George Harrison - The Concert for Bangladesh
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Artist: George HarrisonEdition: Music CD
Format: Live, Original recording remastered, Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2005-10-25
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Introduction
- Bangla Dhun - Ravi Shankar
- Wah-Wah
- My Sweet Lord
- Awaiting On You All
- That's The Way God Planned It - Billy Preston
- It Don't Come Easy - Ringo Starr
- Beware Of Darkness
- Band Introduction
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- Medley: Jumpin' Jack Flash/Young Blood - Leon Russell
- Here Comes The Sun
- A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - Bob Dylan
- It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry - Bob Dylan
- Blowin' In The Wind - Bob Dylan
- Mr. Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan
- Just Like A Woman - Bob Dylan
- Something
- Bangla Desh
- Love Minus Zero/No Limit - Bob Dylan
Free Music Notes for The Concert for Bangladesh
Free Music Review: Before Ringo, there was George Harrison and his All-Star Band
Hit: 5 Stars
This 1971 album was the first of the all-star benefit albums. And arguably the best. In a nut shell, George Harrison, fresh off his success with "All Things Must Pass" raised his profile even further when he joined with Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar for 2 benefit shows at Madison Square Garden. At the time, Bangladesh was ? a world away and largely unknown and forgotten by Americans and the rest of the world for that matter. Plus it had been born out of a war between religions and torn apart even further by devastating floods. George's idea was simple; gather as many musician friends as he could for a concert and maybe raise some money to aid the citizens of the emerging nation of Bangladesh. But even with his high profile, George was uncertain the shows would even be sellouts, billing it only as "George Harrison & Friends". Other than a few gigs as a sideman, he hadn't performed live since the final Beatles tour in 1966. And never as a solo act. Everyone here was established stars whose careers got a boost as a result of the shows. Harrison wisely lets Shankar open the show with a set of Indian sitar music that receives a warm response from the crowd, before kicking off his own set with "Wah-Wah" from ATMP. Eric Clapton was still in the midst of his heroin addiction, but kept himself together for this show to recreate "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" with George onstage (although in his memoirs, he regretfully admits that the haze of drugs fogged whatever memories he has of the show). Ringo Starr contributes a rousing version of "It Don't Come Easy", complete with lyric flubs. Bob Dylan was the big surprise here, it was questionable weather or not he'd show up at all. Like Harrison, he'd largely retreated from live performances (the last being at the Isle of Wight Festival the year before). Here, he does a 5 song acoustic set with help from George and Leon Russell (an extra Dylan song is included as a bonus track). We can only imagine (sorry, Mr. Lennon!) what George could've been as a solo performer live. For his own songs, he performs here with a great ease, especially on the delicate rendition of "Here Comes the Sun". But other than a disastrous 1974 tour, he rarely ever performed live again except in situations like this where he could fade into the background if he chose and let others like Dylan, Billy Preston or Ringo bask in the spotlight. The context of this show certainly forced him to give his all.
The Concert for Bangladesh Poster
Ravi Shankar planted the seed, but it was George Harrison who turned this historic benefit concert into reality. The publicity-shy former Beatle could've easily written a check and forgotten all about the matter--impoverished East Pakistani refugees stranded in India--but instead recruited some of his most talented and compassionate friends and created an event remembered as much for the quality of its music as the purity of its intent. (The two-part engagement itself raised $250,000.) The players include Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, and Bob Dylan, while the backing band includes Jim Keltner, Klaus Voormann, and the up-and-coming Apple band Badfinger (Phil Spector and Harrison produced). The concert took place on August 1, 1971 at Madison Square Garden and was released as a triple-album boxed set that December and a feature film in 1972. That year, it won the Grammy for best album. The program begins with Shankar and his trio ("Bangla Dhun") and ends with a song Harrison wrote for the occasion ("Bangla Desh"). Highlights include Billy Preston's rousing "That's the Way God Planned It" and Dylan's heartfelt five-song set, starting with "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall." The remaster adds an additional Dylan track, "Love Minus Zero/No Limit," from the afternoon show. Although the cover art has been changed to a picture of Harrison, the original iconic image of a sad-eyed child remains prominent in the CD and DVD packaging. As with previous versions of The Concert for Bangladesh, all artist royalties go to UNICEF or, as Harrison notes in his band introduction, "Nobody's gettin' paid for anything." --Kathleen C. FennessyGeorge Harrison Photos
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