The Concert for Bangla Desh
| The Concert for Bangladesh | ||||
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| Live album by George Harrison & Friends | ||||
| Released | 20 December 1971 (US) 10 January 1972 (UK) |
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| Recorded | 1 August 1971 | |||
| Venue | Madison Square Garden, New York | |||
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| Length | 99:32 | |||
| Label | Apple | |||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
Cover for the 2005 remastered release
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  |
| Blender |  |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B– |
| Mojo | |
| MusicHound | 4/5 |
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| Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
The Concert for Bangladesh – originally titled The Concert for Bangla Desh – is a live triple album by George Harrison and celebrity friends, released on Apple Records in December 1971 in America and January 1972 in Britain. The album followed the two concerts of the same name, held on 1 August 1971 at New York's Madison Square Garden, featuring Harrison, Bob Dylan, Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Leon Russell and Eric Clapton. The shows were a pioneering charity event, in aid of the homeless Bengali refugees of the Bangladesh Liberation War, and set the model for future multi-artist rock benefits such as Live Aid (1985) and the Concert for New York City (2001).
Co-produced by Phil Spector and featuring the latter's signature Wall of Sound in a live setting, the fundraiser album was delayed for three months due to protracted negotiations between Harrison and two record companies keen to protect their business interests, Capitol and Columbia/CBS. Besides the main performers, the musicians and singers on the recording include Badfinger, Jim Horn, Klaus Voormann, Alla Rakha, Jim Keltner, Jesse Ed Davis and Claudia Linnear. The box set's original packaging included a 64-page book containing photos from the concerts; the album cover, designed by Tom Wilkes, consisted of an image of a malnourished child sitting beside an empty food bowl.
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