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. Fennessy
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The Concert for Bangladesh
George Harrison Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000BF0D88 Release Date: 2005-10-25 |
Tracks:
- 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
Tracks:
- 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
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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. FennessyAmazon.com
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Customer Reviews:
Concert for Bangledessh.......2007-05-14
This show was epic and a wonderful snapshot in time
The power of music.......2007-05-13
CD is missing DVD songs and vice versa..........2007-04-01
Wait, subtract one star for cynical marketing ploy:
The CD has an exclusive track Mr. Tambourine Man.
The DVD has two exclusive tracks, Come on in my kitchen, and If Not For You
Plenty of room to include these tracks on both formats,
but they want you to buy both the DVD and the CD versions.
It all started right here..........2007-03-12
High-The opening of "Wah-Wah" is a tremendous intro into the show with Harrison doing an excellent job of kick starting the proceedings, greatly assisted by Jim Horn and his Hollywood Horns. Billy Preston's "That's The Way God Planned It," gives the show a nice lift, especially the rousing finale (where he is dancing, which is obviously not seen on a cd). Ringo's word-dropping rendition of "It Don't Come Easy" gave some humanity to the whole event and kept it real. Leon Russell"s "Jumpin' Jack Flash/Youngblood" medley brough some funk to a mostly Anglo show and let the musicians flex their muscles a little. And though Clapton doesn't remember it today since he was stoned then, the dueting between him and Harrison on "While My Guitar Gentle Weeps" was great to hear. And hearing Dylan give a disciplined, understated performance was pleasant as well. An overlooked item I think is Harrison's rendition of his biggest Beatle hit, "Something" even though he flubs the second verse a little.
Low-Did we really need such a long set of Ravi's music? As much as his performance was symbolic of what the event was, was this much Indian music necessary? I doubt very much if anyone who buys this today sits through all/any of it. Also, did Dylan need to have so many songs when the show was in desperate need of an edge? Badfinger, (who were more commercially accessible than either Preston or Russell) had the classic single "No Matter What" under their belt, had also just finished recording their most popular album and could've played a tune from that. This could have given the show a more rock 'n roll edge that it was missing. And the recording for this concert didn't do anyone any favors, remastered or not. The overall sound is still muddy. This only proves that new technology cannot improve what was recorded wrong in the first place. Plus, for some unknown reason, some of Harrison's comments have been edited out from the original version.
The best thing that can be said about "The Concert For Bangla-Desh" is that it was(and is)a template for all the other charity concerts that rock stars have given over the years(Farm-Aid, Band-Aid, Aid-Aid, Kampuchea, etc.). It all started right here.
Probably the greatest amalgamation of musicians ever!.......2007-02-21
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Concert for Bangladesh
George Harrison Manufacturer: Capitol Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000N0LJ4S Release Date: 2005-10-25 |
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Concert for Bangladesh
Manufacturer: Msi Music Corp ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000DEPMP Release Date: 2002-09-09 |
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The Concert for Bangladesh
George Harrison Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000AVLU Release Date: 2002-09-09 |
Tracks:
- George Harrison/Ravi Shankar Introduction
- Bangla Dhun
- Wah-Wah
- My Sweet Lord
- Awaiting on You All
- That's the Way God Planned It - George Harrison, Billy Preston
- It Don't Come Easy - George Harrison, Ringo Starr
- Beware of Darkness
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Tracks:
- Medley: Jumpin' Jack Flash/Young Blood - George Harrison, Leon Russell
- Here Comes the Sun
- Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - Bob Dylan, George Harrison
- It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry - Bob Dylan, George Harrison
- Blowin' in the Wind - Bob Dylan, George Harrison
- Mr. Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan, George Harrison
- Just Like a Woman - Bob Dylan, George Harrison
- Something
- Bangla Desh
Album Details
The 1971 all Star Charity Concert Organized by the Late George Harrison. It was the First Mega Charity Event that Included Stars of Stellar Proportion in the Rock World. Special Guests Include Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Leon Russell, Badfinger, Ravi Shankar and More.Customer Reviews:
A wonderful album.......2005-04-16
A classic concert.......2004-05-21
PROS:
-The most obvious pro about this album is the all-star cast that was brought together for it. In addition to just George Harrison, we have his former Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr, former Beatles guest pianist Billy Preston, Badfinger, and even Bob Dylan! Hell, even Ravi Shankar, the sitar legend who greatly inspired George in his latter Beatles years, is present! Where else are you going to find all of these musicians playing together?
