Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
Double Live Album by Various Artists
Released	30 March 1981 (US), 3 April 1981 (UK)
Recorded	26-29 December 1979 (Hammersmith Odeon)
Genre	Rock
Length	(77:54)
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer(s)	Paul McCartney
Professional reviews
All Music Guide Link Robert Christgau B+ Link

Concerts for the People of Kampuchea was a series of concert and also is a double album from Wings, The Who, Queen, Elvis Costello, The Pretenders, The Clash and many more artists of the higlights from series of concerts in Hammersmith Odeon to raise money for the victims of Pol Pot's reign of terror in Cambodia. The event was organized by Paul McCartney and Kurt Waldheim (who was then Secretary-General of the U.N.), and it involved older artists such as McCartney and The Who as well as younger new wave acts like The Clash and the Pretenders. The album starts with four themes of The Who, four of The Pretenders and finish with three songs of Wings and three from the all-star lineup called the Rockestra. The last of the concerts was the last concert of Wings. The album was released in 1981 by McCartney as producer. The best of the concerts was released as a film. A promotional EP was released in 1980, with aditional themes. Image File history File links CFTPOK_1981. ... Look up double in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A live album is a musical recording containing recorded concert performances. ... The term Various Artists is used in the record industry when numerous singers and musicians collaborate on a song or collection of songs. ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in leap years). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... United States may refer to: Places: United States of America SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever built. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Apollo, Hammersmith, London has been a rock venue for decades, and was originally known as the Hammersmith Odeon. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Rock and roll (also spelled rock n roll, especially in its first decade), is a genre of music that emerged as a defined musical style in the Southern United States in the 1950s, and quickly spread to the rest of the country, and the world (rhythm sample). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label that operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born June 18, 1942) is an English singer, instrumentalist and songwriter, who first came to prominence as a member of The Beatles. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links Description: Rating stars. ... Robert Christgau (sometimes abbreviated in print to Xgau), born April 18, 1942, is an American essayist, music journalist, and rock critic. ... Core members of Wings, Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney and Denny Laine. ... The Who are an English rock band that first came to prominence in the 1960s. ... Queen is an English rock band formed by Freddie Mercury, Brian May and Roger Taylor in 1970 from the remains of Smile, with John Deacon completing the lineup the following year. ... Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954, in London), better known by his stage name, Elvis Costello, is a popular British musician, singer, and songwriter of Irish ancestry. ... Pretenders album cover, 1980. ... The Clash were a British rock group that existed from 1976 to 1986. ... The Apollo, Hammersmith, London has been a rock venue for decades, and was originally known as the Hammersmith Odeon. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Kurt Waldheim (born December 21, 1918) is an Austrian diplomat and conservative politician. ... United Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A generally powerful, sometimes eerie, sometimes somber form of rock with elements of stringed instruments included, such as violins. ... The Film Concert for Kampuchea is an musical film from the best of the Concerts for the People of Kampuchea. ... Concert for Kampuchea is a promotional EP by the Wings Rockestra, a super-band with thirty musicians playing together, from the album Concerts for the People of Kampuchea. ...

The pretenders played a set, as well as Elvis costello. Queen make a historical concert (The Christmas 1979 concert), as well as The Clash and Ian Dury. The Wings' perfomance exploits during the fourth and final evening, first with three Wings songs, and then with three bombastic numbers by the Rockestra, a McCartney-led jam of at least twenty English rockers. (The credited list appears at the bottom of the back cover of the LP). The "Rockestra Theme" won a Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music...

The anecdote of the moment, according to is counted, it carried out Pete Townshend that, in view of which the performance with the "Rockestra" did not begin was goes to a pub near the Hammersmith Oden of London to take beer with some friends and to little minutes of the performance of the group he appeared he - others say that they went to look for to him "very powerful". The case is that it had to put a species of uniform with silver-plated jacket and hat of glass doing game and happened of everything. In fact, when the people see the video they will see him enough "likeable" during all the performance. So, hes is Pete Townshend.

