Concert for Bangladesh

Great concert, great product, great service!

... maybe it was in a land quite like Pepperland, there came four men, good men all, who redirected what music could do, what music could stand for, what songcraft could accomplish, and one of them was particularly enlightened. The likes of George we'll not likely see again, and this is one of his truly shining moments: Doing the right thing because it is the right thing to do. Having already been one of the four reasons why everyone else wanted to be in a band, Harrison had shrugged off the mantle of celebrity-fetishization and become something of a disdaining recluse. Yet when the horror of a global tragedy descended upon his consciousness, he responded. Immediately. Got that, Yanks? This is the concert that corrected all the misdeeds and corruption of what had passed as benefits prior thereto, and reset the bar for what benefits should and could do, especially if everyone did the right thing for the right reason. George brought out the best in his colleagues and a night of music brought the Western World to an awareness of how interdependent we all are. There would have been no Bob Geldof, no Imperial Bono without George Harrison. That said, this is p[ossibly the best concert recording of the best concert ever. Maybe you have to have understood the context: 2 Beatles who had last played in public in 1966, Dylan who had dropped out of sight after dropping off his cycle, the very best session players in the world, a few up and coming stars, and the deified Eric Clapton, who with George also reset the bar for what a guitar solo could do, mean and accomplish. The songs were terrific. Harrison for his part, would never be this confident again, but no matter, he was in full command of all of his protean guitar powers and all of them delivered the goods as no one before had and no one since has. The amazing thing is, that the first edition on CD years back was absolutely terrific. The improvements here are more a case of separation of instruments and definition. It is still a pristine experience. Credit the Beatles artistic ethic for that. It's the reason why there has never needed to be a re-mastering of their catalogue, once George Martin turned the records into CDs. George Harrison clearly learned the lessons well. And in the end, the love and the money got to the people who needed it, inspite of the greed. The efforts Harrison had to make to pry the Capitol Records fingers (which happened to be Indian) off the bag of money, and to reclaim the earnings the various corrupt unions and NYC types who thought enough of their fellow man to scam what they could, were successful. In today's dollars, it remains one of the most successful concerts ever. God bless George. THe DVD is brilliant as well. And that has benefitted enormously from better sound and better definition. The money still goes to help people in Southern Asia. The artists involved still have donated what could otherwise have been a great day at the races. God bless each and every one of them. And when the smoke clears, Ravi Shankar and his friend George and their friends gave the world of Music something Music itself could embrace close to its heart. This is why we sing.

I had to buy the CD, I wore out the LP,..Dylan never sounded better, the atmosphere at MSG was just electric and spontaneous and George, though the youngest Beatle, was the wisest and had the best business savvy. He was unselfish and while he wouldn't throw cash around he found ways to raise money or create ways of expanding cash flow to increase his net worth and give to charity. This concert was a one and off and I love these performances, what happens, happens, there are moments of brilliance and rarely a missed cue.

This concert is unbelievable. With an incredibly talented cast of musicians and singers, every song is fantastic. There are some standout performances, like Leon Russell's "Jumping Jack Flash/Youngblood," "Beware of Darkness," featuring George Harrison and Russell, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," featuring Harrison and Clapton, Bob Dylan's entire set... I love the DVD and it is great to now have it on CD. The sound quality is excellent.

this is the first help me concert (farm aid etc.) fantastic line up of stars. Harrison was on top of his game, great sound recording. and the money still goes to help them after all these years. i had it on vinyl when it first came out. still love listening to it. it would be hard to come up with a better line up

I respect the reason the concert was put on back in 1971 by George Harrison and friends. He had a desire to help in a big way with music and his fame, which was a later example to Live Aid. I wish the album was longer or had more songs on it, but the music is fantastic. The excitement in songs, like "That's the Way God Planned It" and "Medley: Jumpin' Jack Flash/Youngblood," really makes the listener feel the music.

This remaster of the Concert For Bangla Desh was well done. The sound is great. The performances just as I remember them. Why the cover art was changed, I don't know, but it doesn't matter much. If you're a Harrison fan, why isn't this in your collection? I must add that Bob Dylan's set here is one of his best. You can't be a Dylan fan without owning this.

This was a gift for my husband. I ordered it one evening and had it 2 days later! It was shipped immediately after my order was received. Although used, it is in perfect condition. My husband was so happy and surprised to learn it was used.

A good concert in the early 70s and it remains a god concert today

George gets a bunch of his mates to perform for charity. The band is great, the songs are great and the crowd is loving it. I wish I was there.

Habe lange gesucht. Ich hatte dieses Konzert noch auf einer LP. Leider ging der Plattenspieler kaputt. Deshalb suchte ich nach einer CD. Mir gefällt diese CD hervorragend - kein Wunder, stamme ich doch aus dieser Zeit!

Estoy contento con toda la playlist, excelente calidad...

Great product and lovely music. I liked it Joseph