-The musicians present here play all of their big hits, as well as a number of underrated masterpieces. How can you not love that?
-George unveils a new song of his on this recording - the appropriately-entitled Bangladesh.
CONS:
-Sound quality. This is a rather old concert, so needless to say, the sound quality isn't up to that of a modern concert on compact disc.
-Some of the versions of these songs are flat-out pathetic! Ringo's It Don't Come Easy is one of my favorite songs of all time, but here he just BUTCHERS it! HOW COULD HE FORGET THE LYRICS TO HIS MOST FAMOUS SOLO SONG OF ALL TIME!?
-It's two disc, so it costs more than most single-disc live albums. Also, stores tend to mark up the prices of George Harrison and other Beatle-related compact discs, so don't expect to be able to get this for very cheap.
OVERALL:
Overall, George Harrison succeeded in organizing a rather excellent show. All these years later, it remains popular. If you're a fan of classic rock, or any of the artists who appear on this recording, you'll be doing yourself a real favor picking this up.
The 70s Greatest Supergroup.......2004-02-19
The key players are together here, creating the benefit rock concert out of thin air (thanks, George) with mostly selfless motives (aside from Bob Dylan). Everyone paid their own way to play and took home nothing. After playing on each others' albums for the better part of a year, this huge assortment of superstars and journeymen were a tight group and the music is wonderful. It sounds rehearsed although there was little time for that.
It launched the careers of Billy Preston and Leon Russell, showcased Eric Clapton, George Harrison and Bob Dylan, with help from Ringo Starr, Klaus Voorman and other studio greats.
This movie has been very hard to come by on DVD. It is a treasure for fans of George, and much better musically than the 2003 Concert for George (which is also good).
I Had Forgotten How Good This Was.......2004-01-21
Remembering George.......2003-10-06
Clapton gives a great performance, George Harrison shows emotion in his playing as well as having fun with his mates, and Bob Dylan's performance is as good as he gets. Leon Russell and Billy Preston show why they were every bit as good as showmen as they were sought after studio musicians (too bad John didn't make it, but he was SO full of himself).
George was the unsung Beatle and I for one truly miss him.
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The Concert for Bangladesh
George Harrison ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000BJ7C6K Release Date: 2006-01-24 |
Tracks:
- George Harrison/Ravi Shankar Introduction
- Bangla Dhun
- Wah-Wah
- My Sweet Lord
- Awaiting on You All
- That's the Way God Planned It - George Harrison, Billy Preston
- It Don't Come Easy - George Harrison, Ringo Starr
- Beware of Darkness
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Tracks:
- Medley: Jumpin' Jack Flash/Young Blood - George Harrison, Leon Russell
- Here Comes the Sun
- Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - Bob Dylan, George Harrison
- It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry - Bob Dylan, George Harrison
- Blowin' in the Wind - Bob Dylan, George Harrison
- Mr. Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan, George Harrison
- Just Like a Woman - Bob Dylan, George Harrison
- Something
- Bangla Desh
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The Concert for Bangladesh
George Harrison Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000B9EX30 Release Date: 2005-11-21 |
Tracks:
- Introduction by George Harrison & Ravi Shankar - George Harrison, Ravi Shankar
- Bangla Dhun - George Harrison, Ali Akbar Khan, Ravi Shankar
- Wah-Wah - George Harrison
- My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
- Awaiting on You All - George Harrison
- That's the Way God Planned It - George Harrison, Billy Preston
- It Don't Come Easy - George Harrison, Ringo Starr
- Beware of Darkness - George Harrison
- Band Introduction - George Harrison
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps - George Harrison
Tracks:
- Medley: Jumpin' Jack Flash/Young Blood - George Harrison, Leon Russell
