ERIC CLAPTON 1971 Bangla Desh
	K E Y to releases: Regular Guest Appearance Bootleg Regular Bootleg Guest Appearance Related (no EC participation)

INDEX Tourography 1971

CONTENTS

BOBBY WHITLOCK - Bobby Whitlock
RAW VELVET - Bobby Whitlock
BACK TO THE ROOTS - John Mayall
ARCHIVES TO EIGHTIES - John Mayall
OFF THE CROSSROADS - Eric Clapton
THE LAST SESSION - Derek & The Dominos
BANGLA DESH/DEEP BLUE - George Harrison - single
SESSION MAN VOL.II - Eric Clapton
THE CONCERT FOR BANGLA DESH - George Harrison
BANGLA DESH - George Harrison - video
BANGLA DESH - George Harrison
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH - George Harrison
CONCERT FOR BANGLA DESH - George Harrison
BANGLA DESH - George Harrison - (Bang Records)
GEORGE HARRISON & FRIENDS LIVE - George Harrison & Friends
THE BEST OF GEORGE HARRISON - George Harrison
COMPLETE RARITIES Volume 1 - George Harrison
LEON LIVE - Leon Russell

LP Tracks:
Side 1 -
1. Where There's A Will There's A Way - (BW/B Bramlett) - 3:43
2. Song For Paula - 4:17
3. A Game Called Life - 4:17
4. Country Life - 2:59
5. A Day Wihout Jesus - (Don Nix/BW) - 3:22
   Side 2 -
6. Back In My Life Again - 3:30
7. The Scenery Has Slowly Changed - 3:50
8. I'd Rather Live "The Straight Life" - 2:30
9. The Dreams Of A Hobo - 3:17
10. Back Home In England - 2:50

The song 'Country Life' was performed with Derek & The Dominos during their UK Tour in August of 1970.

LP Tracks
Side 1 -

1. Tell The Truth - 3:50
2. Bustin' My Ass - 3:35
3. Write You A ltter - 2:28
4. Ease Your Pain - 3:04
5. If you ever - 3:19
6. Hello L.A. , Bye-Bye Birmingham - 3:52
   Side 2 -
   
7. You Came Along - 3:04
8. Think About It - 3:09
9. Satisfied - 3:00
10. Dearest I Wonder - 3:50
11. Start All Over - 3:25

Track (6) -
Bobby Whitlock - rhythm guitar ,vocal [shown by a domino (2:2)]
Eric Clapton - lead guitar [shown by domino (1:1)]
"a friend" - bass
Jim Gordon - drums [shown by domino (4:4)]

Others -
Rick Vito - lead guitar
Keith Ellis bass
Don Poncher - drums
Boddy Whitlock - rhythm guitar, keyboards, vocals

LP Tracks:

CD Tracks:

1. Accidental Suicide 6:22
   
2. Force Of Nature 5:27
   
3. Boogie Albert 2:14
   
4. Television Eye 6:04
   
5. Prisons On The Road 4:17
   
6. Home Again 4:57
   
7. Mr. Censor Man 4:41
   
8. Looking At Tomorrow 6:54
   
9. Blue Fox 3:40
   
10. Devil's Tricks 7:39
    
11. Marriage Madness 3:33
    
12. Dream With Me 5:18
    
13. My Children 5:08
    

John Mayall - vocals(1,2,5,8), piano(5,6), harmonica(1), rhythm guitar(1), sythesized flute(8), JUNO I keyboard(8)
Eric Clapton - lead guitar (1), guitar (2,5,6,8)
Sugarcane Harris - violin (1,5,8)
Larry Taylor - bass
Joe Yuele - drums
Mick Taylor - slide guitar(2)
Harvey Mandel - guitar(2)

2 LPs on 1 CD.
Recorded in 1971, this is a new version of "Back to the Roots", with remixed versions of 8 songs.

CD TRACKS:
1. Got To Get Better
2. Evil
3. Snake Lake Blues
4. One More Chance
5. Mean Old Frisco
6. Roll It Over
7. Tell The Truth
8. Burial
9. Watchya Gonna Do
10. Give Me Strength 1
11. Give Me Strength
12. Say Hello To Billy Jean
13. Blues Instrumental
14. Jam in E 1
15. Jam in E 2
16. B Minor Jam 1
17. B Minor Jam 2
18. Jam
19. Meet Me in the Bottom

Peter Tosh reportedly plays guitar and vocal on tracks (2) although I can find no record of such an appearance. The "Give Me Strength"s are also known as "Dobro Jam 1 and 2" in Marc Roberty books. The mixing of the first seven tracks, all of which appeared on "Crossroads", is reportedly different from the legitimate release. This could be due to the "Crossroads" versions having been remixed from *these* remixed versions.

