Spanish Blue (song)

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"Spanish Blue"
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Single by The Triffids
A-side "Spanish Blue"
B-side "Twisted Brain"
Released1982
RecordedApril 1982
Albert Studios, Sydney
Genre Indie rock, Folk rock
Length6:14
Label No, White Label/Mushroom
Songwriter(s) David McComb
Producer(s) Les Karski
The Triffids singles chronology
" Stand Up "
(1981)		"Spanish Blue"
(1982)		" Beautiful Waste "
(1984)

Spanish Blue is the second single released by Australian rock group, The Triffids in 1982. [1] [2] The single was produced by Les Karski (The Nauts, Ray Arnott, Midnight Oil) for the White Label Records imprint of Mushroom Records, owned by Michael Gudinski. [1] [2] [3] The single was initially released independently by No Records but was re-released in October 1982 following the band's signing with White Label Records.

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They'd recorded "Spanish Blue" when the spectre of the Gudinski organisation loomed, and they were summoned to the Mushroom/White Citadel. Gudinski liked "Spanish Blue". 'It was just that he wanted us to re-write it, and re-mix it,' McComb laughs. 'We ended up putting it out ourselves immediately they started dilly dallying because we said we wouldn't re-mix it. We thought that we couldn't just wait for people to decide what they wanted to do.' [4]

Track listing

All tracks written by David McComb. [5]

  1. "Spanish Blue" – 2:12
  2. "Twisted Brain" – 4:02

Personnel

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References

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