Even more interesting was the much-ballyhooed concert film that premiered down at the almost-new National General Theater chain's National Theater in Westwood. In our UCLA dorm rooms in early 1972, the ratio of residents to The Concert for Bangladesh record albums was about. The Concert for Bangladesh was the first of hundreds of blockbuster charity shows that did good while becoming media circuses. We never really get a full accounting of how much aid money reached the stricken region, but Harrison's show definitely put Bangladesh on the map.
The plan was for the proceeds from the concert to go to charity, with a follow-up record album and movie to sweeten the pot. Harrison spent a couple of months arranging for a knockout pair of concerts in New York on August 1. In 1971 Ravi Shankar asked George Harrison to help him put on something that had never been done before, an all-star charity rock concert for the disaster victims of floods and famine in East Pakistan. Starring George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Ravi Shankar, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Leon Russell, Billy Preston, Klaus Voormann Street Date Octo/ 29.98 (Limited Deluxe Edition 49.98) The bonus features on the DVD included a rehearsal of "If Not For You".1972 / color / 1:33 flat full frame / 95 min.
There was also a soundtrack album released as well. "The Concert for Bangladesh" (actually two performances) was held at Madison Square Garden on August 1st.īoth concerts were filmed (as were rehearsals) and were turned into a feature length film that premiered in early 1972. George suggested a benefit concert and they soon put the wheels in motion. Notes: Due to a war and a refugee crisis, Ravi Shankar asked George Harrison if there was any way possible they could raise money to help these people. Source: George Harrison - The Concert For Bangladesh (2005)
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