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Some Pictures I took of the Triffids in 1987
Some music paper photos and articles I scanned

[Triffids Discography]

Clearly I have a ton of Triffids boots. If you want advice just ask. If you have something I don't then I am interested.

PLEASE NOTE I AM NO LONGER TRADING ANYTHING OUT OF PRINT OR EVEN REMOTELY OFFICIAL AS IT WILL LIKELY BE RE-RELEASED SOON ON DOMINO RECORDS.

Title    Date    Tracks  Time  Quality Source
The Triffids
Early Tapes 1 & 2 1978 20 61 B cassette
Early Tape 3 1979 11 38 B cassette
Early Tape 4 1979 16 52 B cassette
Early Tapes 5 &6 1980 & 1981 29 78 B cassette 1st gen
Early Singles & B-sides 1981-1989 variable 80+ A+ vinyl & CD MASTER
The Bedroom Demos 1981 18 45 C demos
Last Gasp Tape 1981 17 31 A tape MASTER
Dungeon Tape 1981-82 16 56 A tape MASTER
Son of Dungeon Tape 1982-83 16 52 A tape MASTER
Jack Brabham Tape (2xCD) 1982-1987 28 42+45 B tape MASTER
Radio Sessions 1984-1994 17 67 B- FM radio
In Session Tonight 1984-1989 17 A/B FM radio
Blah Blah Blah etc inc. Blackeyed Susans sets 1985-1989 17 67 B- / B TV/radio
Perth 82 1982 6 23 A- sSB
ABC Session 08/08/1983 3 9 B FM radio
Ballads Only, Perth 1983 23 80 B SB
Melbourne 16/04/1984 16 53 B- FM radio (hiss)
Attic Manor House, London 1 08/11/1984 12 56 C- aud
Jackson Lane Community Centre, Highgate 17/11/1984 14 58 B- aud (re-mastered)
Dingwalls, London 06/12/1984 14 56 B aud
Half Moon Club, London 09/12/1984 7 29 C aud
Attic Manor House, London 2 13/12/1984 16 47 C- aud
The Club, Melbourne 01/03/1985 17 73 C- aud
Melbourne University afternoon show 05/03/1985 10 40 C aud 1st gen from tape
Melbourne Seaview Ballroom 06/03/1985 17 aud 1st gen from tape
ULU London 03/05/1985 16 69 C aud
Oslo Radio 29/05/1985 7 29 B FM radio
Seinjoki, Finland 01/06/1985 12 47 C aud
Glastonbury 85 23/06/1985 14 57 C- aud
Pandora’s, Rotterdam  11/10/1985 6 25 A- FM radio
The Tube UK TV 01/11/1985 2 10 C TV
The Club, Melbourne (2xCD) 15/11/1985 18 61+23 C aud
Central Club, Melbourne 16/11/1985 19 77 B aud
Queensland Institute of Technology 28/02/1986 16 67 D aud
Caringbah Inn, Sydney 08/03/1986 13 57 D aud
The Club, Melbourne (2xCD) 21/03/1986 17 45+37 B aud
Melbourne Cover Story 23/03/1986 18 72 B SB
ULU London 22/05/1986 15 65 C aud
Hultsfredsfestivalen, Hultsfred, Sweden  08/08/1986 10 43 A- FM radio
Moderna Museets Tradgard, Stockholm (2xCD) 13/08/1986 10+10 48+41 C aud
Boston Arms, London 25/09/1986 16 71 C- aud
De Brielpoort, Dienze, Belgium 05/10/1986 13 52 C aud
Bremen Schauburg, Germany (2xCD) 06/10/1986 18 49+38 C aud
Paradiso, Amsterdam audience 07/10/1986 10+9 43+45 C aud
Paradiso, Amsterdam radio 07/10/1986 5 30 B- radio? (poor)
Folkets Park, Sweden 08/10/1986 8 30 B+ FM radio
Rai TV, Italy 1987 4 14 C TV
Hip Hop Club Darlinghurst (2xCD) 26/01/1987 10+9 44+40 D aud
ICA London 25 or 26/04/1987 20 71 C aud
Alabama Café Munich 11/06/1987 13 56 B+ FM radio
Vanha Ylioppilastalo, Helsinki, Finland 17/06/1987 14 63 C aud
Glastonbury 87 20/06/1987 12 45 C aud
Roskilde Festival, Denmark 03/07/1987 13+5 71 C / A aud (1-13) TV (14-18 inc intervirew)
Werchter Festival, Belgium 05/07/1987 17 77 A / B- FM radio & aud
Dovecot Arts Centre, Stcokton 13/10/1987 15 65 B- aud
Copenhagen Montmarte, Denmark 16/11/1987 18 82 B- aud (more than 1 CDR)
Gothenburg Karen 19/11/1987 10+int 40 A FM radio
Hamburg Radio 23/11/1987 18 75 B+ FM radio
Paradiso Amsterdam Radio   07/12/1987 15 65 A- FM radio FLAC
Paradiso Amsterdam complete (2x CD) 07/12/1987 25 70+40 B aud (good) FLAC
London Astoria Theatre (2xCD) 23/01/1988 22 43+45 B aud (good)
Sydney, Australia (2xCD) April 1988 11+11 47+47 C- aud
Dominion, London 01/09/1988 20 80 B- aud
Shaw Theatre, London April 1989 8 35 A FM radio
Shaw Theatre, London (2xCD) 12/04/1989 20 45+45 B aud
Irish Centre, Birmingham 16/05/1989 18 72 B- aud
Roskilde Kulturhus, Denmark 02/06/1989 20 76 B aud
Frankfurt (venue unknown) (2xCD) 07/06/1989 11+8 43+43 B aud
Paradiso, Amsterdam   09/06/1989 10 39 A FM radio
Enmore Theatre, Sydney  30/06/1989 8 33 C- aud
Perth Covers Night 1989 21 60 C aud (hiss)
Lawson Square Infirmary
Melbourne 25/03/1986 4 15 B aud
David McComb
B-sides & compilations 89-99 negotiable 80+ A+ CD/vinyl
VPRO Melkweg, Amsterdam 28/04/1994 6 25 B FM radio
Triple J Radio Session 1994 6 27 A FM radio
Live Vooruit Belgium 24/03/1994 18 73 C aud
Glasgow King Tuts Wah Wah Hut 02/05/1994 11 45 C
The Limelight Belfast 1994 8 36 C aud
Favourite Songs Interview 23/06/1991 10 48 B FM radio
JJJ Radio Tribute (3xCD) 04/03/1999 51(vox) 3 discs B FM radio tribute
Four Hours Sleep 1996 10 40 A+ CD very rare
costar
costar EP 1998 3 13 A+ unreleased CD
complete studio session 1998 6 27 A studio
Cherry Tree Hotel, Melbourne (2xCD) June 1998 17 44+43 B- aud (1st generation copy)
Esplanade Hotel, Melbourne 27/08/1998 10 50 A- FM radio
Blackeyed Susans
Black Sun demos 1989? 17 68 B demos
Radio Sessions 1985-1989 17 67 B- TV/radio
Triple J 1991 7 26 B FM radio
Mouth To Mouth demos 12 48 B demos
Live at the Wireless 1992-1997 15 64 B FM radio
The Place, Melbourne 09/09/1992 8 35 C aud
Some Night, Somewhere Easter 1996 8 37 A+ CD
Melbourne (venue unknown) 26/09/1996 7 32 D aud

 

Early Tapes 1 & 2

Finally tracked down complete and error free copies of Tapes 1 & 2. These are a 1st gen copy of a set taken from original cassette copies. Just some slight hiss as you would expect, otherwise good quality.

