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The Triffids, one of the most revered and highly regarded bands to come out of Australia, and one of the greatest bands ever to capture the musical landscape of my esteemed home country, are due to release a mammoth 10 CD career encompassing box set, as well as a brand new compilation album entitled Wide Open Road – The Best of the Triffids on April 5 through Domino Records.

Having had the priviledge of being amongst fellow Triffids fans and band members at the unveiling of the blue plaque where their band recorded the timeless Born Sandy Devotional album which also heralded the re-release and remastering of the entire Triffids back catalogue, the band have acquiesced to their fans long-standing call to release many of their early recordings, and cassettes that the band recorded before they had a record contract.

Come Ride With Me…. Wide Open Road – The Best of The Triffids feattures 10 discs spanning the bands entire career, comprising the best of, plus 4 discs of selections from their early singles and cassettes releases, 3 discs of live recordings and 2 discs of rarities and other unreleased ephemera. It looks to be a truly astonishing collection.

“When I was asked  to put together this collection of rarities I knew that the most difficult part would be constraining the number of CDs to single figures. That went out the window a few weeks ago – and I’m happy about that. Domino insists they are too. At least I didn’t ask for a silver box”  – Graham Lee

In addition, on Friday 9 April, the remaining members of The Triffids will gather together with a cast of characters, friends, guest musicians and vocalists at London’s Barbican for a special concert to showcase and celebrate the songwriting genius of their late leader David McComb, who died in 1999. The band will also take the show to Hasselt, Belgium on April 16 and 17 at Kunstencentrum Belgie, and Athens, Greece on 23 April, when they appear at Gagarin 205.

A labour of love, the 10 CDs which comprise the box set are:

CD1 – Wide Open Road – The Best of The Triffids

The standard 18 track single CD compilation album also forms part of the Deluxe Edition. The full track listing for this is:

1. Wide Open Road
2. Red Pony
3. Reverie
4. Beautiful Waste
5. Hell Of A Summer
6. Property Is Condemned
7. Raining Pleasure
8. The Seabirds
9. Lonely Stretch
10. Stolen Property
11. Kathy Knows
12. Bury Me Deep
13. A Trick Of The Light
14. Jerdacuttup Man
15. Too Hot To Move
16. Goodbye Little Boy
17. New Years Greetings
18. Save What You Can

CD2 – The Early Singles and EP’s
CD3 – The Early Cassettes.  A selection from the Triffids’ first, second, third and fourth cassettes
CD4 – The Early Cassettes.  The Triffids’ fifth and sixth cassettes
CD5 – Grandson of Dungeon Tape.  Dungeon Tape and Son of Dungeon Tape – A Selection
CD6 – Live To Air on 3PBS from the Regal Room at The Prince Of Wales Hotel, St Kilda – 16/4/84
CD7 – Live At the London School Of Economics – 13/10/84
CD8 – Live At Melbourne University – 27/03/88
CD9 – Jack Brabham 2010 Vol. 1 Live recordings, Unreleased Tracks and Historical Snippets 1977 to 1989
CD10 – Jack Brabham 2010 Vol. 2 Demos, Unheard Songs and Historical Snippets 1977 to 1988