Midnight Oil – Midnight Oil – Vinyl LP Record

Description

Midnight Oil is the debut album by Australian rock band Midnight Oil, which was recorded in 1977 and released in November 1978 on the band’s independent Powderworks label. It reached the top 50 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart. The album was later distributed by CBS Records and issued as a CD. The lead single, “Run by Night”, became the band’s first minor hit in Australia and appeared on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart Top 100.

In late 1976, the line-up of Peter Garrett on vocals and synthesiser, Rob Hirst on drums, Andrew James on bass guitar and Jim Moginie on keyboards and lead guitar were performing together in Sydney as the progressive and surf rock group, Farm. They changed their name to Midnight Oil and began to develop an aggressive, punk-hard rock sound for their pub rock audiences. Guitarist Martin Rotsey joined in 1977 and Midnight Oil, with their manager Gary Morris, established their own record label Powderworks.

Track list:

Side A: 

1. Powderworks
2. Head Over Heals
3. Dust
4. Used And Abused

Side B: 

1. Surfing With A Spoon
2. Run By Night
3. Nothing Lost-Nothing Gained