No Nukes | 
| Artist: Various Artists
Label: Elektra / Wea
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 46035
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 60592
UPC: 755960592200
EAN: 0755960592200
ASIN: B000002H48
Release Date: October 21, 1997
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Disc 1
| • | Dependin' On You - The Doobie Brothers | | • | Runaway - Bonnie Raitt | | • | Angel From Montgomery - Bonnie Raitt | | • | Plutonium Is Forever - John Hall | | • | Power - The Doobie Brothers | | • | The Times They Are A-Changin' - James Taylor | | • | Cathedral - Graham Nash | | • | The Crow On The Cradle - Jackson Browne | | • | Before The Deluge - Jackson Browne | | • | Lotta Love - The Doobie Brothers | | • | Little Sister - Ry Cooder | | • | A Woman - Sweet Honey In The Rock | | • | We Almost Lost Detroit - Gil Scott-Heron | | • | Get Together - Jesse Colin Young |
Disc 2
| • | You Can't Change That - Raydio | | • | Once You Get Started - Chaka Khan | | • | Captain Jim's Drunken Dream - James Taylor | | • | Honey Don't Leave L.A. - James Taylor | | • | Mockingbird - James Taylor | | • | Heart Of The Night - Poco | | • | Cry To Me - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers | | • | Stay - Bruce Springsteen | | • | Devil With The Blue Dress Medley - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | | • | You Don't Have To Cry - Crosby, Stills & Nash | | • | Long Time Gone - Crosby, Stills & Nash | | • | Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills & Nash | | • | Takin' It To The Streets - James Taylor |
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In addition to raising public consciousness about the dangers of nuclear power, the 1979 series of star-studded anti-nuclear concerts at Madison Square Garden were a significant event both musically and historically. The shows were immortalized in a feature film and on this 2 CD set. Among those featured on the album are such '70s soft-rock icons as Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor, Carly Simon, the Doobie Brothers, and Crosby, Stills and Nash, along with Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Ry Cooder, and Gil Scott-Heron for a token dose of grit. Inevitably, Springsteen's "Devil with the Blue Dress Medley" steals the show, but otherwise No Nukes doubles as both a handy '70s-rock sampler and a historical keepsake. --Scott Schinder
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 fighting fission with fusion March 22, 2005
running_man (Chesterfield Twp., MI)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I suppose just about anyone could find a reason to give a listen to the 'No Nukes' recordings. For many, some of the earliest and most blistering live tracks from Bruce Springsteen, still on his career ascent, which are offered here are reason enough to own these discs, even if he shares CD space with Chaka Khan. Others may find their appeal in the workmanlike presence of Graham Nash, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, and The Doobie Brothers, who perform solo and are all over the place singing duets and background for other performers willing to ante-up in the fight against fission. Despite my own appreciation for Crosby, Stills and Nash, what really caught my eye here was what amounts to a cameo appearance by Gil Scott-Heron, offering up one of his finest moments (and as a Detroiter one I can readily identify with) on the ominous yet funkified 'We Almost Lost Detroit'. Next to 'Johannasburg' this is my favorite Gil Scott-Heron composition. Unfortunately, it appears on a wonderful, but unreleased CD Scott-Heron produced in 1977 with Brian Jackson, 'Bridges'. It tells a slightly overblown tale about a malfunction at one of the two Fermi nuclear plants near Detroit. While the mishap could have theoretically progressed into a full-blown meltdown, the generator was quickly shut down and catastrophe was readily averted. So while it didn't come close to producing a Chernobyl, it did produce one funky protest song, and Scott-Heron gives it an inspired treatment on 'No Nukes'
1979 was a strange, transitional year in music. Disco was all but dead, yet it's brief success had ushered in a retreat from the expansive progressive rock that had enshrined the late 1960's and early 1970's. Something new had to be on the horizon, even with Bruce Springsteen assuming the role of heir apparent to those who would proclaim (along with Neil Young) that "rock and roll will never die". No one could have predicted, however, that even for Neil Young, the 1980's would plunge rock and roll even deeper into an abyss of ill-employed synthesizers, and open the door for a reborn Michael Jackson and the birth of a Madonna as the dominant forces on vinyl and cassette.
