ONCE UPON A TIME.....The Concert For Bangladesh
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GEORGE HARRISON & FRIENDS The Concert For Bangladesh (Apple,1971) - Rock |
Having been moved by his friend Ravi Shankar's appeal to help the homeless Bengali refugees of the 1971 India-Pakistan war, Harrison leaped into action, organizing on short notice what became a bellwether for the spectacular rock & roll benefits of the 1980s and beyond. The large, almost unwieldy band was loaded with rock luminaries -- including Beatles alumnus Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Badfinger, and two who became stars as a result of their electric performances here, Leon Russell (the medley of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "Young Blood") and Billy Preston ("That's the Way God Planned It"). Yet Harrison is in confident command, running through highlights from his recent triumphant All Things Must Pass album in fine voice, secure enough to revisit his Beatles legacy from Abbey Road and the White Album. Though overlooked at the time by impatient rock fans eager to hear the hits, Shankar's opening raga, "Bangla Dhun," is a masterwork on its own terms; the sitar virtuoso is in dazzling form even by his standards and, in retrospect, Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, and Alla Rakha amount to an Indian supergroup themselves. The high point of the concert is the surprise appearance of Bob Dylan -- at this reclusive time in his life, every Dylan sighting made headlines -- and he read the tea leaves perfectly by performing five of his most powerful, meaningful songs from the '60s.
TRACKLIST 1: Introduction / Bangla Dhun / Wah-Wah / My Sweet Lord / Awaiting On You All / That's The Way God Planned It / It Don't Come Easy / Beware Of Darkness / Band Introduction / While My Guitar Gently Weeps
2: Jumping Jack Flash-Young Blood / Here Comes The Sun / A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall / It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry / Blowin' In The Wind / Mr. Tambourine Man / Just Like A Woman / Something / Bangla Desh / Love Minus Zero-No Limit / Bangla Desh (studio version)

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