Tape 1
1. What Would The Martians Think
2. Nerves
3. Mark
4. Trouble
5. Martyrs
6. Rathouse
7. GBH
8. No
9. Take Me To Your Leader
10. Animals
11. The Terrible Infant
12. Infant II
Tape 2
1. Philosophical Stroll
2. What's The Difference
3. Butterfly
4. I'm Not Losing Sleep
5. New Vision
6. Standard Talking
7. The Diplomatic Corps
8. The Jinx Of E.H. Lincolnburg
9. Out Of Tune
10. Spring In The Fall

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Early Tape 3

This tape is perfect quality

1. Mystery
2. I Was A Teenage Teenager
3. The Pit And The Pendulum And Me
4. Christmas Time
5. Jeremy Joy
6. Nedlands By Night
7. I'm Sincere
8. The Frontier
9. True Love
10. All The Same
11. Sixteen Again

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Early Tape 4

This tape is perfect quality

1. Cyclone
2. Everyone Likes To Disco
3. Jeremy Joy
4. Artist
5. Human Interest
6. Paradise
7. Careless City
8. Kids These Days
9. Blox
10. I'm Gonna Fly To The Moon
11. Little Voices
12. Actress
13. Adaptable
14. Aim For My Heart
15. Glamour Boy
16. Remember When You Were A Child

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Early Tapes 5 & 6

Perfect quality.

Tape 5
recorded March/April 1980
1. Tuscan St Retirement Village
2. My Next Door Neighbour
3. Farmers Never Visit Nightclubs
4. It Was A Wednesday
5. I Can't Wait To See Your Gun
6. Surfer Boy In Leather
7. On The Street Where You Live
8. In The Tropicana Lounge
9. The Trumpet Of The Moon
10. Pile Up
11. Never Again
12. Hey Mary Ann
13. Nervous Side Of Town
14. Southern Religious Program Pts 1 & 2
Tape 6

recorded 1981
15. Somewhere In The Shadows
16. You Can Spend
17. The Marrying Kind
18. A Place In The Sun
19. Stand Up
20. Calm Down
21. Reverie
22. Don't You Know There's A World Going On
23. No Desire
24. Digging A Hole
25. Terry Angeline
26. Native Bride
27. Providence
28. Thanks For Everything
29. Lanally

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Early Singles & B-Sides

These are listed in order of source, vinyl, cassette and CD. All are recorded from originals in my record collection.

Vinyl sourced. Early singles, B Sides and compilation tracks.

Cleaned using CoolEdit Pro. None of these tracks have (to the best of my knowledge) ever been released on CD in any format.

1. Stand Up
2. Farmers Never Visit Nightclubs
3. Reverie
4. Place in the Sun
5. Joan of Arc
6. This Boy
7. Spanish Blue
8. Twisted Brain
9. Bad Timing
10. Left To Rot
11. Being Driven
12. Snake Pit
13. MGM (Dream Studios April 83) (Beyond the Southern Cross comp)
14. My Baby Thinks She's A Train (Dream Studios April 83) (Beyond the Southern Cross comp)
15. My Baby Thinks She's A Train (ABC Studio Aug 83) (Live at the Wireless comp)
16. Field of Glass
17. Convent Walls
18. You Don't Miss Your Water (Instrumental)
19. Dear Miss Lonely Hearts
20. Native Bride
Cassette only releases
1. Lonely Stretch (live at the Red Parrot) (6UVS Drive Time comp)
CD sourced B-Sides, EPs and compilation tracks
Some of these feature on the 2 available Triffids compilation albums.
1. Beautiful Waste
2. Property Is Condemned
3. Bright Lights Big City
4. Monkey On My Back
5. You Don't Miss Your Water
6. Time of Weakness
7. Baby Can I Walk You Home
8. Region Unknown
9. Good Morning Good Morning
10. Love the Fever
11. Bad News Always Reminds Me Of You
12. Everything You Touch Turns To Time
13. Can't Help Falling In Love
14. Go Home Eddie
15. Shell Of A Man
16. You Minus Me
17. Rent
18. Into The Groove

Also available the John Peel Session EP sourced from CD.

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Bedroom demos

1. The Marrying Kind
2. Diggin' A Hole
3. Slow Decay
4. Hey Mary Anne
5. In The Heat Of The Moment
6. Butterfly
7. No Desire
8. I'll Have It
9. Somewhere In The Shadows
10. On The Street Where You Live
11. Ride To Kalu City
12. Lisa
13. Six Car Pile-Up
14. Nervous Side Of Town
15. instrumental
16. Please Calm Down
17. You'll Be Sorry
18. Snake Pit

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Last Gasp Tape

This cassette was released in Perth, W. Australia as a limited run of 50 copies.
Tracks on side 1 appear as the last 4 tracks of the Dungeon Tape. Tracks on side 2
were released on the vinyl Reverie EP. The interview clips have not been released
elsewhere. Mastered from my own original copy.
side 1 recorded at Mutant Mule, Perth, December 1981
side 2 recorded at Mutant Mule, Perth, August 1981

01. interview
02. I'll Have It
03. interview
04. Spanish Blue
05. interview
06. You Can Keep It
07. interview
08. Bad Timing
09. interview
side 2
10. interview
11. Reverie
12. interview
13. Place In The Sun
14. interview
15. Joan of Arc
16. interview
17. This Boy

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Dungeon Tape

This is mastered from my own original copy of the tape. I have recorded it as is, with the original 
clicks between tracks etc. I can copy the original artwork if wanted.
1. M.G.M.
2. Too Hot To Move, Too Hot To Think
3. Man Who Can
4. Chew It Up
5. Nothing Good Is Going To Come Of This
6. Family Name
7. Work For Nothing
8. Madeline
9. Happy Boy
10. 'turn over the tape'
side 2
11. Twisted Brain
12. Dead Wind
13. Like A Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
14. I'll Have It
15. Spanish Blue
16. You Can Keep It
17. Bad Timing
18. The Triffids talk to fill up the tape (cuts as per original)

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Son of Dungeon Tape

Some traders would have you believe that the "Son of.." was simply a re-issue of the original Dungeon Tape. This is completely wrong. Only five of the original tracks made it on to the  "Son of.." .

This is mastered from my own original cassette copy. It has some very slight distortion on two songs, but is much superior to any other bootleg version I have previously heard.

1. Red Pony
2. Plaything
3. My Baby Thinks She's A Train
4. M.G.M.
5. Too Hot To Move, Too Hot To Think
6. Nothing Good Is Going To Come Of This
7. Family Name
8. Madeline
side 2
9. Twisted Brain
10. I Can't Wait To See Your Gun
11. Hours At A Time
12. Man Who Can
13. Son of Reverie
14. Son of Stand Up
15. Branded
16. Nothing Can Take Your Place

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Jack Brabham Tape

Cassette tape sold by the band at a gig in 1987. This is mastered from my own original cop. The quality varies wildly but this is as good a copy as you will ever find. There are some unreleased gems here.

