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     skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 566 Registered: 10-2008 |
all the info here. http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/news/25 -01-10/the-triffids---free-mp3s-best-of- box-set-and-cd-plus-special-show/ http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/reissue s/21-01-10/wide-open-road-the-best-of-th e-triffids/ i've already ordered the best of, only Ł5 direct from domino and you get a free download of the album if you order early | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 988 Registered: 08-2004 |
That's an early Valentine's present to yourself.  | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2253 Registered: 03-2005 |
Grrrr. The "Best of" includes only one song from the non-album singles and it's one of the weakest ones ("Reverie"). Surely "Spanish Blue" or "Bad Timing" or "Being Driven" or "Left to Rot" are all VASTLY better than the inconsequential "Reverie." These are the songs that are hard for people to get. If the box set has only eight CDs, then they might be nothing other than the discs that have already been released, including the bonus discs, and therefore no thrill for those of us who have already bought them. On my Triffids shelf the CD I made up of the downloads for "Early Singles" is a ninth disc. If that disc is not included in the box and there are also none of the pre-"Treeless Plain" cassette recordings I'd have to say it's a pointless exercise with a capital "P." | ||
| Sean C Member Username: Sean Post Number: 2 Registered: 11-2006 |
The box set includes all early singles and a lot from the early tapes http://thetriffids.com | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2254 Registered: 03-2005 |
Ok, NOW I'm excited! I didn't find Graham's description on the Domino site. Thanks Sean! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2255 Registered: 03-2005 |
And now I've ordered a copy of the box. I should have had more faith in Domino. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 572 Registered: 10-2008 |
The free download of the album came from Domino today, pretty early and almost 2 months ahead of the physical release!! Its a well paced comp, and sounds great from start to finish, I was even surprised that I didnt recoil in horror when "bury me deep in love" came on. I'm sure I remember it as much cheesier than that!! the only song i wasnt overly familiar with, although i did recognise, was track 3 reverie,its from their debut 7" ep. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3380 Registered: 05-2005 |
Not only that Kevin, but your beloved Hot Chip included Hall & Oates' I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) on their great Bugged Out mix album! | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 633 Registered: 10-2008 |
nice review http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/1224 13-the-triffids-wide-open-road-the-best- of/ | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3486 Registered: 05-2005 |
The box set arrived this morning at 8am. Yay! Has your's come Randy? | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2323 Registered: 03-2005 |
No, not yet. Hmmm. I'd think it would reach California before Oz. Oh well. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2324 Registered: 03-2005 |
Mine arrived today while I was at home for lunch Padraig! I've decided to start with "Grandson of Dungeon Tape." This is NOT going to be a disappointment. The sound is great. The chord progression on the original version of "Too Hot to Move, Too Hot to Think" is interestingly different than the one they did all those years later. I'm hearing "MGM" right now. But I'm going to have to stop and get back to work. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3489 Registered: 05-2005 |
I played a track or two from each disc just to ensure they were were all playing OK. One tack I played was that version of Too Hot to Move! | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 548 Registered: 04-2005 |
London gig http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/apr /13/the-triffids-review | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3494 Registered: 05-2005 |
The box set is going for $90 Australian in Red Eye records in Sydney. This is $35 less than it cost me to have it sent from London. Oh well. You win some, you lose some. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 656 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thanks for the up on the triffids box set Padraig, I've just bought it over the phone. It should be here in a couple of days. A mate of mine also got his from Domino and it arrived late last week. He took 2 days off work to listen to it!! A dedicated Triffids fan!!! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3496 Registered: 05-2005 |
You're welcome Geoff. I figured someone hereabouts might benefit. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 3516 Registered: 05-2005 |
I played The Triffids' live album Stockholm last night (side 1) and this morning (side 2). It's the first time in about 17 years that I've played it and it's brilliant. I really disliked it back in the day (I bought it in 1992) and I just can't see why now, it's fantastic. I came across the cassette while I was looking for something else. | ||
| Shane Greentree Member Username: Realinspectorshane Post Number: 5 Registered: 03-2007 |
My copy arrived today. I've only had time to listen to two discs (the best-of and the LSE gig) so far, and its already great. Very classy packaging on the set too. My only problem selection-wise with the compilation-disc is that it needed more In The Pines tunes. Everybody needs more of those. ;) By the way, the liner notes also add a bit more detail on the 'Jack Brabham 2010' tracks than the entries on the net give. To quote: Disc 1 [Disc 9] 1. Indiscreet Music 2. Radioactivity -From Dalsy/Indiscreet Music cassette '77 3. Family Name - Live at Shaftesbury Hotel, Perth, '82 4. Spanish Blue - Live at Sydney Cove Tavern, 10th October '83 5. Crucifixion Speech -From Lawson Square ghetto blaster sessions 11th June '84 6. Night Life -Live at Shenton Park Hotel 25th January '85 7. Happy Day 8. Mother Silhouette 9. Crucifixion Speech 10. Once A Day 11. Femme Fatale 12. You're No Good - Live at a covers night at The Club, Melbourne when The Triffids supported themselves as Lawson Square Infirmary 22nd March '86 13. The Dave and Richie Show Radio ID 14. Good Morning Good Morning -B-Side of Holy Water single 15. Into The Groove -B-Side of <i>Bury Me Deep In Love<i> 12" single '89 16. Goodbye Little Boy -Produced by Victor Van Vugt, Sydney 3rd-6th June '88 17. Rent -B-Side of Bury Me Deep In Love 7" single '89 18. Kelly's Blues 19. Blinder By The Hour 20. Just Might Fade Away - In The Pines outtakes. Remixed by Bruce Calloway 21. Spinning Top Song -Live at RMIT Storey Hall 5th August '89 22. A Trick Of The Light 23. Too Hot To Move Too Hot To Think -Live on Adelaide Radio February '88 24. Fairytale Love -Live at RMIT Surrey Hall 5th August '89 Disc 2 [Disc 10] 1. Comment 2. Punk Rock by Pale Horse -From the cassette Have A Fit 22nd May '77. Pale Horse are David McComb, Alsy MacDonald and Julian Douglas-Smith 3. Comment 4. Mark by Dalsy -From the cassette Dalsy/Indiscreet Music, 31st August '77 5. Slow Decay 6. When She's Going Down -Solo demo '80--unreleased songs. 7. Embedded -Solo demo late '82 8. Deadwind -Demo '82. Recorded by Paul Bolger. 9. Raining Pleasure -Jill and Dave mid '83 10. Story of Joseph -Solo demo '84--unrecorded song. 11. Lonely Stretch -Solo demo '84 12. Lonely Stretch -Rehearsal '85 13. Love and Affection (fragment) -With James Paterson '85 14. Stolen Property -Rehearsal early '85 15. The Seabirds -Rehearsal '85 16. Tarilup Bridge - Solo in Berlin Hotel room 19th May '85 17. Wide Open Road -Rehearsal mid '85 18. Personal Things -with piano 19. Jerdacuttup Man -With James Paterson 20. A Trick Of The Light -Demo June 1986 21. Comment 22. Shell of the Man 23. Save What You Can -Rehearsal '87 24. New Year's Greetings -Demo with Phil Kakulas '88 25. New Year's Greetings -Instrumental </quote> |