Phil Ochs : Live in Vancouver 1970

"Amchitka" is a 2009 two-CD release of a recording of Joni Mitchell, James Taylor and Phil Ochs performing an October 16, 1970, benefit concert at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada. (note: the opening titles on the video incorrectly name the date as 1972). The event funded Greenpeace's protests of 1971 nuclear weapons tests by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission at Amchitka, Alaska. Irving Stowe, one of Greenpeace's founding members, organized the benefit concert with the assistance of Joan Baez. She could not appear, but she connected Stowe with Joni Mitchell, and Mitchell requested her boyfriend of the time, James Taylor, join the concert. The Stowe family held on to tapes of the concert, but were not able to obtain the necessary clearances until John Timmins, brother of Cowboy Junkies members, became involved with Greenpeace. Timmins was instrumental in contacting Mitchell and Taylor's representatives and working out the necessary permissions to release the concert. You can purchase this rare two-cd recording at http://www.amchitka-concert.com (proceeds to Greenpeace). Many of the photographs in the video are from Mark Millman.( http://www.markmillman.com ).

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[KennBurch]

@11xzxzxz Not true. It was an act of outright defiance to the system for Phil to keep singing this song. The federal government did all it could(for example, the Federal Communications Commission forced "Small Circle Of Friends" off of the radio because of its verse about smoking pot-never mind that it was an ANTI-DRUG verse-and thereby denied Phil his best chance of getting a hit single)and he was barred from appearing on network television in the U.S.

[RustyfFender]

@11xzxzxz The point of protest songs is to remind, not only to entertain. Maybe what you feel is a desire for the reminder to stop, and I wouldn't blame you. Certainly there is still plenty to protest about.

[11xzxzxz]

Yeah well any huge Phil Ochs fan should not want to hear this same old song. Good lesson to learn; but if brevity is the soul of wit repetition is rapier of ruin. 

[magicgranny1]

fantastic opportunity to recall those heady days of protest

[folksinger91]

Fantastic! I am a huge Phil Ochs fan, thanks for posting!