Lawson Square Infirmary

Lawson Square Infirmary was a 12" extended play released in November 1984 by the Triffids and James Paterson under the collaborative project of the same name. In 2008 all six tracks from the EP were included on the compilation Beautiful Waste and Other Songs.

Lawson Square Infirmary was the result of a one-off recording collaboration between members of the Triffids and Sydney musician James Paterson, of JFK & The Cuban Crisis, who financed the recording and was the Triffids' singer David McComb's occasional song writing collaborator. The performances were recorded in a couple of takes live to stereo at the Sydney Opera House shortly before the Triffids relocated to London in late August 1984. It was also the first Triffids-related release to include 'Evil' Graham Lee, who later joined the band. The Triffids shared a rambling, run down house in Lawson Square, Redfern in Sydney.

Lawson Square Infirmary neatly illustrates Dave's quest for diversity and the prodigious output of songs he had at the time

— Graham Lee,