George Harrison & Friends – The Concert For Bangladesh (3LP Boxset) (1971) – €25,00

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The Concert for Bangladesh (originally spelt The Concert for Bangla Desh) is a live triple album credited to “George Harrison & Friends” and 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). The event brought Harrison and Starr together on a concert stage for the first time since 1966, when the Beatles retired from live performance, and represented Dylan’s first major concert appearance in the US in five years.

Co-produced by Phil Spector, The Concert for Bangladesh features his Wall of Sound approach in a live setting. Besides the main performers, the musicians and singers include Badfinger, Jim Horn, Klaus Voormann, Alla Rakha, Jim Keltner, Jesse Ed Davis and Claudia Lennear. Minimal post-production was carried out on the recordings, ensuring that the album was a faithful document of the event. The box set’s 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. The 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.

On release, The Concert for Bangladesh was a major critical and commercial success. It topped albums charts in several countries 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.

 

Side one

1. George Harrison/Ravi Shankar – Introduction – 5:19
2. Ravi Shankar – Bangla Dhun – 16:40

 

Side two

1. George Harrison – Wah-Wah – 3:30
2. George Harrison – My Sweet Lord – 4:36
3. George Harrison – Awaiting on You All – 3:00
4. Billy Preston – That’s the Way God Planned It – 4:20

 

Side three

1. Ringo Starr – It Don’t Come Easy – 3:01
2. George Harrison & Leon Russell – Beware of Darkness – 3:36
3. George Harrison – Band Introduction – 2:39
4. George Harrison – While My Guitar Gently Weeps – 4:53

 

Side four

1. Mick Jagger/Keith Richards)/Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller/Doc Pomus – Medley: Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Young Blood – 9:27
2. George Harrison – Here Comes the Sun (Acoustic) – 2:59

 

Side five

1. Bob Dylan – A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall – 5:44
2. Bob Dylan – It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry – 3:07
3. Bob Dylan – Blowin’ in the Wind – 4:07
4. Bob Dylan – Mr. Tambourine Man – 4:45
5. Bob Dylan – Just Like a Woman – 4:49

 

Side six

1. George Harrison – Something – 3:42
2. George Harrison – Bangla-Desh – 4:55

 

Notes
Release: 1971
Format: 3LP Boxset
Genre: Rock
Label: Apple Records
Catalog# STCX 3385

Vinyl: VG
Cover Box: In Bad Shape

Prijs: €25,00