G'morning,

Many thanks to Jill for sending me this disc and to Chris Rea for the original seed, I can now offer the Oils/Warumpi DVD of the RMIT show. I have five copies and the first five USA folks that will reweed to 5 others of your choice will get in.  You must be able to reweed this disc to get in!!  I will email the winners personally and post to the list once the spots are gone.

Good luck!

David in Minnesota


Disc details:

Midnight Oil / Warumpi Band
RMIT 100th Anniversary Concert
Storey Hall, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
7th March 1987

Sourced from recent re-broadcast of the concert on ABC TV Australia
Analogue broadcast -> PC -> Pinnacle Studio 8 -> DVD
PAL, 4:3, 5089kbps, LPCM Audio

This is a nugget of pure gold that has suddenly surfaced without warning.  You may have
seen some of it before, but according to the broadcaster this is the first time the entire
show has been aired.

The show fits into the space between the 1986 Blackfella/Whitefella tour of
the Australian outback, and the recording of the album it inspired, Diesel and Dust.

This is one of the last shows played with Peter Gifford in the band - he
recorded the Diesel and Dust album, but retired before the tour which followed.

We get three songs from the Warumpi Band set, two of which are from their
second album Go Bush! which was released soon after this show.

In the Oils set we get some real gems, including Blossom And Blood from
Species Deceases, and a very rare performance of Who Can Stand In The Way from Red Sails In
The Sunset. There are also a couple of songs that would be part of Diesel And Dust -
Bullroarer and Dreamworld. Dreamworld in particular is a real gem, with completely
different verse lyrics to the final version. Elvis Costello's What's So Funny About Peace,
Love And Understanding? also gets a run. This was played quite regularly over the
next few years, but this is quite possibly the very first time the Oils played it live.

Setlist:

Warumpi Band:
From The Bush
No Fear
Blackfella/Whitefella

Midnight Oil:
Blossom And Blood
Bullroarer
Who Can Stand In The Way
Dreamworld
Best Of Both Worlds
The Dead Heart
Short Memory
Kosciusko
Hercules
Pictures
Read About It
What's So Funny About Peace, Love And Understanding?
Power And The Passion
Only The Strong

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