The Concert for Bangladesh (Limited Deluxe Edition)
by Saul Swimmer
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Actor: Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Ravi Shankar, Ringo StarrDirector: Saul Swimmer
Brand: WEA DES Moines Video
Producer: George Harrison
Cinematographer: Richard E. Brooks
Producer: Allen Klein
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Limited Edition, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 103 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-10-25
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Rhino Records
DVD Reviews of The Concert for Bangladesh (Limited Deluxe Edition)
DVD Review: But Where is "Hear Me Lord"?
Summary: 5 Stars
Well, the boxed set deluxe edition of "The Concert for Bangladesh" is a thing of beauty - the package is almost identical to the classic 3-record boxed set, with no hideous bar codes marring the cover - and the visuals, the sound, and the extras on the 2nd disc are all sublime. The sticker and the postcard remind me of being a kid in the 70s, 'cause when you bought a Wings or an Elton John album, for example, there would be lots of cool stuff inside - of course that doesn't happen now. Fun things could still be made to fit inside well-designed CD packages, but ours is a disposable culture and the the record companies are just to cheap.
Of course, George Harrison's oeuvre was/is the antithesis of "cheap" and "disposable," and this concert, following his now-stone-classic solo debut "All Thing Must Pass," was his finest hour. It's good to at long last see and hear Bob Dylan's performance of "Love Minus Zero/No Limit." But where is George's performance of "Hear Me Lord" from the afternoon show? It's nowhere to be found on either the remastered DVD or CD? His equally gospel-fueled "Awaiting On You All" sounds amazing, so it's hard to think that his performance of the stirring "Hear Me Lord" would be anything less than stellar. So why wasn't that included in either package? I'm assuming that all this was done under the supervision of Harrison, and then his family following his untimely demise. The ommission of "Hear Me Lord" is as glaring as the ommissions on "The Dark Horse Years" boxed set. Very annoying. I'm also annoyed that Dylan didn't appear in the commentaries along with Ringo, Eric, Ravi et al. Of course being a Dylan fan does mean putting up with the man's eccentric quirks (which George evidently did very well). One of the nicest bonuses is seeing and hearing Bob and George dueting on "If Not For You" at the rehearsals, looking at each other each time they sang "if not for you" - very sweet, and their deep friendship and mutual admiration is obvious. Sometimes in our star-struck culture, we need to be reminded that icons are human beings who need refuge from their fame and maybe can seek solace in each other. That said, where is "Hear Me Lord?"
I've not bought the remastered CD. Based on the reviews that I've read here, I'm not sure if I will. Who cares if the gospel voices sounds "dated"; hence the "need" for them to be muted? That sounds suspiciously racist and culturally biased to me. For those of us who have the original LPs and the CDs, we grew up with the asides and ovations that seem now to be deleted. I have no problem with the new cover featuring George - this has always been the iconic Harrisonian image, both Christ-like yet Rasputin-esque in visage - so long as the original cover and art is inside. Starvation is not a pleasant thing to look at, not then and not now, but designer Tom Wilkes made the poor Bengali child sympathetic and universal. I realize the Harrison-the-dead-icon (who, like Lennon, the critics routinely shat upon while they were still living only to cry sanctimonious tears upon their deaths) will sell more copies than a starving Bengali child (Madison Avenue probably figured the people who would buy the "deluxe edition" were the older, hard-core fans who associate the 60s and 70s with now-dead idealism), but let's not forget the WHY of why George organized this pioneering event in the first place.
The Botton Line : Dylan himself, in his encomium to Harrison, called his friend "the sun, the flowers, and the moon." If you love the music of either of these men or both (as I do), you owe to your inner fan to have this DVD in your collection.
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