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Tarfumes.com - Concert For Bangladesh
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List Price: $19.95
Our Price: $14.84
Your Save: $ 5.11 ( 26% )
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Manufacturer: Paramount Home Video
Starring: George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Ravi Shankar, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton
Directed By: Saul Swimmer
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Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302869392
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 6302869390
Label: Paramount Home Video
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount Home Video
Release Date: 1993-09-29
Running Time: 103
Studio: Paramount Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1981
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Editorial Reviews:
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Before We Are the World, before the Amnesty International concerts, before Live Aid, Live 8, 46664, and all the other charitable and/or political events that have used popular music as their principal draw, there was George Harrison's 1971 Concert for Bangladesh, a stirring affair released here in a fine two-disc set. The cause--raising money for the beleaguered people of Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan), who were ravaged by war, floods, and famine--was enough to attract the support of stars like the former Beatle, who had never fronted a band before, along with Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton, both of whom had been out of the limelight for some years due to various personal problems and choices. Given the little time that Harrison, whose help had been solicited by sitar master Ravi Shankar, had to organize the affair, the results are very impressive indeed: the enormous band, which also features Ringo Starr, Leon Russell, and Billy Preston, is tight, the music (spotlighting tunes from Harrison's All Things Must Pass, along with a few Beatle numbers) inspired, the musicians at the top of their games. (Only Clapton is sub-par; looking out of it and playing weakly, he's a far cry from the guy who, some 30 years later, would spearhead the magnificent Concert for George.) For some, the opportunity to see Dylan onstage with Harrison, Starr, and Russell (playing bass) will be the big attraction. Others will thrill to the remastered DVD sound and restored picture. Still others will revel in an entire disc of bonus material, including three previously-unreleased performances and a documentary featuring new interviews with many of the participants. 1971 was a bleak period in rock history; the Beatles had broken up, Hendrix, Joplin, and Morrison were dead, Woodstock was a distant memory. The Concert for Bangladesh shone like a beacon, a revelation of the better angels that reside within us all. And it still does. --Sam Graham
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: great cd but ordered a dvd
Comment: ordered the dvd but got a cd. the vendor was sorry for the mix-up and was very helpful with the return. they did not have a dvd available so they quickly refunded both purchase price and shipping. excellent service. in the future i would not hesitate to order from them again.
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Summary: Forgotten lyrics. Production quality is dated.
Comment: The biggest disappointment was the forgotten lyrics on "It Don't Come Easy" and "Something". It's really embarrassing.
Also disappointing was the picture quality. There is lots of grain in the picture. The technology was lacking at the time, so this is probably as good as can be expected. You could save a good bit of money buying this on VHS and not lose much in the way of picture quality, but you wouldn't get the extras on the second disk.
There are also 3 rehearsal performances included, but they didn't bother to restore the film for those so you see lots of scratches on the film. I would have also preferred to watch these at the beginning of the movie. Instead you have to put in the second disk and select each of the 3 rehearsals individually.
The camera work was annoying at times especially on "Something", where the camera keeps zooming in and out and the picture is out of focus. Looks like someone let their kid use the camera for the first time.
Highlights:
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Really enjoyed the dueling guitars between George Harrison and Eric Clapton.
Here Comes the Sun - Excellent acoustic version with George Harrison and Pete Ham.
My Sweet Lord - This version is predominantly George Harrison's acoustic guitar and Eric Clapton's electric guitar. You can really distinguish the guitars and the vocals as opposed to the album version.
Backup vocalist and Horn section - I thought they really added to the production value of the performances.
Low Points:
Indian Music - I found it really boring and fast forwarded through most of it.
Eric Clapton - He didn't perform any of his songs.
Bad Finger - They didn't perform any of their songs.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Love it
Comment: I listened to this set as a child ALL THE TIME. to finally see the performances is such a treat. I love it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: camerwork blows
Comment: The technology of the era really hurts this dvd. Great concert, but alas, it only rises to the technology of the era. Get it for historical reasons but not for concert viewing excellence. Some will like, some will not. We watched it once and not twice, a sure indication that something wasn't quite right.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Alas a tad tedious...
Comment: Always have been curious about this gig, a curious mixture of characters on stage from Klaus Voorman, Billy Preston, Ringo, and of course Dylan. What stands out is how frankly mediocre a songwriter George Harrison was, the sentiments are in the right place but apart from Badfinger this give a good sniff of why Punk had to happen a few years later... Nice Dylan though.
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