The Concert For Bangla Desh
Triple Live album by George Harrison and Friends
Released	US: 20 December 1971 UK: 7 January 1972 Expanded Remaster: 24 October 2005
Recorded	1 August 1971
Genre	Rock
Length	1971: 1:42:57 2005: 1:39:32
Label	Apple/EMI (US) Sony Music (UK) Apple/Rhino (2005 reissue)
Producer(s)	George Harrison and Phil Spector
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
George Harrison and Friends chronology
All Things Must Pass (1970) The Concert For Bangla Desh (1971) Living in the Material World (1973)

The Concert For Bangla Desh is a live triple album and double DVD by George Harrison and celebrity friends performed in aid of the homeless Bengali refugees of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. Performed on 1 August that year at New York City's Madison Square Garden, The Concert For Bangla Desh was a pioneering charity event - fourteen years before Live Aid. Image File history File links BanglaDeshCover. ... A double album is an audio album of sufficient length that two units of the medium in which it is sold (especially records and compact discs) are necessary to contain the entirety of it. ... A live album is a musical recording containing recorded concert performances. ... George Harrison, MBE (February 24, 1943 – November 29, 2001) was a popular British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer, and film producer, best known as a member of The Beatles. ... 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After being made aware of the gravity of the situation by friend and musician Ravi Shankar, Harrison quickly organized two performances in their aid, in addition to composing and releasing a single called "Bangla Desh" just preceding the event. With Harrison - highly popular following the success of All Things Must Pass - leading the shows, he wanted to surround himself with his closest musician friends, including Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan (both of whom were in reclusive states at that time), in addition to Billy Preston, Badfinger, Leon Russell, Shankar, and Ringo Starr, among others. Both John Lennon and Paul McCartney had been asked by Harrison to join, but while McCartney felt it was too soon for a Beatles reunion and declined, Lennon was keen to take part - only recanting his acceptance once Harrison made it clear that Yoko Ono was not required on stage. To enable Dylan's appearance on the album, his label, Columbia Records, were given the cassette distribution rights. Presently, Sony Music has also assumed the CD rights for the album in Europe. Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar Maestro © www. ... All Things Must Pass is a triple album by George Harrison recorded and released after the break-up of The Beatles. ... Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born March 30, 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning English guitarist, singer and composer, who became one of the most respected and influential musicians of the rock-era, garnering an unprecedented three inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and poet whose enduring contributions to American song are often compared, in fame and influence, to those of Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin, Woody Guthrie, and Hank Williams. ... // Biography Soul musician Billy Preston was born on September 9, 1946 in Houston, Texas and raised mostly in Los Angeles, California. ... Badfinger was a rock & roll band formed in Swansea, Wales in 1965. ... Leon Russell A Young Leon Russell Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges on April 2, 1942 in Lawton, Oklahoma) is a singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist. ... Richard Starkey, MBE (born July 7, 1940 in Liverpool, England), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is a popular British musician, best known as drummer for The Beatles. ... John Winston Lennon (later John Winston Ono Lennon) (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980) was best known as a singer, songwriter, poet and guitarist for the British music group The Beatles. ... Paul McCartney on stage in Prague, June 6, 2004 Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born June 18, 1942, and best known as Paul McCartney) is a British singer, musician and songwriter, who first came to prominence as a member of The Beatles. ... The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 as part of their first tour of the United States, promoting their first hit single there, I Want To Hold Your Hand. ... Yoko Ono on the cover of her album Fly Yoko Ono Lennon (born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese musician and artist who has lived most of her life in the United States. ... Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ... Typical 60-minute Compact Cassette. ... ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit České Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ...

The two concerts on 1 August 1971 were highly successful - with a cheque for US$243,418.50 being immediately sent to UNICEF for relief - and all involved were pleased with a job well done. However, both the UK and US governments held up the money for years. The proceeds ended up as high as fifteen million dollars after the release of the album with only a small amount actually making its way to those in need, leaving Harrison disgusted. Typical cancelled personal cheque as used in the U.S. A cheque (CwE) or check (AmE), thought to have developed from Persian Ú†Ùƒ chek, is a negotiable instrument instructing a financial institution to pay a specific amount of a specific currency from a specific demand account held in the maker/depositor... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... UNICEF logo The United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946. ... The dollar (represented by the dollar sign: $) is the name of the official currency in several countries, dependencies and other regions. ...

