The Scorpion Departs But Never Returns - Phil Ochs - Live in Vancouver, 1969

This is from an out-of-print live album I have that A&M put out in 1990.
It was archived for 20 years until it was dug up and released with the full support of his brother, Michael, amongst others.
Phil performed it at the Pacific National Exhibition Garden Auditorium in Vancouver in early 1969. This was only a few months after the the Lincoln Park riots, where he had witnessed the peaceful protesters be beaten, violated, arrested, humiliated, and tear gassed by the police. Events like those and many like it depressed him immensely, and would eventually lead to the various mental conditions that plagued him and eventually led to his suicide in 1976.
Despite the downheartedness that followed the rest of his career, including this show, it was one of the most beautiful shows he ever did.
The album is called 'There and Now: Live in Vancouver 1968'. The album title date is inaccurate.
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[@michaelfinn8422]

His lyrics reach inside the essence of the human experience...weakness and strength...perseverance ands despair

[@yunusfurkanarcan9553]

I've waited for years and years for a live performance of this song. Phil, you were an artist.

[@treewalker1070]

How cool to find this live recording! I just found it because I was looking for this song since it is suddenly timely with the loss of the submersible.

[@RickNowels1]

Phil the greatest.

[@condocord7544]

WOW