Jerusalem Bay - Melanie Oxley & Chris Abrahams

Third album by the duo, this time a more acoustic rendition.

1. So Fell You
2. Safe Journey
3. Wiseblood
4. Air
5. Time Of First Departures
6. Stolen
7. King Of Surfaces
8. That Animal
9. Jerusalem Bay
10. Cry Me A River


http://rapidshare.com/files/255225887/Jerusalem_Bay.rar

Welcome to violet - Melanie Oxley & Chris Abrahams

The first full album of this duo (1992) including pedal steel contributions by Graham Lee of the Triffids ! A must for all Triffheads around.

Sweet Girl
Poppies
Breathe
Everything Is Made Of Wood
Smile
You Can' t See Anything I Do
Here Come
You' ve Got A Lot To Learn
Short Time In A Suitcase
Everything About You Is Unbreakable
Don't Try So Hard
Somewhere To Fly

http://rapidshare.com/files/252623385/welcometoviolet.rar

Resisting calm - Melanie Oxley & Chris Abrahams

Melanie Oxley performed backing vocals on The Triffids classic mini-album Raining pleasure. At the recent "reunion" concerts in Australia she performed Embedded in a stunning way.

Together with Chris Abrahams she has recorded (within my knowledge) an EP and 4 albums. Here you can get that EP called Resisting calm. The most recent album Blood oranges can be found on this terrific blog : http://stripedsunlight.blogspot.com/2009/06/melanie-oxley-and-chris-abrahams-blood.html

http://rapidshare.com/files/250235192/Resisting_Calm.rar

1. Siren
2. He's So Tired
3. Benchtop
4. Happy Birthday


If you are interested I can upload the other albums too. In the meanwhile, enjoy your summer holidays !

Tim Ashmore Smile

Sun is in the air and you need another smile ? here is Tim Ashmore smile ! Enjoy the Beach Boys.

http://rapidshare.com/files/238465939/tim_ashmore_smile.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/238465938/tim_ashmore_smile.part1.rar

Costar - part 2

Here you get the second part. Enjoy !

1. She's An Angel (Will Akers vocal)
2. Victoria (Will Akers 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

A cleaned up version of kiss him can also be found at the main triffids website.

http://rapidshare.com/files/221596217/COSTAR2.rar

Turning point

Courtesy of the ms forum, here you get a fake 2009 compilation called Turning Point.

Brian Wilson
"Turning Point"
2009 compilation
16 tracks

01 Concert Tonight (4:44 version)
02 Don't You Just Know It (with Jan Berry)
03 Let's Get Tonight (early version of "The Waltz")
04 Daddy's Little Girl (recycling "Sail Plane Song" bass line)
05 Goodnight Irene
06 Turning Point (early version of "You've Touched Me")
07 Save the Day (The Power of Love) (early version of "Fairy Tale")
08 In the Night Time (early version, no backing vocals)
09 Some Sweet Day
10 Christine (early version of "Barbie (Living Doll)")
11 Spirit of Rock and Roll (just BW, no band or Bob Dylan)
12 The Boogie's Back in Town
13 Sweets for My Sweet
14 Heavenly Bodies
15 This Could Be the Night
16 What a Wonderful World

http://rapidshare.com/files/223607021/Brian_Wilson_-_Turning_Point.rar

Costar !

This is part 1 of a Costar concert from the Cherry Tree Hotel, Melbourne June 1998. This is the most recent recording I have of Dave.

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 Akers vocal)
5. The Seabirds
6. In The Pines
7. Jerdacuttup Man
8. Devil Please (Will Akers vocal)
9. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine

http://rapidshare.com/files/221517266/COSTAR1.rar

If there's enough interest, I will post part 2 as well.

zanzibar

Another rare Blackeyed susans track, from the Stoneage cameos compilation, a tribute to the Hoodoo Gurus masterpiece Stoneage Romeos.

http://rapidshare.com/files/215215742/zanzibar.mp3

Glory Glory

While we are awaiting the retrospecive box, here you get Blackeyed Susans from Live at the Wireless : Glory Glory !


http://rapidshare.com/files/201472057/bes_glory_glory.mp3

It's raining pleasure

So Saturday evening the European (in fact it was the world) premiere of It's raining pleasure was shown in Hasselt, Belgium. Director Steven Levett was there to introduce his € 15.000 film.

It was a real treat for us Triffids fans, those Sydney gigs were amazing. Let's hope Steven manages to have this issued in the near future so that we can all buy a copy.