Disc 1 (side A)


1. Dead Wind (1982)
2. Pleasure Slide (1984)
3. Nervous Breakdown (1984)
4. When A Man Turns Bad (1984)
5. Slow Decay (1983)
6. The Long Fidelity (1984)
7. A Curse On Me (1985)
8. Wide Open Road (1986)
9. How Could I Hope To Love You (1987)
10. Wish To See No More (1986)
11. Burned (1985)
12. Sweet Jane (1984)

 

Disc 2 (side B)

1. Snake Pit (1982)
2. Raining Pleasure (1987)
3. Good Morning (1987)
4. Suspicious Minds (1984)
5. Old Ghostrider (1983)
6. Femme Fatale (1984)
7. Too Hot To Move (1987)
8. Mellow Yellow (1984)
9. Satisfied Mind (1984)
10. Gilligans Island (1984)
11. Hope You Recover Soon (1986)
12. She's Sure The Girl I Love (1986)
13. Lanallu (1982)
14. Mercy (1986)
15. Born Sandy Devotional (1986)
16. Rosevel (1987)

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Radio Sessions
BBC Peel Sesision 1.6.84
1. Field Of Glass session version (different from 12") 
BBC Peel Session 28.5.86
2. Kelly's Blues
3. Wide Open Road
4. Kathy Knows
5. Keep Your Eyes On The Hole
VARA (Holland) 1986
6. Wide Open Road
VARA (Holland) 1989
7. Trick Of The Light
VPRO (Holland) 1989
8. Trick of the Light
9. Interview
10. Too Hot To Move
BBC 29.5.89
11. Falling Over You
12. Goodbye Little Boy
13. Billy
14. Bottle Of Love
David McComb & the Red Ponies
VPRO (Holand) 1994
15. Clear Out My Mind
16. Inside Of Me
17. Unmade Love

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"In Session Tonight"

These are all taped from the radio, with a bit of hiss. I have superior versions of most so I can put together any radio sessions you need on request. The first two sessions were released officially, although Field of Glass was remixed.

John Peel - Broadcast Date - 13-Nov-1984
1. Bright Lights Big City
2. Monkey On My Back
3. Field Of Glass
John Peel - Broadcast Date - 14-May-1985
4. Life of Crime
5. Lonely Stretch
6. Chicken Killer
John Peel - Broadcast Date - 27-May-1986
7. Kelly's Blues
8. Wide Open Road
9. Kathy Knows
10. Keep Your Eyes On The Hole
Liz Kershaw - Broadcast Date - 12-Sep-1988
11. Rent
12. Go Home Eddie
13. Into The Groove
R. Skinner,  Broadcast Date - 1989 (I think this is actually the 29.5.89 BBC session as Richard Skinner was a BBC DJ)
14. Billy
15. Bottle Of Love
16. Falling Over You
17. Goodbye Little Boy

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Blah Blah Blah etc
Live on Blah Blah Blah Australian TV 1985
(improved master from better source)
1. Bury Me Deep In Love
2. Interview With Andrew Denton
3. Trick Of The Light
4. Hometown Farewell Kiss
5. Kelly's Blues
6. Once A Day
Compilation Tracks etc.
7. Trick Of The Light (Newsworld Australian TV)
8. Lonely Stretch (live - Perfect Travelling Companion cassette)
The Blackeyed Susans Live on JJJ 29.10.89

9. Who's Loving You
10. Shell Of A Man
11. I Want To Conquer You
12. Rubber Necking
13. The Cross
The Blackeyed Susans Live on JJJ 1992
14. Setting You Free
15. Ocean Of You
16. Spanish Is The Loving Tongue
The Blackeyed Susans SBS TV 1992

15. Setting You Free
16. Temptation Inside Your Hear

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Perth Broadway 1982

A bit of tape hiss but incredibly good for it's vintage. I
recently got a better non MP3 source.
Joan of Arc
Nothing Good Is Going To Come Of This
Lover Please
Branded
MGM
Familly Name
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ABC Studio 221, 8 August 1983

My Baby Thinks She's A Train
Old Gost Ride
Plaything

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Ballads Only, Perth 1983

1. Spanish Blue
2. Sweet Jane
3. Personal Things
4. The Best Part Of Breaking Up
5. Slow Decay
6. Better Off This Way
7. His Latest Flame
8. Nothing Can Take Your Place
9. Mother Silhouette
10. Too Hot To Move Too Hot To Think
11. Joan Of Arc
12. The Marrying Kind
13. It Hurts Me Too
14. Crucifixion Speech
15. When My Heart Breaks
16. Mercy
17. Madeline
18. The Spy
19. Raining Pleasure
20. Rosevel
21. Suspicious Minds
22. Being Driven
23. Red Pony

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Melbourne 16 April 84

1. Red Pony
2. This Boy
3. Everybody Has To Eat
4. Embedded
5. Personal Things
6. Mercy
7. Pleasure Slide
8. Monkey On My Back
9. Field Of Glass
10. Native Bride
11. Dear Miss Lonely Hearts
12. Jesus Calling
13. Satisfied Mind
14. Ballad Of Jack Frost
15. Ain't No Sunshine
16. Property Is Condemned

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The Attic Manor House 8 Nov 1984

1. Lonesome Hobo
2. You Don't Miss Your Water
3. Bright Lights Big City
4. Property Is Condemned
5. My Baby Thinks She's A Train
6. Hell Of A Summer
7. Lonely Stretch
8. Jesus Calling
9. Beautiful Waste
10. Raining Pleasure
11. Field Of Glass
12. Pale Blue Eyes
(Coyote Version)

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Jackson Lane Community Centre, Highgate, London 17 Nov 1984

Fairly good audience tape. I re-mastered this in CoolEdit Pro to restore some clipping, boost the bass, apply some dynamic
compression and normalise. It still has a little right channel distortion, hence the B-. Low hiss, but some tape rumble.

1. I am a lonesome hobo
2. Bright lights big city
3. Property is condemned
4. My baby thinks she's a train
5. Lonely stretch
6. Jesus calling
7. Red pony
8. Beautiful waste
9. Raining pleasure
10. Monkey on my back (tape turn at end)
11. Filed of glass
12. Can't help falling in love
13. Branded
14. You don't miss your water

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Dingwalls, London 6 Dec 1984

1. Monkey On My Back
2. Branded
3. Property Is Condemned
4. Bright Lights, Big City
5. Hell Of A Summer
6. Lonely Stretch
7. Jesus Calling
8. Red Pony
9. Beautiful Waste
10. Raining Pleasure (tape turns at end)
11. Field Of Glass
12. I Am A Lonesome Hero (not separated on CDR)
13. You Don't Miss Your Water
14. Better Off This Way

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The Attic Manor House 13 Dec 1984

1. Monkey On My Back
2. Bright Lights Big City
3. Hell Of A Summer
4. My Baby Thinks She's A Train
5. Lonely Stretch
6. Jesus Calling
7. Red Pony
8. Beautiful Waste
9. Raining Pleasure
10. Property Is Condemned
11. You Don't Miss Your Water
12. Lonesome Hobo
13. Branded
14. Can't Help Falling In Love
15. Plaything
16. Sweet Jane

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The Club, Melbourne 1 March 1985

Some mic distortion on the last couple of tracks.
1. I am a lonesome hobo
2. Bright lights big city
3. My baby thinks she's a train
4. Branded
5. Hell of a summer
6. Lonely stretch
7. Property Is Condemned
8. Life of crime
9. Jesus calling
10. Red pony
11. Beautiful waste
12. Raining pleasure
13. Monkey on my back
14. Field of glass
15. You don't miss your water
16. Convent walls
17. Stolen property

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Melbourne University 5 March 1985 lunchtime set

1. crowd noise
2. Sweet Jane
3. I Am A Lonesome Hobo
4. Life Of Crime
5. Jesus Calling
6. Red Pony
7. Beautiful Waste
8. Raining Pleasure
9. Bright Lights Big City
10. Field Of Glass
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Seaview Ballroom, Melbourne  6 March 1985

1. Monkey on my Back
2. Hell of a Summer
3. Bright Lights
4. My Baby Thinks She's A Train
5. Hanging Shed
6. Lonely Stretch
7. Property Is Condemned
8. Life of Crime
9. Beautiful Waste
10. Red Pony
11. Jesus Calling
12. Raining Pleasure
13. Field of Glass
14. You Don't Miss Your Water
15. I Am A Lonesome Hobo
16. Stolen Property
17. No Fun

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ULU, London  3 May 1985

Audience recording with loud drums. Must have been taped over by accident for 10 secs of track 1.