• Tracks 1-7:
  EC/Duane Allman (Slide Guitar)/Dicky Betts (Guitar)/ Bobby Whitlock (Organ)/Gregg Allman (Piano)/Berry Oakley (Bass)/ Butch Trucks (Drums)/Jim Gordon (Drums)/Carl Radle (Bass)
• Tracks 8-9:
  EC/Carl Radle (Bass)/Jamie Oldaker (Drums)/Dick Sims (Keyboards)/ Yvonne Elliman (Vocals)/George Terry (Guitar)/Marcy Levy (Vocals)
• Tracks 10,11,14-19:
  EC/Carl Radle (Bass)/Jamie Oldaker (Drums)/Dick Sims (Keyboards)/ Yvonne Elliman (Vocals)/George Terry (Guitar)
• Tracks 12-13:
  EC/Albert Lee (Guitar, Vocals)/Dave Markee (Bass)/ Henri Spinetti (Drums)/Gary Brooker (Keyboards, Vocals)

• "The Miami Sessions" - The Swinging Pig - TSP 045
  
• "Layla and Other Assorted Unreleased Songs" -Yellow Dog-YD 040
  
• "Alternative Tracks" - ECAT - 1101/02
  
• "Living On Blues Power Vol. 2" - Extremely X Rare - EXR21
  
• "461 Ocean Boulevard Sessions" - EC In Person - EIP013
  
• "The Unreleased Sessions" - Capricorn Records - CR-2048
  

CD TRACKS:
1. Sick at Heart 3:51
2. Is My Love 2:01
3. Mean Old Frisco 4:07
4. Evil 4:41
5. Snake Lake Blues (Minor Key) 3:32
6. Snake Lake Blues (Major Key) 3:29
7. One More Chance 3:20
8. Got To Get Better In A Little While 4:18
9. High 3:17
10. Untitled Instrumental #1 13:53
11. Untitled Instrumental #2 6:48
12. Devil Road 13:12

: The CD says "Armando and Friends" (see track 12). Timings are included for comparison to other releases of these songs. They are taken from the CD player and are not listed on the inserts. The consensus right now is that EC is probably not playing on tracks 10-12 inclusive. Tracks 1-9 are instrumental run-throughs of songs from the aborted 2nd Derek and the Dominoes album.

Eric Clapton - guitar
Jim Gordon - drums
Bobby Whitlock - keyboards
Carl Radle - bass
Duane Allman(?) - guitar
Rene Armando - vocals (12)

Tracks:
1. Bangla Desh - 3:52
2. Deep Blue - 3:47

The profits from this single went to support the succession of East Pakistan from Pakistan (which when successful, formed the independent Moslem country of Bangla Desh).
EC may have played on the single version of Bangla Desh.

CD Tracks:
1. Pretty Girls Everywhere - 2:50
   - Otis Spann "Raw Blues" LP - 1964
2. Calcutta Blues - 3:57
3. Third Degree - 3:17
4. Shim-Sham-Shimmy - 2:10
   - John Mayall/Champion Jack Dupree "From New Orleans To Chicago" LP - 1965
5. Snake Drive - 2:28
6. Tribute To Elmore - 2:10
7. West Coast Idea - 2:19
8. Draggin' My Tail - 3:06
9. Freight Loader - 2:48
10. Choker - 1:25
11. Miles Road - 2:24
    - w/Jimmy Page, Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman "Immediate Blues Anthology" series LPs - 1965
12. Ski-ing and Gat-Kirwani - 1:52
    - George Harrison "Wonderwall Music" LP - 1967
13. Change Of Address - 3:19
    - Blind Faith promo single - 1969
14. Exchange And Mart - 4:17
15. Spending All My Days - 3:03
    - Blind Faith studio out-takes - 1969
16. Labio-Dental Fricative - 3:08
17. Paper Round - 2:05
    - "Vivian Stanshall & Sean Head Showband" single - 1969
18. I'm Your Spiritual Breadman - 3:14
    - "Aston, Gardner & Dyke" LP w/ George Harrison - 1970
19. I'm Gonna Leave You - 4:02
    - Martha Velez "Friends & Angels" LP w/ Jack Bruce & Mitch Mitchell - 1970
20. Only You Know And I Know -4:08
    - Dave Mason "Alone Together" LP - 1970
21. Teasin' - 2:16
    - King Curtis, Delaney & Bonnie + Friends single - 1970
22. Washita Love Child - 3:50
    - "Jesse Davis" LP - 1970
23. Bangladesh - 4:00
    - George Harrison single - 1971

A long overdue bootleg featuring some of Eric's more obscure guest sessions from the 60s. Some tracks (like 20 & 23) have doubtful EC participation...but who knows?

