(NEW YORK) -- Held Sept. 19-23, 1979, at New York's Madison Square Garden -- months after the infamous Three Mile Island nuclear disaster -- the No Nukes concerts featured top rock hitmakers of the day, from Jackson Browne, the Doobie Brothers and Crosby, Stills & Nash to James Taylor, Carly Simon and Bruce Springsteen -- and now it's all coming to you from Elektra Records.|

A touchstone of the fervent anti-nuclear movement, the shows were a huge success that set the stage for the mega-charities of the '80s and '90s. Similarly, the double album recorded at the event hit a chord with a public highly sensitive to environmental issues, as evidenced by the set's gold certification andits instant cache as an archetypal benefit project.

For all its social and commercial significance, however, No Nukes languished in the vaults for 18 years, unissued on CD until now. With new liner notes and remastered sound, it appears in a handsome, two-CD set, as relevant and enjoyable as it was upon its release.