VINYL: The closest to MINT condition that you will ever find, pressed on high quality Japanese vinyl.
BOX: Sturdy Box in perfect, near MINT condition, made with strong cardboard. No marks, or edge wear, unblemished, bright colour (no faded spots) no splits or tears, clean, strong corners.
INSERTS: Original inserts including a huge, GLOSSY 64-page PHOTO Book and full Album size English lyrics booklet (printed in English and Japanese) ALL in near MINT condition. No blemishes or foxing and not even the slightest sign of any age-spots or yellowing that most paper of this vintage shows.
LABELS: Clean PROMO LABELS with mihonban printed on each label. Beautiful, unblemished labels with no spindle marks. Mihonban 見本盤 means "Sample" in Japanese, printed on both faces. Near MINT condition.
OBI: Wide, silver obi-strip in excellent condition. The obi is smooth and intact with slight wear in a couple of places on edge
The Concert for Bangla Desh, was a double benefit concert organised by George Harrison and Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar at Madison Square Garden (NYC) in 1971.
Billed as "George Harrison and Friends", the concerts featured a super group of performers that included Harrison, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan and the Welsh rock band, Badfinger.
Records are photographed through the inner sleeve dust-covers to preserve their near MINT condition.
TRACK LIST
· IntroductionAll Dylan tracks were recorded live with George Harrison,Leon Russell and Ringo Starr.
Detailed Track List with Artists:
Leon Russell - Jumpin' Jack Flash / Youngblood; Just Like A Woman sung by George Harrison, Bob Dylan and Leon Russell.
Badfinger: Backing vocals on most tracks. Pete Ham (Badfinger) performed "Here Comes the Sun" in a duet with George Harrison.
Eric Clapton is featured on the following songs: Wah Wah, My Sweet Lord, Awaiting On You All, That's The Way God Planned It, It Don't Come Easy, Beware of Darkness, While My Guitar Gently Weeps (duet with Harrison),Jumpin' Jack Flash, Youngblood, Something and Bangladesh.
All Dylan tracks were recorded live with George Harrison,Leon Russell and Ringo Starr, Madison Square Garden, New York, 1 Aug 1971(evening show).
The full evening show program was credited as follows:
Side 1: George Harrison Introduction; Bangla Dhun (Ravi Shankar)
Side 2: Wah-Wah (George Harrison); My Sweet Lord (George Harrison); Awaiting On You All (George Harrison); That's The Way God Planned It(Billy Preston)
Side 3: It Don't Come Easy (Ringo Starr); Beware Of Darkness(George Harrison); Band Introduction; While My Guitar Gently Weeps (George Harrison)
Side 4: Jumping Jack Flash (Leon Russell); Youngblood (Leon Russell/Jerry Lieber/Mike Stoller); Here Comes The Sun (George Harrison - All George Harrison/Band)
Side 5: A Hard Rain's 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 (All Bob Dylan/Band)
Side 6: Something (George Harrison); Bangladesh (George Harrison).