1. Field of Glass (break in middle)
2. Hell of a Summer
3. Bright Lights Big City
4. Life of Crime
5. Property is Condemned
6. Beautiful Waste
7. Red Pony
8. Jesus Calling
9. Raining Pleasure (tape turns at end of song)
10. Chicken Killer
11. Monkey on my Back
12. Lonely Stretch
13. I Am A Lonesome Hobo
14. You Don't Miss Your Water
15. The Letter
16. Stolen Property

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Oslo Renegate FM Radio Show 29 May 1985

A short set but excellent.

1. Lonely Stretch
2. Jesus Calling
3. Beautiful Waste
4. Raining Pleasure (giggle version)
5. Field of Glass
6. Stolen Property
7. radio announcer

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Seinjoki, Finland  1 June 1985

Reasonable audience recording.

1. Property is condemned
2. Lonely stretch
3. Jesus calling
4. Red pony
5. Beautiful waste
6. Raining pleasure
7. Monkey on my back
8. Field of glass
9. You don't miss your water
10. The letter
11. My baby thinks she's a train
12. Inside your heart

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Glastonbury 23 June 1985

A bit of a rough audience tape.

1. I am a lonesome hobo
2. Hell of a summer
3. Chicken killer
4. Property is condemned
5. Lonely stretch
6. Raining pleasure (without bass guitar)
7. chat with the audience while they fix the bass
8. Jesus calling
9. Red pony
10. Stolen property
11. Monkey on my back
12. Field of glass
13. You don't miss your water 'til your well runs dry
14. I can't help falling in love
The Tube UK TV Show 1 Nov 1985
Rough but a good filler.
Stolen Property
Hell of a Summer

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Pandora’s, Rotterdam 11 Oct 1985

Good short set from Dutch radio

1. Hell of a Summer
2. Lonely Stretch
3. Raining Pleasure
4. Red Pony
5. Beautiful Waste
6. Field of Glass (fades to radio announcer)

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The Club, Melbourne 15 Nov 1985

The Melbourne set is better quality than the London, but both are very reasonable.

disc 1
1. chicken killer
2. field of glass
3. estuary bed
4. hell of a summer
5. life of crime
6. lonely stretch
7. raining pleasure
8. beautiful waste
9. red pony
10.dear miss lonely hearts
11. stolen property
12. monkey on my back
13. rosevel
disc 2
1. I am a lonesome hobo
2. convent walls
3. walking on water
4. spooky
5. my baby thinks she's a train

Half Moon Club,London  9 Dec 1984
6. jesus calling
7. red pony
8. beautiful waste
9. raining pleasure
10. monkey on my back
11. field of glass
12. you don't miss your water (cuts in)
13. My Baby Thinks She's A Train (John Peel playing ABC version)

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Central Club, Melboune   16 November 1985

This is a great audience set. It has a radio jingle halfway through, but you can hear audience chatter.

1. Chicken Killer
2. Field of Glass
3. Estuary Bed
4. I Am A Lonesome Hobo
5. Rosevel
6. Hell of a Summer
7. Life of Crime
8. Lonely Stretch
9. Raining Pleasure
10. Beautiful Waste
11. Red Pony
12. Radio Massey Spot
13. Dear Miss Lonely Hearts
14. Stolen Property
15. Property Is Condemned
16. Monkey On My Back
17. You Don't Miss Your Water
18. Letter
19. Burned

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Queensland Institute of Technology  28 February 1986

Badly distorted audience recording (recording level too high). Not recommended!

1. Chicken Killer
2. Field Of Glass
3. Hell Of A Summer
4. Estuary Bed
5. Wide Open Road
6. Raining Pleasure
7. Tarrilup Bridge
8. Beautiful Waste
9. Red Pony
10. Jesus Calling
11. Stolen Property
12. I Am A Lonesome Hobo
13. Monkey On My Back
14. The Letter
15. Property Is Condemned
16. Wild Horses

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Sydney Caringbah Inn   8 March 1986

A very rough audience tape with crackles and distortion. Fanatics only!

1. Chicken killer
2. Field of glass
3. Life of crime
4. Hell of a summer
5. Estuary bed
6. Raining pleasure
7. Tarrilup bridge
8. Wide open road
9. Monkey on my back
10. The Letter (cover)
11. Lonely stretch
12. Red pony
13. Convent walls

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The Club, Melbourne   21 Mar 1986

Excellent quality tape bootleg, which I have mastered to CD.

Disc 1
1. Chicken Killer
2. Field of Glass
3. Life of Crime
4. Hell of a Summer
5. Estuary Bed
6. Wide Open Road
7. Raining Pleasure
8. Tarrilup Bridge
9. Beautiful Waste
10. Red Pony
Disc 2
1. Jesus Calling
2. Stolen Property
3. Property Is Condemned
4. Monkey On My Back
5. The Letter
6. You Don't Miss Your Water
7. Convent Walls

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"Cover Story" The Club, Melbourne 23 Mar 1986

1. Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash)
2. Sympathy For The Devil (Rolling Stones)
3. The Big Country (Talking Heads)
4. Walk On The Water (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
5. Femme Fatale (Velvet Underground)
6. You're No Good (Clint Ballard Jnr. / Linda Ronstadt)
7. The Spy (The Doors)
8. LA International Airport (Leanne Scott)
9. Theme From Gilligan's Island (Sherwood Schwartz / The Wellingtons)
10. 96 Tears (? & the Mysterians)
11. Knock On Wood (Eddie Floyd)
12. Spooky (Clasics IV)
13. Do You Love Me? (The Contours)
14. Can't Help Falling In Love ( Peretti-Creatone-Weiss / Elvis Presley)
15. The Letter (Wayne Carson Thompson / The Box Set)
16. Wild Horses (Rolling Stones)
17. Inside Your Heart (Velvet Underground)
18. Pale Blue Eyes (Velvet Underground)

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ULU London 22 May 1986

1. Chicken Killer
2. Field of Glass
3. Wide Open Road
4. Estuary Bed
5. Life of Crime
6. Lonely stretch
7. Raining Pleasure
8. Tarrilup Bridge
9. Jesus Calling
10. Bury Me Deep
11. Stolen Property
12. Sympathy for the Devil
13. Branded
14. Once A Day
15. Beautiful Waste

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Hultsfredsfestivalen, Hultsfred, Sweden  08 Aug 1986

Unknown history or lineage, obtained in a trade from Sweden. This almost certainly an FM
radio broadcast. Sounds very good. Has some fades but only one during a song.