Shortly before Christmas in 1971, The Concert For Bangla Desh was released in the US, while appearing in the UK shortly after New Year's Day 1972. It was an immediate best-seller, spending several weeks at #2 in the US and becoming Harrison's only #1 UK album. The album's significance was further cemented when it won the coveted Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1973. Christmas (literally, the Mass of Jesus Christ) is a traditional holiday observed on 25 December. ... For information on the movie, New Years Day, see New Years Day (film). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... The Grammy Award for Album of the Year has been awarded since 1959. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1973 calendar). ...

Cover of 2005 remaster of The Concert For Bangla Desh

Initially reissued on CD in 1991, The Concert For Bangla Desh was remastered and re-released - with some editing of the breaks in between the songs - in October 2005 with the addition of Dylan's rehearsal performance of "Love Minus Zero/No Limit", as well as a simultaneous DVD release of the original 1972 Apple film. Image File history File links Bangladesh2005. ... Image File history File links Bangladesh2005. ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit České Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up October in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The official DVD logo. ... Apple Films was the filmmaking division of the Beatles Apple Corps. ...

Track listing

All songs by George Harrison, except where noted. George Harrison, MBE (February 24, 1943 – November 29, 2001) was a popular British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer, and film producer, best known as a member of The Beatles. ...

1. "George Harrison/Ravi Shankar Introduction" - 5:19
2. "Bangla Dhun (Ravi Shankar) - 16:40
   • A raga performed by Ravi Shankar
3. "Wah-Wah" - 3:30
4. "My Sweet Lord" - 4:36
5. "Awaiting On You All" - 3:00
6. "That's The Way God Planned It" (Billy Preston) - 4:20
   • Performed by Billy Preston
7. "It Don't Come Easy" (Ringo Starr) - 3:01
   • Performed by Ringo Starr
8. "Beware Of Darkness" - 3:36
   • Featuring Leon Russell on one verse
9. "Band Introduction" - 2:39
10. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - 4:53
11. "Medley: Jumpin' Jack Flash/Young Blood" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richard)/(Jerry Lieber/Mike Stoller/Doc Pomus) - 9:27
    • Performed by Leon Russell, with Don Preston on "Youngblood"
12. "Here Comes The Sun" - 2:59
13. "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" (Bob Dylan) - 5:44
14. "It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry" (Bob Dylan) - 3:07
15. "Blowin' In The Wind" (Bob Dylan) - 4:07
16. "Mr. Tambourine Man" (Bob Dylan) - 4:45
17. "Just Like A Woman" (Bob Dylan) - 4:49
    • Tracks 13 - 17 are performed by Bob Dylan, accompanied by Harrison, Ringo Starr and Leon Russell
18. "Something" - 3:42
19. "Bangla Desh" - 4:55
    • Harrison's studio version of "Bangla Desh" was released as a single just two days before the concerts
20. "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" (Bob Dylan) - 4:19
    • A bonus track for the 2005 remaster

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Personnel

1. George Harrison: Guitars, vocals.
2. Eric Clapton: Guitars.
3. Bob Dylan: Guitar, harmonica, vocals.
4. Billy Preston: Keyboards, vocals
5. Leon Russell: Bass, keyboards, vocals.
6. Ringo Starr: Drums, tambourine, vocals.
7. Ravi Shankar: Sitar.
8. Ustad Ali Akbar Khan: Sarod.
9. Ustad Alla Rakha: Tabla.
10. Kamala Chakravarty: Tamboura.
11. Don Preston: Guitars, vocals.
12. Jesse Ed Davis: Guitar .
13. Joey Molland: Guitar.
14. Tom Evans: Guitar.
15. Pete Ham: guitar.
16. Klaus Voormann: Bass guitar.
17. Carl Radle: Bass guitar.
18. Mike Gibbins: Percussion.
19. Jim Keltner: Drums.
20. Jim Horn: Horn.
21. Allan Beutler: Horn.
22. Chuck Findley: Horn.
23. Jackie Kelso: Horn.
24. Lou McCreary: Horn.
25. Ollie Mitchell: Horn.
26. Don Nix: Backing vocals.
27. Jo Green: Backing vocals.
28. Jeanie Greene: Backing vocals.
29. Marlin Greene: Backing vocals.
30. Dolores Hall: Backing vocals.
31. Claudia Linnear: Backing vocals.

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