This is Volume 2 in a series of interesting bootlegs featuring session work by noted guitarists:
Vol. 1 - Peter Green
Vol. 3 - Jeff Beck
Vol. 4 - Paul Kossoff

CD Tracks:
1. George Harrison/Ravi Shankar Introduction - 6:18
2. Bangla Duhn - 17:21
3. Wah-Wah - 3:44
4. My Sweet Lord - 4:50
5. Awaiting On You All - 3:07
6. That's The Way God Planned It - 4:30
7. It Don't Come Easy - 3:08
8. Beware Of Darkness - 6:41
9. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 4:51
   CD2 Tracks:
   
10. Jumpin' Jack Flash / Youngblood - 10:12
11. Here Comes The Sun - 3:28
12. A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - 6:22
13. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry - 3:08
14. Blowin' In The Wind - 4:07
15. Mr. Tambourine Man - 5:13
16. Just Like A Woman - 4:49
17. Something - 4:52
18. Bangla Desh - 3:04

The Concert for Bangla Desh was held on August 1, 1971 at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The following people contributed their talents and time to help in the production of this event for which we express our sincere thanks. - George Harrison & Ravi Shankar

ERIC CLAPTON (courtesy of Polydor Records Ltd.)
BOB DYLAN (courtesy of Columbia Records, Inc.)
BILLY PRESTON (appears by the Grace of God)
LEON RUSSELL (with love from Shelter Records, Inc.)
RINGO STARR
KLAUS VOORMANN
BADFINGER
Pete Ham
Tom Evans
Joey Molland
Mike Gibbons
ALAN BEUTLER
JESSE ED DAVIS (courtesy of Atlantic Records, Inc.)
CHICK FINDLEY
MARLIN GREEN (from Elektra Records - Peace)
JEANIE GREENE (from Elektra Records - Peace)
JO GREEN
DOLORES HALL
JIM HORN (with love from Shelter Records, Inc.)
KAMALA CHAKRAVARTY
JACKIE KELSO
JIM KELTNER
USTED ALIAKBAR KHAN
CLAUDIA LINNEAR
LOU McCREARY
DON NIX (from Elektra Records - Peace)
DON PRESTON
CARL RADLE
ALLA RAKAH
RAVI SHANKAR performed courtesy of Gramophone Co. of India Ltd.

• VHS Legendary Aug. 1, 1971 benefit to raise money for the refugees of Bangladesh, organized by George Harrison with Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Billy Preston, more. 95 min.
  (PAR/PIO dig) Laserdisc. 1971 benefit to raise money for the refugees of Bangladesh, org. by George Harrison w/ Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Billy Preston, more. 95 min.
  PIONEER LR-2802, R-2802
• Laserdisc. Japanese import. 1971 benefit to raise money for the refugees of Bangladesh, org. by George Harrison w/ Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Billy Preston, more. 95 min.
  JAPANESE IMPORTS LR-339

This is the video of the Madison Square Garden show, the Concert For Bangla Desh, culled from the two shows performed.
Besides Eric's appearance, this show marked the first public return of Bob Dylan.

LP Tracks:
Side 1 -
1. My Sweet Lord
2. Beware Of Darkness
3. My Guitar Gently Weeps
4. Here Comes The Sun
5. Something
6. Bangla Desh
   Side 2 -
7. A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
8. It Takes A Lot To Laugh
9. Blowin' In The Wind
10. Mr Tambourine Man
11. Just Like A Woman

Hot Wacks says "satisfactory mono, a lot of crowd noise."

LP Tracks:
Side 1 -
1. My Sweet Lord
2. Beware Of Darkness
3. My Guitar Gently Weeps
4. Here Comes The Sun
5. Something
6. Bangla Desh
   Side 2 -
7. A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
8. It Takes A Lot To Laugh
9. Blowin' In The Wind
10. Mr Tambourine Man
11. Just Like A Woman

Hot Wacks says "satisfactory mono, a lot of crowd noise."

LP Tracks:
Side 1 -
1. My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
2. It Don't Come Easy - Ringo Starr
3. Beware Of Darkness - George Harrison
4. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - George Harrison
   Medley:
5. Jumping Jack Flash - Leon Russell
6. Young Blood - Leon Russell
   Side 2 -
7. That's The Way God Planned It - Billy Preston
8. Mr Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan
9. Just Like A Woman - Bob Dylan
10. Introductions
11. Something - George Harrison
12. Bangla Desh - George Harrison

Hot Wacks says "poor mono",
"Aug 1, '71 afternoon concert, not evening from which Apple LP's were made."

