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Aussie almost-legends the Triffids will continue clearing their archives with the next three Domino UK reissues in a campaign that started over a year ago with new editions of Born Sandy Devotional, In the Pines, and Calenture.

The Black Swan, Treeless Plain, and Beautiful Waste and Other Songs are the records that made the cut this time, but unlike the first three reissues, these next three all come out on the same day: April 7.

Unlike The Black Swan and Treeless Plain, both original studio albums, Beautiful Waste and Other Songs is a collection of songs recorded between 1983 and 1985 that never made it to a full-length record. In fact, most of the tracks on Beautiful Waste have never even appeared on CD before.

Finally, Triffids mania will reach the realm of the printed word with a book by Bleddyn Butcher about the band and songwriter David McComb. Helter Skelter Publishing plans to release Save What You Can: The Day of the Triffids and the Long Night of David McComb early next year.

The Black Swan:

Disc one:

01 Too Hot to Move, Too Hot to Think
02 American Sailors
03 Falling Over You
04 Goodbye Little Boy
05 Bottle of Love
06 Go Home Eddie
07 The Spinning Top Song
08 Butterflies Into Worms
09 Can't Help Falling in Love
10 New Years Greetings
11 Good Fortune Rose
12 Shell of the Man
13 One Mechanic Town
14 Jack's Hole
15 Black-Eyed Susan
16 You Minus Me
17 The Clown Prince
18 Fairytale Love
19 How Could I Help But Love You

Disc two:

01 Too Hot to Move, Too Hot to Think
02 American Sailors
03 Why Don't You Leave for Good This Time
04 Bottle of Love
05 The Spinning Top Song
06 Butterflies Into Worms
07 New Years Greetings
08 Good Fortune Rose
09 One Mechanic Town
10 Jack's Hole
11 Black-Eyed Susan
12 You Minus Me
13 The Clown Prince
14 Fairytale Love
15 (You've Got) A Funny Way of Showing You Love Me
16 No More After You
17 In the Dark

Treeless Plain:

01 Red Pony
02 Branded
03 My Baby Thinks She's a Train
04 Rosevel
05 I Am a Lonesome Hobo
06 Place in the Sun
07 Plaything
08 Old Ghostrider
09 Hanging Shed
10 Hell of a Summer
11 Madeline
12 Nothing Can Take Your Place
13 Interview
14 Old Ghostrider (live)
15 Plaything (live)
16 My Baby Thinks She's a Train (live)
17 Rosevel (live)
18 Hell of a Summer (live)
19 On the Street Where You Live (live)

Beautiful Waste and Other Songs:

01 Jesus Calling
02 Embedded
03 St. James Infirmary
04 Everybody Has to Eat
05 Ballad of Jack Frost
06 Property Is Condemned
07 Raining Pleasure
08 Figurine
09 When My Heart Breaks
10 Mother Silhouette
11 Mercy
12 Crucifixion Speech
13 Not the Marrying Kind
14 Bright Lights Big City
15 Monkey on My Back
16 Field of Glass
17 Native Bride
18 Dear Miss Lonely Hearts
19 Beautiful Waste