George Harrison & Friends - Concert for Bangladesh
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Free Music Review: The First All Star Band Charity Concert
Hit: 5 Stars
Outstanding high energy rock concert that was the first to get superstars together for a cause. Harrison dominates the album with his material from his latter Beatle days and "All Things Must Pass" album but the concert was full of stars, many contributing great songs of their own. The band includes Ringo Starr with his great solo "It don't Come Easy", Billy Preston, Eric Clapton (quiet role leaving it all to his guitar), Leon Russell and the great re-emergence of Bob Dylan. Also included are great session men such as Klaus Voorman (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Jessee Ed Davis (guitar) and Jim Horn (sax) along with Badfinger on acoustical guitars and numerous back up singers. The concert opened with Robbie Shankar's band of Indian musicians that does take a special appreciation or patience but quickly moves into several Harrison songs such as "Wah Wah" and each song is extremely well supported that makes it a great CD, One of the strongest songs on the CD is Leon's charsmatic bluesy "Jumping Jack Flash/Young Blood medley". Where Harrison left off, Dylan comes out and plays several sets of his classic songs such as "Mr. Tambourine Man", Blowing in the Wind" and a "Hard Rains gonna fall". Dylan is strong and coherent and at his peak on this CD. Harrison is also confident and sings very well on all his tunes including "Something", "My Sweet Lord", "Here Comes the Sun" and a special treat with "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" where Clapton relives his role from the original Beatle version that he played on the "White Album". Aside from singing, the instrumental play is grand and powerful and the back up singers provide great harmonies and with the energy from the crowd, this may be the greatest live album ever. If you need any other motivation to buy the CD, all money above cost goes to UNICEF.Free Music Review: Living In The Remastered World
Hit: 5 Stars
As most of you know, The Concert For Bangladesh is the seminal relief concert that was the springboard for all future relief concert efforts such as Live Aid, Farm Aid, Amnesty and so on... However, although we celebrate the anniversary of this historic concert which reminds us of the struggle that still exists in this part of the globe, it must be pointed out that this digitally remastered version is far superior than the original release and the difference is as stunning as the spotlight hitting George in his white suit during the opening of Wah-Wah.
The intricate guitar work of both George and Eric Clapton, the majestic Hammond B-3 of Billy Preston, that seemed to get muddled on the original recording as well as the vocals and crafty drum work of Ringo and Jim Keltner is really brought out with a new clarity that revives this disc and really adds a new vitality and excitement to this recording. But no where is the sonic difference more apparent than on the Dylan tracks where the intimate quartet of George, Ringo, Leon and Bob played some soul stirring versions of some Dylan nuggets.
For years we have all replaced various discs in our collections with new versions that have been "remastered" only to strain to hear the difference, if we could hear any at all, sometimes to find the only difference was that we had less money in our pockets after our purchase. This remastered version of The Concert For Bangladesh is every bit remastered, every bit enhanced (and I have listened to both side by side) and worth every penny.
Free Music Review: greatest concert album ever
Hit: 5 Stars
words cannot describe the beauty of the event that was the Concert for Bangladesh, but the music can. This two disc set contains all the highlights from the two shows.
After an introduction with George, we enter the indian music section, a long piece of pure indian strings, drums, and beats, while it is a great track, its to long, and should of been spread out over two tracks. We then go into the rock portion, which has some great, great performances, the highlights for me are Billy Prestons energetic, 'happy to be alive' rendition of "That's the Way God Planned it" Ringo's rendition of "It Don't come Easy" and most importantly Clapton's guitar work on "While my Guitar Gently Wheeps"
over to the seccond disc, which is just blissful rock, we start with a great mix of rock and blues and go into Here Comes the Sun, this is my favorite song of all time by far, and George does it beautifully. Then comes the highlight of the whole album, the Dylan songs, starting with a brilliant vocal performance on "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" going into greats like "Blowing in the Wind" Dylan goes out gracefully with two masterpieces, sung beautifully "Mr. Tamborine Man" and "Just like a Woman" George comes back for two more great songs "Something" and "Bangla Desh" on top of that we get a bonus Dylan track.
So even if you own the DVD, get this, because there are performances that are not seen on the concert feature of the DVD, such as "Mr. Tamborine Man" its a great album all around.
Free Music Review: GREAT....but why not spend $$$ and get the DVD for the spectacle of....
Hit: 5 Stars
This CD is long overdue! The concert-filmed at Madison Square Garden-is an exhilarating celebration of music's power to serve the greater good. Particularly on display is Harrison's tremendous empathy for the suffering experienced by the millions of refugees in Bangladesh. This concert took place largely due to the global appeal of Harrison, Ravi Shankar and the impact of the suffering. However, in buying the CD, I think you are being denied these visual spectacles:
-Harrison doing a great acoustic version of HERE COMES THE SUN.
-Harrison, Clapton, and many others doing a great version of WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS.
-Nearly an hour of Ravi Shankar getting completely lost in another world as he makes his sitar gently weep.....
-Leon Russell moving effortlessly from JUMPING JACK FLASH to YOUNGBLOOD and back again.
-Billy Preston channeling the spirits as he performs THAT'S THE WAY(GOD PLANNED IT...)
-Ringo forgetting the lyrics to IT DON'T COME EASY....
-A great set from Bob Dylan, who looks as though he is operating on entirely different frequency....
-Great sound quality and production values from all-around wizard and severe whackjob Phil Spector.....
-Lastly, a GREAT group of unheralded 1970's session and studio musicians like Jim Keltner, Badfinger, Klaus Voorman, etc, who get better and better as the concert continues. So go ahead, get the CD but first consider the DVD if you can swing the extra $$$.
Free Music Review: Holy shnike, what a concert
Hit: 5 Stars
This is right up there with 'The Last Waltz,' Joe Cocker's 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen' and the Dead closing the Winterland in '78 in my pantheon of concert DVDs, and it might be better than all of them. Two drummers are always better than one, even if one of those drummers IS Ringo Starr, rocking the freakiest beard I've ever seen (I'm actually reviewing the DVD, but it's the same songs, soooo...).
But the setlist just rocks all to hell. It kicks into high gear with "Wah Wah," as Harrison and Clapton peel licks off one another and the beat bangs out. Leon Russell, if I'm not mistaken, assembled most of this band as well as Cocker's slapdash group, and I think a lot of the same musicians are here as well (Badfinger, "the Space Choir," Leon himself).
The appearance of Bob Dylan doing a three-song set is icing on the cake, but the true showstopper is a "Jumping Jack Flash > Young Blood > Jumping Jack Flash" medley, sung by Russell, that plain and simple knocks the Rolling Stones' version out of the park. A slick little riff after the chorus and the double-drum drive propels it beyond a bluesy rocker and into the stratosphere. I can seriously watch/listen to it over and over and not get tired of it.
A great buy.