Midnight Oil Scream In Blue: Live CD

Midnight Oil: Peter Garrett (vocals, harp); Bones Hillman, Peter Gifford (vocals, bass); Rob Hirst (vocals, drums); Jim Moginie (guitar, keyboards); Martin Rotsey (guitar).
Additional personnel: Dave Clarringbold (guitar); Glad Reed (trombone);
Jeremy Smith (French horn); Jeremy, Jack, Michael, H & C + Garfield, Kathy Wemyss, Glad Reed (horns).
Engineers include: Dave Nicolas, Rocket, Keith Walker.
Recorded live at Hordern Pavilion and Capitol Theatre, Sidney, Australia; Brisbane Boondall Centre, Brisbane; Exxon Headquarters, 6th Ave, New York; and Our Common Future, Darlinghurst, between 1982 and 1990.
Personnel: Peter Garrett (vocals, harp); Rob Hirst (vocals, drums); Peter Gifford, Bones Hillman (vocals); Jim Moginie (guitar, keyboards); Martin Rotsey (guitar); Jeremy Smith (French horn).
Scream In Blue Live is, thankfully, a very worthy addition to the group's catalogue. The Oils' music has always had more edge and power in a live setting, and this captures it perfectly. All that's missing is the visual dimension of frantic and imposing front-man Peter Garrett stalking the stage. Great songs that were delivered too tamely in their studio incarnations -- "Dreamworld" from Diesel and Dust and "Stars of Warburton" from Blue Sky Mining, for example -- erupt in full bloom live from the Brisbane Boondall Centre. Other highlights include "Progress," recorded in 1990 at a protest rally in front of Exxon head offices on 6th Avenue in New York, and a passionate plea for aboriginal rights that serves as an introduction to "Beds Are Burning." ~ Roch ParisienRolling Stone (7/9/92, p.104) - 3.5 Stars - Good Plus - "..this is real guitar nirvana: crisp, catalytic agit-twang, pregnant with steely menace, erupting in enraged screams of icepick feedback...the first Oils album devoted to the band's sheer, stampeding force...the noise is contagious.."
Spin (8/92, p.83) - Recommended - "..the music is as hard-driving as ever...fans of the band won't be disappointed.."
Entertainment Weekly (5/22/92, p.74) - "..every song here testifies that the group is politically committed and eminently capable of putting on corrosive live performances.." - Rating: B
Q (6/92, p.100) - 3 Stars - Good - "..an incredibly tight live outfit...the commitment is palpable and ultimately disarming.."