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DESCRIPTION
2025 Australian limited edition 3CD box set celebrating the 30th anniversary of Machiavelli And The Four Seasons, the landmark 1995 album by Melbourne alternative rock and satirical music collective TISM (This Is Serious Mum). Originally released to widespread acclaim, the album features cult Australian classics "(He'll Never Be An) Ol' Man River," "Greg! The Stop Sign!!," "Garbage," "Jung Talent Time" and "What Nationality Is Les Murray?" Blending electronic rock, biting social commentary, irreverent humour and infectious alternative pop, the album remains one of Australia's most distinctive releases of the 1990s. This expanded Genre B.Goode/DRW edition includes the original album, rare B-sides, alternate mixes, rehearsals, outtakes and extensive studio session recordings spread across three CDs. A comprehensive collector's edition documenting one of Australian alternative music's most influential and unconventional albums.

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CONDITION
Disc: VG++
Artwork/Slick/Digipak: VG++

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TRACKLISTING
Disc 1 - Machiavelli And The Four Seasons
Pre-Gap Tracks
0.1. Untitled – 2:15
0.2. The Cancer Song – 1:22
0.3. The Cancer Song – 1:44
0.4. Australia - The World's Suburb – 2:34
0.5. Strictly Loungeroom – 4:32
0.6. !UOY Sevol Natas – 3:03
0.7. How Do I Love Thee? – 4:58
0.8. All Homeboys Are Dickheads (Extended Single Mix) – 6:11
Original Album
1. (He'll Never Be An) Ol' Man River – 2:25
2. All Homeboys Are Dickheads – 3:08
3. Garbage – 3:31
4. Lose Your Delusion II – 3:35
5. !UOY Sevol Natas – 3:36
6. What Nationality Is Les Murray? – 4:36
7. Greg! The Stop Sign!! – 3:28
8. Play Mistral For Me – 3:44
9. How Do I Love Thee? – 5:17
10. Jung Talent Time – 4:40
11. Aussiemandias – 4:16
12. Give Up For Australia – 2:36
13.1. Russia – 5:10
13.2. (Silence) – 0:20
14. Philip Glass's Arse – 2:22

Disc 2 - B-Sides, Outtakes & Rehearsals
0. Untitled – 0:40
1. Jung Talent Time (Single Remix 1) – 3:47
2. Garbage (Single Mix) – 3:39
3. All Homeboys Are Dickheads (Single Mix) – 3:58
4. Abscess Makes The Heart Grow Fonder – 2:47
5. Dicktatorship – 2:00
6. Strictly Loungeroom – 4:07
7. Great Expectorations (Metropolis Outtake) – 3:42
8. The Note Stuck With A Magnet To Kurt Cobain's Fridge (Jan To March 1994) – 2:48
9. The Last Soviet Star – 5:08
10. What Nationality Is Les Murray? (Live) – 4:19
11. Philip Glass's Arse (Alternative Mix) – 2:25
12. Give Up (Metropolis Outtake) – 2:40
13. Fuck 'Em, Fuck 'Em - The Lot Of 'Em – 0:34
14. If You Ever Hear His Name, Harden Not Your Arteries – 1:20
15. Does Fame Bring Forth Madness? – 0:36
16. ''Don't Believe The Hype'' Is Hype – 1:30
17. Bash This Up Your Ginger – 0:46
18. There's More Men In Children Than Wisdom Knows – 3:34
19. How Do I Love Thee? (Rehearsal Aug 1994) – 5:01
20. Lose Your Delusion (May June 1994) – 3:36
21. What Nationality Is Les Murray? (Rehearsal Aug 1994) – 4:15
22. Jung Talent Time (Rough Mix Sept 93) – 4:45
23. Garbage (Rehearsal Aug 1994) – 3:26
24. Play Mistral For Me (Rehearsal Aug 1994) – 3:13
25. Strictly Loungeroom (Rehearsal Aug 1994) – 5:02

Disc 3 - Sessions
0. BLEVE – 1:42
1. Mighty River (May June 1994) – 5:07
2. Aussiemandias (Jan 1993) – 3:43
3. Stop The World I Want To Get On (Jan To March 1994) – 2:14
4. Jung Talent Time (Feb March 1993) – 4:25
5. Give Up For Australia (Aug Sept 1993) – 2:45
6. Play Mistral For Me (Jan 1993) – 3:10
7. Subliminal Satanic Message (Jan To June 1994) – 3:10
8. Thesaurus Brontosaurus (Jan To June 1994) – 1:59
9. Jesus Christ Might Love Me (Jan To March 1994) – 3:50
10. The Power Of Beauty (Jan To June 1994) – 1:53
11. What Nationality Is Les Murray? (Feb March 1994) – 4:00
12. Jesus Christ Might Love Me/Go The Knuckle (Jan To June 1994) – 2:47
13. Garbage (May June 1994) – 3:41
14. (He'll Never Be An) Ol' Man River (Jan To June 1994) – 2:17
15. Play Mistral For Me (May June 1994) – 2:55
16. !Uoy Sevol Natas (Jan To June 1994) – 1:47
17. Out, Out, Damned Thirty-Second Spot (Feb March 1994) – 2:19
18. Dicktatorship (Jan To June 1994) – 1:53
19. Seven Stars By Seven (Jan To June 1994) – 0:42
20. All Homeboys Are Dickheads (Jan To June 1994) – 2:57
21. Stop The World – 1:52
22. Right Turn Arrow (Jan To June 1994) – 0:56
23. It's All Over (Jan To March 1994) – 2:34
24. Tape's Last Crap (Feb March 1994) – 2:30
25. The Cancer Song (Jan To June 1994) – 2:55
26. There's Only One Thing Worse (Jan To June 1994) – 2:54
27. What Nationality Is Les Murray? (May June 1994) – 4:05
28. (He'll Never Be An) Ol' Man River (May June 1994) – 2:28