Adric A Drink And A Chat A Kidnapper's Lament Superior Staying In Winter Sun Blink |
![[image: untipped]](images/phcr06s.jpg)
| Number: | PHCR06CD |
| Artist: | Paul McGazz |
| Title: | Untipped |
| Released: | April 2003 |
| Copies made: | 50 (SOLD OUT) |
| About: | The MLG frontman puts some unfunny and tedious fillers together on a CD. |
| More info: | http://www.mcgazz.co.uk |
| Track listing: | Shopping List Part I Two American Films Smaxi Metal Kidz Rant: Showbiz Swing Radio Clyde Shopping List Part II How I Wrote "Ice Cream & Castles" Spherical Chair Eye Heart NY My Childhood Up A Close Mr Crum's CD Shopping List Part III Alarm Clock Death |
![[image: gross domestic product]](images/phcr07s.jpg)
| Number: | PHCR07CD |
| Artist: | My Legendary Girlfriend |
| Title: | Gross Domestic Product |
| Released: | March 2003 |
| Copies made: | 200 (SOLD OUT) |
| About: | MLG's first proper album; an epic mostly recorded in a bedroom. |
| More info: | http://www.mylegendarygirlfriend.co.uk |
| Track listing: | Theme From Press Hat & Cigar - Part I Herd Mentality Warhammer! A Life Of Crime Light Ent. Reliance Three Men In A Shed (Victorian) Walking Song The Impresario Double Drop Lifestyle Film Gross Domestic Product Theme From Press Hat & Cigar - Part II |
![[image: mnp]](images/phcr08s.jpg)
| Number: | PHCR08CD |
| Artist: | Magnetic North Pole |
| Title: | Dundee Rock City: An Introduction To |
| Released: | August 2003 |
| Copies made: | 100 |
| About: | Alex from Thee Moths compiled this CD of his previous band's output. |
| More info: | http://www.theemoths.co.uk |
| Track listing: |
Caterpillar Clouds Of Red & Grey Halo Chapter 10 Caterpillar Pt.2 December 95 Misunderstood Glitter Zepplin Sleepy Girl Nisei Tender Ground Dundee Rock City |
![[image: the art of pushing buttons]](images/phcr09s.jpg)
| Number: | PHCR09CD |
| Artist: | Ives |
| Title: | The Art Of Pushing Buttons |
| Released: | August 2003 |
| Copies made: | 100 |
| About: | First album from Ives - lovely electro/IDM sounds. |
| More info: | http://www.ives.tk |
| Track listing: | Cape Daneel No Beginning, No End Zero Point Snowflakes Element 115 Plumes (Live In Botswana) Electro Pandas Gekko La Luna Magnetic |
![[image: gdp rmx]](images/phcr10s.jpg)
| Number: | PHCR10CD |
| Artist: | My Legendary Girlfriend |
| Title: | GDP RMX |
| Released: | December 2003 |
| Copies made: | 50 (SOLD OUT) |
| About: | Tunes from MLG's "Gross Domestic Product" CD reconstructed by various different remixers. |
| More info: | http://www.mylegendarygirlfriend.co.uk |
| Track listing: | Double Drop (Dusky remix) Lifestyle Film (Germlin remix) A Good Walk Ruined (Slowloris mix) The Impresario (Byres Road Art Club mix) Herd Mentality - Duck Bath (Ives mix) Double Drop - A Moth Dub Victorian Walking Song (Electroluvs mix) Warhammer (McGazz remix) Double Drop - Style Bar (performed by Pulsar) |
![[image: bbc hip hop]](images/phcr11s.jpg)
| Number: | PHCR11CD |
| Artist: | McGazz |
| Title: | BBC Hip Hop |
| Released: | June 2004 |
| Copies made: | 50 |
| About: | Second McGazz 'solo' CD. Sounds like Brian Eno producing John Foxx on an episode of "The Krypton Factor". |
| More info: | http://www.mcgazz.co.uk |