1 Sympathy For The Devil [crowd noise fades]
2 Wide Open Road
3 Life Of Crime
4 Hell of a Summer[crowd noise fades]
5 Estuary Bed [end of song fades]
6 Rosevel
7 Lonely Stretch
8 Jesus Calling [crowd noise fades]
9 Field of Glass
10 Once A Day

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Moderna Museets Tradgard, Stockholm  13 Aug 1986

Slightly muffled at the start with loud chatter, but it improves and is quite listenable.

Disc 1
1. Jesus Calling
2. Red Pony
3. Wide Open Road
4. Life of Crime
5. Hell of a Summer
6. Estuary Bed
7. Chicken Killer
8. Tarrilup Bridge
9. Beautiful Waste
10. Stolen Property (tape turns in middle)

Disc 2
1. Seabirds
2. Lonely Stretch
3. Sympathy For The Devil
4. Field of Glass
5. Once A Day
6. Branded
7. Rosevel
8. The Letter
9. Ring of Fire
10. Pale Blue Eyes

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Boston Arms London 25 Sept 1986

1. Wide Open Road
2. Kelly's Blues
3. Chicken Killer
4. Estuary Bed
5. Life of Crime
6. Personal Property
7. Hometown Farewell Kiss
8. Trick of the Light
9. Region Unknown
10. Bury Me Deep In Love
11. Tarrilup Bridge
12. Lonely Stretch
13. Shell of a Man
14. Plaything
15. Stolen
16. Wild Horses

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De Brielpoort, Deinze, Belgium 5 October 1986

1. Wide Open Road
2. Bright Lights Big City
3. Personal Things
4. Shell of a Man
5. Raining Pleasure
6. Bury Me Deep in Love
7. Jesus Calling
8. Trick of the Light
9. Lonely Stretch
10. Plaything
11. Stolen Property
12. Field Of Glass
13. Ring of Fire

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Bremen Schauburg 6 October 1986

Disc 1
1. Wide Open Road
2. Bright Lights Big City
3. Kelly's Blues
4. Personal Things
5. Hometown Farewell Kiss
6. Shell Of A Man
7. Tarrilup Bridge
8. Bury Me Deep In Love
9. Region Unknown
10. Trick Of The Light
11. Lonely Stretch
Disc 2

12. The Seabirds
13. Stolen Property
14. Ring Of Fire
15. Once A Day
16. Jerdacuttup Man
17. Pale Blue Eyes
18. Sympathy For The Devil

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Paradiso, Amsterdam   7 October 1986

Disc 1
1. Wide Open Road
2. Bright Lights Big City
3. Kelly's Blues
4. Personal Thing
5. Hometown Farewell Kiss
6. Shell Of A Man
7. Tarrilup Bridge
8. Bury Me Deep In Love
9. Region Unknown
10. Trick Of The Light
Disc 2
1. Lonely Stretch
2. Plaything
3. Stolen Property
4. Ring Of Fire
5. Chicken Killer
6. Jerdacuttup Man
7. Red Pony
8. You're No Good
9. Pale Blue Eyes (encore)

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Amsterdam Paradiso 7 Oct 1986

Different source - a radio set but poor quality for FM.

Wide Open Road
Lonely Stretch
Stolen Property
Jerdacuttup Man
Red Pony

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Live radio broadcasts

Sydney August 1983
1. Old Ghostrider
2. Plaything
3. My Baby Thinks She's A Train

Sweden December 1986

4. Jesus Calling
5. Wide Open Road
6. Life Of Crime
7. Sympathy For The Devil
8. Field Of Glass
9. Once A Day
10. Rosevel

London April 1989 Shaw Theatre
11. Too Hot To Move
12. A trick Of The Light
13. Goodbye Little Boy
14. The Spinning Top Song
15. Jerdacuttup Man
16. Lonely Stretch
17. I'm Beginning To See The Light
18. Fairytale Love

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Rai TV Italian Television 1987

This is quite unusual, useful for filling up discs. There are some static clicks.

1. Home Town Farewell Kiss
2. Unmade Love
3. Jerdacuttup Man
4. Bury Me Deep In Love (fades)

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Hip Hop Club, Darlinghurst  26 January 1987

This has some cassette rattle noise that comes and goes throughout and caused me to mark it down.
It sounds quite good underneath.

Disc 1
1. Seabirds
2. Wide Open Road
3. Bright Lights
4. Field of Glass
5. Personal Things
6. Shell of a Man
7. Lonely Stretch
8. Trick of the Light
9. Jesus Calling
10. Bury Me Deep In Love
Disc 2
1. Raining Pleasure
2. Tarrilup Bridge
3. Plaything
4. Jerdacuttup Man
5. Ring of Fire
6. Once A Day
7. crowd noise
8. Stolen Property
9. Red Pony

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ICA London April 1987

This could be the 25 or 26 of April as they played both nights.

1. Too Hot To Move, Too Hot To Think
2. 25 To 5
3. Keep Your Eyes On The Hole
4. In The Pines
5. Better Off This Way
6. Suntrapper
7. Hometown Farewell Kiss
8. Once A Day
9. Bury Me Deep In Love
10. Property Is Condemned
11. Wide Open Road
12. Trick Of The Light
13. Personal Things
14. Kelly's Blues
15. Lonely Stretch
16. Ring Of Fire
17. Jerdacuttup Man
18. How Could I Help But Love You?
19. Jesus Calling
20. Unmade Love

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Alabama Cafe, Munich 11 June 1987

This is another of my favourites - a really good show and great FM broadcast quality.

1. Wide Open Road
2. Property Is Condemned
3. Personal Things
4. In The Pines
5. Hometown Farewell Kiss
6. Lonely Stretch
7. Raining Pleasure
8. Red Pony
9. Jerdacuttup Man
10. Field Of Glass
11. How Could I Help But Love You?
12. Stolen Property
13. Once A Day
14. Radio Announcer

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Vanha Ylioppilastalo, Helsinki, Finland   17 June 1987

I transferred this from a cassette I received from the original taper. I have filtered out hiss and tape whine using filters in Adobe Audition and it scrubbed up pretty well.

1. Wide Open Road
2. Property Is Condemned
3. Life of Crime
4. Keep Your Eyes On The Hole
5. In The Pines
6. Kelly's Blues
7. Lonely Stretch (tape turn at end of song)
8. Raining Pleasure
9. Jesus Calling
10. Field Of Glass
11. Stolen Property
12. Ring of Fire
13. How Could I Help But Love You?
14. Once A Day (cuts near end)

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Glastonbury 20 June 1987

1. Wide Open Road
2. Property Is Condemned
3. Unmade Love
4. Keep Your Eyes On The Hole
5. In The Pines
6. Hometown Farewell Kiss
7. Lonely Stretch
8. Raining Pleasure
9. Jerdacuttup Man
10. Field Of Glass
11. Ring Of Fire
12. How Could I Help But Love You?

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Roskilde Festival, Denmark  3 July 1987

Audience Recording (Recorded on a Sony WM-D3. First generation copy taken from original master cassette):
1. Wide Open Road
2. Property Is Condemned
3. Life Of Crime
4. Keep Your Eyes On The Hole
5. In The pines
6. Kelly's Blues
7. Lonely Stretch
8. Raining Pleasure
9. Field Of Glass
10. Stolen Property
11. Ring of Fire
12. How Could I Help But Love You?
13. Once A Day
Danish National Television:
14. Interview
15. In The Pines
16. Interview
17. Life Of Crime
18. Kelly's Blues

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Werchter Festival, Belgium  5 July 1987

The audience recording is 57 mins of pretty fair quality, the radio show is excellent but only 20 minutes.

