GEORGE HARRISON CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH Beatles Clapton Ringo Ravi APPLE Records

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GEORGE HARRISON CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH LP

Apple Records STCX-3385

Cover VG+ (detached see photos, booklet mint) Vinyl EXC/EXC/VG+

 

The Concert for Bangladesh – originally titled The Concert for Bangla Desh – is a live triple album by George Harrison and celebrity friends, released on Apple Records in December 1971 in America and January 1972 in Britain. The album followed the two concerts of the same name, held on 1 August 1971 at New York's Madison Square Garden, featuring Harrison, Bob Dylan, Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Leon Russell and Eric Clapton. The shows were a pioneering charity event, in aid of the homeless Bengali refugees of the Bangladesh Liberation War, and set the model for future multi-artist rock benefits such as Live Aid (1985) and the Concert for New York City (2001).

Co-produced by Phil Spector and featuring the latter's signature Wall of Sound in a live setting, the fundraiser album was delayed for three months due to protracted negotiations between Harrison and two record companies keen to protect their business interests, Capitol and Columbia/CBS. Besides the main performers, the musicians and singers on the recording include Badfinger, Jim Horn, Klaus Voormann, Alla Rakha, Jim Keltner, Jesse Ed Davis and Claudia Linnear. The box set's original packaging included a 64-page book containing photos from the concerts; the album cover, designed by Tom Wilkes, consisted of an image of a malnourished child sitting beside an empty food bowl.

On release, The Concert for Bangladesh was a major critical and commercial success, topping albums charts around the world, and went on to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in March 1973. Together with the 1972 Apple concert film directed by Saul Swimmer, the album gained Indian classical music its largest Western audience up until that time. The album was reissued in 2005, in remastered form, featuring a new cover.

Among the many words of acclaim that have been written about The Concert for Bangladesh since its release, author Tom Moon describes it as an album to play "whenever your faith in the power of music begins to wane".[1]Sales of The Concert for Bangladesh continue to benefit the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF, which raised $1.2 million for children in the Horn of Africa, in a 2011 campaign marking the album's 40th anniversary.

 

Track listing[edit]

Original release[edit]

Side one No. Title Writer(s) Performer(s) Length 1. "George Harrison/Ravi Shankar Introduction" — George Harrison, Ravi Shankar 5:19 2. "Bangla Dhun" Shankar Shankar 16:40 Side two No. Title Writer(s) Performer(s) Length 3. "Wah-Wah" Harrison Harrison 3:30 4. "My Sweet Lord" Harrison Harrison 4:36 5. "Awaiting on You All" Harrison Harrison 3:00 6. "That's the Way God Planned It" Billy Preston Preston 4:20 Side three No. Title Writer(s) Performer(s) Length 1. "It Don't Come Easy" Richard Starkey Ringo Starr 3:01 2. "Beware of Darkness" Harrison Harrison, Leon Russell 3:36 3. "Band Introduction" — Harrison 2:39 4. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Harrison Harrison 4:53 Side four No. Title Writer(s) Performer(s) Length 5. "Medley: Jumpin' Jack Flash/Youngblood" Mick Jagger, Keith Richards/Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Doc Pomus Russell, Don Preston 9:27 6. "Here Comes the Sun" Harrison Harrison 2:59 Side five No. Title Writer(s) Performer(s) Length 1. "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" Bob Dylan Dylan 5:44 2. "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" Dylan Dylan 3:07 3. "Blowin' in the Wind" Dylan Dylan 4:07 4. "Mr. Tambourine Man" Dylan Dylan 4:45 5. "Just Like a Woman" Dylan Dylan 4:49 Side six No. Title Writer(s) Performer(s) Length 6. "Something" Harrison Harrison 3:42 7. "Bangla Desh" Harrison Harrison 4:55

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VERY GOOD PLUS (VG+) ~  Shows signs of wear, light scuffs or scratches may be present but they should not affect playback significantly. Nothing felt by fingernail.  Jacket may have a 3-4 of the following: ring wear, shelf wear, seam splits (less than 1” long), writing, creases, discoloration, names, stickers, notch/corner cuts . Labels may also have a few of the following: writing/names, stickers, some spindle marks. 

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