Various Artists-The Concert For Bangadesh (1971)


 

Artist: Various Artists (George Harrison, Ravi Shankar, Billy Preston, Ringo Starr, Leon Russell, Bob Dylan)

Title: The Concert For Bangladesh

Label: Apple

Format: 3XLP

Cat #: STCX 3385

Year of Release: 1971

Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1971 Scranton Pressing

Listed Condition: VG+/G+ booklet inner sleeves great box spine box spine torn over title and has small writing in upper right hand corner and inside cover box

Sell Date: 4/4/25

Sell Price: $4.38

Discogs Last Sold: 3/1/25 VG/F $8.50

Low: $3.00 G/F

Median: $11.50

Average: $18.50

High: $102.09 VG+/NM

Current low price: $2.99

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 23

Have/Want: 668/129

Where Sold: Springvale, ME

Time it took to sell: 10 years

Where and When Bought:  Worcester, MA used at Al Bums

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A

Sad To See It Go: No

One of the things I noticed on this recent listen of the original vinyl for The Concert For Bangladesh is how little I had a feel I had for the live arrangements compared to other live material in the Dylan and Harrison catalogs.

The "Dylan Side" (as B.A.L.L. famously titled it for a released medley) was actually quite a great snapshot in time.  There wasn't much live Bob between '66 and '74 Band tours save Isle of Wight.  Here he is backed sparingly by George Harrison on guitar, Ringo on TAMBOURINE and Leon Russell on Bass.  Here Bob runs through Hard Rain, "Mail Train" (as Danny Kalb called it), Blowin', Tambourine and Just Like A Woman.  All killer, no filler.

George was a little rougher trying to recreate Phil Spector's productions on stage with way too many people.  Still, you can't fault the song selection or the people long in the Beatle family.  Ringo. Clapton.  Billy Preston.  Leon Russell. Badfinger on acoustic.  Jim Keltner & Klaus Voormann.   Too many singers to mention.  Song selection?   He kicks off with "Wah-Wah" then "My Sweet Lord" sped up, as was "Awaiting On You All," "Beware Of Darkness," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and comes back after Dylan for "Something" and the grand finale "Bangla Desh" looking like a mess.

The sidemen shine throughout Ringo doesn't come easy, Leon covers "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "Youngblood" and Billy Preston is so good he got in the end credits in the film for "That's The Way God Planned It."

That's the way....

FOR FURTHER REVIEW:


The Beatles Second Album (1964)

Matchbox b/w Slow Down (1964)

A Hard Day's Night (1964)

Songs Pictures and Stories of The Fabulous Beatles (1964)

Hear The Beatles Tell All (1964)

Beatles '65 (1964)

Beatles VI (1965)

Yesterday (1966)

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

Hey Jude b/w Revolution (1968)

Abbey Road (1969)

Rarities (1980)

Reel Music (1982)

The Beatles vs. The Third Reich (1985, unofficial)

Not Guilty (1985, unofficial)

Live At The BBC (1993)

Bob Dylan (1962)

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)

The Times They Are A-Changin' (1964)

Highway 61 Revisited (1965)

Blonde On Blonde (1966)

Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (1967)

Nashville Skyline (1969)

New Morning (1970)

Watching The River Flow b/w Spanish Is The Loving Tongue (1971)

Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (Original Soundtrack Recording) (1973)

Planet Waves (1974)

Before The Flood (1974)

Blood On The Tracks (1975)

Slow Train Coming (1979)

Saved (1980)

Shot Of Love (1981)

Infidels (1983)

Real Live (1984)

Empire Burlesque (1985)

Knocked Out Loaded (1986)

Oh Mercy (1989)

Traveling Wilburys-Vol. 3 (1990)

Good As I Been To You (1992)

Modern Times (2006)

Together Through Life (2009)

Ravi Shankar-Three Ragas (1956)

Eric Clapton-461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)

Eric Clapton-There's On In Every Crowd (1975)

Jackie Lomax-Is This What You Want (1969)

Ry Cooder-Paradise and Lunch (1974)


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