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Artist: George Harrison And Friends Title: The Concert For Bangla Desh Label:   Epic Country: Europe Date: 19 Aug 1991 Catalogue: 468835 2 Barcode: 5099746883522 Format: Double CD Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  14 Own Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
Disc 1
1-01	George Harrison / Ravi Shankar	Introduction		Rate
1-02	Ravi Shankar	Bangla Dhun	Ravi Shankar	Rate
1-03	George Harrison And Friends	Wah-Wah	George Harrison	Rate
1-04	George Harrison And Friends	My Sweet Lord	George Harrison	Rate
1-05	George Harrison And Friends	Awaiting On You All	George Harrison	Rate
1-06	Billy Preston And Friends	That's The Way God Planned It	Billy Preston	Rate
1-07	Ringo Starr And Friends	It Don't Come Easy	Richard Starkey	Rate
1-08	George Harrison And Friends	Beware Of Darkness	George Harrison	Rate
1-09	George Harrison	Introduction Of The Band		Rate
1-10	George Harrison And Friends	While My Guitar Gently Weeps	George Harrison	Rate
Disc 2
2-01	Leon Russell And Friends	Medley: Jumping Jack Flash / Youngblood	Mick Jagger, Keith Richard / Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Doc Pomus	Rate
2-02	George Harrison And Friends	Here Comes The Sun	George Harrison	Rate
2-03	Bob Dylan And Friends	A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall	Bob Dylan	Rate
2-04	Bob Dylan And Friends	It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry	Bob Dylan	Rate
2-05	Bob Dylan And Friends	Blowin' In The Wind	Bob Dylan	Rate
2-06	Bob Dylan And Friends	Mr. Tambourine Man	Bob Dylan	Rate
2-07	Bob Dylan And Friends	Just Like A Woman	Bob Dylan	Rate
2-08	George Harrison And Friends	Something	George Harrison	Rate
2-09	George Harrison And Friends	Bangla Desh	George Harrison	Rate

Notes

Originally released in 1972 as a triple LP boxed set with a sixty-four page full colour booklet, the first release on CD emerged in 1991 with a thirty-six page colour booklet. Produced by George Harrison and Phil Spector.

With millions starving and suffering from disease in his home country, Ravi Shankar approached George Harrison to assist him in organising a benefit concert to aid UNICEF in their relief of refugee children in Bangla Desh. In a matter of five or six weeks, George had invited several top stars to donate their services, including John, Paul and Ringo. Only Ringo accepted the offer. Paul refused because he didn't consider the time right for a Beatles reunion; John initially agreed but later declined when he realised that the invitation did not extend to Yoko. The concert was staged on 1 August 1971, at Madison Square Gardens, New York, with an afternoon and evening show. The concerts were recorded via forty-four microphones, using a Wally Heider sixteen-track machine from the Record Plant, controlled by Phil Spector. The resultant tape was mixed by Spector and produced by Harrison and Spector.

The concerts raised $243,418.50 for the charity. A cheque for that sum was sent by Madison Square Gardens Center Inc to UNICEF on 2 August 1971, with total proceeds from the concerts, film and album raising over fifteen million dollars. Unfortunately only a small amount of this figure ever got to Bangla Desh, as legal problems with various record companies and US revenue tied the money up for years. Ravi Shankar and George Harrison received The Child is the Father Of Man award from UNICEF on 5 June 1972.

Source: Neville Stannard's wonderful book Working Class Heroes - A History Of The Beatles' Solo Recordings (1983, Virgin Books), with acknowledgement, and used for educational purposes.

Revenue from the CD versions has provided funds for The George Harrison Fund for UNICEF.

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JPGR&B SUBS ● 17th May 2015		A promo Maxi CD Single was also issued.
JPGR&B SUBS ● 20th Apr 2014		Not an easy entry to determine for the overall artist and then other contributing vocalists. The actual album does not refer to "George Harrison And Friends" at all, but this is how it is referred to in many reference books. Indeed the most recent (2005) CD re-release uses this term. As for references to the actual main artists singing each track, it seems incongruous just to use "George Harrison And Friends" as we know from the accompanying booklet who sang each song. And each singer was accompanied by the band selected by George. So I've gone for the format "[main vocalist] And Friends", as I used on the vinyl entry.

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