Wide Open Road

~ Recording by The Triffids

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Wide Open Road4:08The TriffidsWide Open RoadThe TriffidsSingle
  • AU1986-02-17
White Hot RecordsK 9929
1.6Wide Open Road4:09The TriffidsBorn Sandy DevotionalThe TriffidsAlbum
  • AU1986-03-24
White Hot RecordsL 38521
1.6Wide Open Road4:09The TriffidsBorn Sandy DevotionalThe TriffidsAlbum
Hot Records (Australian/UK label)HOTLP 1023
1.1Wide Open Road4:08The TriffidsWide Open RoadThe TriffidsSingle
White Hot RecordsK 9929
1.4Wide Open Road4:11The TriffidsIndie City 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
New Musical ExpressNME 037
1.6Wide Open Road4:09The TriffidsBorn Sandy DevotionalThe TriffidsAlbum
MegadiscMCD 7963
1.6Wide Open Road4:09The TriffidsBorn Sandy DevotionalThe TriffidsAlbum
Mushroom RecordsMUSH32417.2
1.17Wide Open Road4:08The TriffidsThe Australian RevolutionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Mushroom RecordsD80952
1.7Wide Open Road4:06The TriffidsAustralian MelodramaThe TriffidsAlbum + Compilation
White Label Records (Australian label, rebranded simply as "White" in ca. 1992)D31182
1.6Wide Open Road4:09The TriffidsBorn Sandy DevotionalThe TriffidsAlbum
Mushroom Records74321 26822 2
1.7Wide Open Road4:06The TriffidsAustralian MelodramaThe TriffidsAlbum + Compilation
Mushroom RecordsMUSH32424.2
1.6Wide Open Road4:09The TriffidsBorn Sandy DevotionalThe TriffidsAlbum
Mushroom RecordsD19457
2.8Wide Open Road4:07The TriffidsRage: The Songs Most Chosen by Rage Guest ProgrammersVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
ABC Music (Australian Broadcasting Corporation in-house label)4983162
1.1Wide Open Road4:08The TriffidsWide Open RoadThe TriffidsSingle
Mushroom RecordsMUSH 01783.2
4.11Wide Open Road4:08The TriffidsAustralia’s Ultimate SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Liberation Music (Australian, big L logo or “Liberation” on one line)LIBCD2001.5
1.6Wide Open Road4:07The TriffidsAbsolute Acoustic RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2001-10-08
Universal Music Australia (see annotation before using)585 480-2
1.18Wide Open Road4:07The TriffidsGreat Southern Land: The Essential Australian Backpacking AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Festival Mushroom Records (label has FMR with a little speaker on top)336282
1.6Wide Open Road4:09The TriffidsBorn Sandy Devotional (limited edition in slipcase)The TriffidsAlbum
  • AU2006-06-12
Liberation BlueBLUE135.5
1.6Wide Open Road4:09The TriffidsBorn Sandy DevotionalThe TriffidsAlbum
  • GB2006-06-19
Domino (UK – WIG or RUG cat #s)REWIGCD24
1.6Wide Open Road4:09The TriffidsBorn Sandy DevotionalThe TriffidsAlbum
  • AU2006-07-01
Liberation BlueBLUE1352
1.6Wide Open Road4:08The TriffidsBorn Sandy DevotionalThe TriffidsAlbum
  • XW2006-08-22
Domino (UK – WIG or RUG cat #s)REWIG24D
1.6Wide Open Road4:09The TriffidsBorn Sandy DevotionalThe TriffidsAlbum
Domino (USA – DNO cat #s)DNO 103
2.18Wide Open Road4:06The TriffidsV8 Supercars: No Special Effects: A Full Tank of Rock 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Liberation Music (Australian, big L logo or “Liberation” on one line)LIBCD92342
3.18Wide Open Road4:08The TriffidsCountdown: Jukebox ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
ABC Music (Australian Broadcasting Corporation in-house label), Liberation Music (Australian, big L logo or “Liberation” on one line)LMCD0086
1.1Wide Open Road4:10The TriffidsCome Ride With Me… Wide Open RoadThe TriffidsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2010-04-05
Domino (UK – WIG or RUG cat #s)REWIGCD72X
1.1Wide Open Road4:10The TriffidsWide Open Road: The Best of The TriffidsThe TriffidsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2010-04-05
Domino (UK – WIG or RUG cat #s)REWIGCD72
1.4Wide Open Road4:06The TriffidsSongs From the 100 Best Australian AlbumsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2010-10-29
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697784452
1.13Wide Open Road4:05The TriffidsRock Werchter 40: 1975–2014Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • BE2014-12-01
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)5356400
1.25Wide Open Road4:08The Triffids40 Years of MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2015-11-20
triple j (imprint of ABC Music, Australia)
2.5Wide Open Road4:08The Triffids40 Years of MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2015-11-20
triple j (imprint of ABC Music, Australia)5365471
1.6Wide Open Road?:??The TriffidsBorn Sandy DevotionalThe TriffidsAlbum
  • XE2015-12-04
Domino (UK – WIG or RUG cat #s)REWIGLP24
1.6Wide Open Road4:09The TriffidsBorn Sandy DevotionalThe TriffidsAlbum
  • DE2016-12-23
[PIAS]
1.1Wide Open Road4:09The TriffidsWide Open RoadThe TriffidsSingle
  • DE2016-12-23
[PIAS]
1.1Wide Open Road4:10The TriffidsWide Open Road: The Best of The TriffidsThe TriffidsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2016-12-23
[PIAS]
Promotion
1.9Wide Open Road4:09The TriffidsUncut: The Playlist July 2006Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2006-06-01
Uncut (magazine)UNCUT 2006 07
Bootleg
1.17Wide Open Road4:09The TriffidsRare Hits of the 80s, Vol. 17Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)

Relationships

recording engineer:Nick Mainsbridge (in 1985-08)
engineer:Nick Mainsbridge
producer:Gil Norton (British record producer)
The Triffids (Australian rock band)
bass:Martin Casey (in 1985-08)
drums (drum set):Alsy MacDonald (in 1985-08)
guitar:Evil Graham Lee (Australian rock musician) (in 1985-08)
David McComb (in 1985-08)
Rob McComb (in 1985-08)
organ:Jill Birt (in 1985-08)
pedal steel guitar:Evil Graham Lee (Australian rock musician) (in 1985-08)
synthesizer:David McComb (in 1985-08)
synthesizer [emulator]:Adam Peters (in 1985-08)
vocals:David McComb (in 1985-08)
arranger:The Triffids (Australian rock band)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Liberation Music (Australian, big L logo or “Liberation” on one line) (in 2010)
recorded at:Mark Angelo Studios in Acton, Ealing, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1985-08)
mixed at:Amazon Studios (defunct studios in Liverpool, became Parr Street Studios) in Simonswood, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom (in 1985-09)
recording of:Wide Open Road (in 1985-08)

Wide Open Road

lyricist and composer:David McComb
publisher:Mushroom Music (Mushroom label’s publishing company)
Mushroom Music Publishing