''The Triffids - Cassettes #1-6'' Between 1978 and 1981, with a shifting roster of musicians, Australian folk rock group

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independently released six

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Robert McComb Robert Harold McComb is an Australian musician who played guitar, violin, organ, and other instruments with Perth-based rock group The Triffids, from 1979 to 1989. He is the older brother of the band's founder and lead singer-songwriter, David M ...

joined his younger brother,

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's band as violinist and second guitarist in 1979, in time for their fourth tape. In 2010 the group issued a compilation box set, ''Come Ride with Me... Wide Open Road – The Deluxe Edition'' of 10× CD with Disc 3 providing a selection from tapes 1 to 4 and Disc 4 containing tapes 5 and 6.

Tape #1

Tape #1 was recorded on 27 and 28 May 1978 on a Revox A77 and released in 1978. It was produced by The Triffids and arranged by

Track listing

# "What Would the Martians Think" # "Nerves" # "Mark" ^^ # "Trouble" # "Martyrs" ^^ # "Rathouse" # "GBH" # "No" ^^ # "Take Me to Your Leader" ^^ # "Animals" # "The Terrible Infant Infant II" ^^ Tracks appear on ''Come Ride with Me... Wide Open Road – The Deluxe Edition'' (2010)

Personnel

The Triffids

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- drums, organ *

- lead vocals, bass, organ *Phil Kakulas - guitar, vocals, bass, organ

Additional musicians

*Andrew McGowan - organ, guitar, drums *Kirke Godfrey - guitar, organ

Tape #2

Tape #2 was recorded on 4 and 6 September 1978 and released in 1978.

Track listing

# "Philosophical Stroll" ^^ # "What's the Difference" ^^ # "Butterfly" ^^ # "I'm Not Losing Sleep" # "New Vision" ^^ # "Standard Talking" # "The Diplomatic Corps" ^^ # "The Jinx of E.H. Lincolnburg" # "Out of Tune" ^^ # "Spring in the Fall" ^^ Tracks appear on ''Come Ride with Me... Wide Open Road – The Deluxe Edition'' (2010)

Personnel

The Triffids

*David McComb - guitar, vocals *Phil Kakulas - guitar, vocals *Byron Sinclair - bass *Allan MacDonald - drums, vocals

Tape #3

Tape #3 was recorded on 3 and 4 February 1979 and released in 1979.

Track listing

# "Mystery" # "I Was a Teenage Teenager" ^^ # "The Pit and the Pendulum and Me" # "Christmas Time" # "Jeremy Joy" ^^ # "Nedlands by Night" # "I'm Sincere" # "The Frontier" # "True Love" # "All the Same" # "Sixteen Again" ^^ time 37:06 ^^ Tracks appear on ''Come Ride with Me... Wide Open Road – The Deluxe Edition'' (2010)

Personnel

The Triffids

*David McComb - guitar, vocals *Phil Kakulas - guitar, vocals *Byron Sinclair - bass *Allan MacDonald - drums, vocals

Tape #4

Tape #4 was recorded in August 1979 and released in 1979.

Track listing

# "Cyclone" ^^ # "Everyone Likes to Disco" # "Jeremy Joy" # "Artist" ^^ # "Human Interest" ^^ # "Paradise" # "Careless City" ^^ # "Kids These Days" # "Blox" ^^ # "I'm Gonna Fly to the Moon" ^^ # "Little Voices" ^^ # "Actress" ^^ # "Adaptable" ^^ # "Aim for My Heart" ^^ # "Glamour Boy" ^^ # "Remember When You Were a Child" time 51:16 ^^ Tracks appear on ''Come Ride with Me... Wide Open Road – The Deluxe Edition'' (2010)

Personnel

The Triffids

*David McComb - guitar, vocals *Rob McComb - guitar, violin *Byron Sinclair - bass *Allan MacDonald - drums, vocals

Tape #5

Tape #5 was recorded in March/April 1980 and released 1980

Track listing

# "Tuscan St Retirement Village" # "My Next Door Neighbour" # "Farmers Never Visit Nightclubs" # "It Was a Wednesday" # "I Can't Wait to See Your Gun" # "Surfer Boy in Leather" # "On the Street Where You Live" # "In the Tropicana Lounge" # "The Trumpet of the Moon" # "Pile Up" # "Never Again" # "Hey Mary Ann" # "Nervous Side of Town" # "Southern Religious Programme Pts 1 & 2" ^^ All tracks appear on ''Come Ride with Me... Wide Open Road – The Deluxe Edition'' (2010)

Personnel

The Triffids

*David McComb - guitar, vocals *Robert McComb - guitar, violin *Margaret Gillard - keyboards *Byron Sinclair - bass *Allan MacDonald - drums, vocals

Tape #6

Tape #6 was recorded and released in 1981. It was recorded with two separate line-ups, one featuring Mark Peters on drums the other with Allan MacDonald on drums.

Track listing

# "Somewhere in the Shadows" # "You Can Spend" # "The Marrying Kind" # "A Place in the Sun" # "Stand Up" # "Calm Down" # "Reverie" # "Don't You Know There's a World Going On" # "No Desire" # "Digging a Hole" # "Terry Angeline" # "Native Bride" # "Providence" # "Thanks for Everything" # "Lanallu" Total Time 78:20 ^^ All tracks appear on ''Come Ride with Me... Wide Open Road – The Deluxe Edition'' (2010)

Personnel

The Triffids

*David McComb - guitar, vocals *Robert McComb - guitar, violin *Will Akers - bass, vocals *Margaret Gillard - keyboards *Mark Peters - drums *Allan MacDonald - drums, vocals

References

{{The Triffids The Triffids albums