So 'No Nukes' offers one last gasp for the faithful few from the golden age of rock and roll who had somehow weathered the disco storm. Virtually all of the performers are in their prime, and some, such as Nicolete Larson, Raydio, Tom Petty, and even Bonnie Raitt, are able to truck in some pretty recent hit material. The Doobie Brothers, who open and close the set presented here, are in top form as well. The Crosby, Stills and Nash tracks sound a bit dated, even though they are preceded by Springsteen's covers of four songs that pre-date anything CSN offer up. There is more crowd noise on the softer tracks than one would wish (why would anyone even want to unleash a two-fingered whistle in the middle of a song like 'You Don't Have To Cry' anyway?). But the boys do serve up an edgy 'Long Time Gone', whose lyrics settle well with the MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy) theme. Some of the tracks, such as CSN's closer, 'Teach Your Children', and Jesse Colin Young's Youngblood's classic 'Get Together' are marred by the dreaded audience sing-a-long... a nice one-time experience for the audience, but torture for the owner of the recording who must listen to a mass of amateurs singing like a tone-deaf choir over and over and over...
While everyone can find something to like on 'No Nukes', it's also likely that it's wide range of artists and genre's will guarantee there is something you won't like. While most of the tracks were either hits (consider James Taylor and Carly Simon belting out a live version of 'Mockingbird') or the main attraction on studio LP's (Jackson Browne's 'Before the Deluge'), some out-of-the-mainstream material also appears, such as John Hall's 'Plutonium Is Forever', which lends a sarcastic twist of the knife into the nuclear power industry's back. Predictably some tracks that look good on paper come across uninspired, such as the James Taylor-Carly Simon-Graham Nash take on Dylan's 'The Times They Are A-Changin' and Ry Cooder's 'Little Sister', which you keep waiting to take off but just keeps circling the tarmac.
The liner notes are extensive, but oriented toward an indoctrination for the 'No Nukes' agenda rather than commentary and anecdotes surrounding these Madison Garden concerts. If this was all the information you had, you would undoubtedly conclude Jimmy Carter was a fool for not installing a line of windmills along the Continental Divide, and a massive array of solar panels covering the southwestern U.S. Oh, well, at least it gave some of these soon-to-be-out-of-work artists one last excuse to fuse their talents before they turned out the lights on the 70's (pun intended). Four stars 'cause Stephen plays some wicked guitar, but I may be straining my credibility.
 Makes You Wish You'd Been There May 30, 2000
Kim K. (Bayonne, New Jersey)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Nearly 21 years ago when this first came out on vinyl, it rarely left my turntable. What a great variety of songs/artists on this 2 cd set! Except for a couple of clunkers, the majority of these tunes are great, I have 2 that are tied for my faves-a toss-up between Lotta Love(the late, great Nicolette Larson backed by the Doobies)and the Devil With The Blue Dress Medley by Springsteen & his E Street Band-absolutely electrifying even to this day. All in all, a great collection & you can't go wrong with Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Crosby Stills & Nash,etc. This was a major cause back then(and still ought to be right now)and tickets to this show were very hard to come by. Now if only they'd re-release the video version. This set is highly recommended.
Carly,J.T.,Bruce,Browne,and all the greats on one live CD July 23, 2000
Bob Waskiewicz (Wintersville, Ohio United States)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
What a wonderfull live CD.When this film came out,I went to the theater everyday.Most of the time I was the only one there.When Carly and J.T.started the show with "Mockingbird," I was in heaven.For someone who's afraid to perform,Carly looked like she was in her glory.Bruce Springsteen is the main event.I bought "The River," after watching this movie.In the late 70's,these musican's top the charts. Carly,J.T.,Bruce,Crosby,Stills,and Nash,Jackson Browne, Ratt,and The Doobie Brothers.22years later there still turning out great music.It would be fantastic if they could get together again and tour the USA.I think it would be a huge hit.
A great album that is still very listenable 20+ years later April 7, 2002
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
With some obvious exceptions, very few of the songs on this set sound dated. I personally gravitate more towards the ballads like Bonnie Raitt and her signature "Angel from Montgomery" (this one sounds better than the original album version). J.T.'s "Captain Jack's Drunken Dream" is another one of my favorites. The covers of various anti-war tunes are also good. Of course all the songs performed by The Boss are awesome - what a great live performer.
Must have!! Long overdue on CD! December 19, 1998
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I owned the original 3 record set on vinyl and wore it out. I have been waiting for this to be released on CD since they announced it a few years ago. I was worried that they had shelved the project. Many great performances, but those who stand out are the Doobie Brothers, James Taylor, Tom Petty, Crosby, Stills and Nash and of course what I consider one of the greatest live performances ever recorded in the history of rock and roll, Springsteen's "Detroit Medley". I think I have seriously damaged my hearing by listening to this many times over at the volume turned up to 11. I have a VHS copy of the movie too, and I wish they would release it on DVD. In the movie, Bruce has a version of "Thunder Road" with the E Street band going all out. If you recall, the version released on his live box set was just vocals and piano. Also in the movie is the great performance of Gary U.S. Bond's "Quarter to Three" where Bruce "passes out" and has to be revived by the band. Buy this CD now!!!!!!!
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