Sold Date: October 11, 2021
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George Harrison Concert for Bangla Desh 3 LP Vinyl Box - Apple STCX 3385 VG++ Original First Pressing (1971) with Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Ravi Shankar, Badfinger, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell
Condition: VG++ (EX) Vinyl and VG+ Cover. Excellent copy overall, great fidelity, includes original photo book and original inner sleeves, all in VG++ shape. Box is intact, but does have small splits on the corners, and a small tear on bottom lip of box. No writing on box, labels, or book.
The Concert for Bangladesh (or Bangla Desh, as the country's name was originally spelt) was a pair of benefit concerts organised by former Beatles guitarist George Harrison and Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. The shows were held at 2:30 and 8:00 pm on Sunday, 1 August 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, to raise international awareness of, and fund relief for refugees from East Pakistan, 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 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. The concerts were attended by a total of 40,000 people, and the initial gate receipts raised close to $250,000 for Bangladesh relief, which was administered by UNICEF.
After collecting the musicians easily, Harrison found it extremely difficult to get the recording industry to release the rights for performers to share the stage, and millions of dollars raised from the album and film were tied up in IRS tax escrow accounts for years, but 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.
Tracklist
A1George Harrison, Ravi Shankar–Introduction6:16 A2Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, Alla Rakha, Kamala Chakravarty–Bangla Dhun16:19
B1George Harrison–Wah-Wah3:15 B2George Harrison–My Sweet Lord4:16 B3George Harrison–Awaiting On You All2:37 B4Billy Preston–That's The Way God Planned It4:05
C1Richard Starkey–It Don't Come Easy2:38 C2George Harrison–Beware Of Darkness3:26 C3George Harrison–Introduction of the Band3:00 C4George Harrison–While My Guitar Gently Weeps4:39
D1Leon Russell, Don Preston (2)–Medley:Jumping Jack Flash/Youngblood9:11 D2George Harrison–Here Comes The Sun2:51
E1Bob Dylan–A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall5:04 E2Bob Dylan–It Takes A Lot To Laugh/It Takes A Train to Cry2:54 E3Bob Dylan–Blowin' In The Wind3:34 E4Bob Dylan–Mr. Tambourine Man4:06 E5Bob Dylan–Just Like A Woman4:14
F1George Harrison–Something3:05 F2George Harrison–Bangla Desh4:14
Credits Bass – Leon Russell (tracks: E1 to E5) Electric Guitar – George Harrison (tracks: E1 to E5) Lead Guitar – Eric Clapton (tracks: B1, B2, B4, C4) Producer – George Harrison, Phil Spector Saxophone – Jim Horn (tracks: B1, C2, F2) Tambourine – Ringo Starr (tracks: E1 to E5) Vocals – Leon Russell (tracks: C2, D1, D2, E5) Written-By – Bob Dylan (tracks: E1 to E5), George Harrison (tracks: B1 to B3, C2, C3, D3, F1, F2) _____________________________________________
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