(MIDNIGHT OIL-Red Sails in the Sunset)-[NEAR MINT+]-L8-LP

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ITEM: VINYL LP 33 1/3 RPM
ARTIST: MIDNIGHT OIL
TITLE: Red Sails in the Sunset
COUNTRY PRINTED: OZ
CAT No: CBS, SBP 238027
COVER: (Grade at MINT-)
INNER COVER: (Grade at MINT-)
LABELS: (Grade at MINT-)
VINYL: (Grade at NEAR MINT+)
TRACKS:
1. "When the Generals Talk" (Robert Hirst, James Moginie, Peter Garrett) 
2. "Best of Both Worlds" (Hirst, Moginie) 
3. "Sleep" (Moginie, Hirst, Garrett) 
4. "Minutes to Midnight" (Moginie, Garrett) 
5. "Jimmy Sharman's Boxers" (Hirst, Moginie) 
6. "Bakerman" (Hirst) 
7. "Who Can Stand in the Way" (Moginie, Garrett) 
8. "Kosciusko" (Hirst, Moginie) 
9. "Helps Me Helps You" (Hirst, Moginie) 
10. "Harrisburg" (Moginie, Kevans) 
11. "Bells and Horns in the Back of Beyond" (Midnight Oil) 
12. "Shipyards of New Zealand" (Moginie, Garrett) 
  ALBUM COMMENT: Wikipedia
Midnight Oil undertook more politically motivated benefit concerts,[5] including organising the Stop the Drop Nuclear Disarmament concert in 1983 which received a United Nations Media Peace Prize.[2] 10 to 1 was followed by Red Sails in the Sunset in October 1984, which was recorded in Japan, produced by Launay again.[2][3] It peaked at No. 1 for four weeks on the Australian charts,[8] and charted on the Billboard 200.[20] Singles from the album were released in US and UK but had no chart success.[2] Whilst the album showed an overreliance on technical wizardry, their lyrical stance was positive.[2] The band continued to expand their sound and explore themes of politics, consumerism, militarism, the threat of nuclear war and environmental issues.[5] The album cover by Japanese artist Tsunehisa Kimura featured a photomontage of Sydney – both city and harbour – cratered and devastated after a hypothetical nuclear attack.[21] Live concert footage of "Short Memory" was used in the Australian independent anti-nuclear war movie One Night Stand.[22] A promotional video for "Best of Both Worlds", later on Best of Both Worlds, received airplay worldwide on cable music TV station MTV.[23] 

Garrett ran as a Nuclear Disarmament Party (NDP) candidate for a NSW seat in the Australian Senate during the December 1984 federal election, Garrett obtained 9.6% of votes but was unable to obtain the required quota of 12.5%.[24] In April 1985, Garrett, with some 30 other members, walked out of the national conference and resigned from the NDP claiming it had been infiltrated by a Trotskyist group.[25][26] Although unsuccessful in that federal election, Garrett was now a recognised public figure.[2] 
  COMMENT: Wikipedia
Midnight Oil, known also as the "Oils" to fans, are an Australian rock band from Sydney originally performing as Farm from 1972 with drummer Rob Hirst, bass guitarist Andrew James and keyboard player/lead guitarist Jim Moginie.[1][2] While vocalist Peter Garrett was studying at Australian National University in Canberra,[1] he answered an advert for a spot in Farm,[3][4] and by 1975 the band was touring the east coast.[1] By late 1976, Garrett moved to Sydney to complete his law degree,[1][4] and Farm changed its name to Midnight Oil by drawing the name out of a hat.

Important to their development was manager Gary Morris who was able to negotiate favourable contracts with tour promoters and record companies and frustrate rock journalists.[1][4] Guitarist Martin Rotsey joined in 1977[2] and Midnight Oil, with Morris, established their own record label Powderworks,[2] which released their debut eponymous album in November 1978, and their first single "Run by Night" followed in December.[1][4] Founding bass guitarist James, forced to leave due to illness in 1980, was replaced by Peter Gifford. Gifford was himself replaced by Bones Hillman in 1987.[1][2][4] Through a long and distinguished career, the band became known for its driving hard-rock sound, intense live performances and political activism, particularly in aid of anti-nuclear, environmentalist and indigenous causes.

Midnight Oil’s albums which peaked in the Australian Top Ten were 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Red Sails in the Sunset, Species Deceases, Diesel and Dust, Blue Sky Mining, Scream in Blue, Earth and Sun and Moon, Breathe, 20,000 Watt R.S.L., Redneck Wonderland, The Real Thing, Capricornia and Flat Chat.[7][8] Australian Top Ten singles were "Power and the Passion", "The Dead Heart", "Beds Are Burning" and "Blue Sky Mine".[7][8] Aside from chart success, both "Power and the Passion" and "Beds Are Burning" were listed by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) in the Top 30 best Australian songs of all time in 2001.[9] In December 2002, Garrett announced that he would seek to further his political career and Midnight Oil disbanded. But they would reform for two warm-up shows in Canberra leading up to their performance at one of the "Sound Relief" charity concerts, in honour of the victims of the "Black Saturday" fires and the "Queensland Floods".

Midnight Oil won eleven Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Awards during its career,[10] including induction into the Hall of Fame in 2006.[11][12] At the induction, ARIA chairman Denis Handlin described Midnight Oil as true legends that always led by example in a uniquely Australian way with music that is powerful, uncompromising, inspiring, entertaining and enduring.[5] 

  VINYL GRADING SYSTEM

MINT:
RECORD: New condition with no surface marks or loss of sound quality.
COVER: New condition with no surface marks, creases or wear.
NEAR MINT:
RECORD: Barely noticeable surface mark with no loss of sound quality.
COVER: Barely noticeable surface mark/ wear.
EXCELLENT:
RECORD: Some signs of being played with extremely little if no loss of sound quality.
COVER: Slight wear or creasing.
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RECORD: Obviously been played with noticeable surface marks & the occasional light scratches but exhibits no major loss of sound quality.
COVER: Noticeable wear on cover, seam or spine.
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