Sold Date: May 9, 2017
Start Date: March 11, 2017
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Offered for Sale, the Concert for Bangladesh, a Vinyl 3-LP Boxed Set from the 1970s, Apple STCX 3385
This Historic Boxed Set, is in remarkable Condition:  the box shows its age with some wear in the corners and on the edges, but the booklet inside is like new. The Record Sleeves and the LP Sides 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 are likewise in almost new condition.
Sadly, Side 3 has some deep scratch and scuff damage.  The LP Sides were numbered such that they could be stacked and played together on a multi-LP turntable (i.e. the turntable would drop and play Side 1, Side 2, then Side 3; then you flip the whole stack over to play Sides 4, 5, and 6).  Hence, Side 3 would have been on top of the stack, and was likely damaged by the turntable arm that held the stack of LPs in place atop the spindle.
By 1985, through revenue raised from the Concert for Bangladesh live album and film, an estimated $12 million had been sent to Bangladesh in relief. To this day, sales of the live album and DVD release of the film continue to benefit the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF.
To honor and continue that tradition, 20% of the proceeds from this eBay Sale, will also be donated to the United States Fund for UNICEF.
The Concert for Bangladesh The Concert for Bangladesh (or Bangla Desh, as the country was originally spelled) was the collective name for two benefit concerts organised by former Beatles lead guitarist George Harrison and Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar. The concerts were held at 2:30 and 8:00 pm on Sunday, 1 August 1971, 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 Bangladesh Liberation War-related genocide. The concerts were followed by a bestselling live album, a boxed three-record set, 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 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 Ali Akbar Khan – both of whom had ancestral roots in Bangladesh – performed an opening set of Indian classical music. 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 ..."
Among Harrison's former band mates, Lennon initially agreed to take part in the concert without his wife and musical partner Yoko Ono, as Harrison had apparently stipulated. Lennon then allegedly had an argument with Ono as a result of this agreement and left New York in a rage two days before the concerts.  Ringo Starr's commitment had never been in question, and he interrupted the filming of his movie Blindman in Almeria, Spain, in order to attend. Paul McCartney declined to take part, however, citing the bad feelings caused by the Beatles' legal problems on their break-up.
The concerts were attended by a total of 40,000 people, and 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 projects that followed, such as Live Aid.
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