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Live at the Wireless is a radio show, and now a long standing tradition, of Triple J
Triple J

Triple J is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian Radio in Australia , mainly aimed at youth . Music played on the station is generally more alternative music than commercial stations with a heavy emphasis on Music of Australia music and new music....
, an Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
n radio station. Live music is one of the central philosophies of the station.

The live broadcasts take a number of forms. Some broadcasts are from open air concerts and festivals
Music festival

A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday....
, or smaller pub gigs around the country. Many are bands that have been invited into the Triple J studios to play a live set of tracks, usually acoustic.






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Live at the Wireless is a radio show, and now a long standing tradition, of Triple J
Triple J

Triple J is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian Radio in Australia , mainly aimed at youth . Music played on the station is generally more alternative music than commercial stations with a heavy emphasis on Music of Australia music and new music....
, an Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
n radio station. Live music is one of the central philosophies of the station.

The live broadcasts take a number of forms. Some broadcasts are from open air concerts and festivals
Music festival

A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday....
, or smaller pub gigs around the country. Many are bands that have been invited into the Triple J studios to play a live set of tracks, usually acoustic. Occasionally, Triple J will give away tickets to listeners, to allow them to be a part of a special live performance in a secret location.

All of the live broadcasts are recorded, and the station has released several double-CD compilations of live tracks. Many complete live sets are traded
File sharing

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 by music fans worldwide over the internet
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Live music is not exclusive to the Live at the Wireless segment - many other shows, including the specialty music shows, also have bands playing acoustic in the studio.

Ash
Ash (band)

Ash are an alternative rock band that formed in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland in 1992. The media originally pegged Ash's music as Britpop when the band first found mainstream success....
 have released their Live at the Wireless set from 1996 as an album - see Live at the Wireless (Ash album)
Live at the Wireless (Ash album)

Live at the Wireless was a limited edition, live album by Ash , released in 1997 in music. It was recorded live at the Triple J Studios in Australia during the group's 1996 Australian tour and printed on the band's own Deathstar label....
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Live At The Wireless 1

Recorded by the Triple team, compiled and released in 1983 was Triple J - Live At The Wireless 1

  1. Private Lives - Pleas
  2. The Particles - (Bits Of) Wood
  3. Samurai Trash - Samurai Stomp
  4. The Go-Betweens - Hammer The Hammer
  5. The Triffids - My Baby Thinks She's A Train
  6. Second Language - Random Men
  7. Do-Re-Mi - Bring The Hammer Down
  8. Dropbears - Lay Him Down
  9. Soggy Porridge - You've Changed
  10. Hoodoo Gurus - Dig It Up
  11. Idiom Flesh - Ritual


Live At The Wireless 2

Recorded by the Triple team, compiled and released in 1991 was Triple J - Live At The Wireless 2

  1. Killing Time - Holy Juice
  2. Ratcat - Skin
  3. Violent Femmes - Kiss Off
  4. Louis Tillet - Long Walk Home
  5. Concrete Blonde - Make Me Cry
  6. Faith No More - Falling To Pieces
  7. Nick Barker & The Reptiles - Miles To Go
  8. Pop Will Eat Itself - Def Con One
  9. Beasts Of Bourbon - Bad Revisited
  10. Falling Joys - Puppy Drink
  11. Andy Prieboy - Tomorrow Wendy
  12. Not Drowning, Waving - Albert Namatjira
  13. Archie Roach - Charcoal Lane
  14. The Welcome Mat - Cake
  15. Mudhoney - Touch Me I'm Sick
  16. Straitjacket Fits - Such A Daze
  17. The Blackeyed Susans - Glory Glory
  18. Melanie Oxley & Chris Abrahams - Benchtop
  19. Rollins - I Know You


Live At The Wireless 3

Recorded by the Triple team, compiled and released in 1993 was Triple J - Live At The Wireless 3

  1. DEF Rhyme - Sex Be High
  2. Underground Lovers - Promenade
  3. Matthew Sweet - Devil With the Green Eyes
  4. The Truth - My Heavy Friend
  5. Lucinda Williams - Changed The Locks
  6. Throwing Muses - Firepile
  7. Things Of Stone And Wood - Share This Wine
  8. Skunkhour - Bootyfull
  9. Tumbleweed - Sundial
  10. Headless Chickens - Juice
  11. Belly - Dusted
  12. Dig - Reinvent Yourself
  13. Badloves - I Remember
  14. The Sharp - Train Of Thought
  15. Screaming Jets - Here I Go
  16. The Plums - Ride
  17. Chris Wilson - The Big One
  18. Faith No More - Midlife Crisis


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