FM Radio Broadcast
1. Stolen Property
2. Ring of Fire
3. How Could I Help But Love You?
4. Once A Day

Audience recording of complete set

5. Wide Open Road
6. Property Is Condemned
7. Life of Crime
8. Keep Your Eyes On The Hole
9. In The Pines
10. Kelly's Blues
11. Lonely Stretch
12. Raining Pleasure
13. Jesus Calling
14. Stolen Property
15. Ring of Fire
16. How Could I Help But Love You?
17. Once A Day

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Dovecot Arts Centre, Stockton  13 Oct 1987

A reasonable audience recording with a chatty audience.

1. Wide Open Road
2. Property Is Condemned
3. In the Pines
4. Keep Your Eyes On The Hole
5. Hometown Farewell Kiss
6. Kelly's Blues
7. Lonely Stretch
8. Bury Me Deep In Love
9. Raining Pleasure
10. Jerdacuttup Man
11. Field Of Glass
12. Ring Of Fire
13. How Could I Help But Love You?
14. Once A Day
15. Sympathy For The Devil

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Copenhagen, Montematre, Denmark 16 Nov 1987

Recorded on a Sony WM-D3. First generation copy taken from original master cassette.

Disc 1:
1. Wide Open Road
2. Property Is Condemned
3. Jerdacuttup Man
4. In the Pines
5. Keep Your Eyes On The Hole
6. Hometown Farewell Kiss
7. Trick Of The Light
8. Lonely Stretch
9. Bury Me Deep In Love
10. Raining Pleasure
11. Kelly's Blues
12. Hell Of A Summer
13. Ring Of Fire
14. How Could I Help But Love You?
15. Once A Day
16. Stolen Property
Disc2:
1. Pale Blue Eyes
2. I Am A Lonesome Hobo

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Gothenborg Karen 19 Nov 1987 FM Radio

An excellent quality broadcast and a personal favourite.
1. Property Is Conemned
2. Jerdacuttup Man
3. Trick Of The Light
4. Bury Me Deep In Love
5. Raining Pleasure
6. In The Pines
7. Keep Your Eyes On The Hole
8. Hell Of A Summer
9. Rosevel
10. Lonely Stretch (fades out at 4 mins)
11. interview

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Hamburg Radio 23 Nov 1987

Excellent quality radio show – a personal favourite. Broadcast over two separate programmes on German radio. The first programme faded out on Field of Glass.

1. Wide open road
2. Property is condemned
3. In the pines
4. Keep your eyes on the hole
5. Trick of the Light
6. Hometown farewell kiss
7. Lonely stretch
8. Bury me deep in love
9. Raining pleasure
10. Jerdacuttup man
11. Kelly's blues
12. Field of glass (incomplete)
13. Rosevel
14. Ring of fire
15. How could I help but love you
16. Stolen property
17. I am a lonesome hobo
18. Unmade love

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Paradiso Amsterdam 7 Dec 1987 FM

This is a radio broadcast of this show - I also have a good complete audience version. This is the last date of the European tour from late 87.
Some tape hiss, but great quality. This is compiled from 2 sources of differing content & quality.

1. Wide Open Road
2. Property Is Condemned
3. In The Pines
4. Suntrapper
5. Trick Of The Light
6. Hometown Farewell Kiss
7. Bury Me Deep In Love
8. Raining Pleasure
9. Jerdacuttup Man
10. Kelly's Blues
11. Keep Your Eyes On The Hole
12. Rosevel
13. Lonesome Hobo
14. How Could I Help But Love You?
15. Stolen Property (intro missing on cassete - punched in from Calenture seed)
16. Can't Help Falling In Love

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Paradiso Amsterdam 7 Dec 1987 AUD

Great quality audience recording of whole show. This was taken from the original master cassettes and distributed digitally in FLAC format.

Disc 1 - the main set (70'03")
01. intro (0'35")
02. Lonely Stretch (5'37")
03. Wide Open Road (4'36")
04. Property Is Condemned (3'43")
05. In The Pines (3'19")
06. Suntrapper (3'11")
07. Trick Of The Light (3'44")
08. Hometown Farewell Kiss (4'45")
09. Bury Me Deep In Love (4'08")
10. Raining Pleasure (3'43")
11. Jerdacuttup Man (4'03")
12. Jesus Calling (4'45")
13. Kelly's Blues (5'01")
14. Keep Your Eyes On The Hole (2'50")
15. Hell Of A Summer (4'45")
16. Rosevel (2'53")
17. Lonesome Hobo (Bob Dylan)(4'16")
18. How Could I Help But Love You? (Aaron Neville)(4'02")

Disc 2 - the encores (40'11")
19. encore1 - intro (0'55")
20. Too Hot To Move (3'52")
21. Ring Of Fire (Johnny Cash)(5'08")
22. Once A Day (4'47")
23. Unmade Love (4'05")
24. encore2 - intro (0'29")
25. Stolen Property (7'41")
26. encore3 - intro (0'31")
27. Can't Help Falling In Love (Elvis Presley)(4'37")
28. The Seabirds (3'54")
29. encore4 - intro (1'20")
30. Nobody Else But Me (traditional)(2'47")

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Astoria Theatre, London 23 Jan 1988

Disc1
1. Intro
2. Fairy Tale Love
3. Lonely Stretch
4. Wide Open Road
5. Trick Of The Light
6. Property Is Condemned
7. Jerdacuttup Man
8. Kelly's Blues
9. Hometown Farewell Kiss
10. Bury Me Deep In Love
11. Raining Pleasure
Disc2

12. Red Pony
13. The Seabirds
14. Unmade Love
15. Keep Your Eyes On The Hole
16. Field Of Glass
17. Lonesome Hobo
18. How Could I Help But Love You?
19. Once A Day
20. Stolen Property
21. One Mechanic Town
22. Can't Help Falling In Love

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'Places in the Sun' Sydney, Australia    April 1988
Possibly a recording of the 2 nights at the Cove Tavern on April 2 & 3 in Sydney.
It is live audience source from Australia and Sydney gets mentioned. It must be from more than one show
(unless they really repeated songs) and the quality varies from ok to poor. Songs cut in and out at times.
Probably the main interest here is the cover versions which are all ok quality. Side 2 of the tape
is more distorted by mic overload and is poor for most of it.
Disc 1
1. Red Pony
2. Keep Your Eyes On The Hole
3. Hometown Farewell Kiss
4. Place In The Sun
5. Field Of Glass
6. What Goes On (Velvet Underground cover)
7. How Could I Help But Love You?
8. Bright Lights Big City
9. I Can't Help Falling In Love
10. Once A Day
11. Wide Open Road
Disc 2
1. Raining Pleasure  (cuts in)
2. 25 to 5
3. Too Hot To Move, Too Hot To Think
4. In The Pines (cuts in)
5. Hometown Farewell Kiss
6. Field of Glass
7. Lonesome Hobo
8. You're No Good
9.  In My Hour Of Darkness
10. Stolen Property
11. His Latest Flame (+ a few seconds of Pale Blue Eyes)

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Dominion, London  1 Sept 1988

Pretty good audience tape with a few flaws.