Concerts

26 December

• Queen

27 December

• Ian Dury and the Blockheads
• Matumbi
• The Clash

28 December

• The Pretenders
• The Specials
• The Who

29 December

• Elvis Costello & The Atraccions
• Rockpile
• Wings
• Rockestra

Set List

Queen

1. Jailhouse Rock
2. We Will Rock You (fast version)
3. Let Me Entertain You
4. Somebody to Love
5. If You Can't Beat Them
6. Mustapha
7. Death on Two Legs
8. Killer Queen
9. I'm In Love With My Car
10. Get Down, Make Love
11. You're My Best Friend
12. Save Me
13. Now I'm Here
14. Don't Stop Me Now
15. Spread Your Wings
16. Love of My Life
17. '39
18. Keep Yourself Alive
19. Drums solo
20. Guitar solo with parts of Silent Night
21. Brighton Rock reprise
22. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
23. Bohemian Rhapsody
24. Tie Your Mother Down
25. Sheer Heart Attack
26. We Will Rock You
27. We Are the Champions
28. God Save the Queen (tape)

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The Who

1. Substitute
2. I Can't Explain
3. Baba O'Riley
4. The Punk And The Godfather
5. My Wife
6. Sister Disco
7. Behind Blue Eyes
8. Music Must Change
9. Drowned
10. Who Are You
11. 5.15
12. Pinball Wizard
13. See Me Feel Me
14. Long Live Rock
15. My Generation
16. I'm A Man
17. Sparks
18. I Can See For Miles
19. I Don't Wan't To Be An Old Man
20. Won't Get Fooled Again
21. Summertime Blues
22. Dancing In The Streets
23. Dance It Away
24. The Real Me

Wings

1. Got To Get You Into My Life
2. Getting Closer
3. Every Night
4. Again And Again And Again
5. I've Had Enough
6. No Words
7. Cook Of The House
8. Old Siam Sir
9. Maybe I'm Amazed
10. The Fool on the Hill
11. Hot As Sun
12. Spin It On
13. Twenty Flight Rock
14. Go Now
15. Arrow Through Me
16. Coming Up
17. Goodnight Tonight
18. Yesterday
19. Mull of Kintyre
20. Band On The Run

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Rockestra

1. Rockestra Theme
2. Let It Be
3. Lucille
4. Rockestra Theme (reprise)

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Track listing

• Performed by The Who:

Baba O'Riley (5:12)

Sister Disco (5:16)

Behind Blue Eyes (3:46)

See Me, Feel Me (5:49)

• Performed by The Pretenders:

The Wait (3:28)

Precious (3:23)

Tattooed Love Boys (3:18)

• Performed by Elvis Costello & The Attractions:

Imposter (2:10)

• Performed by Rockpile with Robert Plant

Crawling from the Wreckage (3:02)

Little Sister (3:33)

• Performed by Queen:

Now I'm Here (6:49)

• Performed by The Clash:

Armagideon Time (4:15)

• Performed by Ian Dury and the Blockheads:

Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick (4:30)

• Performed by The Specials:

Monkey Man Specials (2:26)

• Performed by Wings:

Got to Get You into My Life (2:57)

Every Night (4:17)

Coming Up (4:08)

• Performed by the Rockestra:

Lucille (3:03)

Let It Be (4:12)

Rockestra Theme (2:30) (*)

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See also

• Concert for Kampuchea, the film about the concerts.
• Concert for Kampuchea (EP), a promotional EP.

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Rockestra's personnel

• Piano: Paul McCartney
• Keyboards: Linda McCartney, Tony Ashton, Gary Brooker
• Guitars: Denny Laine, Laurence Juber, James Honeyman-Scott, Dave Edmunds, Billy Bremner, Pete Townshend
• Bass: Bruce Thomas, Ronnie Lane, John Paul Jones
• Drums, Percussion: Steve Holly, Kenney Jones, Tony Carr, Morris Pert, Speedy Acquaye, John Bonham
• Horns: Howie Casey, Steve Howard, Thaddeus Richard, Tony Dorsey
• Vocals: Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, John Paul Jones, Ronnie Lane, Bruce Thomas, Robert Plant