The Concert for Bangladesh

George Harrison / Various Artists

Apple 3385 (Capitol in the US)

Triple LP box set of music from the benefit concert organised and performed by George Harrison at Madison Square Garden, New York on August 1 1971. Guests included a rare appearance, for the period, of Bob Dylan. Five Dylan tracks are included in the box set. Video and DVD releases are also available.

Tracks

• George Harrison/Ravi Shankar Introduction
• Bangla Dhun
• Wah-Wah (Harrison)
• My Sweet Lord (Harrison)
• Awaiting on You All (Harrison)
• That's the Way God Planned It (Preston)
• It Don't Come Easy (Starkey)
• Beware of Darkness (Harrison)
• While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Harrison)
• Medley: Jumpin' Jack Flash/Youngblood (Jagger/Richard)
• Here Comes the Sun (Harrison)
• A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Dylan)
• It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train To Cry (Dylan)
• Blowin' in the Wind (Dylan)
• Mr. Tambourine Man (Dylan)
• Just Like a Woman (Dylan)
• Something (Harrison)
• Bangla Desh (Harrison)

The musicians involved include;

• George Harrison - guitar, vocals
• Eric Clapton - guitar
• Jesse Ed Davis - guitar
• Bob Dylan - guitar, vocals
• Pete Ham - guitar
• Jim Horn - flute, saxophone
• Jim Keltner - drums
• Ali Akbar Khan - sarod
• Billy Preston - keyboards, vocals
• Don Preston - guitar
• Carl Radle - bass
• Ustad Alla Rakha - tabla
• Kambla Ravarty - percussion
• Leon Russell - bass, keyboards, vocals
• Ravi Shankar - sitar
• Ringo Starr - drums, tambourine, vocals
• Klaus Voormann - bass