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Artist:
Various Artists
Review:
This two-CD set documents a 1970 Vancouver fundraiser that sent a
boatload of protesters off to halt nuclear-bomb tests on Alaska's
Amchitka Island — the first example of Greenpeace-style
activism. The concert was sweet and stirring: Phil Ochs is in fine
voice despite tape noise; ditto a 22-year-old James Taylor,
showcasing his brand-new Sweet Baby James. But the night
belonged to a giggly, incandescent Joni Mitchell, previewing songs
from her future classic Blue. Choice moment: "Big...
Rating:
3.5 Stars
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