Monday 16 July 2012

We Salute You : George Harrison



The Concert for Bangladesh (or Bangla Desh, as the country name was spelled originally) was the name for two benefit concerts organised by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar, held at noon and at 7pm on Sunday, 1 August 1971, playing to a total of 40,000 people at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The shows were organised to raise international awareness and fund relief efforts for refugees from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) following the 1970 Bhola cyclone and what came to be known as the 1971 Bangladesh atrocities. The Concert for Bangladesh was also the title of the accompanying live album, a boxed three-record set, released in December 1971 (January 1972 in Britain), and Apple Films' concert documentary, which opened in cinemas in the spring of 1972.
The event was the first-ever benefit concert of such a magnitude[1] and featured a supergroup of performers that included Harrison, fellow ex-Beatle Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell and the band Badfinger. In addition, Shankar and another legend of Indian music, Ali Akbar Khan, performed a separate set. Decades later, Shankar would say of the overwhelming success of the event: "In one day, the whole world knew the name of Bangladesh. It was a fantastic occasion ..."[2]
The concert raised close to US$250,000 for Bangladesh relief, which was administered by UNICEF. Although the project was subsequently marred by financial problems − a result of the pioneering nature of the venture − the Concert for Bangladesh is recognised as a highly successful and influential humanitarian aid project, generating both awareness and considerable funds as well as providing valuable lessons and inspiration for aid projects that followed, notably Live Aid.
As with the live album, sales of the 2005 DVD release of the film continue to benefit the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Concert_for_Bangladesh

Audio: AC3 2 ch.
Duration: 100 min
Size: 4.24Gb

The Concert For Bangladesh was the event title for two benefit concerts
organized by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar, held at noon and at 7:00
p.m. on August 1, 1971, playing to a total of 40,000 people at Madison
Square Garden in New York City. Organized for the relief of refugees in East
Pakistan (now independent Bangladesh), the event was the first benefit
concert of this magnitude in world history. It featured an all-star supergroup
of performers that included Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston
and Leon Russell.
An album was released later in 1971 and a concert film was released in 1972,
with later releases for home video. In 2005, the film was re-issued on DVD
accompanied by a new documentary.
The concert raised US$243,418.50 for Bangladesh relief, which was
administered by UNICEF. Sales of the album and DVD continue to benefit
the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF

George Harrison, guitar and vocals
Ringo Starr, drums and vocals
Jim Keltner, drums
Billy Preston, keyboards and vocals
Leon Russell, piano and vocals
Klaus Voorman, bass
Jesse Ed Davis, guitar
Eric Clapton, guitar
Bob Dylan, guitar and vocals
Badfinger - Pet Ham, Tom Evans, Joey Molland, Mike Gibbons
Hollywood Horn Players, led by Jim Horn
Ravi Shankar, sitar

Track List:
1. BANGLA DHUN
2. WAH-WAH
3. MY SWEET LORD
4. AWAITING ON YOU ALL
5. THAT'S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT
6. IT DON'T COME EASY
7. BEWARE OF DARKNESS
8. BAND INTRODUCTION
9. WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS
10. JUMPIN' JACK FLASH
11. YOUNGBLOOD
12. HERE COMES THE SUN
13. A HARD RAIN'S A-GONNA FALL
14. IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH, IT TAKES A TRAIN TO CRY
15. BLOWIN' IN THE WIND
16. JUST LIKE A WOMAN
17. SOMETHING
18. BANGLA DESH


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