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The Concert For Bangladesh was the event title for two concerts held on the afternoon and evening of August 1, 1971, playing to a total of 40,000 people at Madison Square Garden in New York. August 1st is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Madison Square Garden Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and sometimes simply called The Garden has been the name of four arenas in New York City, United States. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... Contents 1 Background 2 Concert program 3 Album release 4 The longplay 5 External link Background As East Pakistan struggled to become the separate state of Bangladesh, tremendous political and military turmoil led to a massive refugee problem. This problem was compounded by torrential rains causing devastating floods and threatening a humanitarian disaster. It has been suggested that East Bengal (province) be merged into this article or section. ... Bengali musician Ravi Shankar consulted his friend George Harrison regarding a means of providing help to the situation. Harrison recorded the single "Bangladesh" to help raise awareness and pushed Apple Records to release Shankar's single "Joi Bangla" in a dual-pronged effort to raise funds. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... George Harrison, MBE (February 25, 1943 – November 29, 2001) was a popular British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer, and film producer, best known as a member of The Beatles. ... Apple Records is a British record label. ... Shankar also asked Harrison's advice regarding a small fund-raising concert in the United States. Instead, Harrison took over and persuaded his friends to join him at a large concert at Madison Square Garden. The event was organised within five weeks. Harrison first asked his fellow Beatles to appear. John Lennon agreed to take part in the concert, however Harrison stipulated that Lennon's wife Yoko Ono not attend. Lennon agreed, but left New York two days before the event following an argument with Ono regarding his and Harrison's agreement that she not participate. Paul McCartney declined because of the bad feelings caused by the Beatles' legal problems on their break-up. Ringo Starr, however, readily agreed to appear. The Beatles (L-R, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, John Lennon), in 1964, performing on The Ed Sullivan Show promoting their first U.S. hit song, I Want To Hold Your Hand, and ushering in the British Invasion of American popular music. ... John Lennon in 1968 (from The White Album) John Winston Lennon, later John Ono Lennon, (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), was best known as a singer, songwriter, and guitarist for The Beatles. ... Paul McCartney, as photographed by John Kelley for the 1968 LP The Beatles (aka The White Album). Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is a British singer, musician and songwriter, who first came to prominence as a member of The Beatles. ... Ringo Starr as photographed by John Kelley for the 1968 LP The Beatles (aka The White Album). Richard Starkey, MBE (born July 7, 1940), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is a popular British musician, best known as drummer for The Beatles. ... Concert program Shankar opened the concert with a 25-minute recital of Indian music. Eric Clapton made his first public appearance since the end of the five-month Derek and the Dominos tour the previous December. Clapton was still in the grip of a heroin addiction, and partook of his habit, also using methadone, before going onstage. The heroin had been cut with talcum powder and Clapton collapsed on stage. A doctor was able to revive him, and Clapton continued the performance. Eric Clapton at the Tsunami Relief concert in Cardiffs Millennium Stadium, January 22nd 2005 Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born March 30, 1945) is a British guitarist and composer, nicknamed slowhand. ... Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs album cover Derek and the Dominos was a group formed in the spring of 1970 by guitarist/singer Eric Clapton (born Eric Patrick Clapton, March 30, 1945, Ripley, Surrey, England) with other former members of Delaney & Bonnie & Friends: Bobby Whitlock (b. ... Heroin or diamorphine (INN) (colloquially referred to as brown sugar, junk, babania, horse, golden brown, smack (for the sound made when a user slaps an arm to find a vein), black tar, montega, H, big H, lady H, dope, skag, juice, jude, diesel, boy, etc. ... Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic synthesized in 1937 by German scientists Max Bockmühl and Gustav Ehrhart at IG Farben (Hoechst-Am-Main) who were searching for an analgesic that would be easier to use during surgery and also have low addiction potential. ... Musical help was also on hand from Billy Preston, Leon Russell, Klaus Voormann and Badfinger (along with Jim Horn, Carl Radle, Jesse Ed Davis, Don Preston and a host of backing singers organized by Don Nix). Soul musician Billy Preston was born on September 2, 1946 in Houston, Texas and raised mostly in Los Angeles, California. ... Leon Russell Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges on April 2, 1942 in Lawton, Oklahoma) is a singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist. ... Klaus Voormann (born April 29, 1938) is a German artist, musician, and record producer who was associated with the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg and later designed the cover of their album Revolver. ... Badfinger was a British band from the 1960s and 70s. ... Don Nix was a songwriter, composer, arranger, musician, and author. ... Bob Dylan made his first stage appearance since the Isle of Wight Festival in August 1969. Apart from sitting in for a few numbers with The Band on New Year 1972 and an unannounced appearance backing John Prine on harp at a Greenwich Village club, he did not play live again until January 1974. Portrait photograph of Bob Dylan taken by Daniel Kramer Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman May 24, 1941) is one of Americas most respected popular songwriters. ... The first Isle of Wight ‘Pop’ Festival took place in August 1968. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The Band. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... John Prine (born October 10, 1946 in Maywood, Illinois) is an American country/folk singer/songwriter who has achieved widespread critical (and some commercial) success since the early 1970s. ... Greenwich Village (also known as the West Village or simply the Village) is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern) Manhattan in New York City. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Album release The event was recorded for an album and released as a triple-LP box set (later a 2-CD set), produced by Harrison and Phil Spector. This record was Dylan's first official live release. The concert was also filmed, although Harrison later complained that half the camera operators appeared to have been indulging in illegal substances, which left the focus of some shots rather soft. There was a theatrical release for the film and it was later issued on video. 33â…“ LP vinyl record album The vinyl record is a type of gramophone record, most popular from the 1950s to the 1990s, that was most commonly used for mass-produced recordings of music. ... Interference colors. ... Phil Spector Harvey Phillip Phil Spector (born December 26, 1940) is a highly influential record producer who turned out some of the best-known popular music of the 1960s and 1970s. ... The 2-CD set was re-released in 2001 and Harrison had been working on an expanded deluxe edition prior to his death. In the spring of 2005, at least one Beatles fan site reported that a late 2005 release was planned for both a DVD edition and an expanded CD edition. The longplay number singer(s) / player(s) title m:ss 1 .1 George Harrison / Ravi Shankar Introduction ( Text ) 6:16 .2 R.Shankar/A.Khan/A.Rakah/K.Chakravarty Bangla Dhun 16:19 2 .1 George Harrison Wah-Wah 3:15 .2 My Sweet Lord 4:16 .3 Awaiting On You All 2:37 .4 Billy Preston That's The Way God Planned It 4:05 number singer(s) / player(s) title m:ss 3 .1 Richard Starkey ( = Ringo Star ) It Don't Come Easy 2:38 .2 George Harrison / Leon Russell / Jim Horn Beware Of Darkness 3:26 .3 Introduction Of The Band ( Text ) 3:00 .4 George Harrison / Eric Clapton While My Guitar Gently Weeps 4:39 4 .1 Leon Russell / Carl Radle / Don Preston Jumping Jack Flash 9:11 Leon Russell / Don Preston Youngblood .2 George Harrison / Pete Ham Here Comes The Sun 2:51 number singer(s) / player(s) title m:ss 5 .1 Bob Dylan Leon Russell George Harrison Richard Starkey A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall 5:04 .2 It Takes A Lot To Laugh / It Takes A Train To Cry 2:54 .3 Blowin' In The Wind 3:34 .4 Mr. Tambourine Man 4:06 .5 Just Like A Woman 4:14 6 .1 George Harrison Something 3:05 .2 George Harrison / Jim Horn Bangla Desh 4:14 External link Rolling Stone review Categories: History of Bangladesh | Music festivals | Musical advocacy groups | Live albums | Concerts | Triple albums

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	The Concert for Bangladesh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (674 words) The Concert For Bangladesh was the event title for two benefit concerts held on the afternoon and evening of August 1, 1971, playing to a total of 40,000 people at Madison Square Garden in New York. The concert was also filmed, although Harrison later complained that half the camera operators appeared to have been indulging in illegal substances, which left the focus of some shots rather soft. The concert was satirized in an episode of The Simpsons (I'm with Cupid), in which Apu Nahasapeemapetilon has in his record collection, the Concert Against Bangladesh, with a picture of a mushroom cloud on the cover.
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