Phil Ochs - Montreal 23 october 1966
Saturday evening, October 22, 1966 at the Sall Claude Champagne


SOUNDBOARD

CD1


01. Cross My Heart (4:29)
02. Song Of My Returning  (6:15)
03. The Bells (5:04)
04. Flower Lady (6:58)
05. Miranda (6:52)
06. Joe Hill (10:24)
07. I'm gonna say it now (3:42)
08. Pleasures Of The Harbor (6:44)
09. I Ain't Marching Anymore (3:29)
10. Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends (4:31)
11. I've Had Her (7:28)
12. There But For Fortune (5:11)
13. Track 13 (5:13)


PHIL OCHS - Montreal 23 10 1966  disc 2

01. Crucifixion (9:53)
02. Is There Anybody There (4:14)
03. Changes (6:46)
04. Party  (7:45)
05. Doesnt Lenny Live Here Anymore (11:23)
06. Power And The Glory  (5:23)
07. Chaplain Of The War (2:10)
08. Track 8 (2:56)
09. Track 9 (3:27)
10. Track 10 (4:12)

BONUS CD 3

Phil Ochs - WBAI new york  1965

This captures a night at WBAI in NYC on December 15, 1965, just after Phil Ochs returned from a tour of England. He sings several songs that would not appear on records for several years highlighted by the debut performance of a song not yet quite finished, Phil's brilliant "Crucifiction" which he had just written while on the tour. An important addition to the Phil Ochs oeuvre.

04. WBAI new york  1965 (6:44)
05. WBAI new york  1965 (3:23)
06. WBAI new york  1965 (5:12)
07. WBAI new york  1965 (11:05)
08. WBAI new york  1965 (4:33)
09. WBAI new york  1965 (8:35)
10. WBAI new york  1965 (2:51)
11. WBAI new york  1965 (0:53)
12. WBAI new york  1965 (2:23)
13. WBAI new york  1965 (3:14)
14. WBAI new york  1965 (2:56)

   This is the very LAST recording of Phil ochs, just days before he killed himself
15. THE NIGHT OF EMPTY BOOTLE 1974   (3:57)




This 20-track Montreal gig was recorded on Saturday evening, October 22, 1966 at the Sall Claude Champagne smack dab between Phil's final Elektra Records album, "Phil Ochs In Concert-March '66" and his first A&M Records release , "Pleasures of the Harbor" in November '67. These rare recordings made their debut in 2017. Here are a portion of the liner notes from writer Michael Simmons:

Repelled. Funny. Weird. Strange. Ridiculous. Hitlers. These words resonate 50 years later, especially under the current political circumstance, a sad indication of how little has changed. Few songwriters mirror the moment they lived in as definitively as Phil Ochs. He was considered a folksinger and yet he didn't rewrite Child Ballads or resurrect Delta blues. For most of his career he accompanied himself with a sole acoustic guitar, but by 1966, his lyrics became more complex, more artful and his melodies and arrangements more baroque. He'd have as much in common with Brecht and Weill as he would with Pete Seeger.

The Montreal gig was smack dab between his final Elektra album and his first release for A&M Records in November '67. On the former he's still the lone troubadour, armed only with a guitar that kills fascists (to paraphrase Woody Guthrie), while on the latter he utilizes ornate orchestration and piano accompaniment ranging from classical to ragtime. In many of the renditions heard on this live set, one can hear Ochs toying with the arrangements, adjusting the tempo mid-song and applying dissonance for effect. In some instances, his ideas outrun his technical capabilities.

And his voice, an instrument that could register as thin but here is full-bodied and blessed with one of the best vibratos in show biz. Younger brother Michael Ochs was present in Laurel Canyon one day when Neil Young told Phil that 'The way you stretch notes is one of my biggest influences.

-Michael Simmons

PLEASE NOTE: on the double vinyl LP the track listing is mislabeled on the back cover jacket and on each side of the record labels. The correct 13 tracks are listed on sticker copy affixed to LP shrink wrap in picture. Please advise and consider when purchasing.
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