Young is most famous as the lead singer and main songwriter for the group the Youngbloods in the 1960s and early 1970s. He had a reasonably successful solo career for much of the 1970s, but his popularity declined towards the end of the decade. His most recent album before these concerts was "American Dreams" in 1978. It only reached the lower portion of the Top 200 album charts in the U.S. Still, Young was politically progressive and a natural fit for these kinds of benefit shows. His Youngbloods song "Let's Get Together" in particular was a sure crowd pleaser and also fit in with the themes of the concerts.
As is often the case with these albums, this was put together from more than one set. The first five tracks are from the September 21st concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The remainder are from the September 23rd concert at Battery Park, also in New York City.
Jackson Browne helped sing and play piano on "Chain Reaction." And I'm guessing he was joined by lots of other stars for "Let's Get Together," since one can see that happen in the "No Nukes" movie.
This album is 29 minutes long.
01 talk by Graham Nash (Jesse Colin Young)
02 Back to Rock and Roll (Jesse Colin Young)
03 talk (Jesse Colin Young)
04 American Dreams Suite- Sanctuary - What If We Stay (Jesse Colin Young)
05 talk (Jesse Colin Young)
06 Children of the Night (Jesse Colin Young)
07 talk (Jesse Colin Young)
08 Chain Reaction (Jesse Colin Young with Jackson Browne)
09 Let's Get Together (Jesse Colin Young)
alternate:
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I found some photos of Young at the No Nukes concerts, but they were low res and poor quality. So instead I used a photo of him in concert in Berkeley, California, in September 1977.
Thanks so much, I downloaded them right away. Ready for more... lol
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