Rhino: George Harrison — The Concert for Bangladesh (2-Disc DVD)

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Product Details

• UPC/EAN: 0603497048021
• Catalog Number: 0349 70480-2
• Product Type: 2-Disc DVD Set
• Brand / Label: Rhino Entertainment Company / Apple Films Inc.
• Artist: George Harrison and Friends
• Concert Date: August 1, 1971, Madison Square Garden, New York
• Release Year: 2005
• Genre: Rock / Classic Rock / World
• Origin: Made in the EU

Product Features

• Format: 2 × DVD, PAL 4:3, Colour
• Region Code: 2/3/4/5
• Total Duration: Approx. 176 minutes
• Concert runtime: Approx. 98 minutes
• Documentary runtime: Approx. 44 minutes
• Bonus songs: Approx. 9 minutes (3 tracks)
• Gallery and Take a Bow: Approx. 5 minutes
• Mini Features: Approx. 20 minutes
• Concert Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo · Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround · DTS 5.1 Surround
• Mini Features Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
• Subtitles: English, Français, Deutsch, Nederlands, Italiano, Español, Português
• Includes: 32-page booklet, photo gallery
• Condition: Used, very good — discs and packaging as pictured

Overview

On August 1, 1971, George Harrison walked onto the stage at Madison Square Garden and changed what a benefit concert could be. Rock music had not done this before — assembled a cast of this magnitude, for a cause this urgent, and delivered something this musically coherent. The Concert for Bangladesh raised funds for UNICEF relief following the Bangladesh Liberation War and the cyclone that had devastated the region months earlier. The film that documents it is one of the most important live recordings in rock history.

The lineup speaks for itself: Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Leon Russell, Billy Preston, Ravi Shankar, and a full orchestra and choir. Harrison opens with Ravi Shankar's "Bangla Dhun" and moves through his own catalogue — "My Sweet Lord," "Here Comes the Sun," "Something," "Bangla Desh" — while Dylan's surprise appearance for a five-song acoustic set remains one of the great unannounced concert moments of the era. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" with Clapton and "Something" are the emotional peaks of a night with more than a few of them.

This 2005 edition presents the full theatrical film alongside a substantial second disc. The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited documentary, produced by Olivia Harrison and directed by Claire Ferguson, contextualises the event through new interviews and archival material. Three previously unseen performances from rehearsals and the afternoon show — including Bob Dylan's "If Not for You" and "Come On in My Kitchen" — fill genuine gaps in the historical record. The mini features (making of the film, making of the album, original artwork, and a "Recollections" piece) round out a release that handles its subject with appropriate care.

The proceeds from this release benefit the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF, continuing the charity work the concert initiated over fifty years ago.

Interesting Facts

• The Concert for Bangladesh was the first large-scale benefit concert in rock history and served as the direct template for Live Aid (1985), We Are the World, and every major charity event that followed.
• Bob Dylan's appearance was a genuine surprise to most of the audience — he had rarely performed publicly in the years leading up to 1971 and had not appeared at a major rock event of this kind before.
• Ravi Shankar co-organised the event with Harrison; his opening "Bangla Dhun" set received a standing ovation before a single rock note had been played — an unusual distinction at Madison Square Garden.
• The original triple LP (also produced by Phil Spector and George Harrison) won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1973, making it the first live album to receive that honour.
• "Something", performed here by Harrison, was the first Beatles B-side ever released as an A-side and the only Harrison composition to appear as a Beatles single during the band's lifetime. Frank Sinatra called it the greatest love song of the past fifty years.
• Klaus Voormann, who appears here on bass, designed the iconic Revolver album cover for The Beatles in 1966 — a detail that connects the concert visually and musically to the band's earlier chapter.

Track Listing

Disc 1 — The Concert for Bangladesh, August 1, 1971, Madison Square Garden, New York

Introduction by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar · Bangla Dhun (Ravi Shankar) · Wah-Wah · My Sweet Lord · Awaiting on You All · That's the Way God Planned It (Billy Preston) · It Don't Come Easy (Ringo Starr) · Beware of Darkness · Band Introduction · While My Guitar Gently Weeps · Medley: Jumpin' Jack Flash / Young Blood (Leon Russell) · Here Comes the Sun · A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Bob Dylan) · It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Bob Dylan) · Blowin' in the Wind (Bob Dylan) · Just Like a Woman (Bob Dylan) · Something · Bangla Desh

Directed by Saul Swimmer · Produced by George Harrison and Allen Klein · Music Recording Produced by George Harrison and Phil Spector · © 1972 Apple Films Inc.

Disc 2 — The Concert for Bangladesh 2005: Special Features

Documentary: The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited with George Harrison and Friends (approx. 44 mins) · Directed & Edited by Claire Ferguson · Produced by Olivia Harrison, Jonathan Clyde and Jo Human · Executive Producer Neil Aspinall · © 2005 Apple Films Inc.

Previously Unseen Performances from Rehearsals, Soundcheck and Afternoon Show: If Not for You (Bob Dylan) · Come On in My Kitchen (Bob Dylan) · Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Bob Dylan)

Mini Features: The Making of the Film · The Making of the Album · The Original Artwork · Recollections August 1st 1971 · Take a Bow

Publishers

Program content and package design © 2005 Apple Films Inc., under exclusive license to Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. Made in the EU. In aid of the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF.

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