1. Fairytale Love
2. Lonely Stretch
3. Too Hot Too Move
4. Trick of the Light
5. Hometown Farewell Kiss
6. Holy Water
7. Legend
8. Spinning Top Song
9. Property Is Condemned
10. Kelly's Blues
11. Raining Pleasure
12. Jerdacuttup Man
13. Keep Your Eyes On The Hole
14. In The Pines
15. What Goes On
16. How Can I Help But Love You
17. Into the Groove
18. I Can't Help Falling In Love
19. Rent
20. Stolen Property

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Shaw Theatre London 12 Apr 1989

Disc 1
1. Intro - Lost in Space
2. Too Hot to Move
3. Falling Over You
4. Trick of the Light
5. Goodbye Little Boy
6. Spinning Top Song
7. Legend in my Time
8. Don't Tell Me What To Do
9. Bottle of Love
10. Jerdacuttup Man
11. In the Pines
12.  One Mechanic Town
Disc 2
13. Satisfied Mind
14. New Years Kiss
15. Lonely Stretch
16. Beginning to See the light
17. Fairytale Love
18. Billy
19. How Could I Help But Love You?
20. Go Home Eddie
21. Unmade Love

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Irish Centre, Birmingham   16 May 1989

Pretty fair audience tape.

1. Intro - Lost In Space
2. Too Hot To Move, Too Hot To Think
3. Hell Of A Summer
4. A Trick Of The Light
5. Unmade Love
6. Goodbye Little Boy
7. The Spinning Top Song
8. Legend In My Own Lifetime
9. Falling Over You
10. In The Pines
11. Keep Your Eyes On The Hole
12. Lonely Stretch
13. Satisfied Mind
14. New Years Greeting
15. What Goes On
16. Fairy Tale Love
17. Billy
18. You Don't Own Me

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Frankfurt  6 July 1989 (venue unknown)

Good quality audience boot, with perhaps a slightly muffled quality, but an excellent set. This is one of the last live Triffids shows, and the only live versions I have of 'Rent' and 'Sin City'

Disc 1
1. Intro & Property is condemned
2. Trick of the light
3. Kelly's blues
4. Goodbye little boy
5. Too hot to move, too hot to think
6. Spinning top song
7. Rent (Pet Shop Boys cover)
8. Falling over you
9. In the pines
10. One mechanic town
11. Wide open road
Disc 2
1. New Year's greeting
2. What goes on (VU cover)
3. Fairytale love
4. Unmade love
5. How could I help but love you
6. Billy (1st encore)
7. Jerdacuttup man
8. Sin City (Gram Parsons cover)(2nd encore)

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Roskilde Kulturhus, Denmark 2 June 1989

Recorded on a Sony WM-D3. First generation copy taken from original master cassette.

1. Intro
2. Too Hot To Move, Too Hot To Think
3. Property Is Condemned
4. Trick Of The Light
5. Unmade Love
6. Goodbye Little Boy
7. The Spinning Top Song
8. Legend In My Time
9. Falling Over You
10. In The Pines
11. One Mechanic Town
12. Jerdacuttup Man (tape turns)
13. Satisfied Mind
14. New Years Greetings
15. What Goes On
16. Fairytale Love
17. Billy
18. 25 To 5
19. I Am A Lonesome Hobo
20. How Could I Help But Love You?

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Paradiso, Amstersdam  9 June 1989

Good quality radio broadcast from Belgium radio.

01. Too Hot To Move, Too Hot To Think
02. Goodbye Little Boy
03. Property Is Condemned
04. Personal Things
05. Trick Of The Light
06. Unmade Love
07. What Goes On (Velvet Underground)
08. Spinning Top Song
09. Fairytale Love
10. Billy (Bob Dylan) fades

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Enmore Theatre, Sydney  30 June 1989

Incomplete audience boot. This was one side of tape. Unfortunately the other side didn't survive.

1. Too Hot To Move, Too Hot To Think
2. Trick Of The Light
3. Keep Your Eyes On The Hole
4. Jerdacuttup Man
5. Wide Open Road
6. Satisfied Mind (Johnny Cash)
7. New Years Greetings
8. What Goes On (Velvet Underground)

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Perth Covers Show 1989

1. You're No Good
2. The Best Part Of Breaking Up
3. Sweet Jane
4. Do You Love Me?
5. Blue Monday
6. Mellow Yellow
7. Can't Help Falling In Love
8. Femme Fatale
9. Theme From Gilligan's Island
10. All Over The World
11. The Spy
12. Ring Of Fire
13.Ain't No Sunshine
14. Waiting For The Man
15. Little Sister
16. What Goes On
17. Nervous Breakdown
18. Pale Blue Eyes
19. The Way I Walk
20. Suspicious Minds
21. No Fun

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Lawson Square Infirmary

Melbourne 25 Mar 1986

Don't know much about this. It has been suggested it was a pre-amble to a Triffids gig.
Can be used to fill up a disc.

I also have a CD copy of the Lawson Square Infirmary EP.

1. This Happy Boy I Am
2. Mother Silhouette
3. Crucifixion Speech
4. Once A Day


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David McComb

B-Sides & Rare Tracks

All originals in my record collection. Can be compiled to suit need on request.  All CD sourced except where indicated. All from originals.

David McComb
The Message
The Message (KSDS mix)
The Message (KSDS Club mix)(vinyl)
Song of No Return
I've Heard Things Turn Out This Way
Home For Fallen Angels
You've Got A Funny Way Of Showing That You Love Me
My Friend Sleep
Lullaby
Casino Light
White Nights
Born This Way
Compilation Tracks:
Country Boy (vinyl)
Still Alive and Well (CD)
David McComb & Adam Peters:
I Don't Need You (vinyl)
Willy The Torch
Liberty and a Thousand Trees
I Don't Need You (Baker's Mix)
Don't Go Home With Your Hard On (CD)
Blackeyed Susans (McComb vocal) (CD):
Cripple Creek
Enemy Mine
Don't Call Yourself An Angel
Memories
Four Hours Sleep (McComb vocal) (CD):
This Song Can Save You
When I First Met You
Costar:
I Kept My Eye On You(CD)
Lucky For Some
Murder In The Dark
The Good Life Never Ends (streaming audio source)

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VPRO Radio: Melkweg, Amdsterdam 28 April 1994

A good quality short live set from Dutch radio.

Clear out My mind
Inside Of Me
Memories
Unmade Love
I Heard You Had A Bed
Pack Up Your Troubles

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Triple J Session 1994

1. Clear Out My Mind
2. Setting You Free
3. Lifelike
4. Unmade Love
5. I Want To Conquer You
6. Passing Through
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Gent Club, Vooruit, Belgium 24 April 1994

1. Unmade Love
2. Clear Out My Mind
3. Setting You Free
4. In The Pines
5. Trick Of The Light
6. Lifelike
7. Raining Pleasure
8. Inside Of Me
9. 20/20 Vision
10. I Want To Conquer You (cuts)
11. I Heard You Had A Bed
12. What Goes On
13.  How Could I Help But Love You?
14. Foggy Notion
15. Passing Through
16. When You Were Mine
17. Pack Up Your Troubles
18. I Can't Stand It
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King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow 2 May 1994

1. Unmade Love
2. Clear Out My Mind
3. Setting You Free
4. In The Pines
5. Trick Of The Light
6. Lifelike
7. Raining Pleasure
8. Memories
9. I Want To Conquer You
10. Foggy Notion
11. How Could I Help But Love You?
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The Limelight, Belfast 1994

This was possibly the last European date David ever did, on his 1994 tour.
This has some static clicks and microphone rattle from the original tape but is pretty listenable.

