''Best of Both Worlds'' is a

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release of two significant concerts performed by Australian rock band

Midnight Oil Midnight Oil (known informally as "The Oils") are an Australian rock band composed of Peter Garrett (vocals, harmonica), Rob Hirst (drums), Jim Moginie (guitar, keyboard) and Martin Rotsey (guitar). The group was formed in Sydney in 1972 by ...

. The featured concerts are ''Oils on the Water'' (from 1985) and ''Saturday Night at the Capitol'' (1982). ''Best of Both Worlds'' was released in 2004 by

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as part of their

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program. At the

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it won Best Music DVD.

''Oils on the Water''

''Oils on the Water'' was staged on 13 January 1985 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of

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's publicly owned youth radio network. This concert was performed on Sydney's

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for a small audience of competition winners, and was

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on ABC-TV and Triple J. This concert is included on the DVD and also as a bonus audio CD.

Track listing

# " Best of Both Worlds" # " When the Generals Talk" # "

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" # "Sleep" # "Only the Strong" # "

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" # " Kosciuszko" # "

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" # "Jimmy Sharman's Boxers" # "Back on the Borderline" # " Tin-legs and Tin Mines" # "

Don't Wanna Be the One "Don't Wanna Be the One" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil, released in October 1981 as the lead single from the band's third studio album, '' Place without a Postcard''. The song peaked at no. 40 in Australia. Track listing # "Don' ...

" # " Power and the Passion" # " Read about It" # "Harrisburg" # "Stand in Line"

''Saturday Night at the Capitol''

An incendiary show from 1982 at the

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, shot for the band by award-winning filmmaker Dave Bradbury on 27 November 1982 for

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radio station

Track listing

# "Only The Strong" # "Brave Faces" # "Short Memory" # " Knife's Edge" # "Power and the Passion" # " Armistice Day" # "No Time For Games" # "Quinella Holiday" # "Lucky Country" # "Don't Wanna Be the One" # "Burnie" # "Powderworks"

Personnel

* Peter Garrett - vocals * Peter Gifford - bass guitar, vocals *

Rob Hirst Robert George Hirst (born 3 September 1955) is an Australian musician from Camden, New South Wales. He is a founding member of rock band Midnight Oil on drums, percussion and backing vocals (sometimes lead vocals) from the 1970s until the band t ...

- drums, percussion, vocals * Jim Moginie - guitars, keyboards *

Martin Rotsey Martin Rotsey is an Australian guitarist and a member of the rock band Midnight Oil, which was active from 1977 to 2002 and resumed performing together in 2017. Career In 2006, he joined fellow Midnight Oil member Rob Hirst's projects Ghostwrit ...

- guitars

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

Midnight Oil - official websiteAlbum website
{{Authority control Midnight Oil live albums 2004 video albums ARIA Award-winning albums Live video albums 2004 live albums