Live In Montreal October 22, 1966

by Phil Ochs

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1.	Cross My Heart 05:22	buy track
2.	Song Of My Returning 06:45	buy track
3.	The Bells 04:47	buy track
4.	Flower Lady 05:45	buy track
5.	Miranda 08:06	buy track
6.	Joe Hill 09:20	buy track
7.	I'm Gonna Say It Now 04:13	buy track
8.	Pleasures Of The Harbor 06:37	buy track
9.	I Ain't Marching Anymore 03:28	buy track
10.	Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends 03:54	buy track
11.	I've Had Her 07:18	buy track
12.	There But For Fortune 04:20	buy track
13.	Cops Of The World 06:14	buy track
14.	Crucifixion 10:00	buy track
15.	Is There Anybody There 04:24	buy track
16.	Changes 06:44	buy track
17.	Party 07:47	buy track
18.	Doesnt Lenny Live Here Anymore 11:05	buy track
19.	Power And The Glory 05:02	buy track
20.	Chaplain Of The War 04:49	buy track

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released May 19, 2017

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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