One of the many highlights to me (though not to others, I heard afterwards) was Steve Kilbey's contribution (Lonely stretch, Wide open road). Here you get his version of Wide open road with his own band, The Church.

http://rapidshare.com/files/201472058/churchWOR.mp3

Another highlight was Rob Snarski and This one eats souls. Here you find the live version as made available on the itsrainingpleasure.com website.

(link deleted by request)

Triffids live in Frankfurt, 7 June 1989

One of the last Triffids things from my vaults. A concert of the last European tour in Frankfurt (Germany), not from the 6th of July as wrongly labeled, but from 7 June 1989.

A real treat as :
- it is an excellent show
- it is a complete show
- it contains some songs that they did not play very often like the Pet Shop Boys cover rent and the Gram Parsons cover Sin city.

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
8. Falling over you
9. In the pines
10. One mechanic town
11. Wide open road
12. New Year's greetings (the country widower)
13. What goes on
14. Fairytale love
15. Unmade love
16. How could I help but love you
17. Billy
18. Jerdacuttup man
19. Sin City

Enjoy !

http://rapidshare.com/files/186976474/Frankfurt_6_july_1989.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/186976478/Frankfurt_6_july_1989.part2.rar

Blue ruin - Flame

Second album by Blue Ruin, I think this one is their best known. Again, great stuff.

And again, what a helluva woman, this time even more powerful, and she appears to be on the album cover ;-).

1. Bad Gin
2. Kill Some Time
3. Cure
4. Lord's Calling
5. Slow Train
6. What a Helluva Woman
7. Heart
8. Calling You Out
9. I'm Down
10. Jealousy
11. Cherry Tree

http://rapidshare.com/files/185854106/blue_ruin_flame.rar

Blue ruin - such sweet thunder

Blue Ruin were an Australian band. The singer's voice always reminded me of David Mc Comb. The musical style can be described as a more jazzy Nick Cave & Bad Seeds.

Such sweet thunder is their first studio album. I ripped it from my vinyl.

I believe Triffheads will like this very much.

1. Hey Bo
2. What A Hell'uva Woman
3. She's Murder
4. Kill Jaw
5. Waterhole
6. In The Mood
7. Same Thing
8. Love Me When I'm Low
9. Waterhole (Reprise)

http://rapidshare.com/files/180014201/such_sweet_thunder.rar

Merry Christmas

I wish you a happy end of the year. Listen to the beach Boys Christmas album and add the SOT 3-disk to it. Here are the links.

http://rapidshare.com/files/46286389/christmas1.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/46337929/christmas2.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/46334950/christmas3.zip

In addition, here's a christmas track from one of my favourite bands, Belle and Sebastian. It's "O come O come Emmanuel" from the "It's a cool cool christmas" compilation. Enjoy !

http://rapidshare.com/files/173491445/08_O_Come._O_Come_Emmanuel.mp3

Triffids live in Amsterdam 9 June 1989

As promised another Triffids concert. I taped this from a Belgian radio broadcast. Not the complete set but great nevertheless. Enjoy !

1. Too Hot To Move, Too Hot To Think
2. Goodbye Little Boy
3. Property Is Condemned
4. Personal Things
5. Trick Of The Light
6. Unmade Love
7. What Goes On
8. Spinning Top Song
9. Fairytale Love
10. Billy (incomplete)

http://rapidshare.com/files/160181614/triffidslive1989amsterdam.rar

I'm almost dawn

You will have noticed a lack of updates. These are busy times.

Here you get "I'm almost dawn" a track written by David Mc Comb and James Patterson which is part of the "Darlinghurst demos" by Champagne Love Garden, the name of a James Patterson project.

Next month I'll put up another Triffids concert.

http://rapidshare.com/files/159329153/Champagne_Love_Garden.rar

Spanish blue

Just noticed I hadn't uploaded this Triffids single yet, so here you go. It's the A and B sides Spanish Blue and Twisted brain.

http://rapidshare.com/files/148487734/spanish.rar

Underground Lovers - Takes you back

1. Takes you back
2. Undone
3. A town called Presley
4. I waited to see you

http://rapidshare.com/files/128826094/Takes_you_back.rar

spector mix

http://rapidshare.com/files/141798056/PSSM.rar

Splendid

EP from 1995 by the Underground Lovers.

1. Beautiful world
2. Wonderful things
3. Terrific and free
4. Splendid she said

http://rapidshare.com/files/128826092/Splendid_EP.rar