Album

In Concert

Phil Ochs

1966 · Rock

Rare pressing on Gatefold

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In Concert by Phil Ochs

In Concert is a Rock album by Phil Ochs, originally released in 1966. On Gatefold: 23 pressings tracked.

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Released in 1966 and featuring live performances in Boston and New York City from late 1965 and early 1966—plus a few studio recordings substituted due to flaws in the live tapes—<i>In Concert</i> marks a turning point in Phil Ochs' career. It'd be his last album to feature only acoustic guitar and vocals. His future releases (starting with 1967's <i>Pleasures of the Harbor</i>) would include orchestration and elements of art songs, highlighting that Ochs was an able composer as well as a smart, topical lyricist. While <i>In Concert</i> has several of Ochs' most pointed political anthems—from the perky college-student protest of "I'm Going to Say It Now" to the working-class dream of "Ringing of Revolution" and the U.S. imperialism of "Cops of the World"—the album's most poignant moments are the ones most universal in tone. "There but for Fortune," a minor hit for Joan Baez, is more philosophical than polemical. "Changes," one of Ochs' most popular compositions, is an actual love song, while "When I'm Gone" is a prescient vision of Ochs' short life and the continuous need for social justice.

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Tracklist

  1. 1I'm Going to Say It Now3:11
  2. 2Bracero4:07
  3. 3Ringing of Revolution7:19
  4. 4Is There Anybody Here3:27
  5. 5Canons of Christianity6:01
  6. 6There But for Fortune2:52
  7. 7Cops of the World5:05
  8. 8Santo Domingo5:59
  9. 9Changes4:41
  10. 10Love Me, I'm a Liberal4:37
  11. 11When I'm Gone4:20

Sound DNA

  • Rock
  • Folk Rock
  • stripped-back
  • earnest
  • political

Album notes

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This album was recorded at concerts given by Phil Ochs in Boston and New York in the winter of 1965-66. The concerts were presented by Arthur Gorson.

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Rare pressing on Gatefold · 23 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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