Stockholm is a live recording by The Triffids

The Triffids

The Triffids were a seminal Australian alternative rock and pop band formed in Perth, Western Australia, in May 1978 with charismatic, David McComb as singer-songwriter, guitarist, bass guitarist and keyboardist. They achieved negligible success in Australia, but greater success in the U.K...

, released in July, 1990 and is the final official recording by the band. All the songs were recorded live in Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

 for The Bommen Show on Swedish National Radio

Sveriges Radio

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 in 1989. The album was engineered by Michael Bergek, produced by Lars Aldman, and mixed at Planet Sound Studios, Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

 September 15, 16 and 17, 1989 by James Hewgill and David McComb

David McComb

David Richard McComb was an Australian rock musician. He was the singer-songwriter of the Australian band, The Triffids.-Early years in Perth:...

.

The album was released after the Triffids officially disbanded in August, 1989 in order to fulfill the band's contractual obligations with Island Records

Island Records

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. Island were not happy with the band using any material previously released under the label (i.e. Calenture

Calenture (album)

Calenture is the fourth studio album by The Triffids, released in February 1987 which reached No. 32 on the Australian Album Charts. Calenture also reached No...

or The Black Swan

The Black Swan (The Triffids album)

The Black Swan is an album by The Triffids, released in April 1989 and reached No. 59 on the Australian Album Charts. The album was originally conceived as a double album....

) as a result the recordings highlight the Triffids pre-Calenture

Calenture (album)

Calenture is the fourth studio album by The Triffids, released in February 1987 which reached No. 32 on the Australian Album Charts. Calenture also reached No...

era.

Track listing

1. "Property Is Condemned"
2. "Hell of a Summer"
3. "Personal Things"
4. "Raining Pleasure"
5. "Lonely Stretch"
6. "Sure the Girl I Love"
7. "Wide Open Road"
8. "Keep Your Eyes on the Hole"
9. "In the Pines"
10. "Billy"
11. "I Am a Lonesome Hobo"
12. "How Could I Help But Love You"

Personnel

• David McComb
  David McComb
  David Richard McComb was an Australian rock musician. He was the singer-songwriter of the Australian band, The Triffids.-Early years in Perth:...
  
   - lead vocals, guitar
• Alsy MacDonald
  Alsy MacDonald
  Alan MacDonald is an Australian rock musician and lawyer, best known as the drummer of the 1980s band The Triffids, where he performed under his nickname 'Alsy'....
  
   - drums, vocals
• Martyn P. Casey - bass
• Jill Birt
  Jill Birt
  Jill Birt is an Australian rock musician and architect, best known as the keyboardist of the 1980s band The Triffids.-Early years:Jillian Birt was born in Tambellup, where she attended Tambellup Primary School. She attended Methodist Ladies College in Perth, as a boarder...
  
   - keyboards, vocals & lead vocals on "Raining Pleasure"
• Robert McComb - guitar, violin
• 'Evil' Graham Lee
  Graham Lee (musician)
  Graham Lee is Principal Trombone for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also Professor of Trombone at the Royal College of Music and Trinity College of Music....
  
  - guitar, vocals, pedal steel