| Track listing: | This Is Not Weekends Prestel Digital Time I Can't Rock Low Paranoia Threshold Blood Groups Bigman World Clock Hang Out Astroturf |
![[image: the wrong end of a telescope]](images/phcr12s.jpg)
| Number: | PHCR12CD |
| Artist: | My Legendary Girlfriend |
| Title: | The Wrong End Of A Telescope |
| Released: | September 2004 |
| Copies made: | 100+ (SOLD OUT) |
| About: | MLG's much-delayed fourth and final (for the time being) album. |
| More info: | http://www.mylegendarygirlfriend.co.uk |
| Track listing: | Topsight Dishonesty Sleep In Commonwealth A Song For Europe Renaissance Man Near & Far Therapy Bluffer's Guide Ephemera |
![[image: nurse]](images/phcr14s.jpg)
| Number: | PHCR14MP3 |
| Artist: | McGazz |
| Title: | Nurse |
| Released: | December 2004 |
| Copies made: | n/a - mp3 only |
| About: | Polished electro from McGazz and the first PH&C recording to be mp3 only. |
| More info: | http://www.mcgazz.co.uk |
| Track listing: | Connection Lost The Clan MacDonald Deep Space Whine Swipe The Shiny Coin Black Boxxx Life Orion |
![[image: ties and trackie bottoms]](images/phcr15s.jpg)
| Number: | PHCR15MP3 |
| Artist: | My Legendary Girlfriend |
| Title: | Ties & Trackie Bottoms - Live At The 13th Note 15-10-05 |
| Released: | December 2005 |
| Copies made: | n/a - mp3 only |
| About: | Recording of MLG's last ever gig. |
| More info: | http://www.mylegendarygirlfriend.co.uk |
| Track listing: | Shang A Laing Herd Mentality Victorian Walking Song No 'Us' In US A Song For Europe Light Ent Reliance Dishonesty Lifestyle Film |
![[image: dont be an asshole dustin]](images/phcr16s.jpg)
| Number: | PHCR16MP3 |
| Artist: | McGazz |
| Title: | Don't Be An Asshole, Dustin |
| Released: | July 2006 |
| Copies made: | n/a - mp3 only |
| About: | Fourth McGazz album, taking in a year's worth of recordings. |
| More info: | http://www.mcgazz.co.uk |
| Track listing: |
Don't Be An Asshole, Dustin Librarians Mourning Sickness Somewhere Near Preston One Way Traffic Bunker Buster VHF On BASF Heart Made Of Stone Mouseclick Mountain Neither Of Us Like Bowling I'm Gary Sun On My Back |
![[image: mcgazzprom]](images/phcr17s.jpg)
| Number: | PHCR17MP3 |
| Artist: | McGazz |
| Title: | McGazzprom |
| Released: | August 2007 |
| Copies made: | n/a - mp3 only |
| About: | More electic electronica from McGazz. |
| More info: | http://www.mcgazz.co.uk |
| Track listing: |
Caucasia Cowboys & Spacemen General Knowledge Hinkley 7713 My Enemy's Enemy Profiling Wrong Wrong Project Pluto Last Of A Generation Hinkley 7731 |
![[image: a bluffers guide to mlg]](images/phcr18s.jpg)
| Number: | PHCR18MP3 |
| Artist: | My Legendary Girlfriend |
| Title: | A Bluffer's Guide |
| Released: | November 2007 |
| Copies made: | n/a - mp3 only |
| About: | A selection of MLG's best songs, to be downloaded as an introduction to the band for the uninitiated. |
| More info: | http://www.mylegendarygirlfriend.co.uk |
| Track listing: |
Shang-A-Laing (live 2005) Light Ent Reliance Dishonesty A Kidnapper's Lament Lifestyle Film (Germlin remix) Commonwealth Herd Mentality A Song For Europe Operation London Bluffer's Guide Double Drop No 'Us' In U.S. |