LP Tracks:
Side 1 -
1. My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
2. It Don't Come Easy - Ringo Starr
3. Beware Of Darkness - George Harrison
4. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - George Harrison
   Medley:
5. Jumping Jack Flash - Leon Russell
6. Young Blood - Leon Russell
   Side 2 -
7. That's The Way God Planned It - Billy Preston
8. Mr Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan
9. Just Like A Woman - Bob Dylan
10. Introductions
11. Something - George Harrison
12. Bangla Desh - George Harrison

Hot Wacks says ""MSG 2nd show. Aug. 1, '71"
"same as CONCERT FOR BANGLA DESH"
Now, this is confusing...it says 2nd show (which would be evening) but also the same as CONCERT FOR BANGLA DESH which Hot Wacks also states is the afternoon (1st) show. Since I don't have wither of these two, I can't comment.

LP Tracks:
1. Something
2. My Sweet Lord
3. Here Comes The Sun
4. It Don't Come Easy
5. A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
6. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
7. That's The Way God Planned It
8. Awaiting On You All
9. Bangla Desh
10. Beware Of Darkness
11. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
12. Blowin' In The Wind
13. Just Like A Woman
    Medley:
14. Jumping Jack Flash
15. Young Blood

CD Tracks:
1. Something - 3:00
   - Abbey Road album
2. If I Need Someone - 2:21
   - Rubber Soul album
3. Here Comes The Sun - 3:05
   - Abbey Road album
4. Taxman - 2:36
   - Revolver album
5. Think For Yourself - 2:18
   - Rubber Soul album
6. For You Blue - 2:30
   - Let It Be album
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 4:45
   - The Beatles album
8. My Sweet Lord - 4:37
   - All Things Must Pass album
9. Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) - 3:34
   - Living In The Material World album
10. You - 3:41
    - Extra Texture album
11. Bangladesh - 3:57
    - Single version - EC contribution unconfirmed.
12. Dark Horse - 3:52
    - Dark Horse album
13. What Is Life - 4:16
    - All Things Must Pass album

• The Beatles:
  George Harrison - guitar, vocals
  John Lennon - guitar, vocals
  Ringo Starr - drums
  Paul McCartney - bass, vocals
• plus Eric Clapton - guitar
  Billy Preston - organ
  + others
  

CD Now
As evidenced on THE BEST OF GEORGE HARRISON, the Quiet Beatle did well in his little corner of Fab Fourdom despite being in the considerable shadow of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The first seven songs on this collection point to Harrison's substantial contributions to the band, with "Taxman," "Here Comes The Sun" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" being some of the more notable Harrison compositions. "Something" was the only song Harrison wrote for the Beatles that became a hit and ended up being covered by a number of artists including Frank Sinatra (who mistakenly credited it to Lennon/McCartney).
Having been one of the first rock musicians to experiment with and embrace Eastern culture invariably bore a heavy influence on Harrison's music, most notably on his early solo work. "My Sweet Lord" and "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)" with their messages of spiritual tranquility both topped the charts while "What Is Life" landed in the top 10. Harrison's commitment to the East resulted in a pair of 1972 charity concerts at Madison Square Garden for the people of Bangladesh from which the single "Bangla-Desh" peaked at 23 and earned more money for this personal crusade.

CD Tracks:
1. Shanghai Surprise (wwith Vicki Brown)
2. Abandoned Love
3. I Don't Want To Do It
4. Tears OF The World
5. Deep Blue - (B-side to 'Bangla Desh')
6. Miss O'Dell - (B-side to 'Give Me Love')
7. Don't Care Any More - (B-side to 'Ding Dong')
8. Sat Singing
9. Lay His Head
10. Flying Hour
11. Save The World (with new lyrics)
12. Got My Mind Set On You - (extended version)
13. Handle With Care - Travelling Wilburys - (extended version)
14. End Of The Line - Travelling Wilburys - (extended version)
15. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
16. Here Comes The Sun (with Ringo & Eric Clapton)

Tracks (8-10) rejects from the George Harrison album SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND
Tracks (15-16) from Prince's Trust performance 1987

CD1 Tracks:
1. Mighty Quinn Medley: I'll Take You There/Idol...
2. Shoot Out On The Plantation
3. Dixie Lullaby
4. Queen Of The Roller Derby
5. Roll Away The Stone
6. It's Been A Long Time Baby
7. Great Day
8. Alcatraz
9. Crystal Closet Queen
10. Prince Of Peace
11. Sweet Emily
12. Stranger In A Strange Land
    CD2 Tracks:
13. Out In The Woods
14. Some Day
15. Sweeping Through The City
16. Medley: Jumping Jack Flash/Young Blood
17. Medley: Off Thee I Sing/Yes I Am
18. Delta Lady
19. It's All Over Now Baby Blue

A 3 LP release now on 2 CDs.
Eric Clapton did perform for Leon (4 December 1971) but reportedly played from backstage
(too bad the record company didn't record the Rainbow Show!). - JCH

American Music Guide
A solid concert offering that showcases Russell's strengths (and weaknesses) as a live performer, with A-1 support throughout.
~ Cub Koda, All-Music Guide

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