George Harrison – The Concert for Bangladesh (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:43:32 minutes | 2,18 GB | Genre: Rock
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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 and the 1970 Bhola cyclone. 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.
Tracklist:
1-1. George Harrison feat. Ravi Shankar – Introduction by George Harrison & Ravi Shankar (Live) (05:18)
1-2. Ravi Shankar/Alla Rakha/Kamala Chakravarti – Bangla Dhun (Live) (16:39)
1-3. George Harrison – Wah-Wah (Live) (03:29)
1-4. George Harrison – My Sweet Lord (Live) (04:35)
1-5. George Harrison – Awaiting On You All (Live) (03:00)
1-6. Billy Preston – That’s The Way God Planned It (Live) (04:20)
1-7. Ringo Starr – It Don’t Come Easy (Live) (03:00)
1-8. George Harrison feat. Leon Russell – Beware Of Darkness (Live) [feat. Leon Russell] (03:35)
1-9. George Harrison – Band Introduction (Speech Only) [Live] (02:38)
1-10. George Harrison – While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Live) (04:53)
1-11. Leon Russell – Jumpin’ Jack Flash/YoungBlood (Medley) [Live] (09:26)
1-12. George Harrison – Here Comes The Sun (Live) (02:58)
1-13. Bob Dylan – A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall (Live) (05:44)
1-14. Bob Dylan – It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (Live) (03:07)
1-15. Bob Dylan – Blowin’ In The Wind (Live) (04:06)
1-16. Bob Dylan – Mr. Tambourine Man (Live) (04:44)
1-17. Bob Dylan – Just Like A Woman (Live) (04:48)
1-18. George Harrison – Something (Live) (03:42)
1-19. George Harrison – Bangla Desh (Live) (05:01)
1-20. Bob Dylan – Love Minus Zero/No Limit (Live) (04:18)
1-21. George Harrison – Bangla Desh (04:00)
