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Artist: Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Phil Ochs
Title: Amchitka: The 1970 Concert That Launched Greenpeace
Release Date: November 10, 2009
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Format(s): 2-CDs

On October 16, 1970 in Vancouver, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor and Phil Ochs came together for a concert for the then fledgling Greenpeace. The purpose of the concert was to protest the government's nuclear testing in Armchitka, Alaska.

The concert, which took place at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia on 16 October 1970, was organized by former trial lawyer and activist Irving Stowe. As co-director of the Don’t Make A Wave Committee, he raised enough money to send 11 peace activists by boat, christened The Greenpeace, to the Aleutian Island of Amchitka. The activists were unsuccessful in stopping the tests, but their voyage in 1971 marks the birth of the worldwide organization known today as Greenpeace.”

“The Amchitka voyage would not have happened without the concert, and so we owe a debt of gratitude to Irving Stowe, and the talents of Joni Mitchell, James Taylor and Phil Ochs for generating the momentum that ultimately launched Greenpeace,” says Bruce Cox, Greenpeace Canada’s executive director. “The activists that traveled to Amchitka set the example that has guided and defined Greenpeace: non-violent direct action to protect our environment and motivate societal change.”

This 2-CD set and 48-page booklet captures that night in the original mono format, as recorded. Remastering and editing was done by Peter J. Moore without making any changes to the music from the tapes.

This CD is only available through the Amchitka site for $21.00 Canadian.

The full track list is after the cut.

Track List:

• Disc One
• Phil Ochs
• Intro Irving Stowe
• Intro Phil Ochs
• The Bells
• Rhythms of Revolution
• Chords of Fame
• I Ain't Marching Anymore
• Joe Hill
• Changes
• I'm Going To Say It Now
• No More Songs
• James Taylor
• Intro James Taylor
• Something In The Way She Moves
• Fire and Rain
• Carolina In My Mind
• Blossom
• Riding On A Railroad
• Sweet Baby James
• You Can Close Your Eyes
• Disc Two
• Joni Mitchell
• Intro Joni Mitchell
• Big Yellow Taxi/Bony Maroni
• Cactus Tree
• The Gallery
• Hunter
• My Old Man
• For Free
• Woodstock
• Carey/Mr. Tambourine Man (Joni Mitchell & James Taylor)
  
• A Case Of You
• The Circle Game