Product Description George Harrison Photos More from George Harrison The Best of George Harrison All Things Must Pass Living in the Material World Cloud Nine Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 The Concert for Bangladesh DVD .com Ravi Shankar planted the seed, but it was George Harrison who turned this historic benefit concert into reality. The publicity-shy former Beatle could've easily written a check and forgotten all about the matter--impoverished East Pakistani refugees stranded in India--but instead recruited some of his most talented and compassionate friends and created an event remembered as much for the quality of its music as the purity of its intent. (The two-part engagement itself raised $250,000.) The players include Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, and Bob Dylan, while the backing band includes Jim Keltner, Klaus Voormann, and the up-and-coming Apple band Badfinger (Phil Spector and Harrison produced). The concert took place on August 1, 1971 at Madison Square Garden and was released as a triple-album boxed set that December and a feature film in 1972. That year, it won the Grammy for best album. The program begins with Shankar and his trio ("Bangla Dhun") and ends with a song Harrison wrote for the occasion ("Bangla Desh"). Highlights include Billy Preston's rousing "That's the Way God Planned It" and Dylan's heartfelt five-song set, starting with "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall." The remaster adds an additional Dylan track, "Love Minus Zero/No Limit," from the afternoon show. Although the cover art has been changed to a picture of Harrison, the original iconic image of a sad-eyed child remains prominent in the CD and DVD packaging. As with previous versions of The Concert for Bangladesh, all artist royalties go to UNICEF or, as Harrison notes in his band introduction, "Nobody's gettin' paid for anything." --Kathleen C. Fennessy
O**H
Long ago and far away......
... 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.
C**O
a piece of history
product was just as described no issues
M**P
Super fast service
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.
R**.
Concert for Bangladesh,..again
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.
G**H
Would do business with them again.
The product was as described.A good price, fast delivery.Very happy with this purchase.
M**R
What I wanted.
It was what I expected.Just right.
P**8
I love this album - and this 2-CD set does a ...
I love this album - and this 2-CD set does a nice job of replicating the original vinyl box-set packaging. But, c'mon - everyone skips Ravi Shankar's set to get to the good stuff. Don't get me wrong - Ravi's awesome, and the music is soothing...maybe too soothing (i.e., mesmerizing)...and enjoyable, but now his set and the beginning of the rock set are one CD. You can't just skip side one like you can with the vinyl version. Also, Ravi's intro is so-o-o long, and - man - he sure is bossy telling people to be quiet and not to smoke. Must've been his first time in NYC.
B**G
A Collectors Item
Have been wanting this set for years....love it and very happy with this seller!☆☆☆☆☆
E**A
Siempre quise este álbum, gracias
Estoy contento con toda la playlist, excelente calidad...
H**N
Great!
Great quality and speedy delivery
J**O
Five Stars
Great product and lovely music.I liked itJoseph
T**W
The one that started it all
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.
B**R
Four Stars
A good concert in the early 70s and it remains a god concert today
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