Vinyl Album - George Harrison And Friends - The Concert For Bangla Desh - Apple

Vinyl Album

Artist:	George Harrison And Friends
Title:	The Concert For Bangla Desh
Label:	Apple
Country:	UK
Catalogue:	STCX 3385
Date:	10 Jan 1972
Format:	Triple LP
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	36 Own, 3 Want
Price Guide:	$94
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PRICE GUIDE

$94

Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	George Harrison / Ravi Shankar	Introduction		Rate
A2	Ravi Shankar	Bangla Dhun		Rate
B1	George Harrison And Friends	Wah-Wah	George Harrison	Rate
B2	George Harrison And Friends	My Sweet Lord	George Harrison	Rate
B3	George Harrison And Friends	Awaiting On You All	George Harrison	Rate
B4	Billy Preston And Friends	That's The Way Gods Planned It	Billy Preston	Rate
C1	Ringo Starr And Friends	It Don't Come Easy	Richard Starkey	Rate
C2	George Harrison And Friends	Beware Of Darkness	George Harrison	Rate
C3	George Harrison	Introduction Of The Band		Rate
C4	George Harrison And Friends	While My Guitar Gently Weeps	George Harrison	Rate
D1	Leon Russell And Friends	Medley: Jumping Jack Flash / Youngblood	Mick Jagger, Keith Richard; Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller, Doc Pomus	Rate
D2	George Harrison And Friends	Here Comes The Sun	George Harrison	Rate
E1	Bob Dylan And Friends	A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall	Bob Dylan	Rate
E2	Bob Dylan And Friends	It Takes A Lot To Laugh / It Takes A Train To Cry	Bob Dylan	Rate
E3	Bob Dylan And Friends	Blowin' In The Wind	Bob Dylan	Rate
E4	Bob Dylan And Friends	Mr. Tambourine Man	Bob Dylan	Rate
E5	Bob Dylan And Friends	Just Like A Woman	Bob Dylan	Rate
F1	George Harrison And Friends	Something	George Harrison	Rate
F2	George Harrison And Friends	Bangla Desh	George Harrison	Rate

Notes

Triple LP boxed set with a sixty-four page full 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.

With subsequent releases on CD in 1991 and 2005 (Remixed), revenue from the CD versions has provided funds for The George Harrison Fund for UNICEF.

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Gilberts004 SUBS 8th Jan 2018		Alternate, Later labels added with front and back of Booklet



Gilberts004 SUBS 7th Jan 2018		Looks like Syd Vliet has the original. His labels state BMI/ASCAP, that is providing Record Collector 2018 is correct. My labels sides 1/6 for example, state Harrisongs Ltd. I will up load them soon.



sick and tired 4th Aug 2015		I have a US copy on Apple with the catalogue number STCH 2285 which was released on 20 December 1971.



Syd Vliet 13th Nov 2014		Added all six labels. The album was designed to be stacked - so sides 1 & 6 are coupled together on the first disc, then sides 2 & 5 and finally sides 3 & 4, all housed in light brown sleeves (same colour as the box) with holes for the labels.



TheJudge 17th Mar 2014		I'd have given the overall designation of 'Various Artists' to this, I have to admit. I have the US edition to add, so I'm in a bit of a bind; follow JPGR&B or my own instincts. Decisions, decisions...



JPGR&B SUBS 3rd Jan 2014		The image of the box front is temporary (taken with my phone) until I can get to an A3 scanner.



JPGR&B SUBS 3rd Jan 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".

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