The Concert for Bangladesh
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- Name
- Harrison, George, 1943-2001 (Performer)
- Shankar, Ravi, 1920-2012 (Performer)
- Dylan, Bob, 1941- (Performer)
- Starr, Ringo (Performer)
- Russell, Leon (Performer)
- Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.) (Host institution)
- Fass, Bob, 1933-2021 (Former owner)
- Title
- The Concert for Bangladesh
- Abstract
- Three-record set live concert recording of George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh, featuring performances by Harrison, Ravi Shankar, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, and Leon Russell. The concert was recorded on 1 August 1971 at Madison Square Garden in New York, and the recording was released commercially in the United States in December 1971.
- Collection Name
- Bob Fass papers, circa 1960-2011
- Archival Context
- Series III: Bootlegs, Demo Tapes, and Other Live Recordings, 1962-2011. Subseries III.2: Bootlegs and live recordings, 1952-2004, undated. Box no. 79 ; 287 ; 289
- Subjects
- Benefit performances; Bangladesh
- Format
- sound recordings
- Genre
- Live sound recordings; Rock music; Hindustani music
- Publication Information
- Apple Records: Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.). 1971
- Date
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 3 audio files (Part 1: 35 minutes ; Part 2: 33 minutes ; Part 3: 35 minutes)
- Note (Bf number)
- BF2694
- BF6359
- BF6420
- Language
- English
- Contents
- Part 1: Introduction / George Harrison/Ravi Shankar -- Bangla Dhun --Wah-wah / George Harrison -- My sweet Lord / George Harrison --Awaiting on you all / George Harrison -- That's the way God planned it / Billy Preston -- Part 2: It don't come easy / Richard Starkey -- Beware of darkness / George Harrison -- While my guitar gently weeps / George Harrison -- Medley: Jumpin' Jack Flash / M. Jagger/K. Richard; Youngblood / Lieber/Stoller/Pomus -- Here comes the sun / George Harrison -- Part 3: A Hard rain's gonna fall / Bob Dylan -- It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry / Bob Dylan -- Blowin' in the wind / Bob Dylan -- Mr. Tambourine man / Bob Dylan -- Just like a woman /Bob Dylan --Something / George Harrison -- Bangla Desh / George Harrison.
- Library Location
- Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
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- In Copyright
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-brr8-9905