1. Setting You Free
2. Heard You Had A Bed
3. Trick Of The Light
4. Raining Pleasure
5. Memories
6. I Want To Conquer You
7. Foggy Notion
8. How Could I Help But Love You?
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Swedish Radio Interview 23 June 1991

This features Dave talking about each song and then an extract of the song.

1. Ellie Greenwich - You Don't Know
2. Tom Waits - Broken Bicycle
3. The Reels - Quasimodo's Dream
4. LL Cool J - Goin' Back To Cali
5. The Beatles - Yer Blues
6. Leonard Cohen - Everybody Knows
7. Bob Dylan - Belle Isle & Moonshiner
8. Velvet Underground - Some Kind Of Love
9. Television - Venus
10. Chet Baker - Deep In A Dream

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The J Files Tribute to David McComb

Broadcast on Australian JJJ FM Radio 4 March 1999 as a tribute to David McComb shortly after his death. This is 3 hours of fascinating listening with interviews, phone-ins and rare and classic tracks.

Disc 1
1. Phil Kakulas
2. Estuary Bed
3. Richard Kingsmill (DJ)
4. Red Pony
5. Jonathon from Brisbane
6. Trick of the Light
7. Wayne from Tamworth
8. Setting You Free (Black Eyed Susans session)
9. History of the Triffids (21 mins)
10. Fairytale Love
11. Richard Kingsmill
12. Beautiful Waste
13. Not the Marrying Kind (Lawson Square Infirmary)
14. Greg from Sydney
15. Lonely Stretch (Peel Session)
16. Colin from Sydney
17. Being Driven
18. Phil Kakulas
Disc 2
1. I Want to Conquer You
2. Vincent Simonetti
3. MGM
4. Vincent Simonetti
5. Too Hot Too Move, Too Hot To Think (Son of Dungeon Tape version)
6. Jesus Calling
7. Robin from Sydney
8. Don't Go Home With Your Hard On
9. Rob Snarski, Phil Kakulas
10. Hanging Shed
11. Robert McComb
12. Field of Glass
13. Graham Lee
14. I Kept My Eye On You (costar)
15. Brendan from Sydney
Disc 3
1. New Year's Greeting
2. David McComb 'Creatures of the Spotlight'
3. The Seabirds
4. Kerri-Anne from Sydney
5. Old Ghost Rider (ABC Studio)
6. Plaything (ABC Studio)
7. My Baby Thinks She's A Train (ABC Studio)
8. Luke from Austinville
9. Jerdacuttup Man
10. Graham Lee
11. Hometown Farewell Kiss
12. Janine
13. Leaning
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Four Hours Sleep  "More of Her"

This is a very rare CD. Apparently only600 copies were ever pressed.
David McComb sang lead vocals on tracks 1 & 10.
I have an original copy from which I take copies.

More Info on this album at the Stephen Cummings web site.

1.Satellite
2.Stick To My Fingers
Don't You Ever Listen To Me
When You Know More Of Her
A Real Miracle
She Wanted To Fight
Many Were The Tears
Lost World
When I First Met You
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costar

The unreleased costar EP

This was scheduled for release around the time Dave McComb died. So far it has never been released.
This a CDR burn copy, not MP3 based.

1. I Kept My Eye On You
2. Murder In The Dark
3. Lucky For Some
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The Complete costar Studio Tape
This is good quality, not MP3 sourced. As far
as I know this is all the costar material that got recorded in the studio.
1. I Kept My Eye On You
2. Murder In The Dark
3. Lucky For Some
4. Everything Is Fixed
5. Devil Please
6. The Good Life Never Ends
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Cherry Tree Hotel, Melbourne June 1998

This was recorded on a large ghetto blaster at the back of the room. It has a little hiss but not much audience noise. 
It is a pretty good recording.

Disc 1 Set1
1. I Kept My Eye On You
2. Too Hot To Move, Too Hot To Think
3. The Good Life Never Ends
4. Someone Watching Over Me (Will Ackers vocal)
5. The Seabirds
6. In The Pines
7. Jedacuttup Man
8. Devil Please (Will Ackers vocal)
9. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine

Disc 2 Set 2

1. She's An Angel (?) (Will Ackers vocal)
2. Victoria (Will Ackers vocal)
3. Kiss Him He's History
4. I Want To Conquer You
5. Crucifixion Speech
6. Everything Is Fixed
7. Inside Of Your Heart
8. Trick Of The Light

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Esplanade Hotel, Melbourne
27 August 1998
This is taken from a cassette tape of several generations. The last 3 tracks have increasing distortion, which spoils them. The rest is ok.
1. I Kept My Eye On You
2. The Good Life Never Ends
3. Someone Watching Over Me (Will Ackers vocal)
4. Kiss Him He's History
5. The Seabirds
6. Murder In The Dark
7. Devil Please (Will Ackers vocal)
8. Jedacuttup Man
9. Tupelo Honey  (Will Ackers vocal)
10. Victoria (Will Ackers vocal)
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The Blackeyed Susans

Black Sun Demos

These excellent demos include many tracks that later appeared as David McComb solo material.

1. you're draggin' me
2. a curse on you
3. inside of me
4. we could have been someone
5. sheets of rain
6. every gentle soul
7. white nights
8. lifelike
9. I want to conquer you
10. deep in a dream
11. I'm setting you free

London Sessions
12. spanish is loving tongue
13. anchor me
14. in the pines
15. angel of uncertain times
16. wee small hours of the morning
17. he'll have to go

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Mouth To Mouth Demos

1. lets live
2. mary mac
3. shadow of her smile
4. as it was
5. I need you
6. she breathes in she breathes out
7. hey buddy
8. end of the line
9. I can't find your pusle
10. mouth to mouth
11. by your hand
12. I do'nt want to be here anymore
Triple J  1991
13. glory glory
14. viva las vegas
15. anchor me
16. who's that by the window?
17. don't call yourself an angel
18. ocean of you
19. in the pines

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Live At The Wireless

1996
1. mary mac
2. lets live
3. she breathes in...
4. you rule me
5. state trooper
6. as it was
1997
7. spin the wheel
8. untitled
9. everthing i touch turns to gold
10. blue skies blue sea
11. smokin johnny cash
12. that's life
1992
13. setting you free (Dave McComb vocal)
14. ocean of you
15. spanish is the loving tongue

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The Place, Melbourne 9 September 1992

A live audience set with Dave McComb. Slightly distorted  and rough sound.

1. Inside of me (cuts near end)
2. Cripple creek
3. Apartment #9
4. Setting you free
5. A curse on you
6. I want to conquer you
7. Inside your heart
8. Spanish is the loving tongue

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Some Night, Somewhere

Rare deleted live CD

1. Sheets of Rain
2. Let's Live
3. Mary Mac
4. I Can't Find Your Pulse
5. I Need You
6. Glory, Glory
7. She Breathes In (She Breathes Out)
8. A Curse On You

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Melbourne 26 September 1996

Later set. Rough audience quality with distortion.

1. Blue sky blue sea
2. Sheets of rain
3. As it was
4. Bottle of red
5. Smokin’ Johhny Cash
6. Let’s live
7. She breathes in…

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