As I explained previously, some of these albums consist of more than one set put together so they'll hopefully sound like one set. This is another one of those. The first four tracks come from the September 21st concert at Madison Square Garden, and the rest come from the September 23rd concert, also at Madison Square Garden.
Generally speaking, just about everything in all these No Nukes albums come from soundboard bootlegs. But the first four songs here, the ones from September 21st, are an exception. They're from an audience bootleg. I found some bootlegs with other songs, including additional Jackson Browne songs, but they didn't sound good enough to my ears for inclusion. However, these tracks did. I suppose that's probably due to the fact that these are semi-acoustic in nature. The full band songs on the audience boot generally sounded like a mess. But note those first four tracks still do sound rougher than the rest.
Browne had two special guests. Graham Nash helped sing harmonies on "The Crow on the Cradle." That wasn't so unusual, as Nash has sung with Browne many times. But the other guest was definitely more unusual. Floyd Westerman was a Native American musician, activist, and actor. (He died in 2007 at the age of 71.) Browne basically gave Westerman center stage and had him sing the lead vocals on one original song.
In case you're curious, here's the Wikipedia page about Westerman:
Browne was at or near his peak of popularity in the late 1970s. His 1977 album "Running on Empty" sold seven million copies in the U.S. alone. But these concerts took place nearly two years since he'd released any new music. He already had his mind on his next album. The song "Hold Out" here is from the album he would release in mid-1980, "Hold Out." Additionally, two songs I didn't include due to sound quality issues ("Disco Apocalypse" and "Hold On Hold Out") would also appear on that album.
Two of Browne's songs appeared on the official "No Nukes" album: "The Crow on the Cradle" and "Before the Deluge." However, as is often the case with these albums, those songs were played multiple nights, so I don't know if these are the exact same versions. Everything else is unreleased.
This album is 42 minutes long.
01 talk (Jackson Browne)
02 The Pretender (Jackson Browne)
03 Hold Out (Jackson Browne)
04 talk (Jackson Browne)
05 The Crow on the Cradle (Jackson Browne with Graham Nash)
06 talk (Jackson Browne)
07 Running on Empty (Jackson Browne)
08 talk (Jackson Browne)
09 talk (Floyd Westerman)
10 How Long Have You Been Blind (Floyd Westerman with Jackson Browne)
11 Before the Deluge (Jackson Browne)
12 talk (Jackson Browne)
13 The Road and the Sky (Jackson Browne)
The cover photo comes from one of the No Nukes concerts. However, as usual, I don't know which one exactly.
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