[Andy Gillcrist]

Actually, Giffo -is- listed in the D&D credits.  Page 10 of the
CD booket (the last page), right in the middle, it says:

	Midnight Oil:
	Peter Gifford -- Bass, Singing
	Jim Moginie -- Guitar, Keyboards, Singing
	Martin Rotsey -- Guitar
	Peter Garrett -- Singer
	Rob Hirst -- Drums, Singing
	Gary Morris -- Facilitator

	String Arrangements -- Warne Livesey and Jim Moginie
	Additional Keyboards -- Warne Livesey
	Trombone -- Glad Reed

	etc.

> It took me years to find out for sure that Gifford was the bass 
> player on that album ...

May I recommend the Evelyn Wood school of speed reading?  :)

	Andy


> -----Original Message-----
> From: powderworks-admin@cs.colorado.edu
> [mailto:powderworks-admin@cs.colorado.edu]On Behalf Of Bjorn Blomquist
> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 10:45 AM
> To: Dale Ortiz
> Cc: Midnight Oilers
> Subject: SV: [Powderworks] What happened to Peter Gifford?--Good morning
> 
> 
> > What happended to Peter Gifford? He was listed in Diesel and 
> Dust, but not the
> > new one. What year did he leave and why?
> 
> I find it interesting that you say "he was listed", as the credits 
> for 'Diesel and Dust' have no names of the musicians at all. (It 
> says songs by "Midnight Oil", but nothing else.) At least the 
> copies I have seen have been that way... Those who bought 'Diesel' 
> as their first Midnight Oil album, which includes hell of a lots 
> of people who haven't bought any Oil album since, sure couldn't 
> find out anything about the band through the inlay! Kind of a 
> secret project like the Ghostwriters' first album.
> 
> It took me years to find out for sure that Gifford was the bass 
> player on that album - and that the "man with the beard" in the 
> video for "Beds are burning" is indeed Peter Gifford. I mean, you 
> don't actually see him playing the bass in the video; in the end 
> of it when you see the Oils in silhouttes he just "walks by" the 
> others, without any instrument. Strange.
> 
> /Bjorn
> 
> PS. Welcome to the world, Dale!