From No Depression
It’s a lightheartedness that you don’t always associate with Mitchell, which helps to make this recording something special. More than just an exercise in nostalgia or an archival curio, Amchitka stands as a marvelous snapshot of three talented singer-songwriters performing strong sets at a significant (for varying reasons) moment in their careers.
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From The Star Ledger
The acoustic performances by Mitchell, Taylor and Ochs are documented on this two-CD set, which amounts to a priceless document of a time when sensitive singer-songwriters ruled the pop world. Greenpeace is distributing the album itself to benefit its ongoing environmental work.
Amchitka in the Wall Street Journal:
Timmins said he is still struck by what he calls the “pristine simplicity” of the concert. “It’s one player, sitting in front of 10,000 people, with two microphones,” he said. “They played in a more intimate way then in an arena than people play today in cafes.”
