The Triffids - Beautiful Waste and other songs torrent

The Triffids were an Australian rock band who achieved some international success in the 1980s. Formed in Perth in the late 1970s and disbanded in 1989, their best known songs are "Wide Open Road" and "Bury Me Deep in Love". Their vocalist and principal songwriter was David McComb (1962-1999).

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Their line-up stabilised to David McComb (vocals, guitar), his brother Robert McComb (guitar,violin), Jill Birt (keyboards), Alsy MacDonald (drums), Martyn P. Casey (bass) and 'Evil' Graham Lee (pedal steel, guitar).

Their next single, "Beautiful Waste" / "Property is Condemned" and the Raining Pleasure 12” EP were released in 1984. By this time the Triffids had spent so much time traveling the 3000 miles between the west and east coasts of Australia (David McComb estimated that they made this trip between 12 and 16 times) that they decided to travel that little bit further and headed to Europe.

In late August, 1984 the band flew to London with a small amount of savings and five return plane tickets scheduled to expire by Christmas. They gave themselves three months to make inroads in the UK. Appearing as a support act at their London debut at the LSE, they blew headliners The Monochrome Set off the stage. They succeeded to the point where they graced the first cover of 1985 of the influential UK magazine NME, which it predicted would be 'The Year Of the Triffids'.

On November 6, 1984 the Triffids recorded the Field Of Glass 12” EP mostly live at BBC Studio 5 in London and then returned for a brief tour of Australia. Apparently the "Field Of Glass" track was not released on CD because the master tape could not be found, although it was eventually discovered under David McComb’s bed.

During a brief return home the band acquired their final permanent band member, pedal-steel player ‘Evil’ Graham Lee, who had performed on the mini-album, Lawson Square Infirmary, a Triffids side project that was recorded in 1984, just prior to the band's first trip to England.

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Raining Pleasure:

* Jesus Calling
* Embedded
* St James Infirmary
* Everybody Has To Eat
* Ballad Of Jack Frost
* Property Is Condemned
* Raining Pleasure

Lawson Square Infirmary:

* Figurine
* When My heart Breaks
* Mother Silhouette
* Mercy
* Crucifixion Speech
* Not The Marrying Kind

Field Of Glass EP:

* Bright Lights Big City
* Monkey On My Back
* Field Of Glass

The rest:

* Dear Miss Lonelyhearts
* Native Bride
* Beautiful Waste

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