Rolling Stone Magazine

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 Yellow Taxi" segueing into the Fifties hit "Bony Moronie," for no good reason save rock & roll pleasure.