George Harrison & Friends - The Concert For Bangladesh [Apple Records STCX 3385] (20 December 1971)

Released: 20 December 1971
Country: Holland
Label: Apple Records
Catalog: STCX 3385
Genre: Rock

Item# SR-APSTCX3385
Ratings: C=VG+; LP=VG+


T R A C K L I S T:
George Harrison & Ravi Shankar
01 George Harrison / Ravi Shankar Introduction
Ravi Shankar
02 Bangla Dhun
George Harrison
03 Wah-Wah
George Harrison
04 My Sweet Lord
George Harrison
05 Awaiting On You All
Billy Preston
06 That's The Way God Planned It
Ringo Starr
07 It Don't Come Easy
George Harrison
08 Beware Of Darkness
George Harrison
09 Introduction Of The Band
George Harrison
10 While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Leon Russell
11 Jumpin' Jack Flash / Youngblood
George Harrison
12 Here Comes The Sun
Bob Dylan
13 A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
Bob Dylan
14 It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
Bob Dylan
15 Blowin' In The Wind
Bob Dylan
16 Mr. Tambourine Man
Bob Dylan -
17 Just Like A Woman
George Harrison
18 Something
George Harrison
19 Bangladesh




The Concert For Bangladesh
George Harrison & Friends


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Album Review

Richard S. Ginell [allmusic.com]

Hands down, this epochal concert at New York's Madison Square Garden -- first issued on three LPs in a handsome orange-colored box -- was the crowning event of George Harrison's public life, a gesture of great goodwill that captured the moment in history and, not incidentally, produced some rousing music as a permanent legacy. Having been moved by his friend Ravi Shankar's appeal to help the homeless Bengali refugees of the 1971 India-Pakistan war, Harrison leaped into action, organizing on short notice what became a bellwether for the spectacular rock & roll benefits of the 1980s and beyond. The large, almost unwieldy band was loaded with rock luminaries -- including Beatles alumnus Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Badfinger, and two who became stars as a result of their electric performances here, Leon Russell (''Jumpin' Jack Flash''/''Youngblood'') and Billy Preston (''That's the Way God Planned It''). Yet Harrison is in confident command, running through highlights from his recent triumphant All Things Must Pass album in fine voice, secure enough to revisit his Beatles legacy from Abbey Road and the White Album. Though overlooked at the time by impatient rock fans eager to hear the hits, Shankar's opening raga, ''Bangla Dhun,'' is a masterwork on its own terms; the sitar virtuoso is in dazzling form even by his standards and, in retrospect, Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, and Alla Rakha amount to an Indian supergroup themselves. The high point of the concert is the surprise appearance of Bob Dylan -- at this reclusive time in his life, every Dylan sighting made headlines -- and he read the tea leaves perfectly by performing five of his most powerful, meaningful songs from the '60s. Controversy swirled when the record was released; then-manager Alan Klein imposed a no-discount policy on this expensive set and there were questions as to whether all of the intended receipts reached the refugees. Also, in a deal to allow Dylan's participation, the set was released by Capitol on LP while Dylan's label Columbia handled the tape versions. Yet, in hindsight, the avarice pales beside the concert's magnanimous intentions, at a time when rock musicians truly thought they could help save the world.