I can actually give you a rough time frame of when 'in the valley' started changing shape



               The version on the 'you tube' clip is the same that they played at the shellharbour workers club shows the week before the boston shows 





                        But a month later at the emnore theatre shows it sounded noticeably different (enough to notice despite only having heard it twice previously) ......so they must have tweaked the song at the start of May 1993




                      We got backstage at one of those Enmore shows through one of the Oils security guys we had become friends with at the Ent. Cent shows in 1990 (random trivia - grant kenny and lisa curry were backstage too...blasts from the aussie past  haha) .....  we got to chat to all the boys at various stages after the gig..... and i actually mentioned to Rob how 'In The Valley' sounded different from the month before at Shellharbour and Rob said "yeah.... it was in tune tonight"  and he laughed   hahaha



                                    Rick



                        
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: anthonygibbo 
  To: powderworks@yahoogroups.com.au 
  Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 3:41 PM
  Subject: [powderworks] Some Oil's 'youtube' treats


  Just saw a great old/new clip (from the '94 MTV unplugged gig) on youtube, only added 12 
  june 08. Great Angels cover!

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybm1eELjutY

  Does anyone know if this show is available anywhere (US, UK etc)?

  Also worth downloading from youtube are the 5 part "MIDNIGHT OIL - Live @ The Paradise 
  Theatre 1992"

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrmgIwN0sWM&feature=related

  These are audio only (not great quality) but still worth a listen.
  These clips have some live versions of their Earth, Sun & Moon albumn, which was 
  released the following year (1993). Songs like 'Truganini', 'Renaissance Man' sound like 
  they are still "works in progress' as they are nothing like the released versions, but are still 
  brilliant. 'In The Valley' is almost unrecognisable except for the chorus. Its bloody 
  awesome hearing these songs being road-tested by the band way before the recording/
  release.

  enjoy

  Anthony



   

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