Concert For Bangladesh (Live) CD

MUSIC

POP

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Introduction - (featuring Ravi Shankar) ~ George Harrison

2. Bangla Dhun - (featuring Ravi Shankar) ~ George Harrison

3. Wah-Wah - (previously unreleased) ~ George Harrison

4. My Sweet Lord - (previously unreleased) ~ George Harrison

5. Awaiting on You All ~ George Harrison

6. That's the Way God Planned It - (featuring Billy Preston) ~ George Harrison

7. It Don't Come Easy - (featuring Ringo Starr) ~ George Harrison

8. Beware of Darkness ~ George Harrison

9. Band Introductions ~ George Harrison

10. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - (previously unreleased) ~ George Harrison

Disc 2

Song Title

1. Jumpin' Jack Flash / Youngblood / Youngblood - (featuring Leon Russell) ~ George Harrison

2. Here Comes the Sun ~ George Harrison

3. Hard Rain's Gonna Fall, A - (featuring Bob Dylan) ~ George Harrison

4. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry - (featuring Bob Dylan) ~ George Harrison

5. Blowin' in the Wind - (featuring Bob Dylan) ~ George Harrison

6. Mr. Tambourine Man - (featuring Bob Dylan) ~ George Harrison

7. Just Like a Woman - (featuring Bob Dylan) ~ George Harrison

8. Something ~ George Harrison

9. Bangladesh ~ George Harrison

10. Love Minus Zero / No Limit - (previously unreleased, featuring Bob Dylan) ~ George Harrison

Live Recordings from the Benefit Concert held on One August 1971 at Madison Square Garden.

The Concert for Bangladesh was the first benefit concert of its kind in that it brought together an extraordinary assemblage of major artists collaborating for a common humanitarian cause-setting the precedent that music could be used to serve a higher purpose.

The concert sold out Madison Square Garden and has helped to generate millions for UNICEF and raised awareness for the organization around the world, as well as among other musicians and their fans. It is acknowledged as the inspiration and the forerunner to the major global fundraising events of recent years. To quote the United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, "George and his friends were pioneers." This two-disc reissue features the original recordings remastered for maximum CD fidelity.

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel: George Harrison (vocals, guitar); Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan (vocals, guitar); Billy Preston (vocals, organ); Leon Russell (vocals, keyboards); Ringo Starr (vocals, drums); Jesse Ed Davis , Joey Molland (guitar); Pete Ham (acoustic guitar); Ravi Shankar (sitar); Jim Horn (saxophone); Klaus Voormann, Tom Evans , Carl Radle (bass instrument); Jim Keltner, Mike Gibbins (drums); Don Preston (background vocals).
	This historical 1971 event set the template for every rock benefit concert that followed. A cast of all-star musicians, including Geroge Harrison, Ravi Shankar, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, and Bob Dylan, converged on New York City's Madison Square Garden to play and sing their hearts out, while all the proceeds from the concert went to aid Bengali refugees. Shankar's 17-minute-plus raga "Bangla Dhun" opens the set, as though evoking the voice of a part of the globe too-often overlooked by Westerners. Backed by Ali Akbar Kahn and Alla Rakha, Shankar's exquisitely nuanced performance is one of the show's highlights.
	Harrison, who organized the event, plays originals recorded with the Beatles ("While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Something"), and songs from his then-recent solo debut, ALL THINGS MUST PASS ("My Sweet Lord;" "Awaiting on You All"). There are dynamic solo turns by Leon Russell and Billy Preston, before Dylan emerges to steal the show with renditions of his classics ("Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Blowin' in the Wind"). Originally released as a three-LP set, CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH overflows with great music. At the time, it was an emblem for how popular music can raise consciousness about world issues and positively impact those situations. It remains such an emblem today.
Producer: Phil Spector; George Harrison
Musical Guests
	Bob Dylan
	Eric Clapton
	Ravi Shankar
	Billy Preston
	Leon Russell
	Badfinger
	Ringo Starr

Compilation Appearances

	Journeyman
	Bob Dylan-30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
	Vol. 3-Stax/Volt Soul Singers
	Concert For Bangladesh (Live)
	Away We Go (Ost)
	Dear Mr Fantasy:jim Capaldi Story

Associated Artists and Works

	Original Soundtrack
	The Concert For Bangladesh ~ Original Soundtrack
	Shankar, Ravi

Technical Info

	Release Date : 10/25/2005
	Original Release Date : 1971
	Catalog ID : 35880
	Label : Capitol/EMI Records
	Number of Discs : 2
	Studio/Live : Live
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : AAD
	UPC : 00094633588028

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (No. 986, p.98)
- 5 stars out of 5 - "...[A] musical gem..."

Q (10/91)
- 4 Stars (out of 5)
- "...the music here is excellent."

Mojo (Publisher)
(p.130)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "[Y]ou get a George greatest hits set and nervous Bob Dylan, stumbling in from Long Island to deliver an enthusiastically received best-of. Sumptuous sound, too."

Mojo (Publisher)
(3/02, p.118)
- "...The first set features Shankar...on the second, Harrison's solo repertoire is beyond reproach....Cameos abound...for many though, the Main Event was the return of a Bob Dylan with whom the audience felt comfortable..."