- Here Comes the Sun - George Harrison
- Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - Bob Dylan, , George Harrison
- It's Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry - Bob Dylan, , George Harrison
- Blowin' in the Wind - Bob Dylan, , George Harrison
- Mr. Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan, , George Harrison
- Just Like a Woman - Bob Dylan, , George Harrison
- Something - George Harrison
- Bangla Desh - George Harrison
- Love Minus Zero/No Limit [*] - Bob Dylan, , George Harrison
Album Description
Japanese 2 CD pressing features the same tracks as the remastered US edition but includes an additional booklet and OBI. This is the legendary 1971 benefit concert organized by George Harrison. Features performances from George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar, Leon Russell, and Billy Preston. Includes a new bonus track 'Love Minus Zero/No Limit' by Bob Dylan. Sony. 2005.Album Details
2005 Japanese Edition of the Groundbreaking Concert Benefit Organized by the Late Former Beatle. The Artist Lineup Featured all of his Best Friends Including Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, Ringo Starr and More. The Show Took Place on August 1, 1971 at New York's Madison Square Garden. This Issue Includes a Full Lyric Book in Both English and Japanese and an Obi-strip.
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Concert for Bangladesh
Various Artists Manufacturer: Sony/Epic ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00005G3V3 Release Date: 1991-10-25 |
Tracks:
- Introduction
- Bangla Dhun
- Wah-Wah
- My Sweet Lord
- Awaiting On You All
- That's The Way God Planned It
- It Don't Come Easy
- Beware Of Darkness
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- Jumpin' Jack Flash
- Here Comes The Sun
- Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
- It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
- Blowin' In The Wind - Bob Dylan
- Mr Tambourine Man
- Just Like A Woman
- Something
- George Harrison
Customer Reviews:
Excellent concert.......2004-05-22
PROS:
-The most obvious pro about this album is the all-star cast that was brought together for it. In addition to just George Harrison, we have his former Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr, former Beatles guest pianist Billy Preston, Badfinger, and even Bob Dylan! Hell, even Ravi Shankar, the sitar legend who greatly inspired George in his latter Beatles years, is present! Where else are you going to find all of these musicians playing together?
-The musicians present here play all of their big hits, as well as a number of underrated masterpieces. How can you not love that?
-George unveils a new song of his on this recording - the appropriately-entitled Bangladesh.
CONS:
-Sound quality. This is a rather old concert, so needless to say, the sound quality isn't up to that of a modern concert on compact disc.
-Some of the versions of these songs are flat-out pathetic! Ringo's It Don't Come Easy is one of my favorite songs of all time, but here he just BUTCHERS it! HOW COULD HE FORGET THE LYRICS TO HIS MOST FAMOUS SOLO SONG OF ALL TIME!?
-It's two disc, so it costs more than most single-disc live albums. Also, stores tend to mark up the prices of George Harrison and other Beatle-related compact discs, so don't expect to be able to get this for very cheap.
OVERALL:
Overall, George Harrison succeeded in organizing a rather excellent show. All these years later, it remains popular. If you're a fan of classic rock, or any of the artists who appear on this recording, you'll be doing yourself a real favor picking this up.
You Must Buy This Album!!.......2004-01-17
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Concert for Bangladesh
ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0002JC6II Release Date: 2003-11-25 |
Album Description
Asian only NTSC/All Code VCD (viewable on most DVD players) release from the famous 1972 all star concert to benefit & support the people of Bangladesh who were suffering from famine caused by civil war. This was the first all star charity Rock Concert inMeditation Music:
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