25/10/05: Concert for Bangladesh

APPLE CORPS TO RELEASE "THE CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH - GEORGE HARRISON AND FRIENDS" ON DVD

LANDMARK BENEFIT CONCERT FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY GEORGE HARRISON, RAVI SHANKAR, BOB DYLAN, ERIC CLAPTON & RINGO STARR

Apple Corps is proud to announce the autumn 2005 release of "The Concert For Bangladesh ­ George Harrison & friends" on DVD and CD.

The Concert for Bangladesh was the first benefit concert of its kind in that it brought together an extraordinary assemblage of major artists collaborating for a common humanitarian cause ­ setting the precedent that music could be used to serve a higher cause. The concert sold out Madison Square Garden and along with the Grammy ® Award-winning triple-album boxset, and the feature film, has generated millions of dollars for UNICEF and raised awareness for the organisation around the world, as well as among other musicians and their fans. It is therefore acknowledged as the inspiration and forerunner to the major global fundraising events of recent years. To quote the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, "George and his friends were pioneers."

Besides George himself the concert features some of his friends, including: Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Leon Russell and Billy Preston. Performances include ‘Here Comes The Sun’, ‘Something’, ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’, ‘My Sweet Lord’, ‘Just Like A Woman’, ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’ and ‘A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall’.

During the struggle for independence from Pakistan millions of refugees fled to neighbouring India to escape hunger, disease and bloodshed. The crisis was deepened when massive floods hit the region. Alerted to the scale of the suffering by his friend Ravi Shankar, George Harrison organised The Concert For Bangladesh at Madison Square Garden on August 1st, 1971 with the proceeds going to UNICEF.

The DVD will be released by WMG (Warner Music Group) on October 25th, 2005 in the USA, and October 24th in the rest of the world, as a 2-disc package, including the original 99-minute film restored and remixed in 5.1, as well as 72-minutes of extras. The extras feature a 45-minute documentary "The Concert For Bangladesh Revisited with George Harrison & friends", about the background to the two shows with exclusive interviews and contributions from UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Sir Bob Geldof. There is also previously unseen footage: "If Not For You", featuring George and Bob Dylan from rehearsals, "Come On In My Kitchen" featuring George, Eric Clapton and Leon Russell at the sound check and a Bob Dylan performance from the afternoon show of "Love Minus Zero/No Limit", not included in the original film.

Apple Corps/WMG, will also simultaneously release a special deluxe version (limited to 50,000 copies worldwide) that will feature a 64-page book and other collectibles.

The album of the concert has been remixed and repackaged as a 2-disc set, and is also released on October 25th, 2005 in the USA by Capitol Records and on October 24th in the rest of the world, by Sony BMG Entertainment. This will contain an additional track, the Bob Dylan performance of "Love Minus Zero/No Limit".

All artists’ royalties from the sales of the DVD and the CD will continue to go to UNICEF.

C'est chouette qu'ils nous le ressortent en CD. Il était introuvable à part en bootlegs. J'espère qu'il y a un livret photo avec

tittenhurst a écrit:C'est chouette qu'ils nous le ressortent en CD. Il était introuvable à part en bootlegs.

Ah bon ? le CD est déjà sorti en 1991 et il est toujours dans le bac de ma FNAC locale...

Syl76 a écrit:

tittenhurst a écrit:C'est chouette qu'ils nous le ressortent en CD. Il était introuvable à part en bootlegs.

Ah bon ? le CD est déjà sorti en 1991 et il est toujours dans le bac de ma FNAC locale...

C'est exact, il a resorti il y 4 ans, distribué par universal, mais non remasterisé...
Et il en a bien besoin !

Ils ont l'air d'avoir fait du bon boulot, pour ma part, j'acheterai le DVD

Alors qui l'a acheter? et qu'en avez vous penser?

Est ce qu'on voit Pete Ham qui joue avec Gorges sur "Here come the sun"?

Oui bien sur, puisque c'est le concert integral...L'image est plutot belle et les bonus sont plutot interessants...

A noter le Bangla Desh Revisited ou les "survivants" racontent leurs souvenirs de ce jour memorable d'aout 1971. Puis un mini bonus con cernant le making of du film,du disque et des sequences tv d'epoque,notamment un petit reportage sur la premiere mondiale du film en presence de John Lennon.

Il y a aussi un extrait des balances avec Dylan et un extrait du concert de l'apres-midi ou Dylan chante Love Minus Zero...

Bref. la reedition qu'on attendait...

Esperons que le 3 dvd-set de Let It be sera aussi bien...

Je vais bientôt me l'acheter ou me le faire offrir pour les raisons musicales bien sûr et pour la bonne cause.
Bengladesh est quand même une chanson bizarre: une des meilleures de Georges, un titre splendide et tès rock comme beaucoup de cette période: wah, wah, what is life...et des paroles qu'on aurait plutôt vu sur un titre lent du style All things must pass ou Beware of darkness

Je l'ai acheté et c'est vraiment un concert exceptionnel !!j'ai adoré !